1965 American League Batting Leaders

1964 Season 1966 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 810 games, 10 teams, approx. 162 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tony Oliva	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	149	647	576	107	185	40	5	16	98	19	9	55	64	.321	.378	.491	.870	283	8	4	2	10	12
2	José Tartabull*	26	KC1	Maj	KCA	68	242	218	28	68	11	4	1	19	11	5	18	20	.312	.361	.413	.774	90	4	0	4	2	0
3	Carl Yastrzemski	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	133	571	494	78	154	45	3	20	72	7	6	70	58	.312	.395	.536	.932	265	16	1	2	4	8
4	Vic Davalillo*	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	142	550	505	67	152	19	1	5	40	26	7	35	50	.301	.344	.372	.716	188	4	0	6	4	9
5	Earl Battey	30	MIN	Maj	MIN	131	456	394	36	117	22	2	6	60	0	0	50	23	.297	.375	.409	.783	161	7	2	5	5	7
6	Brooks Robinson	28	BAL	Maj	BAL	144	616	559	81	166	25	2	18	80	3	0	47	47	.297	.351	.445	.797	249	15	2	4	4	9
7	Tony Horton	20	BOS	Maj	BOS	60	183	163	23	48	8	1	7	23	0	2	18	36	.295	.361	.485	.845	79	2	0	0	2	1
8	Leon Wagner	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	144	583	517	91	152	18	1	28	79	12	2	60	52	.294	.369	.495	.864	256	6	3	0	3	8
9	Fred Whitfield*	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	132	492	468	49	137	23	1	26	90	2	2	16	42	.293	.316	.513	.829	240	12	2	2	4	7
10	Frank Howard	28	WS2	Maj	WSA	149	575	516	53	149	22	6	21	84	0	0	55	112	.289	.358	.477	.835	246	9	2	0	2	2
11	Rocky Colavito	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	162	695	592	92	170	25	2	26	108	1	1	93	63	.287	.383	.468	.851	277	14	3	0	7	11
12	Jimmie Hall	27	MIN	Maj	MIN	148	580	522	81	149	25	4	20	86	14	7	51	79	.285	.347	.464	.810	242	6	1	0	6	6
13	Don Buford	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	155	668	586	93	166	22	5	10	47	17	7	67	76	.283	.358	.389	.747	228	6	4	6	5	4
14	Al Kaline	30	DET	Maj	DET	125	474	399	72	112	18	2	18	72	6	0	72	49	.281	.388	.471	.859	188	9	0	0	3	11
15	Tom Tresh	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	156	668	602	94	168	29	6	26	74	5	2	59	92	.279	.348	.477	.825	287	10	5	2	0	4
16	Don Demeter	30	DET	Maj	DET	122	424	389	50	108	16	4	16	58	4	2	23	65	.278	.325	.463	.788	180	11	6	3	3	3
17	Albie Pearson*	30	CAL	Maj	CAL	122	421	360	41	100	17	2	4	21	12	1	51	17	.278	.371	.369	.740	133	6	2	8	0	0
18	Jim Fregosi	23	CAL	Maj	CAL	161	683	602	66	167	19	7	15	64	13	5	54	107	.277	.337	.407	.744	245	10	4	15	8	4
19	Lenny Green*	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	119	427	373	69	103	24	6	7	24	8	2	48	43	.276	.361	.429	.790	160	9	3	0	3	0
20	Félix Mantilla	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	150	629	534	60	147	17	2	18	92	7	3	79	84	.275	.374	.416	.790	222	24	8	3	5	5
21	Ken Hamlin	30	WS2	Maj	WSA	117	405	362	45	99	21	1	4	22	8	2	33	45	.274	.333	.370	.704	134	6	1	6	3	1
22	Bill Skowron	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	146	605	559	63	153	24	3	18	78	1	3	32	77	.274	.316	.424	.740	237	22	5	4	5	4
23	Willie Horton	22	DET	Maj	DET	143	572	512	69	140	20	2	29	104	5	9	48	101	.273	.340	.490	.831	251	12	6	2	4	9
24	Zoilo Versalles	25	MIN	Maj	MIN	160	728	666	126	182	45	12	19	77	27	5	41	122	.273	.319	.463	.781	308	7	7	6	8	3
25	Lee Thomas	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	151	603	521	74	141	27	4	22	75	6	2	72	42	.271	.361	.465	.826	242	16	3	5	2	8
26	Bert Campaneris	23	KC1	Maj	KCA	144	634	578	67	156	23	12	6	42	51	19	41	71	.270	.327	.382	.709	221	5	9	3	3	0
27	Danny Cater	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	142	555	514	74	139	18	4	14	55	3	3	33	65	.270	.317	.403	.719	207	18	3	2	3	0
28	Dalton Jones	21	BOS	Maj	BOS	112	400	367	41	99	13	5	5	37	8	1	28	45	.270	.325	.373	.698	137	7	2	3	0	0
29	Russ Snyder	31	BAL	Maj	BAL	132	381	345	49	93	11	2	1	29	3	4	27	38	.270	.323	.322	.644	111	5	1	6	2	1
30	Ed Charles	32	KC1	Maj	KCA	134	535	480	55	129	19	7	8	56	13	4	44	72	.269	.332	.388	.720	186	10	4	2	5	0
31	Tony Conigliaro	20	BOS	Maj	BOS	138	586	521	82	140	21	5	32	82	4	2	51	116	.269	.338	.513	.850	267	9	5	6	3	6
32	Harmon Killebrew	29	MIN	Maj	MIN	113	479	401	78	108	16	1	25	75	0	0	72	69	.269	.384	.501	.885	201	10	4	0	2	12
33	Bobby Knoop	26	CAL	Maj	CAL	142	504	465	47	125	24	4	7	43	3	2	31	101	.269	.313	.383	.696	178	6	0	6	2	5
34	Norm Cash*	31	DET	Maj	DET	142	553	467	79	124	23	1	30	83	6	6	77	62	.266	.371	.512	.883	239	9	4	1	4	5
35	Floyd Robinson	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	156	671	577	70	153	15	6	14	66	4	1	76	51	.265	.352	.385	.737	222	10	5	6	7	6
36	Ken McMullen	23	WS2	Maj	WSA	150	618	555	75	146	18	6	18	54	2	0	47	90	.263	.323	.414	.737	230	13	4	8	4	4
37	Héctor López	35	NYA	Maj	NYY	111	317	283	25	74	12	2	7	39	0	0	26	61	.262	.322	.392	.714	111	11	1	3	4	2
38	Wayne Causey	28	KC1	Maj	KCA	144	587	513	48	134	17	8	3	34	1	3	61	48	.261	.341	.343	.684	176	7	2	9	2	4
39	J.C. Martin	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	119	261	230	21	60	12	0	2	21	2	1	24	29	.261	.333	.339	.672	78	1	2	3	2	10
40	Willie Smith*	26	CAL	Maj	CAL	136	498	459	52	120	14	9	14	57	9	8	32	60	.261	.308	.423	.731	194	5	1	1	5	10
41	Sandy Valdespino*	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	108	273	245	38	64	8	2	1	22	7	4	20	28	.261	.319	.322	.641	79	5	2	3	3	3
42	Don Wert	26	DET	Maj	DET	162	697	609	81	159	22	2	12	53	5	6	73	71	.261	.341	.363	.704	221	15	3	8	4	4
43	Jerry Adair	28	BAL	Maj	BAL	157	625	582	51	151	26	3	7	66	6	4	35	65	.260	.303	.351	.653	204	26	2	4	2	7
44	Curt Blefary	21	BAL	Maj	BAL	144	561	462	72	120	23	4	22	70	4	2	88	73	.260	.381	.470	.851	217	10	3	7	1	4
45	Dick McAuliffe	25	DET	Maj	DET	113	456	404	61	105	13	6	15	53	6	9	49	62	.260	.342	.433	.775	175	3	2	0	1	4
46	Dick Nen*	25	WS2	Maj	WSA	69	271	246	18	64	7	1	6	31	1	2	19	47	.260	.312	.370	.682	91	3	1	2	3	1
47	Vic Power	37	CAL	Maj	CAL	124	209	197	11	51	7	1	1	20	2	2	5	13	.259	.281	.320	.601	63	3	1	6	0	1
48	Jerry Lumpe	32	DET	Maj	DET	145	575	502	72	129	15	3	4	39	7	0	56	34	.257	.333	.323	.655	162	11	3	10	4	1
49	Gates Brown	26	DET	Maj	DET	96	249	227	33	58	14	2	10	43	6	0	17	33	.256	.305	.467	.772	106	3	0	3	2	1
50	Bob Chance	24	WS2	Maj	WSA	72	218	199	20	51	9	0	4	14	0	1	18	44	.256	.317	.362	.678	72	4	0	0	1	2
51	Jim Gosger*	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	81	359	324	45	83	15	4	9	35	3	1	29	61	.256	.318	.411	.729	133	7	2	1	3	1
52	Norm Siebern	31	BAL	Maj	BAL	106	353	297	44	76	13	4	8	32	1	2	50	49	.256	.362	.407	.769	121	2	1	2	3	7
53	Chuck Hinton	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	133	493	431	59	110	17	6	18	54	17	3	53	65	.255	.336	.448	.784	193	8	1	5	3	2
54	Mickey Mantle	33	NYA	Maj	NYY	122	435	361	44	92	12	1	19	46	4	1	73	76	.255	.379	.452	.831	163	11	0	0	1	7
55	Pedro González	27	CLE,NYA	Maj	CLE-NYY	123	438	405	38	103	15	3	5	39	7	4	18	59	.254	.289	.343	.632	139	7	3	9	3	7
56	Larry Brown	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	124	490	438	52	111	22	2	8	40	5	7	38	62	.253	.315	.368	.682	161	6	2	10	2	0
57	Billy Bryan	26	KC1	Maj	KCA	108	359	325	36	82	11	5	14	51	0	0	29	87	.252	.315	.446	.761	145	2	2	0	3	5
58	Clete Boyer	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	148	561	514	69	129	23	6	18	58	4	1	39	79	.251	.304	.424	.728	218	16	2	2	4	10
59	Don Mincher	27	MIN	Maj	MIN	128	403	346	43	87	17	3	22	65	1	3	49	73	.251	.344	.509	.853	176	3	2	2	4	15
60	José Cardenal	21	CAL	Maj	CAL	134	550	512	58	128	23	2	11	57	37	15	27	72	.250	.287	.367	.654	188	5	2	3	6	1
61	Rich Rollins	27	MIN	Maj	MIN	140	522	469	59	117	22	1	5	32	4	0	37	54	.250	.309	.333	.641	156	13	4	10	2	7
62	Boog Powell	23	BAL	Maj	BAL	144	556	472	54	117	20	2	17	72	1	1	71	93	.248	.347	.407	.754	192	7	4	3	6	13
63	Max Alvis	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	159	670	604	88	149	24	2	21	61	12	8	47	121	.247	.308	.397	.706	240	9	9	5	5	4
64	Woodie Held	33	WS2	Maj	WSA	122	390	332	46	82	16	2	16	54	0	0	49	74	.247	.345	.452	.797	150	9	3	2	4	1
65	Joe Pepitone*	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	143	580	531	51	131	18	3	18	62	4	2	43	59	.247	.305	.394	.699	209	12	2	3	1	11
66	Bobby Richardson	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	160	713	664	76	164	28	2	6	47	7	5	37	39	.247	.287	.322	.609	214	11	1	9	2	4
67	Pete Ward	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	138	574	507	62	125	25	3	10	57	2	4	56	83	.247	.327	.367	.694	186	10	6	2	3	11
68	Ray Barker	29	NYA,CLE	Maj	NYY-CLE	109	239	211	21	52	11	0	7	31	1	0	22	48	.246	.324	.398	.722	84	4	3	1	2	6
69	Jackie Brandt	31	BAL	Maj	BAL	96	268	243	35	59	17	0	8	24	1	2	21	40	.243	.303	.412	.715	100	4	0	4	0	0
70	Bob Johnson	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	87	294	273	36	66	13	2	5	27	1	0	15	34	.242	.282	.359	.641	98	8	1	3	2	2
71	John Romano	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	122	425	356	39	86	11	0	18	48	0	2	59	74	.242	.355	.424	.779	151	13	5	2	3	3
72	Joe Adcock	37	CAL	Maj	CAL	122	387	349	30	84	14	0	14	47	2	2	37	74	.241	.315	.401	.716	140	10	1	0	0	3
73	Chuck Schilling	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	71	188	171	14	41	3	2	3	9	0	1	13	17	.240	.292	.333	.625	57	8	0	3	1	0
74	Jim Landis	31	KC1	Maj	KCA	118	431	364	46	87	15	1	3	36	8	3	57	84	.239	.346	.310	.656	113	10	3	6	1	1
75	Frank Malzone	35	BOS	Maj	BOS	106	400	364	40	87	20	0	3	34	1	1	28	38	.239	.293	.319	.612	116	18	1	4	3	0
76	Ken Harrelson	23	KC1	Maj	KCA	150	556	483	61	115	17	3	23	66	9	7	66	112	.238	.329	.429	.758	207	18	1	3	3	3
77	Tommy McCraw*	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	133	306	273	38	65	12	1	5	21	12	7	25	48	.238	.309	.344	.653	94	8	3	5	0	4
78	Tommie Reynolds	23	KC1	Maj	KCA	90	308	270	34	64	11	3	1	22	9	2	36	41	.237	.327	.311	.638	84	10	0	2	0	1
79	Ron Hansen	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	162	662	587	61	138	23	4	11	66	1	1	60	73	.235	.304	.344	.649	202	21	2	5	8	8
80	Dick Howser	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	107	377	307	47	72	8	2	1	6	17	4	57	25	.235	.354	.283	.638	87	5	1	10	2	0
81	Paul Blair	21	BAL	Maj	BAL	119	409	364	49	85	19	2	5	25	8	5	32	52	.234	.302	.338	.640	123	6	4	8	1	3
82	Lou Clinton	27	CAL,CLE,KC1	Maj	CAL-CLE-KCA	102	287	257	31	60	13	3	2	10	2	3	26	44	.234	.305	.331	.636	85	6	1	2	1	1
83	Bill Freehan	23	DET	Maj	DET	130	485	431	45	101	15	0	10	43	4	2	39	63	.234	.306	.339	.645	146	10	7	5	3	5
84	Bob Allison	30	MIN	Maj	MIN	135	519	438	71	102	14	5	23	78	10	2	73	114	.233	.342	.445	.787	195	5	2	1	5	4
85	Elston Howard	36	NYA	Maj	NYY	110	418	391	38	91	15	1	9	45	0	0	24	65	.233	.278	.345	.624	135	16	1	1	1	3
86	John Orsino	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	77	263	232	30	54	10	2	9	28	1	0	23	51	.233	.313	.410	.723	95	15	5	1	2	2
87	Dick Green	24	KC1	Maj	KCA	133	536	474	64	110	15	1	15	55	0	2	50	110	.232	.308	.363	.671	172	13	3	7	2	1
88	Rico Petrocelli	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	103	363	323	38	75	15	2	13	33	0	2	36	71	.232	.309	.412	.721	133	6	1	1	2	4
89	Dick Brown	30	BAL	Maj	BAL	96	280	255	17	59	9	1	5	30	2	2	17	53	.231	.278	.333	.611	85	8	1	3	4	8
90	Mike Hershberger	25	KC1	Maj	KCA	150	541	494	43	114	15	5	5	48	7	3	37	42	.231	.289	.312	.601	154	19	5	2	3	5
91	Willie Kirkland	31	WS2	Maj	WSA	123	337	312	38	72	9	1	14	54	3	2	19	65	.231	.270	.401	.671	125	5	0	0	6	1
92	Joe Azcue	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	111	371	335	16	77	7	0	2	35	2	1	27	54	.230	.290	.269	.559	90	15	3	2	4	8
93	Joe Cunningham*	33	WS2	Maj	WSA	95	249	201	29	46	9	1	3	20	0	1	46	27	.229	.375	.328	.703	66	7	1	1	0	0
94	Rene Lachemann	20	KC1	Maj	KCA	92	235	216	20	49	7	1	9	29	0	0	12	57	.227	.264	.394	.658	85	4	0	4	3	3
95	Eddie Bressoud	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	107	327	296	29	67	11	1	8	25	0	1	29	77	.226	.297	.351	.648	104	3	1	0	1	4
96	Luis Aparicio	31	BAL	Maj	BAL	144	629	564	67	127	20	10	8	40	26	7	46	56	.225	.286	.339	.625	191	11	3	14	2	0
97	Paul Schaal	22	CAL	Maj	CAL	155	556	483	48	108	12	2	9	45	6	3	61	88	.224	.310	.313	.622	151	8	1	7	4	8
98	Don Blasingame	33	WS2	Maj	WSA	129	450	403	47	90	8	8	1	18	5	4	35	45	.223	.287	.290	.577	117	2	2	7	3	1
99	Roger Repoz*	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	79	245	218	34	48	7	4	12	28	1	1	25	57	.220	.298	.454	.752	99	2	0	0	2	4
100	Ken Berry	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	157	518	472	51	103	17	4	12	42	4	2	28	96	.218	.268	.348	.615	164	6	5	10	3	5