League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 9/30/1971

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
OlivaCOL .395 MurcerR66 .437 Jackson,RR66 .677
GarrGLA .350 OlivaCOL .436 OlivaCOL .603
Jackson,RR66 .348 Jackson,RR66 .412 MontanezWWM .576
MurcerR66 .339 MaysGLA .407 FreehanELE .554
CarewR66 .336 StaubGLA .402 Johnson,DeTRW .541
TorreGLA .335 FreehanELE .392 MurcerR66 .540
StaubGLA .329 May,DELE .391 HendersonWWM .530
FreehanELE .324 May,CWWM .389 Robinson,FGLA .520
May,DELE .319 GarrGLA .385 TorreGLA .515
Alou,MNYM .308 TorreGLA .384 Powell,BELE .504
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
GarrGLA223 CarewR66112 TorreGLA122
TorreGLA209 Nettles,GTRW103 Jackson,RR66121
CarewR66189 TorreGLA103 MeltonR66115
Alou,MNYM186 MurcerR6699 Johnson,DeTRW112
StaubGLA185 HendersonWWM99 MontanezWWM106
OlivaCOL182 SchaalNAN99 BenchGLA103
Johnson,DeTRW172 Jackson,RR6696 MurcerR6699
Jackson,RR66170 Johnson,DeTRW96 Robinson,FGLA98
BrockCOL169 May,DELE94 OlivaCOL97
FreehanELE168 BrockCOL91 FreehanELE95
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
CedenoWWM42 CarewR6615 Jackson,RR6640
HendersonWWM33 KennedyCOL10 Johnson,DeTRW39
FreehanELE30 MotaNYM9 MontanezWWM38
MontanezWWM30 TorreGLA9 BenchGLA35
Alou,MNYM30 AlleyEKL8 Robinson,FGLA31
BrockCOL30 MunsonR668 ScottR6629
Jackson,RR6629 BlairTRW8 MeltonR6628
MoneyNYM28 Swoboda,RCOL7 FreehanELE27
BlairTRW28 MondayCOL7 Nettles,GTRW27
TorreGLA28 MetzgerWWM7 May,LEKL26
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
Jackson,RR6675 OtisLAA35-8 Cardenal,JELE .958
MontanezWWM74 BrockCOL32-14 CampanerisR66 .885
Johnson,DeTRW65 PatekEKL30-7 OtisLAA .814
HendersonWWM63 Cardenal,JELE23-1 PatekEKL .811
CedenoWWM62 CampanerisR6623-3 PinsonEKL .765
FreehanELE61 GarrGLA21-17 AgeePIL .739
TorreGLA59 Harrelson,BGLA20-9 ClarkeELE .706
BenchGLA51 WillsELE19-8 WillsELE .704
MurcerR6650 AgeePIL17-6 BrockCOL .696
Robinson,FGLA50 May,DELE16-9 Harrelson,BGLA .690
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
MaysGLA107 Jackson,RR6616 MaysGLA130
SchaalNAN105 Briggs,JLAA15 Johnson,DeTRW129
BrockCOL94 OlivaCOL13 Jackson,RR66120
MurcerR6684 TorreGLA10 BrockCOL120
Powell,BELE73 BenchGLA9 FreedNAN119
ClarkeELE73 Alou,MNYM9 CedenoWWM110
KillebrewR6672 Rader,DoWWM8 Robertson,BPIL106
StaubGLA70 LisEKL7 Rader,DoWWM103
Briggs,JLAA68 EdwardsEKL7 ScottR66103
May,CWWM68 MontanezWWM7 BlairTRW99
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
Harrelson,BGLA19 StaubGLA11 FreehanELE14
WillsELE19 BenchGLA10 MeltonR6612
WalkerELE15 TorreGLA10 PinsonEKL8
MillanGLA13 UhlaenderNYM8 Robinson,FGLA8
GarrGLA13 Robertson,BPIL8 Oliver,ALAA8
SeaverGLA12 MeltonR668 HopkinsWWM7
Ellis,DWWM12 Perez,MCOL7 Foster,GNAN7
TheobaldNAN12 SizemoreNYM7 StaubGLA7
TovarR6612 Mincher,DNAN7 KennedyCOL6
BradleyELE11 OlivaCOL7 EganTRW6
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
ScottR6636 Jackson,RR66 136.4 Jackson,RR6610.9
BatemanNAN33 TorreGLA 116.9 MurcerR66 9.6
Robinson,BELE27 FreehanELE 115.1 OlivaCOL 9.6
PiniellaPIL25 MurcerR66 115.0 FreehanELE 8.5
BenchGLA25 OlivaCOL 110.9 MontanezWWM 7.2
TorreGLA25 MontanezWWM 108.1 HendersonWWM 7.2
HickmanCOL24 Johnson,DeTRW 107.8 TorreGLA 7.0
Johnson,DeTRW24 StaubGLA 102.1 Robinson,FGLA 6.7
OlivaCOL23 GarrGLA 97.3 MaysGLA 6.7
May,DELE23 HendersonWWM 96.8 Johnson,DeTRW 6.7
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
Jackson,RR66 .329 Jackson,RR661.194 Jackson,RR66331
MontanezWWM .291 MurcerR661.075 TorreGLA321
Robinson,FGLA .249 OlivaCOL1.039 Johnson,DeTRW315
HendersonWWM .248 FreehanELE .972 MontanezWWM309
Johnson,DeTRW .246 HendersonWWM .933 FreehanELE287
Powell,BELE .244 MontanezWWM .932 OlivaCOL278
BenchGLA .240 MaysGLA .912 Nettles,GTRW263
FreehanELE .230 Powell,BELE .887 Alou,MNYM260
MeltonR66 .220 Robinson,FGLA .880 Robinson,BELE258
OlivaCOL .208 Johnson,DeTRW .871 GarrGLA258
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
Jackson,RR661.088 Jackson,RR66 .454 Jackson,RR66 12.2
OlivaCOL1.039 MaysGLA .442 MontanezWWM 14.1
MurcerR66 .977 Powell,BELE .415 BenchGLA 14.5
FreehanELE .946 MontanezWWM .401 Johnson,DeTRW 14.9
MontanezWWM .932 HendersonWWM .397 Robinson,FGLA 15.0
Johnson,DeTRW .905 MurcerR66 .395 Powell,BELE 16.4
HendersonWWM .904 Robinson,FGLA .374 MeltonR66 16.7
TorreGLA .899 BenchGLA .358 ScottR66 17.2
Robinson,FGLA .879 Johnson,DeTRW .349 Epstein,MNYM 17.3
Powell,BELE .872 Epstein,MNYM .345 HendersonWWM 18.4
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
GarrGLA637 BrockCOL720 AparicioNYM161
BrockCOL624 SchaalNAN714 ClarkeELE161
TorreGLA623 TorreGLA688 Robinson,BELE158
Nettles,GTRW612 Nettles,GTRW687 StaubGLA158
SchaalNAN606 ClarkeELE686 TorreGLA158
Alou,MNYM604 GarrGLA686 BrockCOL157
ClarkeELE604 Robinson,BELE663 Nettles,GTRW156
Robinson,BELE599 StaubGLA652 SchaalNAN156
WillsELE590 WillsELE651 WillsELE154
Johnson,DeTRW582 Johnson,DeTRW648 Alou,MNYM152
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
MurcerR666 ClarkeELE9    
CampanerisR665 Alou,JELE8    
Rose,PR665 FreehanELE7    
AspromonteNYM3 Robinson,BELE7    
ScottR663 Cardenal,JELE7    
CarewR662 GarrGLA6    
Jones,CR662 HopkinsWWM6    
KillebrewR662 May,DELE6    
Richard,LNYM2 MurcerR666    
TovarR662 Powell,BELE6    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
Jackson,RR66389 Jackson,RR66 .702 BrockCOL4.59
Johnson,DeTRW379 OlivaCOL .625 SchaalNAN4.58
TorreGLA376 MontanezWWM .614 GarrGLA4.51
MontanezWWM371 MurcerR66 .606 OtisLAA4.45
FreehanELE348 FreehanELE .596 Nettles,GTRW4.40
SchaalNAN335 HendersonWWM .586 TorreGLA4.35
MurcerR66334 Johnson,DeTRW .585 BelangerPIL4.30
Nettles,GTRW332 Robinson,FGLA .576 BlairTRW4.28
BrockCOL332 Powell,BELE .573 Johnson,DeTRW4.26
StaubGLA331 TorreGLA .547 ClarkeELE4.26
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
Jackson,RR66389 Jackson,RR66 .702 GarrGLA4.19
Johnson,DeTRW376 OlivaCOL .621 OtisLAA4.08
TorreGLA374 MontanezWWM .611 BlairTRW4.05
MontanezWWM369 MurcerR66 .606 BrockCOL3.97
MurcerR66334 Johnson,DeTRW .580 Alou,MNYM3.97
FreehanELE334 HendersonWWM .577 TorreGLA3.94
SchaalNAN334 FreehanELE .572 CedenoWWM3.94
BrockCOL332 Powell,BELE .567 CarewR663.93
Nettles,GTRW329 Robinson,FGLA .561 Nettles,GTRW3.92
StaubGLA324 TorreGLA .544 SchaalNAN3.88
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
GarrGLA584 Jackson,RR66 .387 ClarkeELE 0.4
ClarkeELE576 OlivaCOL .386 StaubGLA 0.5
WillsELE568 GarrGLA .373 MurcerR66 0.5
Alou,MNYM560 CarewR66 .358 May,DELE 0.6
Nettles,GTRW531 TorreGLA .355 SchaalNAN 0.8
TorreGLA527 MurcerR66 .343 May,CWWM 0.8
StaubGLA525 MaysGLA .341 Powell,BELE 0.8
Robinson,BELE524 May,CWWM .329 OlivaCOL 0.8
CarewR66522 StaubGLA .326 MillanGLA 0.9
MillanGLA516 BrockCOL .322 BelangerPIL 0.9
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
MurcerR66 .382 MurcerR66 .468 GarveyPIL .639
GarrGLA .354 MaysGLA .440 MurcerR66 .618
TheobaldNAN .350 SchaalNAN .410 BenchGLA .587
TorreGLA .345 Rader,DoWWM .408 Foster,RTRW .582
Foster,RTRW .340 HickmanCOL .404 Johnson,DeTRW .571
SchaalNAN .331 Foster,RTRW .404 KoscoPIL .539
Rader,DoWWM .327 Epstein,MNYM .402 FreehanELE .534
CampanerisR66 .324 TorreGLA .397 Rader,DoWWM .515
GallagherCOL .323 GarrGLA .396 TorreGLA .492
MillanGLA .318 BenchGLA .395 Epstein,MNYM .465
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
GarrGLA67 GarveyPIL32 MurcerR661.086
TorreGLA61 BenchGLA31 GarveyPIL .998
SchaalNAN60 Johnson,DeTRW31 Foster,RTRW .985
Rader,DoWWM56 Epstein,MNYM30 BenchGLA .982
MillanGLA54 KillebrewR6629 Rader,DoWWM .923
MurcerR6652 MurcerR6627 Johnson,DeTRW .911
GallagherCOL52 Rader,DoWWM27 TorreGLA .889
Cash,DLAA51 TorreGLA27 FreehanELE .874
TheobaldNAN50 MeltonR6623 MaysGLA .872
BrockCOL50 FreehanELE23 Epstein,MNYM .868
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
HendersonWWM15 TorreGLA6 BenchGLA13
MurcerR6612 AlleyEKL3 Johnson,DeTRW13
CedenoWWM12 EdwardsEKL3 GarveyPIL13
GarveyPIL12 MunsonR663 KoscoPIL11
OtisLAA12 KnoopWWM3 KillebrewR6610
May,JWWM11 MontanezWWM2 Rader,DoWWM10
AparicioNYM11 May,LEKL2 Foster,RTRW9
TorreGLA11 PatekEKL2 FreehanELE8
MontanezWWM10 BeauchampCOL2 Epstein,MNYM7
BerryEKL10 Oliver,ALAA2 McRaeELE7
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
GarveyPIL26 GarveyPIL99 GarveyPIL .342
HendersonWWM21 Rader,DoWWM88 BenchGLA .319
MurcerR6619 TorreGLA87 Johnson,DeTRW .299
FreehanELE19 MurcerR6684 KoscoPIL .276
KoscoPIL19 Johnson,DeTRW84 FreehanELE .247
BenchGLA18 Foster,RTRW82 Foster,RTRW .241
Johnson,DeTRW18 KoscoPIL82 MurcerR66 .235
TorreGLA18 BenchGLA81 KnoopWWM .203
KillebrewR6617 SchaalNAN81 McRaeELE .196
McRaeELE17 BrockCOL80 Rader,DoWWM .187
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
KillebrewR6641 KingNYM51 FreehanELE5
MaysGLA41 Epstein,MNYM50 Foster,GNAN5
HickmanCOL33 BrockCOL42 RudolphCOL4
KnoopWWM30 CedenoWWM39 Rodriguez,ENAN4
BenchGLA29 MaysGLA37 Epstein,MNYM4
Epstein,MNYM24 Swoboda,RCOL34 StaubGLA4
Rader,DoWWM24 Oliver,ALAA34 HarmonELE3
SchaalNAN24 Foster,GNAN34 HopkinsWWM3
Jones,CR6622 Mincher,DNAN32 MoneyNYM3
MurcerR6622 GarrGLA32 JohnstoneNAN3
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
WillsELE9 MunsonR665 GarrGLA189
TheobaldNAN7 StaubGLA5 BrockCOL183
MillanGLA6 FosseCOL4 SchaalNAN181
Harrelson,BGLA5 TorreGLA4 TorreGLA177
TovarR665 Alou,JELE3 HendersonWWM174
SeaverGLA4 Brown,LWWM3 Rader,DoWWM171
WalkerELE4 Harrelson,BGLA3 MillanGLA170
Ellis,DWWM4 Robertson,BPIL3 Kubiak,TCOL167
KlineR663 Jones,CR663 WillsELE165
BrilesELE3 BelangerPIL3 SizemoreNYM163
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
BenchGLA 10.6 MurcerR66 11.3 BrockCOL205
Johnson,DeTRW 11.3 HendersonWWM 11.6 GarrGLA205
GarveyPIL 11.9 CedenoWWM 12.4 SchaalNAN205
KoscoPIL 13.8 GarveyPIL 12.9 TorreGLA199
Foster,RTRW 15.7 AparicioNYM 13.3 Rader,DoWWM196
Rader,DoWWM 17.1 OtisLAA 13.4 MillanGLA195
FreehanELE 18.3 FreehanELE 14.6 Kubiak,TCOL194
Epstein,MNYM 20.6 BlairTRW 15.4 HendersonWWM191
McRaeELE 22.6 McRaeELE 15.8 WillsELE188
MurcerR66 22.7 TorreGLA 16.1 HickmanCOL183
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
OlivaCOL .414 OlivaCOL .455 Jackson,RR66 .687
Jackson,RR66 .350 MurcerR66 .425 OlivaCOL .642
StaubGLA .349 Briggs,JLAA .418 MontanezWWM .630
GarrGLA .348 StaubGLA .417 HendersonWWM .574
CarewR66 .341 Jackson,RR66 .416 Briggs,JLAA .571
FreehanELE .339 FreehanELE .412 FreehanELE .562
TorreGLA .332 May,CWWM .402 Robinson,FGLA .557
Alou,MNYM .332 May,DELE .402 MeltonR66 .555
May,DELE .327 HendersonWWM .400 Johnson,DeTRW .531
Rose,PR66 .322 MaysGLA .391 PepitoneTRW .529
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
CarewR66184 Jackson,RR66112 Jackson,RR661.103
OlivaCOL162 TorreGLA95 OlivaCOL1.097
Jackson,RR66159 MontanezWWM93 MontanezWWM1.005
GarrGLA156 MeltonR6692 Briggs,JLAA .990
TorreGLA148 Robinson,FGLA86 HendersonWWM .974
Alou,MNYM147 OlivaCOL85 FreehanELE .974
May,DELE146 ScottR6683 MurcerR66 .933
StaubGLA145 Johnson,DeTRW81 MeltonR66 .927
MontanezWWM133 Powell,BELE74 Robinson,FGLA .913
Johnson,DeTRW132 Robinson,BELE74 Johnson,DeTRW .904
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
CedenoWWM30 CarewR6614 Jackson,RR6638
Jackson,RR6627 KennedyCOL10 MontanezWWM37
MoneyNYM25 MotaNYM8 ScottR6629
Rose,PR6625 May,CWWM7 Robinson,FGLA26
CarboEKL24 MondayCOL7 Johnson,DeTRW26
Alou,MNYM24 MetzgerWWM7 MeltonR6624
Rodriguez,AEKL22 Swoboda,RCOL6 BenchGLA22
May,DELE22 ReeseEKL6 Nettles,GTRW22
Johnson,DeTRW21 PinsonEKL6 HendersonWWM21
CarewR6621 MurcerR666 Powell,BELE21
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
Jackson,RR6671 Jackson,RR66312 Jackson,RR66 .337
MontanezWWM61 MontanezWWM272 MontanezWWM .322
CedenoWWM47 OlivaCOL251 HendersonWWM .285
Johnson,DeTRW47 CarewR66239 Robinson,FGLA .277
Robinson,FGLA44 TorreGLA234 Briggs,JLAA .271
OlivaCOL43 Johnson,DeTRW231 MeltonR66 .263
ScottR6643 ScottR66218 Powell,BELE .250
HendersonWWM42 Alou,MNYM212 PepitoneTRW .229
FreehanELE42 May,DELE211 OlivaCOL .228
TorreGLA41 Nettles,GTRW211 Johnson,DeTRW .228
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
SchaalNAN81 Jackson,RR66110 MeltonR6612
BrockCOL72 Johnson,DeTRW105 FreehanELE9
MaysGLA66 ScottR6697 PinsonEKL8
MurcerR6662 MaysGLA93 Robinson,FGLA7
ClarkeELE62 FreedNAN90 KennedyCOL6
CarboEKL61 BlairTRW80 Alou,JELE6
Powell,BELE59 BrockCOL78 FosseCOL6
May,DELE58 BatemanNAN77 EganTRW5
Briggs,JLAA57 Rader,DoWWM76 HickmanCOL5
Jackson,RR6655 Robertson,BPIL76 Foster,RTRW5
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
Harrelson,BGLA14 BenchGLA10 CarewR66539
WalkerELE11 Perez,MCOL7 ScottR66461
BradleyELE11 CedenoWWM7 Nettles,GTRW459
WillsELE10 Rodriguez,AEKL6 Jackson,RR66454
GarrGLA10 UhlaenderNYM6 GarrGLA448
HedlundTRW9 Oliver,ALAA6 ClarkeELE447
BlueR669 MeltonR666 May,DELE447
LuebberPIL8 OlivaCOL6 TorreGLA446
Ellis,DWWM8 StaubGLA6 Alou,MNYM443
SeaverGLA8 TorreGLA6 BrockCOL441
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
MontanezWWM 11.7 CarboEKL 11.9 CarewR66577
Jackson,RR66 11.9 CedenoWWM 14.2 Nettles,GTRW522
Robinson,FGLA 13.9 Rodriguez,AEKL 14.6 ClarkeELE516
MeltonR66 14.1 MoneyNYM 15.6 BrockCOL515
HendersonWWM 14.5 Rose,PR66 15.8 Jackson,RR66515
Briggs,JLAA 14.7 Jackson,RR66 16.8 May,DELE509
ScottR66 15.9 HendersonWWM 16.9 SchaalNAN509
Powell,BELE 16.0 MaysGLA 17.0 ScottR66499
Epstein,MNYM 16.0 Griffin,DWWM 17.5 Robinson,BELE491
Johnson,DeTRW 16.7 Rader,DoWWM 17.6 TorreGLA489