League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 10/7/1953

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
IrvinHOO .353 WoodlingBRK .455 MathewsRIV .609
AshburnBRK .350 IrvinHOO .427 IrvinHOO .564
WoodlingBRK .342 AshburnBRK .409 KluszewskiSOU .535
WhiteMAU .319 RizzutoMAU .404 WoodlingBRK .515
MathewsRIV .312 GilliamSOU .404 JensenMAU .490
BusbyEKL .308 MathewsRIV .401 MusialGOS .488
RizzutoMAU .306 BauerRIV .399 WhiteMAU .487
KluszewskiSOU .304 MusialGOS .390 EnnisGOS .481
GoodmanMAU .301 SlaughterHOO .385 Thomas,FRIV .463
KellMAU .296 KluszewskiSOU .384 BusbyEKL .460
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
AshburnBRK230 JensenMAU123 KluszewskiSOU123
MathewsRIV187 GilliamSOU118 EnnisGOS105
KluszewskiSOU173 MathewsRIV118 MathewsRIV99
EnnisGOS173 AshburnBRK118 WhiteMAU97
LockmanGOS171 MinosoGOS105 ThomsonEKL96
MusialGOS168 MusialGOS103 Thomas,FRIV95
KuennEKL166 KluszewskiSOU94 JensenMAU91
IrvinHOO165 IrvinHOO93 IrvinHOO90
GilliamSOU160 WoodlingBRK89 WoodlingBRK83
JensenMAU159 EnnisGOS89 MusialGOS83
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
MusialGOS41 JensenMAU19 MathewsRIV44
NiemanHOO38 GilliamSOU17 KluszewskiSOU35
KellMAU37 SlaughterHOO12 EnnisGOS32
WoodlingBRK31 Thompson,HGOS11 Thomas,FRIV28
WhiteMAU31 RennaRIV9 MusialGOS23
JensenMAU31 BauerRIV9 BerraRIV22
GilliamSOU29 MathewsRIV9 IrvinHOO22
MathewsRIV28 HemusBRK8 Martin,BiHOO21
RizzutoMAU27 Spencer,DSOU8 TorgesonBRK19
Spencer,DSOU27 RyanBRK7 JablonskiGOS19
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
MathewsRIV81 GilliamSOU24-8 AshburnBRK .813
JensenMAU68 AshburnBRK13-3 GilliamSOU .750
MusialGOS68 MinosoGOS7-6    
KluszewskiSOU58 BusbyEKL6-1    
NiemanHOO56 HemusBRK5-0    
EnnisGOS54 MichaelsEKL5-1    
TorgesonBRK52 JensenMAU5-1    
IrvinHOO51 IrvinHOO5-2    
GilliamSOU51 MantleEKL5-4    
Thomas,FRIV50 O'Brien,ESOU4-0    
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
GilliamSOU111 KluszewskiSOU18 MathewsRIV103
MusialGOS99 HemusBRK13 Thomas,FRIV100
MantleEKL87 MantleEKL12 RepulskiBRK87
WoodlingBRK87 WoodlingBRK12 Spencer,DSOU84
MathewsRIV87 MusialGOS12 MantleEKL79
BauerRIV75 MathewsRIV9 BilkoHOO78
KluszewskiSOU72 Thompson,HGOS6 DropoRIV73
KokosMAU66 BerraRIV6 MinosoGOS69
HemusBRK66 LockmanGOS6 WestrumSOU64
RizzutoMAU66 GilliamSOU6 GrothRIV64
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
PiersallSOU19     MinosoGOS17
TrucksSOU15     Martin,BiHOO9
GlynnEKL11     AshburnBRK9
AdamsEKL11     RepulskiBRK7
StobbsEKL10     SlaughterHOO6
AshburnBRK10     EnnisGOS6
ErskineHOO7     Brown,HSOU5
RobertsSOU7     EasterHOO5
MiksisGOS7     Spencer,DSOU5
KosloHOO6     BauerRIV5
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
IrvinHOO26 MathewsRIV 140.7 WoodlingBRK 9.4
MathewsRIV25 AshburnBRK 117.9 MathewsRIV 8.7
MusialGOS23 KluszewskiSOU 116.5 IrvinHOO 8.6
MantleEKL21 MusialGOS 109.9 KluszewskiSOU 7.7
RepulskiBRK21 WoodlingBRK 106.0 AshburnBRK 7.1
Martin,BiHOO19 IrvinHOO 105.3 RizzutoMAU 6.9
BilkoHOO18 GilliamSOU 102.6 MusialGOS 6.7
JablonskiGOS18 JensenMAU 97.0 GilliamSOU 6.5
WhiteMAU18 EnnisGOS 95.5 BauerRIV 6.4
EnnisGOS18 NiemanHOO 87.2 WhiteMAU 6.1
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
MathewsRIV .297 WoodlingBRK1.056 MathewsRIV365
KluszewskiSOU .232 MathewsRIV1.039 KluszewskiSOU305
Thomas,FRIV .221 IrvinHOO .997 EnnisGOS292
JensenMAU .214 KluszewskiSOU .929 MusialGOS286
IrvinHOO .212 GilliamSOU .876 JensenMAU282
MusialGOS .201 MusialGOS .876 AshburnBRK275
EnnisGOS .196 RizzutoMAU .852 IrvinHOO264
Spencer,DSOU .192 BauerRIV .828 DropoRIV242
Martin,BiHOO .184 JensenMAU .811 GilliamSOU238
JablonskiGOS .174 AshburnBRK .808 MinosoGOS235
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
MathewsRIV1.011 MathewsRIV .442 MathewsRIV 13.6
IrvinHOO .991 WoodlingBRK .374 KluszewskiSOU 16.3
WoodlingBRK .970 MusialGOS .372 Thomas,FRIV 17.3
KluszewskiSOU .919 GilliamSOU .363 EnnisGOS 19.0
MusialGOS .878 KluszewskiSOU .360 IrvinHOO 21.3
RizzutoMAU .858 IrvinHOO .342 JablonskiGOS 24.5
WhiteMAU .853 JensenMAU .327 Martin,BiHOO 24.5
JensenMAU .840 Thomas,FRIV .326 MusialGOS 25.5
BauerRIV .836 BauerRIV .308 JensenMAU 31.9
AshburnBRK .828 RizzutoMAU .304 Spencer,DSOU 32.8
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
AshburnBRK657 AshburnBRK733 LockmanGOS154
DropoRIV648 MathewsRIV688 RepulskiBRK154
RepulskiBRK615 MusialGOS685 AshburnBRK154
EnnisGOS607 GilliamSOU679 MathewsRIV154
KuennEKL607 RepulskiBRK677 DropoRIV154
MathewsRIV599 DropoRIV675 KluszewskiSOU153
LockmanGOS589 EnnisGOS659 MusialGOS151
MusialGOS586 LockmanGOS653 EnnisGOS151
JensenMAU575 MinosoGOS649 KuennEKL150
MinosoGOS572 KuennEKL646 Martin,BiHOO149
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
NiemanHOO5 AdamsEKL7    
Martin,BiHOO5 ThomsonEKL7    
SlaughterHOO3 DropoRIV7    
GaragiolaHOO3 BerraRIV7    
Spencer,DSOU2 EnnisGOS6    
IrvinHOO2 JoostHOO6    
DeMaestriHOO2 MinosoGOS6    
EasterHOO2 MarshallSOU5    
ChakalesRIV2 RhodesHOO5    
LopatHOO2 LockmanGOS5    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
MathewsRIV454 MathewsRIV .660 AshburnBRK4.76
MusialGOS385 IrvinHOO .614 GilliamSOU4.65
KluszewskiSOU379 WoodlingBRK .597 JensenMAU4.54
GilliamSOU352 KluszewskiSOU .589 MusialGOS4.54
JensenMAU347 MusialGOS .562 WoodlingBRK4.50
EnnisGOS344 JensenMAU .542 MathewsRIV4.47
AshburnBRK341 RizzutoMAU .528 MinosoGOS4.41
IrvinHOO325 EnnisGOS .522 RepulskiBRK4.40
WoodlingBRK317 BauerRIV .522 DropoRIV4.38
MinosoGOS311 WhiteMAU .519 EnnisGOS4.36
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
MathewsRIV452 MathewsRIV .657 AshburnBRK4.27
MusialGOS385 IrvinHOO .609 DropoRIV4.21
KluszewskiSOU377 WoodlingBRK .589 JensenMAU4.08
GilliamSOU349 KluszewskiSOU .585 KuennEKL4.05
JensenMAU343 MusialGOS .562 EnnisGOS4.02
EnnisGOS338 JensenMAU .536 RepulskiBRK3.99
AshburnBRK332 RizzutoMAU .522 MinosoGOS3.89
IrvinHOO322 GilliamSOU .514 MathewsRIV3.89
WoodlingBRK313 EnnisGOS .513 MusialGOS3.88
MinosoGOS294 BauerRIV .512 GilliamSOU3.87
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
AshburnBRK628 AshburnBRK .363 GilliamSOU 0.2
DropoRIV560 IrvinHOO .353 GoodmanMAU 0.3
KuennEKL557 WoodlingBRK .349 KluszewskiSOU 0.3
LockmanGOS554 WhiteMAU .336 SlaughterHOO 0.4
GilliamSOU538 RizzutoMAU .330 WoodlingBRK 0.4
EnnisGOS523 BusbyEKL .323 MusialGOS 0.4
MusialGOS523 MathewsRIV .316 LockmanGOS 0.5
RepulskiBRK521 BauerRIV .315 KellMAU 0.5
KluszewskiSOU511 GoodmanMAU .304 AshburnBRK 0.6
JensenMAU503 ThomsonEKL .302 IrvinHOO 0.7
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
LenhardtMAU .407 JoostHOO .494 LenhardtMAU .701
IrvinHOO .381 LenhardtMAU .471 JoostHOO .625
JoostHOO .375 IrvinHOO .455 MathewsRIV .624
AshburnBRK .368 KellMAU .435 Martin,BiHOO .586
KellMAU .349 AshburnBRK .413 KluszewskiSOU .565
Martin,BiHOO .321 WhiteMAU .403 EnnisGOS .510
CarrasquelGOS .313 GilliamSOU .386 IrvinHOO .503
KluszewskiSOU .306 BauerRIV .386 JablonskiGOS .500
MinosoGOS .305 MinosoGOS .382 KellMAU .495
MathewsRIV .305 Martin,BiHOO .379 GrothRIV .490
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
AshburnBRK77 LenhardtMAU43 LenhardtMAU1.171
LenhardtMAU68 KluszewskiSOU43 JoostHOO1.119
KluszewskiSOU66 MathewsRIV34 MathewsRIV1.000
KellMAU65 JablonskiGOS33 Martin,BiHOO .965
MathewsRIV64 EnnisGOS31 IrvinHOO .958
MinosoGOS61 IrvinHOO29 KellMAU .929
IrvinHOO59 JensenMAU28 KluszewskiSOU .918
EnnisGOS59 MusialGOS28 BauerRIV .875
CarrasquelGOS55 SieversEKL26 EnnisGOS .873
GrothRIV55 KellMAU26 WhiteMAU .852
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
KellMAU19 JensenMAU8 MathewsRIV18
RizzutoMAU15 GrothRIV6 KluszewskiSOU14
GrothRIV15 DropoRIV5 LenhardtMAU13
Fitz GeraldSOU14 WilberMAU4 SieversEKL11
NiemanHOO13 Martin,BiHOO4 EnnisGOS11
WoodlingBRK12 BauerRIV4 CoxHOO10
MusialGOS12 NobleGOS3 JoostHOO8
KluszewskiSOU12 BusbyEKL3 Martin,BiHOO8
SouchockHOO11 Spencer,DSOU3 JablonskiGOS8
JablonskiGOS11 MathewsRIV3 MusialGOS7
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
MathewsRIV28 MathewsRIV131 MathewsRIV .319
KluszewskiSOU27 KluszewskiSOU122 LenhardtMAU .293
GrothRIV26 LenhardtMAU117 Martin,BiHOO .264
LenhardtMAU22 EnnisGOS100 KluszewskiSOU .259
JensenMAU22 GrothRIV97 JoostHOO .250
KellMAU22 JablonskiGOS93 JensenMAU .221
JablonskiGOS21 KellMAU92 GrothRIV .212
RizzutoMAU20 AshburnBRK89 JablonskiGOS .210
MusialGOS20 MinosoGOS88 EnnisGOS .209
EnnisGOS19 JensenMAU86 SouchockHOO .207
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
GilliamSOU38 MathewsRIV59 MinosoGOS10
JoostHOO29 TorgesonBRK37 Brown,HSOU5
MusialGOS29 Fitz GeraldSOU33 RyanBRK3
KellMAU27 Spencer,DSOU28 SlaughterHOO3
WoodlingBRK26 KokosMAU26 RepulskiBRK3
KokosMAU25 KazanskiRIV26 BerraRIV3
RizzutoMAU25 RizzutoMAU26 AshburnBRK3
JensenMAU24 WoodlingBRK25 GoodmanMAU2
MathewsRIV24 MinosoGOS25 Martin,BiHOO2
WhiteMAU21 LenhardtMAU24 Spencer,DSOU2
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
PiersallSOU6     KluszewskiSOU216
AdamsEKL5     MathewsRIV210
AshburnBRK4     DropoRIV210
SchmitzSOU3     AshburnBRK209
PodresRIV2     MusialGOS202
StobbsEKL2     MinosoGOS200
CollumGOS2     GrothRIV198
Brown,HSOU2     EnnisGOS196
FornielesMAU2     LockmanGOS188
TrucksSOU2     RizzutoMAU187
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
MathewsRIV 11.7 KellMAU 9.8 MathewsRIV234
LenhardtMAU 12.8 SouchockHOO 12.3 KluszewskiSOU232
KluszewskiSOU 15.4 Fitz GeraldSOU 12.4 MusialGOS231
JoostHOO 16.0 RizzutoMAU 12.5 AshburnBRK229
Martin,BiHOO 17.5 WhiteMAU 12.7 MinosoGOS225
EnnisGOS 17.8 GrothRIV 13.2 GrothRIV217
JablonskiGOS 23.3 WoodlingBRK 13.3 DropoRIV216
SouchockHOO 27.0 JoostHOO 16.0 EnnisGOS215
Spencer,DSOU 28.2 MusialGOS 16.8 KellMAU215
MusialGOS 28.9 JablonskiGOS 16.9 RizzutoMAU212
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
WoodlingBRK .411 WoodlingBRK .519 Thompson,HGOS .611
NiemanHOO .355 HemusBRK .436 MathewsRIV .602
AshburnBRK .342 Thompson,HGOS .435 TorgesonBRK .599
IrvinHOO .339 MusialGOS .423 WoodlingBRK .596
Thompson,HGOS .337 NiemanHOO .418 IrvinHOO .594
WhiteMAU .327 MantleEKL .414 NiemanHOO .560
HemusBRK .324 MathewsRIV .414 MusialGOS .534
MusialGOS .318 IrvinHOO .414 HemusBRK .527
MathewsRIV .316 GilliamSOU .411 KluszewskiSOU .517
LockmanGOS .314 AshburnBRK .408 MarshallSOU .504
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
AshburnBRK153 KluszewskiSOU80 WoodlingBRK1.115
KuennEKL135 ThomsonEKL79 Thompson,HGOS1.046
LockmanGOS126 EnnisGOS74 MathewsRIV1.016
MathewsRIV123 WhiteMAU72 IrvinHOO1.008
MusialGOS122 Thomas,FRIV71 TorgesonBRK .989
NiemanHOO118 BusbyEKL66 NiemanHOO .979
GilliamSOU118 MathewsRIV65 HemusBRK .964
ThomsonEKL117 JensenMAU63 MusialGOS .957
WoodlingBRK115 IrvinHOO61 KluszewskiSOU .917
WhiteMAU114 Thompson,HGOS60 GilliamSOU .876
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
MusialGOS29 GilliamSOU16 MathewsRIV26
NiemanHOO25 Thompson,HGOS11 Thomas,FRIV23
GoodmanMAU24 JensenMAU11 KluszewskiSOU21
CarrasquelGOS24 SlaughterHOO10 EnnisGOS21
LockmanGOS24 RennaRIV8 BerraRIV18
TorgesonBRK22 HemusBRK8 IrvinHOO18
JensenMAU22 TorgesonBRK7 TorgesonBRK16
GilliamSOU22 MathewsRIV6 Thompson,HGOS16
Spencer,DSOU21 BelardiHOO5 MusialGOS16
WhiteMAU21 RyanBRK5 RhodesHOO15
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
MathewsRIV53 MathewsRIV234 TorgesonBRK .291
MusialGOS48 MusialGOS205 MathewsRIV .285
JensenMAU46 JensenMAU196 Thompson,HGOS .275
TorgesonBRK45 EnnisGOS192 IrvinHOO .256
GilliamSOU42 Thompson,HGOS187 Thomas,FRIV .230
Thompson,HGOS41 IrvinHOO186 MusialGOS .216
IrvinHOO41 NiemanHOO186 KluszewskiSOU .215
NiemanHOO41 AshburnBRK186 JensenMAU .211
Thomas,FRIV38 GilliamSOU184 NiemanHOO .205
WhiteMAU36 KluszewskiSOU183 MarshallSOU .204
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
MantleEKL74 Thomas,FRIV87 Martin,BiHOO7
GilliamSOU73 RepulskiBRK69 MinosoGOS7
MusialGOS70 MantleEKL60 EnnisGOS6
MathewsRIV63 BilkoHOO57 AshburnBRK6
WoodlingBRK61 Spencer,DSOU56 EasterHOO5
KluszewskiSOU57 DropoRIV51 BauerRIV5
LockmanGOS57 NiemanHOO49 MontemayorRIV4
BauerRIV54 Stephens,VBRK48 TrucksSOU4
HemusBRK53 GrothRIV48 DeMaestriHOO4
Thompson,HGOS49 ThomsonEKL48 JablonskiGOS4
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
TrucksSOU13     KuennEKL453
PiersallSOU13     AshburnBRK448
GlynnEKL10     RepulskiBRK439
StobbsEKL8     DropoRIV438
BuhlEKL6     ThomsonEKL427
AdamsEKL6     EnnisGOS411
AshburnBRK6     LockmanGOS401
KosloHOO5     GilliamSOU396
LopatHOO5     JensenMAU394
ErskineHOO5     MathewsRIV389
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
MathewsRIV 15.0 TorgesonBRK 13.1 AshburnBRK504
Thomas,FRIV 16.0 MusialGOS 13.2 RepulskiBRK483
KluszewskiSOU 16.9 NiemanHOO 13.3 KuennEKL477
IrvinHOO 17.4 Spencer,DSOU 13.6 GilliamSOU472
TorgesonBRK 18.1 WoodlingBRK 14.7 LockmanGOS459
Thompson,HGOS 19.1 KellMAU 15.4 DropoRIV459
EnnisGOS 19.6 IrvinHOO 15.6 ThomsonEKL456
MusialGOS 24.0 GoodmanMAU 15.8 MusialGOS454
JablonskiGOS 25.4 CarrasquelGOS 15.8 MathewsRIV454
MarshallSOU 25.8 WhiteMAU 16.6 EnnisGOS444