League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 9/1/1955

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
FurilloSOU .358 AshburnBRK .454 MaysSOU .648
KalineBRK .354 MathewsSCW .420 MathewsSCW .610
AshburnBRK .332 KalineBRK .417 BanksBRK .600
MaysSOU .323 FurilloSOU .416 KalineBRK .566
KuennEKL .318 MaysSOU .415 KluszewskiSOU .564
MusialGOS .317 GoodmanMAU .401 FurilloSOU .555
DropoSCW .310 MusialGOS .397 DropoSCW .528
GoodmanMAU .308 KellMAU .396 MusialGOS .514
KellMAU .307 Thompson HSOU .385 AaronSCW .510
McDougaldSOU .304 Morgan BMAU .381 BooneHOO .454
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
KalineBRK181 MaysSOU108 KluszewskiSOU115
AshburnBRK157 KalineBRK108 BanksBRK115
AaronSCW154 KluszewskiSOU99 KalineBRK105
FurilloSOU151 AshburnBRK99 MathewsSCW91
MaysSOU148 BanksBRK97 MaysSOU89
BanksBRK145 AaronSCW94 AaronSCW88
KuennEKL143 MathewsSCW85 MusialGOS84
MusialGOS143 ReeseHOO73 FurilloSOU83
KluszewskiSOU141 FurilloSOU71 DropoSCW77
GoodmanMAU135 McDougaldSOU71 ReeseHOO70
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
KuennEKL29 MaysSOU14 BanksBRK39
AaronSCW29 LongBRK12 MaysSOU33
KalineBRK28 AshburnBRK8 KluszewskiSOU33
BanksBRK27 ValoSCW7 MathewsSCW31
FurilloSOU26 ClementeEKL7 KalineBRK22
AshburnBRK26 JensenMAU7 AaronSCW22
KellMAU23 BanksBRK7 DropoSCW21
ReeseHOO23 KalineBRK7 MusialGOS21
JensenMAU23 AaronSCW7 FurilloSOU19
MaysSOU22 Throneberry FSCW6 Williams TedSCW17
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
BanksBRK73 MaysSOU19-3 MaysSOU .864
MaysSOU69 GilliamGOS8-3 AshburnBRK .533
AaronSCW58 AshburnBRK8-7    
KalineBRK57 MinosoGOS7-4    
KluszewskiSOU56 RizzutoMAU5-4    
MathewsSCW49 PalysHOO4-0    
FurilloSOU45 Baker GSCW4-1    
MusialGOS43 ReeseHOO4-2    
JensenMAU42 KlausGOS3-0    
ReeseHOO41 TorgesonBRK3-0    
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
AshburnBRK104 BanksBRK19 MathewsSCW74
MathewsSCW75 MaysSOU17 PopeHOO69
MaysSOU65 MathewsSCW12 McDougaldSOU63
GoodmanMAU63 AshburnBRK10 AaronSCW60
WoodlingBRK62 DobyGOS9 KalineBRK60
TorgesonBRK58 KellMAU7 Wilson BillMAU58
Thompson HSOU58 CooperGOS6 ZimmerSCW57
KellMAU57 Williams TedSCW6 WoodlingBRK55
JensenMAU57 ReeseHOO5 ZauchinHOO54
MusialGOS55 AaronSCW5 JensenMAU52
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
FoxEKL12     FoxEKL16
PierceEKL11     PafkoHOO10
Roberts RSOU11     MinosoGOS9
Wilson RedBRK9     FurilloSOU8
PiersallSOU9     White SamMAU7
Jones SGOS8     KluszewskiSOU7
PorterfieldGOS7     MaysSOU7
TurleyBRK7     CarrasquelGOS6
McDougaldSOU7     MathewsSCW6
TrucksHOO6     KattGOS5
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
BanksBRK25 MaysSOU 124.2 MaysSOU10.3
AaronSCW20 KalineBRK 118.9 KalineBRK 9.3
Baker GSCW16 AshburnBRK 100.4 MathewsSCW 9.2
BerraSCW16 BanksBRK 96.2 FurilloSOU 8.9
EnnisGOS15 FurilloSOU 94.2 AshburnBRK 8.0
FoxEKL15 MathewsSCW 92.8 MusialGOS 7.8
BooneHOO14 MusialGOS 92.8 KluszewskiSOU 7.2
CarrasquelGOS14 KluszewskiSOU 91.7 DropoSCW 6.8
KellMAU14 AaronSCW 81.6 BanksBRK 6.7
KalineBRK14 GoodmanMAU 70.6 Morgan BMAU 6.3
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
MaysSOU .325 MaysSOU1.194 BanksBRK303
MathewsSCW .320 MathewsSCW1.114 MaysSOU297
BanksBRK .313 KalineBRK1.006 KalineBRK289
KluszewskiSOU .265 FurilloSOU .968 KluszewskiSOU266
DropoSCW .218 AshburnBRK .964 AaronSCW263
KalineBRK .211 BanksBRK .922 FurilloSOU234
AaronSCW .211 MusialGOS .915 MusialGOS232
MusialGOS .197 KluszewskiSOU .899 MathewsSCW221
FurilloSOU .197 DropoSCW .832 AshburnBRK211
BooneHOO .194 KellMAU .793 ReeseHOO203
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
MaysSOU1.064 MathewsSCW .525 MathewsSCW 11.7
MathewsSCW1.030 MaysSOU .502 BanksBRK 12.9
KalineBRK .983 BanksBRK .410 MaysSOU 13.9
FurilloSOU .970 KluszewskiSOU .341 KluszewskiSOU 14.3
BanksBRK .954 AshburnBRK .336 DropoSCW 17.0
KluszewskiSOU .922 Thompson HSOU .322 MusialGOS 21.5
MusialGOS .912 MusialGOS .319 FurilloSOU 22.2
AshburnBRK .900 KalineBRK .319 KalineBRK 23.2
DropoSCW .881 DropoSCW .282 AaronSCW 23.5
AaronSCW .849 ReeseHOO .279 BooneHOO 24.8
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
AaronSCW516 AshburnBRK581 BanksBRK121
KalineBRK511 KalineBRK566 KalineBRK121
BanksBRK505 BanksBRK557 AaronSCW121
JensenMAU485 AaronSCW548 ReeseHOO120
ReeseHOO476 JensenMAU547 Baker GSCW120
AshburnBRK473 ReeseHOO536 AshburnBRK120
KluszewskiSOU472 MaysSOU530 KuennEKL120
MaysSOU458 KluszewskiSOU516 JensenMAU120
MusialGOS451 MusialGOS512 MaysSOU119
KuennEKL449 GoodmanMAU510 KluszewskiSOU118
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
    O'Brien JHOO7    
    AshburnBRK7    
    KuennEKL7    
    ReeseHOO5    
    ThomsonEKL5    
    ClementeEKL5    
    PowerEKL5    
    BooneHOO5    
    PopeHOO5    
    VirdonEKL4    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
MaysSOU369 MaysSOU .696 AshburnBRK4.84
BanksBRK355 MathewsSCW .682 KalineBRK4.68
KalineBRK344 BanksBRK .637 BanksBRK4.60
AshburnBRK317 KalineBRK .608 JensenMAU4.56
KluszewskiSOU310 KluszewskiSOU .601 AaronSCW4.53
MathewsSCW302 FurilloSOU .595 GoodmanMAU4.47
AaronSCW295 MusialGOS .570 ReeseHOO4.47
MusialGOS292 DropoSCW .558 MaysSOU4.45
FurilloSOU276 AshburnBRK .546 PiersallSOU4.42
ReeseHOO260 AaronSCW .538 MusialGOS4.41
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
MaysSOU362 MaysSOU .683 AaronSCW4.26
BanksBRK352 MathewsSCW .668 KalineBRK4.22
KalineBRK342 BanksBRK .632 BanksBRK4.17
AshburnBRK315 KalineBRK .604 JensenMAU4.04
KluszewskiSOU303 KluszewskiSOU .587 KluszewskiSOU4.00
MathewsSCW296 FurilloSOU .578 ReeseHOO3.97
AaronSCW290 MusialGOS .561 AshburnBRK3.94
MusialGOS287 DropoSCW .555 PiersallSOU3.92
FurilloSOU268 AshburnBRK .542 McDougaldSOU3.91
ReeseHOO258 AaronSCW .529 MusialGOS3.89
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
AaronSCW434 KalineBRK .371 AshburnBRK 0.4
KalineBRK429 AshburnBRK .357 BerraSCW 0.4
AshburnBRK429 FurilloSOU .349 GilliamGOS 0.6
JensenMAU422 McDougaldSOU .336 MusialGOS 0.6
KuennEKL420 GoodmanMAU .332 GoodmanMAU 0.6
BanksBRK415 Morgan BMAU .327 FoxEKL 0.7
ReeseHOO413 KuennEKL .326 MaysSOU 0.7
KluszewskiSOU402 KellMAU .325 KellMAU 0.7
GoodmanMAU401 MusialGOS .306 FurilloSOU 0.7
BerraSCW399 AaronSCW .304 Thompson HSOU 0.7
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
RhodesGOS .433 RhodesGOS .482 BanksBRK .788
TerwilligerMAU .390 TerwilligerMAU .455 ReeseHOO .744
PiersallSOU .373 NiemanHOO .449 RhodesGOS .721
KalineBRK .364 PiersallSOU .447 MaysSOU .705
BanksBRK .363 KalineBRK .443 KluszewskiSOU .669
CarrasquelGOS .361 AshburnBRK .441 AaronSCW .624
AaronSCW .357 KellMAU .437 BooneHOO .614
McDougaldSOU .350 BanksBRK .436 PiersallSOU .597
MaysSOU .336 MaysSOU .436 KalineBRK .593
KluszewskiSOU .331 McDougaldSOU .433 EnnisGOS .576
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
KalineBRK59 KluszewskiSOU50 BanksBRK1.224
BanksBRK58 BanksBRK43 RhodesGOS1.204
CarrasquelGOS56 ReeseHOO38 MaysSOU1.142
AaronSCW56 DropoSCW32 ReeseHOO1.111
AshburnBRK51 MaysSOU31 KluszewskiSOU1.068
PiersallSOU50 AaronSCW29 PiersallSOU1.044
MaysSOU49 KellMAU28 KalineBRK1.036
EnnisGOS49 KalineBRK28 AaronSCW1.023
McDougaldSOU48 MusialGOS27 NiemanHOO1.007
KluszewskiSOU47 FurilloSOU27 BooneHOO .986
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
AaronSCW14 Throneberry FSCW6 BanksBRK18
BanksBRK14 MaysSOU6 ReeseHOO15
PiersallSOU12 AshburnBRK4 KluszewskiSOU15
KalineBRK10 PafkoHOO3 MaysSOU12
DenteHOO9 LongBRK3 ZimmerSCW11
EnnisGOS9 MejiasMAU3 RhodesGOS10
SieversEKL8 KalineBRK3 MusialGOS10
TerwilligerMAU8 ValoSCW2 KillebrewBRK9
MejiasMAU8 HamnerBRK2 BooneHOO9
AshburnBRK8 Baker GSCW2 EnnisGOS9
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
BanksBRK32 BanksBRK126 BanksBRK .425
MaysSOU24 MaysSOU103 ReeseHOO .413
AaronSCW24 AaronSCW98 MaysSOU .370
ReeseHOO20 KalineBRK96 KluszewskiSOU .338
KalineBRK20 KluszewskiSOU95 BooneHOO .291
EnnisGOS19 ReeseHOO90 RhodesGOS .288
PiersallSOU18 EnnisGOS87 ZimmerSCW .281
KluszewskiSOU18 PiersallSOU80 AaronSCW .268
BooneHOO17 CarrasquelGOS80 MusialGOS .257
BerraSCW15 BooneHOO78 EnnisGOS .252
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
JensenMAU37 ZimmerSCW41 FoxEKL6
WoodlingBRK37 WaitkusGOS37 MusialGOS5
AshburnBRK34 WoodlingBRK34 Freese GeorSOU4
Morgan BMAU26 AshburnBRK30 JablonskiGOS4
MaysSOU25 MathewsSCW28 HarrisHOO3
MusialGOS24 LongBRK25 PafkoHOO3
TorgesonBRK23 Throneberry FSCW24 KellMAU3
KalineBRK23 TorgesonBRK24 AaronSCW3
NiemanHOO22 VirdonEKL24 MiksisEKL2
KellMAU22 CarrasquelGOS24 GoodmanMAU2
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
PierceEKL6     KalineBRK162
Wilson RedBRK6     BanksBRK160
PorterfieldGOS4     AshburnBRK160
Jones SGOS4     AaronSCW157
FoxEKL4     CarrasquelGOS155
AbernathyEKL3     EnnisGOS151
TrucksHOO3     FurilloSOU148
AstrothEKL3     MaysSOU146
Baker GSCW3     KluszewskiSOU142
McDougaldSOU3     JensenMAU141
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
ReeseHOO 8.1 PiersallSOU 11.2 AshburnBRK195
BanksBRK 8.9 AaronSCW 11.2 KalineBRK185
KluszewskiSOU 9.5 BanksBRK 11.4 BanksBRK181
RhodesGOS 10.4 SieversEKL 12.4 JensenMAU178
ZimmerSCW 11.0 TerwilligerMAU 14.8 WoodlingBRK178
MaysSOU 12.2 MejiasMAU 14.9 MaysSOU172
MusialGOS 14.0 FoxEKL 15.5 MusialGOS170
BooneHOO 14.1 KalineBRK 16.2 AaronSCW168
NiemanHOO 15.8 EnnisGOS 16.8 Morgan BMAU163
EnnisGOS 16.8 BerraSCW 17.6 CarrasquelGOS163
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
FurilloSOU .394 FurilloSOU .461 MathewsSCW .664
KalineBRK .350 AshburnBRK .461 MaysSOU .622
AshburnBRK .339 Williams TedSCW .447 Williams TedSCW .607
GoodmanMAU .335 GoodmanMAU .425 FurilloSOU .599
MirandaSCW .332 ValoSCW .425 KalineBRK .553
Williams TedSCW .332 MathewsSCW .424 DropoSCW .544
MusialGOS .331 MaysSOU .405 KluszewskiSOU .518
DobyGOS .320 KalineBRK .404 BanksBRK .513
MaysSOU .317 DobyGOS .403 MusialGOS .502
ValoSCW .316 MirandaSCW .399 DobyGOS .495
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
KalineBRK122 MathewsSCW78 MathewsSCW1.089
FurilloSOU108 KalineBRK77 FurilloSOU1.060
AshburnBRK106 BanksBRK72 Williams TedSCW1.054
GoodmanMAU105 KluszewskiSOU65 MaysSOU1.027
MusialGOS103 AaronSCW59 KalineBRK .957
MaysSOU99 MaysSOU58 ValoSCW .905
KuennEKL98 MusialGOS57 DobyGOS .898
AaronSCW98 FurilloSOU56 DropoSCW .897
KluszewskiSOU94 WoodlingBRK50 MusialGOS .893
DobyGOS90 KuennEKL50 AshburnBRK .892
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
KuennEKL22 LongBRK9 MathewsSCW29
JensenMAU21 MaysSOU8 MaysSOU21
FurilloSOU20 BanksBRK7 BanksBRK21
AshburnBRK18 WardMAU6 KluszewskiSOU18
KalineBRK18 ClementeEKL6 Williams TedSCW16
ReeseHOO18 MirandaSCW6 KalineBRK15
Thompson HSOU17 JensenMAU6 AaronSCW14
KluszewskiSOU17 RhodesGOS5 DropoSCW13
BusbyMAU16 SimpsonSOU5 HouseEKL12
KellMAU16 HofmanHOO5 FurilloSOU12
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
MaysSOU45 MaysSOU194 MathewsSCW .364
MathewsSCW41 KalineBRK193 MaysSOU .304
BanksBRK41 MathewsSCW188 Williams TedSCW .275
KluszewskiSOU38 BanksBRK177 BanksBRK .261
KalineBRK37 KluszewskiSOU171 DropoSCW .235
JensenMAU34 AaronSCW165 KluszewskiSOU .233
AaronSCW34 FurilloSOU164 FurilloSOU .204
Williams TedSCW32 MusialGOS156 KalineBRK .203
FurilloSOU32 Williams TedSCW148 AaronSCW .187
MusialGOS28 DobyGOS139 BusbyMAU .175
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
AshburnBRK70 PopeHOO65 FoxEKL10
MathewsSCW56 McDougaldSOU46 MinosoGOS9
Thompson HSOU51 MathewsSCW46 FurilloSOU8
Williams TedSCW48 AaronSCW45 PafkoHOO7
ReeseHOO48 Wilson BillMAU44 White SamMAU7
GoodmanMAU46 KalineBRK42 CarrasquelGOS6
GilliamGOS44 ReeseHOO41 KluszewskiSOU6
ValoSCW43 HofmanHOO40 MaysSOU6
MaysSOU40 JensenMAU39 KattGOS5
DobyGOS38 DobyGOS38 MathewsSCW5
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
Roberts RSOU9     AaronSCW359
FoxEKL8     ReeseHOO355
PiersallSOU7     KalineBRK349
TurleyBRK6     BanksBRK345
PierceEKL5     JensenMAU344
BurdetteSCW4     KluszewskiSOU330
Jones SGOS4     GilliamGOS313
Lary FSOU4     AshburnBRK313
BuhlSCW4     GoodmanMAU313
ScoreSCW4     MaysSOU312
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
MathewsSCW 9.8 FurilloSOU 13.7 ReeseHOO408
MaysSOU 14.9 KuennEKL 14.1 AshburnBRK386
Williams TedSCW 15.3 BusbyMAU 16.1 KalineBRK381
BanksBRK 16.4 JensenMAU 16.4 AaronSCW380
DropoSCW 16.7 MinosoGOS 17.3 BanksBRK376
KluszewskiSOU 18.3 AshburnBRK 17.4 JensenMAU369
FurilloSOU 22.8 Thompson HSOU 17.6 GilliamGOS365
KalineBRK 23.3 KellMAU 17.8 GoodmanMAU364
DobyGOS 25.5 ValoSCW 18.8 KluszewskiSOU358
AaronSCW 25.6 Williams TedSCW 18.8 MaysSOU358