League batting leaders -- American League
Regular season -- as of 9/30/1955

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
FurilloSOU .347 AshburnBRK .460 MaysSOU .627
AshburnBRK .339 MathewsSCW .422 MathewsSCW .604
KalineBRK .334 FurilloSOU .410 BanksBRK .582
MusialGOS .320 MaysSOU .403 FurilloSOU .535
MaysSOU .314 GoodmanMAU .403 KluszewskiSOU .533
KuennEKL .313 MusialGOS .402 KalineBRK .523
KellMAU .305 KalineBRK .398 DropoSCW .512
GoodmanMAU .305 KellMAU .393 MusialGOS .508
DropoSCW .303 Thompson HSOU .393 AaronSCW .499
McDougaldSOU .298 Morgan BMAU .373 BooneHOO .474
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
KalineBRK207 MaysSOU134 KluszewskiSOU136
AshburnBRK195 KalineBRK129 BanksBRK133
AaronSCW187 AshburnBRK117 KalineBRK117
MusialGOS179 AaronSCW114 MathewsSCW115
MaysSOU178 KluszewskiSOU112 MaysSOU105
KuennEKL176 BanksBRK111 MusialGOS103
BanksBRK175 MathewsSCW107 AaronSCW103
FurilloSOU172 ReeseHOO95 DropoSCW93
KluszewskiSOU160 MusialGOS86 FurilloSOU89
GoodmanMAU159 PiersallSOU83 BerraSCW88
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
AaronSCW41 LongBRK15 BanksBRK43
AshburnBRK36 MaysSOU15 MaysSOU41
KuennEKL33 AshburnBRK9 KluszewskiSOU39
KalineBRK32 BanksBRK9 MathewsSCW37
BanksBRK31 ValoSCW8 DropoSCW26
FurilloSOU28 ClementeEKL8 MusialGOS25
ReeseHOO28 KalineBRK8 AaronSCW24
BusbyMAU25 MirandaSCW7 KalineBRK23
BooneHOO25 WoodlingBRK7 ReeseHOO22
JensenMAU25 McDougaldSOU7 FurilloSOU21
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
BanksBRK83 MaysSOU26-3 MaysSOU .897
MaysSOU80 MinosoGOS9-5 AshburnBRK .474
AaronSCW72 AshburnBRK9-10    
KalineBRK63 GilliamGOS8-4    
KluszewskiSOU62 PopeHOO7-4    
MathewsSCW59 TorgesonBRK6-0    
BerraSCW51 RizzutoMAU6-5    
MusialGOS51 PalysHOO5-0    
ReeseHOO51 Baker GSCW5-2    
BooneHOO50 KalineBRK5-2    
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
AshburnBRK126 BanksBRK21 MathewsSCW89
MathewsSCW92 MaysSOU18 PopeHOO78
Thompson HSOU81 MathewsSCW15 McDougaldSOU72
GoodmanMAU81 DobyGOS12 AaronSCW72
MaysSOU75 AshburnBRK11 BanksBRK67
MusialGOS71 Williams TedSCW8 KalineBRK67
WoodlingBRK69 KellMAU7 ReeseHOO66
Williams TedSCW66 CooperGOS6 JensenMAU65
JensenMAU66 SpeakeMAU6 ZimmerSCW64
TorgesonBRK64 TorgesonBRK5 ZauchinHOO64
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
Roberts RSOU13     FoxEKL18
FoxEKL13     PafkoHOO10
PierceEKL12     FurilloSOU10
PiersallSOU12     White SamMAU9
TurleyBRK10     MinosoGOS9
Wilson RedBRK10     MaysSOU9
PorterfieldGOS9     JablonskiGOS8
McDougaldSOU9     HarrisHOO8
Jones SGOS8     KluszewskiSOU8
GilliamGOS8     KattGOS7
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
AaronSCW29 MaysSOU 145.4 MaysSOU 9.7
BanksBRK27 KalineBRK 125.5 MathewsSCW 9.4
Baker GSCW21 AshburnBRK 125.4 FurilloSOU 8.3
KalineBRK20 MathewsSCW 115.7 AshburnBRK 8.3
FoxEKL19 MusialGOS 115.6 MusialGOS 7.9
EnnisGOS19 BanksBRK 114.2 KalineBRK 7.8
KluszewskiSOU19 FurilloSOU 104.6 BanksBRK 6.7
BooneHOO18 KluszewskiSOU 98.6 DropoSCW 6.3
ReeseHOO18 AaronSCW 96.4 KluszewskiSOU 6.2
JensenMAU17 ReeseHOO 83.9 KellMAU 6.1
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
MaysSOU .313 MaysSOU1.148 MaysSOU355
MathewsSCW .308 MathewsSCW1.111 BanksBRK353
BanksBRK .293 AshburnBRK .980 KalineBRK324
KluszewskiSOU .252 FurilloSOU .930 AaronSCW314
DropoSCW .209 MusialGOS .919 KluszewskiSOU303
AaronSCW .202 KalineBRK .908 MusialGOS284
BooneHOO .199 BanksBRK .907 MathewsSCW273
KalineBRK .189 KluszewskiSOU .834 FurilloSOU265
BerraSCW .189 Thompson HSOU .802 AshburnBRK261
FurilloSOU .188 DropoSCW .794 ReeseHOO252
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
MaysSOU1.030 MathewsSCW .509 MathewsSCW 12.2
MathewsSCW1.026 MaysSOU .486 MaysSOU 13.8
FurilloSOU .945 BanksBRK .392 BanksBRK 14.1
BanksBRK .937 Thompson HSOU .338 KluszewskiSOU 14.6
KalineBRK .921 AshburnBRK .332 DropoSCW 17.3
AshburnBRK .913 KluszewskiSOU .331 MusialGOS 22.4
MusialGOS .910 MusialGOS .317 FurilloSOU 23.6
KluszewskiSOU .878 KalineBRK .292 BooneHOO 23.9
DropoSCW .856 BerraSCW .279 BerraSCW 26.0
AaronSCW .840 BooneHOO .275 AaronSCW 26.2
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
AaronSCW629 AshburnBRK707 ReeseHOO148
KalineBRK619 KalineBRK684 BanksBRK147
BanksBRK607 AaronSCW671 KalineBRK147
ReeseHOO588 BanksBRK670 AaronSCW147
JensenMAU584 ReeseHOO662 Baker GSCW146
AshburnBRK576 JensenMAU655 AshburnBRK146
KluszewskiSOU568 MaysSOU650 KuennEKL146
MaysSOU566 MusialGOS636 MaysSOU145
KuennEKL562 KluszewskiSOU622 JensenMAU145
MusialGOS559 GoodmanMAU612 MusialGOS144
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
KluszewskiSOU4 ReeseHOO7    
BaumholtzHOO3 O'Brien JHOO7    
TriandosHOO3 AshburnBRK7    
BooneHOO3 KuennEKL7    
YoungHOO3 McDougaldSOU6    
GroatSOU2 ThomsonEKL5    
NewcombeSOU2 ClementeEKL5    
PopeHOO2 PowerEKL5    
FurilloSOU1 BooneHOO5    
O'Brien JHOO1 BerraSCW5    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
MaysSOU439 MaysSOU .675 AshburnBRK4.84
BanksBRK416 MathewsSCW .675 KalineBRK4.65
AshburnBRK390 BanksBRK .621 AaronSCW4.56
KalineBRK389 FurilloSOU .580 BanksBRK4.56
MathewsSCW371 KluszewskiSOU .574 JensenMAU4.52
MusialGOS360 KalineBRK .569 GoodmanMAU4.50
KluszewskiSOU357 MusialGOS .566 MaysSOU4.48
AaronSCW356 AshburnBRK .552 ReeseHOO4.47
ReeseHOO320 DropoSCW .540 PiersallSOU4.45
FurilloSOU317 AaronSCW .531 MusialGOS4.42
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
MaysSOU430 MathewsSCW .664 AaronSCW4.28
BanksBRK413 MaysSOU .662 KalineBRK4.21
AshburnBRK387 BanksBRK .616 BanksBRK4.13
KalineBRK385 KalineBRK .563 JensenMAU4.03
MathewsSCW365 FurilloSOU .561 ReeseHOO3.97
MusialGOS355 KluszewskiSOU .561 KluszewskiSOU3.97
AaronSCW350 MusialGOS .558 PiersallSOU3.95
KluszewskiSOU349 AshburnBRK .547 AshburnBRK3.95
ReeseHOO315 DropoSCW .538 MaysSOU3.90
FurilloSOU307 AaronSCW .522 MusialGOS3.88
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
AaronSCW533 AshburnBRK .365 AshburnBRK 0.4
KuennEKL530 KalineBRK .348 BerraSCW 0.4
KalineBRK529 FurilloSOU .339 GoodmanMAU 0.6
AshburnBRK524 GoodmanMAU .328 FoxEKL 0.6
JensenMAU506 KellMAU .326 GilliamGOS 0.6
ReeseHOO506 McDougaldSOU .324 MusialGOS 0.6
BanksBRK497 Morgan BMAU .321 Thompson HSOU 0.7
MusialGOS493 KuennEKL .321 FurilloSOU 0.7
KluszewskiSOU486 MusialGOS .312 MaysSOU 0.7
BerraSCW481 AaronSCW .306 KellMAU 0.8
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
RhodesGOS .467 RhodesGOS .526 BanksBRK .757
TerwilligerMAU .402 TerwilligerMAU .461 ReeseHOO .744
BanksBRK .362 AshburnBRK .447 RhodesGOS .738
BooneHOO .357 BanksBRK .443 MaysSOU .673
CarrasquelGOS .355 KellMAU .436 BooneHOO .662
AaronSCW .352 McDougaldSOU .431 KluszewskiSOU .642
KalineBRK .347 KalineBRK .429 AaronSCW .615
PiersallSOU .344 MaysSOU .423 EnnisGOS .573
McDougaldSOU .344 PiersallSOU .420 PiersallSOU .565
KuennEKL .343 MusialGOS .420 KalineBRK .558
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
BanksBRK67 KluszewskiSOU55 RhodesGOS1.263
CarrasquelGOS66 BanksBRK46 BanksBRK1.200
KalineBRK66 ReeseHOO45 ReeseHOO1.107
AaronSCW64 MusialGOS36 MaysSOU1.095
EnnisGOS61 DropoSCW36 BooneHOO1.079
AshburnBRK59 MaysSOU36 KluszewskiSOU1.038
RhodesGOS57 BooneHOO35 AaronSCW1.016
KuennEKL57 AaronSCW33 KalineBRK .986
BooneHOO56 ZimmerSCW32 PiersallSOU .984
McDougaldSOU56 NiemanHOO30 MusialGOS .976
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
AaronSCW17 Throneberry FSCW6 ReeseHOO19
BanksBRK16 MaysSOU6 BanksBRK19
PiersallSOU13 AshburnBRK5 KluszewskiSOU16
Dente 11 PafkoHOO3 ZimmerSCW14
EnnisGOS11 LongBRK3 MaysSOU14
BerraSCW10 MejiasMAU3 BooneHOO12
AshburnBRK10 BerraSCW3 MusialGOS12
KalineBRK10 TuttleEKL3 RhodesGOS11
SieversEKL9 KalineBRK3 King JGOS10
MejiasMAU8 ValoSCW2 DropoSCW10
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
BanksBRK35 BanksBRK140 ReeseHOO .417
AaronSCW28 ReeseHOO116 BanksBRK .395
ReeseHOO27 MaysSOU115 MaysSOU .351
MaysSOU26 AaronSCW112 KluszewskiSOU .321
EnnisGOS23 EnnisGOS106 ZimmerSCW .307
BooneHOO22 KalineBRK106 BooneHOO .306
KalineBRK21 BooneHOO104 RhodesGOS .270
BerraSCW20 KluszewskiSOU102 AaronSCW .264
PiersallSOU20 CarrasquelGOS97 MusialGOS .260
KluszewskiSOU19 MusialGOS94 NiemanHOO .260
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
JensenMAU41 ZimmerSCW45 FoxEKL7
WoodlingBRK41 WoodlingBRK39 JablonskiGOS7
AshburnBRK41 WaitkusGOS37 MusialGOS5
MusialGOS31 AshburnBRK33 Freese GeorSOU4
MaysSOU28 MathewsSCW30 HarrisHOO3
KalineBRK27 CarrasquelGOS30 PafkoHOO3
Morgan BMAU26 LongBRK28 KellMAU3
BanksBRK26 RhodesGOS28 AaronSCW3
TorgesonBRK24 ZauchinHOO28 MiksisEKL2
BauerSCW24 TorgesonBRK27 GoodmanMAU2
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
PierceEKL7     KalineBRK190
Wilson RedBRK6     CarrasquelGOS186
PorterfieldGOS4     BanksBRK185
Jones SGOS4     EnnisGOS185
GilliamGOS4     AshburnBRK184
FoxEKL4     AaronSCW182
McDougaldSOU4     FurilloSOU172
AbernathyEKL3     MaysSOU171
TrucksHOO3     DropoSCW170
AstrothEKL3     MusialGOS169
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
ReeseHOO 8.2 AaronSCW 10.7 AshburnBRK226
BanksBRK 9.7 BanksBRK 11.6 KalineBRK217
KluszewskiSOU 9.9 PiersallSOU 11.8 BanksBRK212
ZimmerSCW 10.0 SieversEKL 14.0 MusialGOS206
RhodesGOS 11.1 BerraSCW 14.9 CarrasquelGOS203
MaysSOU 12.2 TerwilligerMAU 15.9 MaysSOU201
BooneHOO 13.1 EnnisGOS 16.8 WoodlingBRK201
MusialGOS 14.1 NiemanHOO 18.1 JensenMAU199
NiemanHOO 15.9 AshburnBRK 18.4 AaronSCW197
DropoSCW 17.0 Morgan BMAU 18.6 McDougaldSOU192
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
FurilloSOU .387 AshburnBRK .466 MathewsSCW .630
AshburnBRK .347 FurilloSOU .458 MaysSOU .608
MusialGOS .331 Williams TedSCW .447 FurilloSOU .573
ValoSCW .329 ValoSCW .434 Williams TedSCW .567
KalineBRK .329 MathewsSCW .425 DropoSCW .516
MirandaSCW .328 GoodmanMAU .425 KalineBRK .508
GoodmanMAU .326 MaysSOU .394 BanksBRK .505
Williams TedSCW .319 MusialGOS .393 ValoSCW .498
MaysSOU .311 Thompson HSOU .392 KluszewskiSOU .491
DobyGOS .310 MirandaSCW .389 MusialGOS .487
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
KalineBRK141 MathewsSCW96 MathewsSCW1.055
AshburnBRK136 BanksBRK87 FurilloSOU1.030
MusialGOS129 KalineBRK87 Williams TedSCW1.014
GoodmanMAU126 KluszewskiSOU81 MaysSOU1.002
FurilloSOU125 AaronSCW70 ValoSCW .932
MaysSOU123 MaysSOU69 AshburnBRK .907
AaronSCW123 MusialGOS67 KalineBRK .891
KuennEKL119 FurilloSOU60 MusialGOS .880
DobyGOS111 DobyGOS59 DobyGOS .868
MathewsSCW109 KuennEKL59 DropoSCW .856
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
AshburnBRK26 LongBRK12 MathewsSCW33
KuennEKL25 MaysSOU9 MaysSOU27
AaronSCW24 BanksBRK9 BanksBRK24
JensenMAU23 ClementeEKL7 KluszewskiSOU23
KalineBRK22 MirandaSCW7 Williams TedSCW18
FurilloSOU21 WardMAU6 DropoSCW16
BusbyMAU20 ValoSCW6 KalineBRK15
ReeseHOO20 JensenMAU6 AaronSCW15
MinosoGOS19 BaileyGOS5 SpeakeMAU13
Thompson HSOU19 RhodesGOS5 FurilloSOU13
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
MaysSOU54 MaysSOU240 MathewsSCW .326
BanksBRK48 MathewsSCW226 MaysSOU .296
MathewsSCW47 KalineBRK218 BanksBRK .249
AaronSCW44 BanksBRK213 Williams TedSCW .248
KluszewskiSOU43 AaronSCW202 KluszewskiSOU .225
KalineBRK42 KluszewskiSOU201 DropoSCW .219
JensenMAU37 MusialGOS190 HouseEKL .192
Williams TedSCW35 FurilloSOU185 FurilloSOU .186
FurilloSOU34 AshburnBRK173 KalineBRK .179
BusbyMAU32 DobyGOS172 AaronSCW .177
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
AshburnBRK85 PopeHOO72 FoxEKL11
MathewsSCW71 MathewsSCW59 FurilloSOU10
Thompson HSOU71 ReeseHOO56 White SamMAU9
Williams TedSCW66 McDougaldSOU54 MinosoGOS9
GoodmanMAU63 AaronSCW54 KattGOS7
GilliamGOS55 HofmanHOO50 PafkoHOO7
ReeseHOO54 JensenMAU50 CarrasquelGOS7
MaysSOU47 Thompson HSOU49 KluszewskiSOU7
ValoSCW46 BanksBRK49 MaysSOU7
DobyGOS44 Wilson BillMAU47 GilliamGOS6
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
Roberts RSOU11     AaronSCW447
PiersallSOU10     ReeseHOO432
FoxEKL9     KalineBRK429
TurleyBRK8     JensenMAU426
DicksonGOS6     BanksBRK422
PorterfieldGOS5     KluszewskiSOU409
PierceEKL5     KuennEKL396
McDougaldSOU5     MaysSOU395
Jones SGOS4     AshburnBRK392
BurdetteSCW4     MusialGOS390
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
MathewsSCW 10.9 AshburnBRK 15.1 ReeseHOO495
MaysSOU 14.6 FurilloSOU 15.4 AshburnBRK481
Williams TedSCW 16.6 KuennEKL 15.8 AaronSCW474
DropoSCW 17.4 BusbyMAU 16.4 KalineBRK467
BanksBRK 17.6 ValoSCW 16.6 BanksBRK458
KluszewskiSOU 17.8 MinosoGOS 17.1 JensenMAU456
HouseEKL 21.8 JensenMAU 18.5 GoodmanMAU454
FurilloSOU 24.8 AaronSCW 18.6 MaysSOU449
TriandosHOO 26.8 BooneHOO 18.8 GilliamGOS443
DobyGOS 27.5 KellMAU 19.1 KluszewskiSOU443