League batting leaders

League batting leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 9/28/1959

Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

Runnels	BBC	.365	Runnels	BBC	.445	Aaron	NEW	.647
Aaron	NEW	.340	Mathews	EKL	.411	Mathews	EKL	.629
Lemon	ASB	.327	Moon	SCH	.405	Lemon	ASB	.611
Moon	SCH	.314	Aaron	NEW	.391	Mays	NEW	.596
Mathews	EKL	.308	Lemon	ASB	.383	Banks	ASB	.549
Minoso	BBC	.300	Mays	NEW	.378	Killebrew	RAL	.524
Temple	SCH	.297	Ashburn	BBC	.373	Robinson F	SCH	.509
Mays	NEW	.295	Robinson F	SCH	.369	Boyer K	SCH	.498
Fox	EKL	.293	Minoso	BBC	.369	Minoso	BBC	.497
Boyer K	SCH	.285	Temple	SCH	.366	Runnels	BBC	.496


Hits			Runs			Runs batted in

Aaron	NEW	205	Mays	NEW	116	Mathews	EKL	126
Runnels	BBC	184	Temple	SCH	116	Aaron	NEW	124
Temple	SCH	181	Runnels	BBC	111	Robinson F	SCH	116
Fox	EKL	180	Mathews	EKL	110	Boyer K	SCH	116
Lemon	ASB	174	Banks	ASB	102	Banks	ASB	115
Mathews	EKL	171	Lemon	ASB	98	Lemon	ASB	111
Mays	NEW	165	Aaron	NEW	96	Killebrew	RAL	104
Moon	SCH	163	Killebrew	RAL	94	Minoso	BBC	102
Boyer K	SCH	163	Minoso	BBC	93	Adcock	BBC	89
Banks	ASB	163	Boyer K	SCH	91	Held	RAL	86


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Aaron	NEW	40	Neal	NBA	14	Mathews	EKL	51
Temple	SCH	38	McDougald	ASB	10	Aaron	NEW	45
White B	RAL	37	Runnels	BBC	9	Killebrew	RAL	42
Mays	NEW	37	Harris G	EKL	8	Banks	ASB	42
Runnels	BBC	36	White B	RAL	8	Lemon	ASB	40
Neal	NBA	36	Mathews	EKL	8	Mays	NEW	39
Fox	EKL	36	Temple	SCH	8	Boyer K	SCH	32
Francona	BBC	32	Mays	NEW	7	Adcock	BBC	31
Robinson F	SCH	30	Fox	EKL	7	Held	RAL	30
Minoso	BBC	28	White S	ASB	6	Robinson F	SCH	29


Extra base hits			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Aaron	NEW	90	Mays	NEW	24-3	Mays	NEW	.889
Mays	NEW	83	Temple	SCH	19-7	Temple	SCH	.731
Lemon	ASB	68	White B	RAL	11-3	Robinson F	SCH	.588
Mathews	EKL	68	Robinson F	SCH	10-7
Banks	ASB	65	Ashburn	BBC	8-1
Neal	NBA	65	Moon	SCH	8-1
Killebrew	RAL	62	Neal	NBA	8-3
Robinson F	SCH	62	Boyer K	SCH	7-0
Held	RAL	59	Malzone	BBC	7-0
White B	RAL	58	Pilarcik	ASB	6-4


Walks			Intentional walks			Strikeouts

Mathews	EKL	102	Mathews	EKL	32	Held	RAL	126
Killebrew	RAL	97	Mays	NEW	15	Killebrew	RAL	116
Moon	SCH	79	Robinson F	SCH	13	Robinson F	SCH	101
Ashburn	BBC	78	Francona	BBC	12	Boyer K	SCH	94
Torgeson	NEW	76	Aaron	NEW	12	Lemon	ASB	93
Runnels	BBC	73	Killebrew	RAL	10	Neal	NBA	81
Mays	NEW	73	Pilarcik	ASB	7	Demeter D	NBA	79
Robinson F	SCH	72	Burgess	ASB	7	Banks	ASB	78
Temple	SCH	66	Crandall	BBC	6	Kirkland	EKL	67
Fox	EKL	65	Lemon	ASB	6	Mays	NEW	67


Sacrifice bunts			Sacrifice flies			Hit by pitch

Friend	BBC	17	Robinson F	SCH	10	Minoso	BBC	21
Fox	EKL	13	Banks	ASB	10	Burke	ASB	14
Ashburn	BBC	12	Mathews	EKL	10	Robinson F	SCH	10
Jones S	BBC	11	Torre	SCH	8	Tate	RAL	8
Temple	SCH	11	Aaron	NEW	8	Jackson Ron	NEW	7
Burdette	SCH	10	Gernert	NBA	7	Martin B	NEW	7
Kline	SCH	9	Williams T	NBA	7	Fairly	SCH	7
Jackson Larry	EKL	9	Crandall	BBC	7	Roseboro	NBA	7
Purkey	RAL	9	Long	RAL	6	Freese	RAL	7
Fischer	EKL	8	Held	RAL	6	McCovey	RAL	6


Ground ball DP			Runs created			Runs created/27 outs

Neal	NBA	26	Mathews	EKL	149.4	Mathews	EKL	10.0
Francona	BBC	21	Aaron	NEW	143.9	Runnels	BBC	9.4
Minoso	BBC	19	Mays	NEW	130.3	Aaron	NEW	9.0
Aaron	NEW	19	Lemon	ASB	119.3	Mays	NEW	8.6
Crandall	BBC	18	Runnels	BBC	115.8	Lemon	ASB	8.5
Anderson S	NEW	18	Banks	ASB	103.4	Moon	SCH	7.3
Groat	BBC	18	Killebrew	RAL	100.9	Killebrew	RAL	6.5
Moryn	ASB	17	Robinson F	SCH	99.8	Robinson F	SCH	6.4
Robinson F	SCH	17	Moon	SCH	99.8	Banks	ASB	6.3
Held	RAL	16	Boyer K	SCH	99.4	Boyer K	SCH	6.3


Isolated power			Total average			Total bases

Mathews	EKL	.321	Mathews	EKL	1.159	Aaron	NEW	390
Aaron	NEW	.307	Mays	NEW	1.067	Mathews	EKL	349
Mays	NEW	.301	Aaron	NEW	1.059	Mays	NEW	333
Lemon	ASB	.284	Lemon	ASB	1.000	Lemon	ASB	325
Killebrew	RAL	.282	Runnels	BBC	.988	Banks	ASB	316
Banks	ASB	.266	Killebrew	RAL	.911	Boyer K	SCH	285
Held	RAL	.243	Robinson F	SCH	.890	Killebrew	RAL	275
Robinson F	SCH	.229	Moon	SCH	.871	Robinson F	SCH	273
Boyer K	SCH	.213	Banks	ASB	.856	Neal	NBA	268
Minoso	BBC	.197	Boyer K	SCH	.825	Minoso	BBC	265


On-base plus slugging			Secondary average			AB per homerun

Mathews	EKL	1.040	Mathews	EKL	.503	Mathews	EKL	10.9
Aaron	NEW	1.038	Mays	NEW	.469	Killebrew	RAL	12.5
Lemon	ASB	.993	Killebrew	RAL	.469	Lemon	ASB	13.3
Mays	NEW	.973	Aaron	NEW	.383	Aaron	NEW	13.4
Runnels	BBC	.941	Lemon	ASB	.370	Banks	ASB	13.7
Banks	ASB	.887	Robinson F	SCH	.369	Mays	NEW	14.3
Killebrew	RAL	.883	Banks	ASB	.344	Held	RAL	16.9
Robinson F	SCH	.879	Held	RAL	.326	Boyer K	SCH	17.9
Minoso	BBC	.866	Boyer K	SCH	.320	Robinson F	SCH	18.5
Moon	SCH	.848	Moon	SCH	.295	Minoso	BBC	21.3


Atbats			Plate appearances			Games

Fox	EKL	615	Fox	EKL	698	Aaron	NEW	154
Temple	SCH	609	Temple	SCH	689	Fox	EKL	154
Aaron	NEW	603	Mathews	EKL	671	Mathews	EKL	154
Neal	NBA	603	Neal	NBA	670	Ashburn	BBC	152
Banks	ASB	576	Aaron	NEW	667	Neal	NBA	152
Boyer K	SCH	572	Banks	ASB	639	Killebrew	RAL	151
Mays	NEW	559	Mays	NEW	638	Banks	ASB	150
Mathews	EKL	555	Boyer K	SCH	634	Malzone	BBC	150
Robinson F	SCH	536	Killebrew	RAL	629	Runnels	BBC	149
Minoso	BBC	533	Robinson F	SCH	628	Temple	SCH	149


Current hit streak			Longest hit streak

			Ashburn	BBC	5
			Boyer K	SCH	5
			Malzone	BBC	5
			White B	RAL	5
			Aaron	NEW	4
			Alou	NBA	4
			Banks	ASB	4
			Bauer	ASB	4
			Fox	EKL	4
			Freese	RAL	4


Total bases + BB + HBP			TB+BB+HBP rate			Plate appearances per game

Mathews	EKL	453	Mathews	EKL	.675	Temple	SCH	4.62
Aaron	NEW	446	Aaron	NEW	.669	Fox	EKL	4.53
Mays	NEW	409	Lemon	ASB	.642	Neal	NBA	4.41
Lemon	ASB	374	Mays	NEW	.641	Boyer K	SCH	4.37
Killebrew	RAL	374	Killebrew	RAL	.595	Mathews	EKL	4.36
Banks	ASB	369	Banks	ASB	.577	Aaron	NEW	4.33
Robinson F	SCH	355	Robinson F	SCH	.565	Mays	NEW	4.31
Boyer K	SCH	342	Runnels	BBC	.558	Robinson F	SCH	4.30
Neal	NBA	326	Minoso	BBC	.543	Banks	ASB	4.26
Minoso	BBC	325	Boyer K	SCH	.539	Moon	SCH	4.22


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			AB per game

Mathews	EKL	451	Mathews	EKL	.672	Temple	SCH	4.09
Aaron	NEW	440	Aaron	NEW	.660	Fox	EKL	3.99
Mays	NEW	406	Lemon	ASB	.640	Neal	NBA	3.97
Lemon	ASB	373	Mays	NEW	.636	Boyer K	SCH	3.94
Killebrew	RAL	372	Killebrew	RAL	.591	Aaron	NEW	3.92
Banks	ASB	364	Banks	ASB	.570	Banks	ASB	3.84
Robinson F	SCH	345	Runnels	BBC	.556	Mays	NEW	3.78
Boyer K	SCH	339	Robinson F	SCH	.549	Lemon	ASB	3.72
Runnels	BBC	323	Boyer K	SCH	.535	Robinson F	SCH	3.67
Neal	NBA	321	Held	RAL	.521	Minoso	BBC	3.65


Balls in park			In-play average			Strikeout/walk ratio

Fox	EKL	616	Runnels	BBC	.383	Fox	EKL	0.2
Temple	SCH	577	Lemon	ASB	.334	Ashburn	BBC	0.4
Neal	NBA	516	Moon	SCH	.328	Runnels	BBC	0.5
Aaron	NEW	507	Aaron	NEW	.316	Mathews	EKL	0.5
Groat	BBC	477	Temple	SCH	.303	Temple	SCH	0.6
Minoso	BBC	474	Robinson F	SCH	.291	Moon	SCH	0.7
Runnels	BBC	470	Fox	EKL	.291	Mays	NEW	0.9
Malzone	BBC	467	Boyer K	SCH	.290	Minoso	BBC	1.0
Banks	ASB	466	Minoso	BBC	.285	Aaron	NEW	1.2
Mathews	EKL	462	White B	RAL	.282	Killebrew	RAL	1.2


Batting average vs LHP			On-base percentage vs LHP			Slugging percentage vs LHP

Aaron	NEW	.411	Mays	NEW	.497	Mays	NEW	.876
Mays	NEW	.380	Aaron	NEW	.459	Aaron	NEW	.766
Thomson	ASB	.358	Thomson	ASB	.430	Thomson	ASB	.597
Crandall	BBC	.333	Crandall	BBC	.404	Mathews	EKL	.573
Neal	NBA	.277	Mathews	EKL	.355	Crandall	BBC	.488
Fox	EKL	.261	Fox	EKL	.348	Neal	NBA	.383
Mathews	EKL	.260	Neal	NBA	.325	Fox	EKL	.326





Hits vs LHP			Runs batted in vs LHP			On-base plus slugging vs LHP

Aaron	NEW	58	Lemon	ASB	41	Mays	NEW	1.373
Temple	SCH	52	Robinson F	SCH	35	Aaron	NEW	1.225
Mays	NEW	49	Aaron	NEW	33	Thomson	ASB	1.027
Thomson	ASB	48	Banks	ASB	32	Mathews	EKL	.927
Banks	ASB	46	Mathews	EKL	31	Crandall	BBC	.892
Baxes	BBC	45	Hodges	BBC	30	Neal	NBA	.707
Crandall	BBC	43	Mays	NEW	29	Fox	EKL	.674
Lemon	ASB	42	Adcock	BBC	27
Killebrew	RAL	42	Freese	RAL	27
Moon	SCH	40	Baxes	BBC	25


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Mays	NEW	17	McDougald	ASB	9	Lemon	ASB	19
Temple	SCH	16	Smith A	EKL	4	Mays	NEW	13
Robinson F	SCH	12	Mays	NEW	4	Aaron	NEW	13
Neal	NBA	12	Groth	NBA	3	Hodges	BBC	12
Crandall	BBC	11	Groat	BBC	3	Banks	ASB	12
Hodges	BBC	9	Kirkland	EKL	3	Robinson F	SCH	11
Aaron	NEW	9	White S	ASB	3	Baxes	BBC	11
Jones W	NEW	8	Doby	SCH	2	Mathews	EKL	11
Simpson	EKL	8	Lumpe	SCH	2	Adcock	BBC	10
Walls	BBC	8	Fairly	SCH	2	Killebrew	RAL	10


Extra base hits vs LHP			Total bases vs LHP			Isolated power vs LHP

Mays	NEW	34	Mays	NEW	113	Mays	NEW	.496
Robinson F	SCH	23	Aaron	NEW	108	Aaron	NEW	.355
Temple	SCH	23	Lemon	ASB	104	Mathews	EKL	.313
Aaron	NEW	23	Temple	SCH	88	Thomson	ASB	.239
Lemon	ASB	22	Banks	ASB	88	Crandall	BBC	.155
Hodges	BBC	22	Hodges	BBC	87	Neal	NBA	.106
Banks	ASB	18	Robinson F	SCH	84	Fox	EKL	.065
Killebrew	RAL	17	Baxes	BBC	80
Mathews	EKL	17	Thomson	ASB	80
Adcock	BBC	15	Killebrew	RAL	79


Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP			Hit by pitch vs LHP

Mays	NEW	30	Throneberry F	NEW	40	Jackson Ron	NEW	7
Killebrew	RAL	27	Skinner	SCH	32	Fairly	SCH	5
Herzog	RAL	20	Osborne	ASB	30	Versalles	EKL	4
Ashburn	BBC	20	Simpson	EKL	29	Roseboro	NBA	4
Mathews	EKL	19	Kirkland	EKL	25	Minoso	BBC	4
Robinson F	SCH	17	Flood	RAL	25	Robinson F	SCH	3
Lollar	EKL	17	Lemon	ASB	24	Boyer K	SCH	3
Fox	EKL	17	Anderson S	NEW	24	Francona	BBC	2
Hodges	BBC	16	Robinson F	SCH	24	Musial	ASB	2
McCovey	RAL	15	Brown D	RAL	23	Harris G	EKL	2


Sacrifice bunts vs LHP			Sacrifice flies vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP

Jones S	BBC	5	Zernial	NBA	3	Aaron	NEW	141
Temple	SCH	4	Robinson F	SCH	3	Neal	NBA	141
Friend	BBC	3	Mathews	EKL	3	Fox	EKL	138
Ford	SCH	3	Aaron	NEW	3	Thomson	ASB	134
Hardy	BBC	3	Herbert	NBA	2	McDougald	ASB	132
Maas	NBA	2	Tate	RAL	2	Mathews	EKL	131
Fischer	EKL	2	Wise	NEW	2	Crandall	BBC	129
Craig	BBC	2	Romano	NEW	2	Mays	NEW	129
Walker	ASB	2	Held	RAL	2	Banks	ASB	128
Hobbie	BBC	2	Roseboro	NBA	2	Baxes	BBC	128


AB per homerun vs LHP			AB per double vs LHP			Plate appearances vs LHP

Mays	NEW	9.9	Mays	NEW	7.6	Mays	NEW	161
Aaron	NEW	10.8	Crandall	BBC	11.7	Fox	EKL	160
Mathews	EKL	11.9	Neal	NBA	11.8	Aaron	NEW	159
Thomson	ASB	14.9	Aaron	NEW	15.7	Mathews	EKL	155
Crandall	BBC	43.0	Fox	EKL	23.0	Neal	NBA	153
Fox	EKL	138.0	Mathews	EKL	32.8	Thomson	ASB	151
Neal	NBA	141.0	Thomson	ASB	44.7	Crandall	BBC	147
						Flood	RAL	143
						Boyer K	SCH	142
						Killebrew	RAL	141


Batting average vs RHP			On-base percentage vs RHP			Slugging percentage vs RHP

Francona	BBC	.393	Runnels	BBC	.430	Mathews	EKL	.646
Pilarcik	ASB	.359	Francona	BBC	.430	Crandall	BBC	.628
Runnels	BBC	.358	Mathews	EKL	.428	Aaron	NEW	.610
Crandall	BBC	.328	Pilarcik	ASB	.414	Francona	BBC	.596
Mathews	EKL	.323	Snider	NEW	.403	Williams T	NBA	.587
Aaron	NEW	.318	Crandall	BBC	.392	Adcock	BBC	.549
Lemon	ASB	.311	Moon	SCH	.383	Held	RAL	.524
Burgess	ASB	.306	Lollar	EKL	.371	Lemon	ASB	.520
Fox	EKL	.302	Aaron	NEW	.370	Burgess	ASB	.517
Snider	NEW	.301	Fox	EKL	.367	Minoso	BBC	.513


Hits vs RHP			Runs batted in vs RHP			On-base plus slugging vs RHP

Runnels	BBC	166	Mathews	EKL	95	Mathews	EKL	1.074
Aaron	NEW	147	Minoso	BBC	94	Francona	BBC	1.026
Fox	EKL	144	Boyer K	SCH	93	Crandall	BBC	1.020
Francona	BBC	140	Aaron	NEW	91	Aaron	NEW	.980
Mathews	EKL	137	Banks	ASB	83	Williams T	NBA	.945
Lemon	ASB	132	Killebrew	RAL	82	Runnels	BBC	.909
Minoso	BBC	130	Robinson F	SCH	81	Adcock	BBC	.900
Temple	SCH	129	Held	RAL	75	Snider	NEW	.896
White B	RAL	128	Williams T	NBA	73	Lemon	ASB	.884
Boyer K	SCH	128	Lemon	ASB	70	Minoso	BBC	.876


Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP			Homeruns vs RHP

Runnels	BBC	34	Neal	NBA	14	Mathews	EKL	40
White B	RAL	33	Harris G	EKL	8	Killebrew	RAL	32
Aaron	NEW	31	Runnels	BBC	8	Aaron	NEW	32
Fox	EKL	30	Fox	EKL	7	Banks	ASB	30
Francona	BBC	28	Temple	SCH	7	Held	RAL	29
Burgess	ASB	24	Mathews	EKL	6	Mays	NEW	26
Lemon	ASB	24	White B	RAL	6	Minoso	BBC	24
Neal	NBA	24	Rivera	NEW	5	Boyer K	SCH	24
Goodman	ASB	23	Hamner	NEW	5	Williams T	NBA	23
Phillips B	RAL	22	Altman	EKL	5	Adcock	BBC	21


Extra base hits vs RHP			Total bases vs RHP			Isolated power vs RHP

Aaron	NEW	67	Aaron	NEW	282	Mathews	EKL	.323
Held	RAL	55	Mathews	EKL	274	Williams T	NBA	.322
Neal	NBA	52	Banks	ASB	228	Crandall	BBC	.300
Mathews	EKL	51	Held	RAL	226	Aaron	NEW	.292
White B	RAL	50	Minoso	BBC	224	Held	RAL	.271
Mays	NEW	49	Boyer K	SCH	222	Killebrew	RAL	.269
Banks	ASB	47	Runnels	BBC	222	Adcock	BBC	.251
Lemon	ASB	46	Lemon	ASB	221	Banks	ASB	.248
Minoso	BBC	46	Mays	NEW	220	Mays	NEW	.242
Killebrew	RAL	45	Neal	NBA	214	Moryn	ASB	.228


Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP			Hit by pitch vs RHP

Mathews	EKL	83	Held	RAL	110	Minoso	BBC	17
Torgeson	NEW	71	Killebrew	RAL	96	Burke	ASB	14
Killebrew	RAL	70	Boyer K	SCH	80	Tate	RAL	7
Moon	SCH	65	Robinson F	SCH	77	Freese	RAL	7
Runnels	BBC	59	Lemon	ASB	69	Robinson F	SCH	7
Ashburn	BBC	58	Banks	ASB	68	Martin B	NEW	6
Robinson F	SCH	55	Neal	NBA	64	Demeter D	NBA	6
Snider	NEW	54	Demeter D	NBA	61	Aaron	NEW	5
Temple	SCH	54	Snider	NEW	55	Neal	NBA	5
Fox	EKL	48	Jones W	NEW	54	McCovey	RAL	4


Sacrifice bunts vs RHP			Sacrifice flies vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP

Friend	BBC	14	Banks	ASB	9	Temple	SCH	486
Fox	EKL	11	Williams T	NBA	7	Fox	EKL	477
Ashburn	BBC	10	Robinson F	SCH	7	Runnels	BBC	464
Kline	SCH	9	Mathews	EKL	7	Aaron	NEW	462
Jackson Larry	EKL	9	Gernert	NBA	6	Neal	NBA	462
Purkey	RAL	9	Torre	SCH	6	Banks	ASB	448
Burdette	SCH	8	Crandall	BBC	6	Groat	BBC	448
Conley	ASB	7	Long	RAL	6	Boyer K	SCH	446
Temple	SCH	7	Taylor S	EKL	5	Minoso	BBC	437
Hobbie	BBC	6	Jones W	NEW	5	Robinson F	SCH	433


AB per homerun vs RHP			AB per double vs RHP			Plate appearances vs RHP

Mathews	EKL	10.6	Francona	BBC	12.7	Temple	SCH	549
Williams T	NBA	11.5	White B	RAL	12.9	Fox	EKL	538
Crandall	BBC	12.5	Burgess	ASB	13.6	Runnels	BBC	526
Killebrew	RAL	12.9	Runnels	BBC	13.6	Neal	NBA	517
Adcock	BBC	14.0	Aaron	NEW	14.9	Mathews	EKL	516
Aaron	NEW	14.4	Fox	EKL	15.9	Aaron	NEW	508
Held	RAL	14.9	Williams T	NBA	16.5	Robinson F	SCH	502
Banks	ASB	14.9	Crandall	BBC	16.7	Banks	ASB	500
Mays	NEW	16.5	Lemon	ASB	17.7	Moon	SCH	497
Moryn	ASB	16.8	McDougald	ASB	18.8	Boyer K	SCH	492

League batting leaders -- National LeagueRegular season -- as of 9/28/1959

League batting leaders -- National League
Regular season -- as of 9/28/1959