League batting leaders

League batting leaders -- National
Regular season -- as of 6/27/1959

Batting average			On-base percentage			Slugging percentage

McCovey	SF	.348	McCovey	SF	.437	Cepeda	StL	.647
Mauer	PhN	.346	Mauer	PhN	.414	McCovey	SF	.628
Cepeda	StL	.336	Mathews	SF	.411	Banks	ChN	.595
Blasingame	Mil	.333	Moon	StL	.402	Mauer	PhN	.581
Aaron	Mil	.330	Gilliam	LA	.399	Robinson	Cin	.580
Snyder	StL	.320	Woodling	Mil	.394	Snider	LA	.566
Pinson	Cin	.319	Blasingame	Mil	.391	Colavito	LA	.556
Moon	StL	.318	Teixeira	StL	.390	Mathews	SF	.545
Woodling	Mil	.307	Yost	Mil	.387	Pinson	Cin	.532
Teixeira	StL	.305	Pinson	Cin	.382	Mays	SF	.525


Hits			Runs			Runs batted in

Aaron	Mil	102	Moon	StL	61	Cepeda	StL	71
McCovey	SF	98	Cepeda	StL	57	Colavito	LA	69
Cepeda	StL	96	Aaron	Mil	54	Robinson	Cin	66
Blasingame	Mil	93	Snider	LA	53	Banks	ChN	63
Woodling	Mil	92	Mathews	SF	52	Snider	LA	63
Pinson	Cin	90	Mauer	PhN	51	Teixeira	StL	58
Bruton	ChN	88	McCovey	SF	51	Mays	SF	56
Landis	Cin	86	Gilliam	LA	51	Hodges	Mil	55
Moon	StL	85	Woodling	Mil	51	Demeter	Mil	51
Teixeira	StL	83	Robinson	Cin	50	Held	Mil	49


Doubles			Triples			Homeruns

Pinson	Cin	24	McCovey	SF	9	Colavito	LA	26
Teixeira	StL	22	Pinson	Cin	6	Banks	ChN	22
Cepeda	StL	22	Thronebery	Pit	5	Snider	LA	22
Mays	SF	21	Banks	ChN	5	Robinson	Cin	21
Bouchee	PhN	20	Landis	Cin	5	Cepeda	StL	21
Power	Cin	20	Clemente	Pit	5	Mathews	SF	18
Aaron	Mil	20	Aaron	Mil	5	Mays	SF	17
Landis	Cin	17	House	Cin	4	McCovey	SF	15
Burgess	SF	16	Brandt	PhN	4	Hodges	Mil	15
McCovey	SF	16	Lopez	PhN	4	Montero	Pit	13


Extra base hits			Stolen bases			Steal percentage

Cepeda	StL	45	Landis	Cin	20-7	Brandt	PhN	1.000
McCovey	SF	40	Bruton	ChN	18-3	Werth	ChN	.909
Mays	SF	39	Gilliam	LA	15-2	Pinson	Cin	.900
Pinson	Cin	38	Taylor,T	ChN	14-6	Gilliam	LA	.882
Banks	ChN	38	Mays	SF	13-2	Neal	Cin	.875
Colavito	LA	35	Boyer	StL	11-4	Mays	SF	.867
Snider	LA	35	Werth	ChN	10-1	Bruton	ChN	.857
Teixeira	StL	34	Cepeda	StL	10-3	Tulowitzki	StL	.818
Robinson	Cin	34	Pinson	Cin	9-1	Cepeda	StL	.769
Aaron	Mil	32	Tulowitzki	StL	9-2	Power	Cin	.750


Walks			Intentional walks			Strikeouts

Yost	Mil	62	Mathews	SF	12	Held	Mil	79
Gilliam	LA	55	Stuart	Pit	9	Werth	ChN	69
Mathews	SF	52	Robinson	Cin	6	Demeter	Mil	65
Herzog	PhN	43	McCovey	SF	6	Stuart	Pit	60
Woodling	Mil	43	Kravitz	StL	5	Tulowitzki	StL	58
McCovey	SF	41	Flood	ChN	5	Thronebery	Pit	56
Moon	StL	40	Colavito	LA	5	Cepeda	StL	56
Tulowitzki	StL	39	Wilson	Mil	4	Snider	LA	56
Landis	Cin	39	Sawatski	Mil	4	Koppe	Pit	55
Hodges	Mil	38	Yost	Mil	4	Taylor,T	ChN	55


Sacrifice bunts			Sacrifice flies			Hit by pitch

Dark	LA	9	Neal	Cin	7	Werth	ChN	6
Brewer	ChN	8	Hodges	Mil	6	Cepeda	StL	5
Bell	Pit	8	Musial	LA	5	Teixeira	StL	5
Boyd	ChN	8	Mays	SF	5	Freese	PhN	4
Jackson	SF	7	Freese	PhN	4	Lopez	PhN	4
Neal	Cin	7	White	SF	4	Banks	ChN	4
Kline	Cin	6	Moon	StL	4	McCovey	SF	4
Vazquez,J	Cin	6	Held	Mil	4	Taylor,T	ChN	4
Groat	Cin	6	Dotterer	SF	3	Stephens	SF	3
Snider	LA	6	Flood	ChN	3	Yost	Mil	3


Ground ball DP			Runs created			Runs created/27 outs

Banks	ChN	16	McCovey	SF	74.8	McCovey	SF	10.3
Aaron	Mil	15	Cepeda	StL	64.3	Mauer	PhN	9.2
Demeter	Mil	13	Mathews	SF	61.8	Mathews	SF	8.8
Held	Mil	12	Pinson	Cin	59.9	Cepeda	StL	8.6
Snider	LA	11	Teixeira	StL	58.2	Teixeira	StL	8.1
Hodges	Mil	10	Moon	StL	58.0	Pinson	Cin	8.0
Crandall	ChN	9	Robinson	Cin	57.0	Moon	StL	8.0
Spencer	StL	9	Snider	LA	56.4	Robinson	Cin	7.4
Clemente	Pit	9	Woodling	Mil	55.6	Woodling	Mil	7.0
McCovey	SF	9	Mauer	PhN	55.5	Snider	LA	6.7


Isolated power			Total average			Total bases

Cepeda	StL	.311	McCovey	SF	1.137	Cepeda	StL	185
Banks	ChN	.306	Cepeda	StL	1.045	McCovey	SF	177
Colavito	LA	.306	Mathews	SF	1.037	Banks	ChN	169
Snider	LA	.285	Mauer	PhN	1.025	Snider	LA	163
Robinson	Cin	.281	Robinson	Cin	.976	Robinson	Cin	159
McCovey	SF	.280	Moon	StL	.974	Colavito	LA	158
Mathews	SF	.250	Pinson	Cin	.959	Mays	SF	156
Mays	SF	.249	Teixeira	StL	.942	Aaron	Mil	153
Mauer	PhN	.235	Snider	LA	.922	Pinson	Cin	150
Montero	Pit	.221	Colavito	LA	.905	Mathews	SF	144


On-base plus slugging			Secondary average			AB per homerun

McCovey	SF	1.065	Colavito	LA	.440	Colavito	LA	10.9
Cepeda	StL	1.013	Mathews	SF	.439	Banks	ChN	12.9
Mauer	PhN	.996	McCovey	SF	.418	Robinson	Cin	13.0
Robinson	Cin	.957	Snider	LA	.413	Snider	LA	13.1
Mathews	SF	.957	Robinson	Cin	.391	Cepeda	StL	13.6
Banks	ChN	.933	Moon	StL	.371	Mathews	SF	14.7
Snider	LA	.928	Cepeda	StL	.371	Mays	SF	17.5
Moon	StL	.926	Mays	SF	.360	Montero	Pit	17.8
Pinson	Cin	.914	Banks	ChN	.359	Mauer	PhN	18.0
Teixeira	StL	.908	Mauer	PhN	.355	McCovey	SF	18.8


Atbats			Plate appearances			Games

Aaron	Mil	309	Woodling	Mil	345	Held	Mil	75
Taylor,T	ChN	304	Gilliam	LA	344	Colavito	LA	75
Held	Mil	300	Landis	Cin	338	Yost	Mil	75
Woodling	Mil	300	Aaron	Mil	337	Woodling	Mil	75
Neal	Cin	298	Snider	LA	332	Demeter	Mil	75
Mays	SF	297	Taylor,T	ChN	332	Gilliam	LA	75
Clemente	Pit	292	Yost	Mil	330	Hodges	Mil	75
Landis	Cin	291	Hodges	Mil	330	Aaron	Mil	75
Bruton	ChN	289	Neal	Cin	330	Snider	LA	74
Snider	LA	288	McCovey	SF	327	Power	Cin	73


Current hit streak			Longest hit streak

McCovey	SF	12	Aaron	Mil	18
Hodges	Mil	10	Mathews	SF	15
Cepeda	StL	7	Thronebery	Pit	14
Teixeira	StL	6	McCovey	SF	14
Taylor,T	ChN	5	Taylor,T	ChN	14
Pendleton	ChN	5	Power	Cin	13
White	SF	5	Strickland	PhN	12
Power	Cin	4	Snider	LA	12
Held	Mil	4	Burgess	SF	12
Gilliam	LA	4	Montero	Pit	12


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

McCovey	SF	222	McCovey	SF	.679	Taylor,T	ChN	4.68
Cepeda	StL	200	Cepeda	StL	.660	Landis	Cin	4.63
Snider	LA	200	Robinson	Cin	.623	McCovey	SF	4.61
Mathews	SF	196	Mauer	PhN	.621	Woodling	Mil	4.60
Colavito	LA	196	Mathews	SF	.620	Gilliam	LA	4.59
Robinson	Cin	195	Banks	ChN	.620	Mays	SF	4.56
Banks	ChN	191	Colavito	LA	.603	Tulowitzki	StL	4.56
Moon	StL	180	Snider	LA	.602	Dark	LA	4.54
Teixeira	StL	180	Moon	StL	.577	Neal	Cin	4.52
Pinson	Cin	180	Teixeira	StL	.575	Aaron	Mil	4.49


Total bases plus walks			TB+BB rate			AB per game

McCovey	SF	218	McCovey	SF	.667	Taylor,T	ChN	4.28
Snider	LA	199	Cepeda	StL	.644	Mays	SF	4.18
Mathews	SF	196	Mauer	PhN	.621	Clemente	Pit	4.17
Cepeda	StL	195	Mathews	SF	.620	Aaron	Mil	4.12
Colavito	LA	195	Robinson	Cin	.620	Cepeda	StL	4.09
Robinson	Cin	194	Banks	ChN	.607	Neal	Cin	4.08
Banks	ChN	187	Colavito	LA	.600	Bruton	ChN	4.07
Moon	StL	180	Snider	LA	.599	Held	Mil	4.00
Pinson	Cin	180	Moon	StL	.577	Woodling	Mil	4.00
Woodling	Mil	179	Pinson	Cin	.570	Banks	ChN	4.00


Balls in park			In-play average			Strikeout/walk ratio

Gilliam	LA	279	McCovey	SF	.376	Gilliam	LA	0.1
Aaron	Mil	278	Cepeda	StL	.355	Musial	LA	0.3
Blasingame	Mil	267	Pinson	Cin	.349	Boyd	ChN	0.5
Woodling	Mil	264	Blasingame	Mil	.348	Blasingame	Mil	0.6
Neal	Cin	263	Mauer	PhN	.347	Yost	Mil	0.6
Bruton	ChN	261	Koppe	Pit	.342	Woodling	Mil	0.7
Boyd	ChN	260	Aaron	Mil	.342	Mathews	SF	0.8
Power	Cin	259	Bruton	ChN	.333	Moon	StL	0.8
Clemente	Pit	256	Snyder	StL	.332	Burgess	SF	0.9
Bell	Cin	254	Landis	Cin	.321	Virdon	LA	1.0


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

Mays	SF	.406	McCovey	SF	.459	Mays	SF	.739
McCovey	SF	.322	Mays	SF	.432	McCovey	SF	.593
Power	Cin	.319	Robinson	Cin	.416	Robinson	Cin	.532
Mauer	PhN	.303	Tulowitzki	StL	.391	Power	Cin	.522
Groat	Cin	.299	Landis	Cin	.381	Alou	PhN	.516
Robinson	Cin	.290	Power	Cin	.356	Mauer	PhN	.500
Landis	Cin	.282	Mauer	PhN	.354	Landis	Cin	.479
Lopez	PhN	.258	Anderson,S	SF	.343	Groat	Cin	.478
Tulowitzki	StL	.250	Groat	Cin	.338	Tulowitzki	StL	.464
Alou	PhN	.242	Mathews	SF	.329	Clemente	Pit	.460


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

Mays	SF	28	Demeter	Mil	16	Mays	SF	1.172
Mauer	PhN	23	Bell	Cin	14	McCovey	SF	1.053
Power	Cin	22	Mays	SF	13	Robinson	Cin	.948
Cepeda	StL	21	Alou	PhN	12	Power	Cin	.878
Groat	Cin	20	Lopez	PhN	12	Landis	Cin	.860
Landis	Cin	20	Groat	Cin	12	Tulowitzki	StL	.856
Boyer	StL	19	Landis	Cin	11	Mauer	PhN	.854
McCovey	SF	19	Mauer	PhN	11	Groat	Cin	.816
Bruton	ChN	18	Colavito	LA	10	Alou	PhN	.815
Robinson	Cin	18	Banks	ChN	10	Clemente	Pit	.736


Doubles vs LHP			Triples vs LHP			Homeruns vs LHP

Mays	SF	9	Brandt	PhN	3	Cepeda	StL	5
Clemente	Pit	8	Herzog	PhN	2	McCovey	SF	5
Freese	PhN	6	Thomas	Pit	2	Stuart	Pit	4
Cepeda	StL	6	Banks	ChN	2	Tulowitzki	StL	4
Bouchee	PhN	5	Freese	PhN	2	Alou	PhN	4
Boyd	ChN	4	Clemente	Pit	2	Robinson	Cin	4
Bauer	Pit	4	Power	Cin	2	Mays	SF	4
Banks	ChN	4	Neal	Cin	2	Mauer	PhN	4
Richardson	ChN	4	Cook	Mil	1	Colavito	LA	3
Pilarcik	StL	4	Crowe	Pit	1	Snider	LA	3


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

Mays	SF	14	Mays	SF	51	Mays	SF	.333
Cepeda	StL	11	Cepeda	StL	42	Alou	PhN	.274
Clemente	Pit	11	Mauer	PhN	38	McCovey	SF	.271
Freese	PhN	8	Power	Cin	36	Robinson	Cin	.242
Alou	PhN	8	McCovey	SF	35	Clemente	Pit	.238
Power	Cin	8	Landis	Cin	34	Tulowitzki	StL	.214
Banks	ChN	7	Robinson	Cin	33	Power	Cin	.203
Taylor,T	ChN	7	Alou	PhN	32	Mauer	PhN	.197
Robinson	Cin	7	Groat	Cin	32	Landis	Cin	.197
Landis	Cin	7	Taylor,T	ChN	29	Groat	Cin	.179


Walks vs LHP			Strikeouts vs LHP			Hit by pitch vs LHP

Robinson	Cin	14	Stuart	Pit	21	McCovey	SF	3
Yost	Mil	13	Brandt	PhN	17	Stephens	SF	2
Moon	StL	13	Koppe	Pit	16	Teixeira	StL	2
Tulowitzki	StL	13	Held	Mil	15	Schult	Pit	1
Gilliam	LA	12	Strickland	PhN	14	Pendleton	ChN	1
McCovey	SF	12	Stephens	SF	14	Baxes	LA	1
Thronebery	Pit	11	Thronebery	Pit	13	Montero	Pit	1
Berberet	Cin	11	Tulowitzki	StL	13	Freese	PhN	1
Teixeira	StL	11	McCovey	SF	13	Landis	Cin	1
Landis	Cin	11	Landis	Cin	13


Sacrifice bunts vs LHP			Sacrifice flies vs LHP			Atbats vs LHP

Brewer	ChN	3	Neal	Cin	3	Brandt	PhN	79
Jackson	SF	3	Dotterer	SF	2	Mauer	PhN	76
Neal	Cin	3	Spencer	StL	2	Bouchee	PhN	74
Landis	Cin	3	Werth	ChN	2	Neal	Cin	72
Kucks	SF	2	Koufax	LA	1	Bell	Cin	72
Bell	Pit	2	Adair	StL	1	Landis	Cin	71
Latman	PhN	2	Hobbie	ChN	1	Pinson	Cin	70
Jurrjens	LA	2	Haddix	StL	1	Power	Cin	69
Jones,S	ChN	2	Brewer	ChN	1	Mays	SF	69
Mazeroski	Pit	2	Grammas	SF	1	Groat	Cin	67


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

McCovey	SF	11.8	Mays	SF	7.7	Brandt	PhN	88
Tulowitzki	StL	14.0	Clemente	Pit	7.9	Landis	Cin	87
Alou	PhN	15.5	Bouchee	PhN	14.8	Mauer	PhN	83
Robinson	Cin	15.5	Power	Cin	17.3	Bouchee	PhN	82
Mays	SF	17.3	Pinson	Cin	17.5	Neal	Cin	81
Mauer	PhN	19.0	Neal	Cin	18.0	Pinson	Cin	80
Groat	Cin	22.3	Alou	PhN	20.7	Bell	Cin	78
Landis	Cin	23.7	Robinson	Cin	20.7	Robinson	Cin	77
Bell	Cin	24.0	Landis	Cin	23.7	Mathews	SF	76
Lopez	PhN	31.0	Mauer	PhN	25.3	Mays	SF	74


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

Mauer	PhN	.367	Mauer	PhN	.442	McCovey	SF	.637
Pinson	Cin	.363	Mathews	SF	.438	Mathews	SF	.631
McCovey	SF	.354	McCovey	SF	.431	Mauer	PhN	.620
Aaron	Mil	.351	Pinson	Cin	.421	Cepeda	StL	.619
Moon	StL	.341	Moon	StL	.406	Pinson	Cin	.613
Blasingame	Mil	.328	Woodling	Mil	.401	Banks	ChN	.609
Cepeda	StL	.325	Herzog	PhN	.400	Robinson	Cin	.594
Snyder	StL	.322	Aaron	Mil	.396	Moon	StL	.577
Mathews	SF	.318	Blasingame	Mil	.389	Teixeira	StL	.573
Strickland	PhN	.314	Yost	Mil	.386	Colavito	LA	.569


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

Aaron	Mil	93	Cepeda	StL	61	Mathews	SF	1.069
Blasingame	Mil	84	Colavito	LA	59	McCovey	SF	1.068
McCovey	SF	79	Robinson	Cin	57	Mauer	PhN	1.062
Pinson	Cin	77	Snider	LA	55	Pinson	Cin	1.034
Snyder	StL	77	Banks	ChN	53	Moon	StL	.984
Woodling	Mil	76	Teixeira	StL	49	Cepeda	StL	.972
Moon	StL	75	Hodges	Mil	48	Robinson	Cin	.959
Cepeda	StL	75	Held	Mil	46	Teixeira	StL	.956
Bruton	ChN	70	Mays	SF	43	Banks	ChN	.939
Teixeira	StL	69	Moon	StL	41	Aaron	Mil	.920


Doubles vs RHP			Triples vs RHP			Homeruns vs RHP

Teixeira	StL	21	McCovey	SF	9	Colavito	LA	23
Pinson	Cin	20	Pinson	Cin	6	Banks	ChN	21
Aaron	Mil	17	House	Cin	4	Snider	LA	19
Power	Cin	16	Thronebery	Pit	4	Mathews	SF	17
Cepeda	StL	16	Landis	Cin	4	Robinson	Cin	17
Bouchee	PhN	15	Bruton	ChN	4	Cepeda	StL	16
McCovey	SF	15	Aaron	Mil	4	Moon	StL	13
Landis	Cin	14	Mauer	PhN	3	Mays	SF	13
Burgess	SF	13	Mazeroski	Pit	3	Hodges	Mil	13
Dark	LA	13	Lopez	PhN	3	Teixeira	StL	12


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

McCovey	SF	34	Cepeda	StL	143	Banks	ChN	.326
Cepeda	StL	34	McCovey	SF	142	Mathews	SF	.313
Pinson	Cin	33	Banks	ChN	142	Colavito	LA	.309
Teixeira	StL	33	Colavito	LA	140	Cepeda	StL	.294
Banks	ChN	31	Aaron	Mil	139	Robinson	Cin	.292
Colavito	LA	30	Snider	LA	138	Snider	LA	.286
Snider	LA	29	Pinson	Cin	130	McCovey	SF	.283
Aaron	Mil	28	Moon	StL	127	Teixeira	StL	.259
Robinson	Cin	27	Robinson	Cin	126	Mauer	PhN	.253
Mathews	SF	25	Teixeira	StL	126	Pinson	Cin	.250


Walks vs RHP			Strikeouts vs RHP			Hit by pitch vs RHP

Yost	Mil	49	Held	Mil	64	Werth	ChN	6
Gilliam	LA	43	Demeter	Mil	60	Cepeda	StL	5
Mathews	SF	42	Werth	ChN	59	Lopez	PhN	4
Woodling	Mil	40	Snider	LA	48	Banks	ChN	4
Herzog	PhN	34	Cepeda	StL	45	Taylor,T	ChN	4
Musial	LA	30	Tulowitzki	StL	45	Freese	PhN	3
McCovey	SF	29	Colavito	LA	44	Teixeira	StL	3
Snider	LA	29	Hodges	Mil	44	Yost	Mil	3
Hodges	Mil	29	Thronebery	Pit	43	Tasby	Cin	2
Landis	Cin	28	Taylor,T	ChN	43	Bauer	Pit	2


Sacrifice bunts vs RHP			Sacrifice flies vs RHP			Atbats vs RHP

Dark	LA	8	Musial	LA	5	Aaron	Mil	265
Boyd	ChN	7	Hodges	Mil	5	Held	Mil	256
Bell	Pit	6	Freese	PhN	4	Blasingame	Mil	256
Snider	LA	6	White	SF	4	Woodling	Mil	250
Brewer	ChN	5	Neal	Cin	4	Hodges	Mil	250
Kline	Cin	5	Mays	SF	4	Colavito	LA	246
Vazquez,J	Cin	5	Moon	StL	4	Snider	LA	245
Stephens	SF	5	Held	Mil	4	Demeter	Mil	243
Verlander	Pit	4	Flood	ChN	3	Taylor,T	ChN	243
Jackson	SF	4	Bell	Cin	3	Gilliam	LA	241


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

Colavito	LA	10.7	Teixeira	StL	10.5	Woodling	Mil	292
Banks	ChN	11.1	Pinson	Cin	10.6	Gilliam	LA	290
Mathews	SF	11.6	Bouchee	PhN	12.3	Aaron	Mil	288
Robinson	Cin	12.5	Power	Cin	13.3	Hodges	Mil	285
Snider	LA	12.9	Cepeda	StL	14.4	Blasingame	Mil	285
Cepeda	StL	14.4	McCovey	SF	14.9	Snider	LA	282
Moon	StL	16.9	Montero	Pit	15.0	Held	Mil	279
Mays	SF	17.5	Burgess	SF	15.3	Yost	Mil	279
Mauer	PhN	17.6	Aaron	Mil	15.6	Colavito	LA	278
Montero	Pit	18.0	Landis	Cin	15.7	Taylor,T	ChN	266

League batting leaders -- NationalRegular season -- as of 6/27/1959

League batting leaders -- National
Regular season -- as of 6/27/1959