1956 American League Batting Register
Batting Glossary Click on a column heading to sort the data by that column.
Player Tm G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP POS +-------------------+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Bobby Adams DEA 29 48 6 12 1 1 0 5 0 0 14 9 .250 .419 .312 .732 15 2 0 0 0 0 UT Luis Aparicio CHA 49 188 19 53 5 0 2 15 10 5 12 22 .282 .325 .340 .665 64 24 0 0 0 7 SS Luis Aparicio BAA 83 341 33 90 13 7 2 25 10 6 18 48 .264 .301 .361 .662 123 3 0 0 0 5 SS Earl Averill KCA 38 90 15 27 12 0 4 18 0 0 21 29 .300 .429 .567 .995 51 0 1 0 0 0 C Hank Bauer NYA 148 549 75 133 25 8 29 106 2 3 45 74 .242 .295 .475 .771 261 5 11 3 1 14 OF Mike Baxes NYA 51 106 14 15 1 0 1 4 0 0 19 20 .142 .272 .179 .451 19 5 0 0 0 0 PH Wayne Belardi DEA 61 89 8 18 4 0 3 14 0 0 9 6 .202 .284 .348 .633 31 0 2 0 2 4 1B Lou Berberet WAA 104 229 27 55 6 1 2 19 0 0 37 29 .240 .357 .301 .658 69 0 1 1 5 10 C Yogi Berra NYA 130 492 92 142 24 0 34 108 1 0 71 30 .289 .380 .545 .925 268 0 2 7 3 13 C Reno Bertoia NYA 10 22 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 .091 .231 .091 .322 2 0 0 0 0 0 2B Don Blasingame KCA 154 636 100 168 28 9 0 45 3 4 83 55 .264 .354 .336 .691 214 0 2 0 7 7 2B Frank Bolling DEA 100 283 49 74 16 5 3 27 1 2 34 36 .261 .338 .385 .723 109 7 3 2 0 7 2B Clete Boyer NYA 76 128 13 27 7 0 0 10 0 1 12 23 .211 .284 .266 .549 34 2 0 1 1 1 3B Jackie Brandt KCA 134 418 67 123 22 9 9 57 0 1 37 40 .294 .355 .455 .810 190 0 1 6 3 8 OF Eddie Bressoud BOA 35 35 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 5 .057 .108 .143 .251 5 0 0 0 1 2 SS Rocky Bridges CHA 17 44 6 14 2 0 0 6 0 0 9 8 .318 .434 .364 .798 16 0 0 0 0 0 3B Don Buddin NYA 114 406 68 97 24 0 7 41 1 0 64 83 .239 .347 .350 .697 142 1 3 0 5 8 SS Jim Busby BAA 147 554 57 114 13 2 18 64 8 1 34 43 .206 .259 .334 .593 185 3 1 2 6 12 OF Joe Caffie DEA 11 11 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .273 .273 .273 .545 3 0 0 0 0 0 PH Andy Carey BOA 124 418 50 83 20 4 5 41 3 0 49 63 .199 .282 .301 .583 126 0 1 1 0 19 3B Tom Carroll KCA 15 17 6 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 4 .353 .389 .353 .742 6 0 0 0 0 0 PH Foster Castleman NYA 124 420 42 110 28 5 12 65 4 2 16 57 .262 .286 .438 .724 184 3 10 1 2 11 3B Wayne Causey BAA 51 138 13 21 4 0 1 7 0 0 15 50 .152 .234 .203 .437 28 1 1 0 0 1 2B Gino Cimoli KCA 38 37 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .108 .108 .162 .270 6 0 0 0 0 2 OF Jerry Coleman NYA 55 175 18 40 7 1 0 15 1 3 10 33 .229 .275 .280 .555 49 9 2 1 2 4 2B Joe Collins NYA 74 169 22 31 2 2 5 16 0 0 19 18 .183 .265 .308 .572 52 0 1 0 0 4 1B George Crowe BAA 98 154 26 48 6 2 12 42 0 0 14 25 .312 .363 .610 .973 94 0 3 5 0 1 1B Pete Daley WAA 45 129 11 31 9 2 6 16 0 0 5 18 .240 .267 .481 .747 62 0 1 0 0 9 C Bobby Del Greco KCA 119 316 40 79 23 1 5 44 0 0 41 66 .250 .350 .377 .727 119 1 4 0 10 6 OF Joe DeMaestri KCA 108 270 32 67 12 0 5 41 1 0 19 47 .248 .299 .348 .647 94 2 3 2 2 6 SS Chuck Diering BAA 41 62 12 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 26 15 .145 .398 .161 .559 10 6 0 0 0 2 OF Larry Doby CHA 153 548 85 140 32 5 31 128 1 0 117 98 .255 .388 .502 .890 275 4 7 5 6 16 OF Solly Drake DEA 15 12 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 3 0 0 0 0 1 OF Walt Dropo CHA 96 184 25 51 8 1 6 24 2 0 19 29 .277 .345 .429 .774 79 2 2 2 1 6 1B Jim Dyck BAA 12 36 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 .111 .220 .111 .331 4 0 0 0 0 0 3B Del Ennis WAA 154 622 67 162 22 4 23 104 1 1 34 73 .260 .299 .420 .719 261 0 6 2 3 17 OF Sammy Esposito BAA 13 24 4 9 2 0 0 5 0 1 5 2 .375 .483 .458 .941 11 0 0 0 0 0 UT Sammy Esposito CHA 64 184 12 34 6 1 0 13 1 5 34 29 .185 .315 .228 .543 42 4 0 2 1 1 SS Hoot Evers BAA 80 107 13 17 2 1 0 4 2 0 28 14 .159 .331 .196 .527 21 1 1 0 0 2 OF Jim Finigan KCA 32 61 3 14 3 0 0 3 0 0 7 9 .230 .309 .279 .588 17 0 0 0 0 3 3B Hank Foiles BOA 64 160 15 34 8 3 7 31 0 0 10 48 .212 .256 .431 .687 69 2 2 0 0 2 C Dee Fondy CHA 123 447 70 130 22 15 5 50 25 14 23 56 .291 .322 .441 .763 197 11 5 8 0 8 1B Nellie Fox CHA 154 641 106 215 33 15 6 59 22 9 56 24 .335 .397 .462 .859 296 3 4 5 12 16 2B Tito Francona DEA 57 166 20 42 7 2 5 30 0 1 17 27 .253 .317 .410 .727 68 0 3 0 0 3 UT Joe Frazier BAA 35 84 7 19 5 0 2 9 0 0 9 8 .226 .305 .357 .662 30 0 1 1 1 3 OF Gene Freese BAA 91 245 14 53 10 0 3 18 2 2 12 58 .216 .253 .294 .547 72 2 0 0 0 3 2B Dick Gernert BOA 86 263 44 64 8 1 12 35 2 0 45 48 .243 .354 .418 .772 110 0 0 1 0 4 UT Billy Goodman BOA 121 429 48 124 25 14 2 45 0 0 48 20 .289 .358 .427 .785 183 3 3 8 0 5 2B Glen Gorbous KCA 7 25 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .080 .080 .080 .160 2 0 0 0 0 0 OF Johnny Groth BOA 91 94 16 30 8 1 5 17 1 1 5 12 .319 .354 .585 .939 55 0 0 0 0 4 OF Bob Hale CHA 9 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .444 .778 4 0 0 0 0 0 PH Granny Hamner CHA 32 83 6 15 5 0 0 5 0 0 12 10 .181 .284 .241 .525 20 2 0 0 0 2 SS Fred Hatfield CHA 119 370 37 83 7 1 5 44 4 0 36 31 .224 .315 .289 .604 107 1 2 3 14 9 3B Whitey Herzog WAA 122 369 44 84 14 6 4 40 1 1 32 57 .228 .287 .331 .618 122 12 3 1 0 10 OF Elston Howard NYA 86 250 15 59 7 3 5 29 0 0 10 26 .236 .265 .348 .613 87 0 3 3 1 12 UT Spook Jacobs KCA 38 35 4 4 1 0 0 6 0 0 4 4 .114 .200 .143 .343 5 0 1 0 0 1 UT Jackie Jensen BOA 154 639 127 188 30 10 20 71 16 0 82 55 .294 .373 .466 .840 298 2 2 4 0 20 OF Willie Jones KCA 149 576 101 165 24 8 18 76 0 0 97 68 .286 .385 .450 .835 259 0 7 3 0 16 3B Al Kaline DEA 154 623 100 191 49 6 22 107 2 1 69 65 .307 .370 .510 .881 318 0 10 4 0 9 OF Ray Katt WAA 93 286 27 68 12 0 16 41 0 0 10 47 .238 .268 .448 .715 128 0 1 2 2 8 C George Kell BAA 140 472 49 123 29 1 7 44 0 0 30 42 .261 .312 .371 .683 175 10 4 4 7 12 3B Bob Kennedy CHA 44 103 11 28 3 0 3 10 0 6 7 16 .272 .321 .388 .710 40 0 1 1 1 6 PH Harmon Killebrew WAA 50 54 5 8 1 0 2 8 0 0 7 24 .148 .246 .278 .524 15 0 0 0 0 0 UT Jim King BAA 102 347 46 84 9 2 17 46 0 0 34 40 .242 .308 .427 .735 148 1 4 3 1 6 OF Billy Klaus WAA 153 583 88 151 39 3 10 58 2 0 86 50 .259 .353 .388 .741 226 18 2 0 0 16 3B Danny Kravitz KCA 42 67 6 21 1 0 5 19 0 0 3 5 .313 .338 .552 .890 37 0 1 0 0 1 C Harvey Kuenn DEA 147 596 92 190 38 2 14 84 7 2 46 35 .319 .369 .460 .828 274 0 5 6 4 9 SS Hobie Landrith CHA 113 387 33 83 8 5 3 38 0 0 28 58 .214 .268 .284 .552 110 2 2 0 1 4 C Jim Lemon DEA 143 534 92 159 28 15 23 104 1 3 58 115 .298 .367 .536 .903 286 2 2 4 2 10 OF Dale Long BAA 150 521 70 133 19 9 27 78 2 0 53 85 .255 .323 .482 .805 251 0 1 6 0 18 1B Stan Lopata DEA 140 518 103 136 31 7 38 111 0 0 67 94 .263 .345 .569 .915 295 2 3 1 0 16 C Hector Lopez KCA 154 508 64 134 25 2 14 69 0 0 56 79 .264 .335 .404 .739 205 0 7 7 2 17 UT Lyle Luttrell WAA 71 166 13 32 5 1 2 15 1 2 8 28 .193 .240 .271 .511 45 1 2 0 3 3 SS Frank Malzone NYA 3 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .500 .875 4 1 0 0 0 0 3B Jim Mangan KCA 9 19 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 .105 .261 .105 .366 2 0 0 0 0 0 C Mickey Mantle NYA 154 549 151 188 22 6 54 138 10 0 157 110 .342 .488 .699 1.187 384 0 2 21 1 8 OF Billy Martin BOA 116 216 32 55 10 2 7 31 1 1 16 24 .255 .305 .417 .721 90 0 1 0 0 6 UT Eddie Mathews DEA 149 577 111 141 20 1 38 81 1 0 89 99 .244 .343 .480 .823 277 0 5 2 0 16 3B Clyde McCullough KCA 8 20 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .250 .227 .300 .527 6 0 2 0 0 0 C Gil McDougald NYA 140 472 82 139 5 5 17 64 4 7 64 75 .294 .384 .434 .819 205 17 2 2 6 4 2B Roy McMillan BOA 151 522 53 123 16 7 3 48 4 6 90 66 .236 .348 .310 .658 162 2 6 1 3 18 SS Sam Mele NYA 78 59 7 18 4 0 1 7 0 0 4 10 .305 .349 .424 .773 25 0 0 0 0 6 OF Minnie Minoso CHA 154 564 114 174 31 13 19 83 20 10 102 51 .309 .432 .511 .943 288 1 8 6 27 16 OF Willy Miranda BAA 89 293 31 57 13 1 1 11 1 1 32 41 .195 .274 .256 .530 75 3 0 1 0 5 SS Bobby Morgan BAA 69 147 14 24 10 0 1 12 0 0 31 33 .163 .309 .252 .561 37 1 0 0 0 3 2B Les Moss CHA 64 147 21 31 3 0 13 24 0 0 23 12 .211 .314 .497 .811 73 0 2 3 0 2 C Hal Naragon KCA 67 137 15 37 4 3 2 14 0 0 15 10 .270 .348 .387 .735 53 0 1 1 2 1 C Rocky Nelson BAA 15 18 3 5 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .278 .278 .611 .889 11 0 0 0 0 0 PH Ron Northey CHA 31 54 5 18 1 0 5 13 0 0 6 3 .333 .393 .630 1.023 34 0 1 0 0 5 OF Johnny O'Brien BOA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 PR Danny O'Connell WAA 154 526 53 135 25 11 2 43 1 2 76 56 .257 .355 .357 .713 188 14 1 1 5 3 2B Karl Olson WAA 107 201 15 33 1 1 2 13 0 0 23 33 .164 .248 .209 .457 42 5 2 2 0 11 OF Ernie Oravetz WAA 85 115 11 26 4 1 0 14 0 0 26 10 .226 .366 .278 .644 32 0 1 2 0 4 OF Carlos Paula WAA 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 .000 .235 .000 .235 0 0 0 0 0 1 OF Bubba Phillips CHA 49 99 12 23 4 0 2 9 4 2 6 16 .232 .294 .333 .627 33 0 1 1 3 2 UT Jack Phillips DEA 60 151 20 42 9 1 1 15 0 0 7 16 .278 .308 .371 .679 56 0 1 2 0 6 1B Jim Piersall BOA 154 642 99 184 45 4 12 74 7 14 58 72 .287 .344 .425 .769 273 11 4 1 0 16 OF Jim Pisoni KCA 40 33 11 5 0 0 2 6 0 0 5 13 .152 .263 .333 .596 11 0 0 0 0 3 OF Rance Pless KCA 77 93 10 25 3 1 0 6 0 0 11 20 .269 .361 .323 .684 30 0 1 0 3 4 1B Herb Plews WAA 99 287 33 78 9 4 1 14 0 1 17 31 .272 .313 .341 .654 98 0 2 3 1 8 SS Vic Power KCA 147 578 76 162 24 3 18 88 0 0 31 31 .280 .314 .426 .740 246 1 5 6 0 10 1B Phil Rizzuto NYA 11 35 4 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .229 .270 .286 .556 10 5 0 0 0 0 SS Brooks Robinson BAA 21 47 4 10 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 .213 .213 .319 .532 15 0 0 0 0 0 3B Tony Roig WAA 15 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .167 .333 .167 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0 SS Pete Runnels DEA 136 519 77 166 24 9 6 50 2 1 55 51 .320 .386 .435 .822 226 7 3 4 3 9 2B Norm Siebern BAA 102 113 12 16 1 3 0 6 0 0 5 37 .142 .176 .204 .380 23 0 1 2 0 1 OF Roy Sievers BAA 154 552 84 145 29 3 32 84 0 0 99 93 .263 .376 .500 .876 276 0 8 2 6 17 OF Charlie Silvera CHA 13 37 3 7 1 1 0 5 0 0 8 13 .189 .326 .270 .596 10 0 1 0 0 0 C Bill Skowron NYA 137 491 74 164 28 4 32 96 2 2 53 59 .334 .405 .603 1.008 296 0 2 16 7 17 1B Enos Slaughter NYA 117 323 66 91 15 6 3 15 3 0 31 30 .282 .352 .393 .745 127 0 2 2 5 11 OF Jim Small DEA 70 60 8 18 3 1 0 12 0 0 5 5 .300 .343 .383 .727 23 0 2 0 0 2 PH Al Smith WAA 152 561 107 155 25 10 21 63 2 4 110 83 .276 .403 .469 .872 263 0 6 5 13 10 OF Jerry Snyder WAA 84 156 8 35 6 1 0 10 0 0 6 6 .224 .255 .276 .530 43 0 2 2 1 2 SS George Strickland CHA 100 194 15 34 4 3 1 9 0 0 20 40 .175 .250 .242 .492 47 2 2 0 0 2 SS Dick Tettelbach NYA 3 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 1.000 1.400 5 0 0 0 0 0 OF Tim Thompson KCA 92 299 30 89 16 3 1 37 0 0 14 22 .298 .335 .381 .717 114 0 2 1 4 9 C Faye Throneberry CHA 17 41 2 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 14 .195 .261 .244 .505 10 0 1 0 0 0 OF Gus Triandos BAA 140 451 54 109 16 0 20 60 0 0 54 72 .242 .322 .410 .732 185 3 4 10 1 18 C Bill Tuttle DEA 153 568 61 132 21 3 5 60 1 2 44 63 .232 .286 .306 .592 174 2 4 1 0 11 OF Elmer Valo KCA 105 322 50 95 16 4 6 52 2 2 63 25 .295 .410 .425 .836 137 0 6 2 4 13 OF Mickey Vernon BOA 135 443 80 149 32 4 26 79 4 1 61 50 .336 .430 .603 1.033 267 1 3 4 14 16 1B Ozzie Virgil WAA 6 12 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .417 .429 .500 .929 6 0 1 1 0 0 3B Rube Walker BAA 46 120 9 22 3 1 3 11 0 0 6 10 .183 .222 .300 .522 36 0 0 0 0 3 C Lee Walls CHA 140 504 60 121 25 12 10 73 4 6 57 103 .240 .315 .397 .712 200 3 6 4 1 13 OF Preston Ward DEA 52 134 22 37 8 1 4 18 0 0 12 6 .276 .336 .440 .776 59 0 0 0 0 0 1B Vic Wertz WAA 148 527 77 128 31 0 36 98 0 1 80 96 .243 .343 .507 .850 267 0 7 2 4 16 1B Sammy White BOA 122 432 38 115 16 3 4 56 0 0 30 41 .266 .309 .345 .654 149 1 7 1 0 20 C Dick Williams BOA 124 266 28 67 10 5 8 38 0 0 13 31 .252 .288 .417 .706 111 0 1 2 1 8 2B Ted Williams BOA 139 432 88 145 28 5 28 103 0 0 108 35 .336 .465 .618 1.083 267 0 6 14 2 16 OF Red Wilson DEA 87 212 46 79 22 3 13 47 1 0 42 19 .373 .475 .689 1.163 146 0 1 3 0 4 C Gene Woodling KCA 129 349 57 95 14 1 15 76 0 0 76 25 .272 .409 .447 .856 156 0 3 0 7 12 OF Gus Zernial NYA 93 245 36 62 13 0 16 41 2 0 31 42 .253 .344 .502 .846 123 0 2 1 4 9 OF +-------------------+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+