1959 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 +-------------------+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+ Jerry Adair NYA 17 33 3 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7 .303 .314 .364 .678 12 0 1 1 0 0 2B Bob Allison WAA 151 576 78 121 14 3 33 78 6 3 53 91 .210 .283 .417 .700 240 0 3 7 7 17 OF Harry Anderson BAA 147 580 69 149 29 9 19 52 1 1 30 113 .257 .298 .436 .734 253 0 0 2 4 17 OF Luis Aparicio BAA 153 617 64 146 15 4 6 40 42 18 59 50 .237 .306 .303 .609 187 6 1 6 3 3 SS Hank Bauer NYA 118 360 33 63 14 0 6 38 2 0 21 70 .175 .219 .264 .483 95 2 3 2 0 8 OF Jim Baxes DEA 53 133 26 35 4 0 14 29 0 0 19 21 .263 .353 .609 .962 81 1 1 0 0 2 2B Julio Becquer WAA 89 262 21 73 19 10 0 28 6 2 10 18 .279 .309 .427 .737 112 0 3 2 3 6 1B Zeke Bella KCA 51 92 6 14 0 1 1 6 0 0 3 24 .152 .175 .207 .382 19 1 2 0 0 5 1B Lou Berberet DEA 109 345 30 77 13 1 13 44 0 0 22 58 .223 .266 .380 .646 131 0 5 1 0 9 C Yogi Berra NYA 124 479 76 155 38 2 20 82 2 1 34 45 .324 .371 .537 .907 257 1 2 1 3 14 C Johnny Blanchard NYA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 OF Don Blasingame KCA 154 650 99 165 26 3 2 28 0 1 84 41 .254 .340 .312 .652 203 3 2 0 2 7 2B Frank Bolling DEA 141 443 61 119 12 5 13 61 6 1 49 33 .269 .350 .406 .756 180 7 3 4 8 10 2B Ed Bouchee DEA 152 535 61 148 32 3 12 64 0 1 63 88 .277 .356 .415 .771 222 0 2 6 4 17 1B Clete Boyer CHA 59 114 9 19 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 21 .167 .188 .175 .363 20 0 0 0 0 2 SS Jackie Brandt BOA 115 427 65 130 22 10 13 51 6 2 42 64 .304 .364 .494 .859 211 13 3 9 0 9 OF Eddie Bressoud BOA 98 344 37 82 30 0 5 22 0 0 26 65 .238 .292 .369 .661 127 1 0 2 0 8 SS Rocky Bridges WAA 133 427 34 110 20 2 4 36 0 1 33 42 .258 .310 .342 .652 146 1 3 4 1 10 SS Harry Bright NYA 17 58 4 7 1 0 1 2 0 0 8 21 .121 .227 .190 .417 11 0 0 0 0 1 3B Dick Brown KCA 64 141 17 35 9 0 7 22 0 0 22 42 .248 .359 .461 .820 65 0 1 0 3 3 C Andy Carey BOA 34 111 14 31 5 0 6 17 1 0 8 20 .279 .328 .486 .814 54 0 0 0 0 5 3B Chico Carrasquel BAA 104 279 17 52 5 0 1 16 3 2 36 38 .186 .278 .215 .493 60 1 2 2 0 4 UT Norm Cash DEA 82 67 13 21 1 0 5 13 2 0 18 7 .313 .478 .552 1.030 37 0 1 1 4 0 PH Bob Cerv KCA 141 512 78 150 16 6 30 108 0 1 30 82 .293 .330 .523 .853 268 0 6 2 1 17 OF Gino Cimoli WAA 153 611 82 178 42 9 9 72 6 0 56 102 .291 .351 .434 .785 265 2 3 8 2 22 OF Gordy Coleman CHA 4 16 3 11 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 .688 .722 .750 1.472 12 0 0 0 0 0 1B Cliff Cook CHA 7 22 2 8 2 2 0 6 1 0 3 5 .364 .440 .636 1.076 14 0 0 0 0 1 3B Pete Daley WAA 52 138 6 34 5 0 0 11 0 1 9 17 .246 .293 .283 .575 39 0 0 0 0 1 C Joe DeMaestri KCA 121 383 35 91 14 4 8 46 0 1 16 70 .238 .278 .358 .636 137 1 1 0 6 12 SS Dan Dobbek WAA 51 60 7 9 1 3 0 3 0 0 7 19 .150 .239 .267 .505 16 0 0 0 0 1 OF Larry Doby CHA 32 93 10 18 5 0 0 11 1 0 9 21 .194 .257 .247 .504 23 0 3 0 0 1 1B Walt Dropo KCA 13 34 3 7 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 .206 .289 .265 .554 9 0 0 0 1 0 1B Del Ennis CHA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 PH Sammy Esposito CHA 22 49 8 9 1 0 3 5 0 0 10 13 .184 .322 .388 .710 19 0 0 0 0 0 SS Chuck Essegian KCA 41 68 11 22 10 3 1 13 0 0 7 25 .324 .387 .603 .990 41 0 0 0 0 0 OF Jim Finigan BAA 38 55 3 19 4 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .345 .351 .418 .769 23 0 1 0 0 1 2B Ed Fitzgerald BAA 74 210 14 47 10 1 3 25 0 0 6 29 .224 .251 .324 .575 68 1 1 0 2 5 C Hank Foiles BOA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 PH Nellie Fox CHA 154 610 79 175 37 5 1 61 3 8 69 14 .287 .361 .369 .730 225 9 4 12 4 8 2B Gary Geiger BAA 109 404 53 94 11 4 16 40 8 2 33 61 .233 .289 .399 .688 161 5 2 8 0 8 OF Dick Gernert BOA 118 318 46 90 11 3 11 38 3 2 53 46 .283 .383 .440 .824 140 0 2 2 0 11 1B Billy Goodman CHA 81 273 25 72 14 0 1 22 4 0 16 25 .264 .308 .326 .634 89 0 1 0 2 5 3B Johnny Goryl BOA 4 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .400 .571 .600 1.171 3 0 0 0 0 0 3B Lenny Green DEA 72 65 16 22 3 1 3 12 6 2 6 7 .338 .397 .554 .951 36 4 1 0 1 2 OF Dick Groat DEA 154 637 68 161 19 2 6 45 0 0 26 43 .253 .283 .317 .600 202 38 4 0 2 16 SS Kent Hadley KCA 114 314 34 68 11 3 12 40 0 1 29 76 .217 .286 .385 .671 121 0 1 0 2 7 1B Granny Hamner CHA 22 59 6 17 5 0 1 6 0 0 4 5 .288 .328 .424 .752 25 0 1 2 0 0 SS Harry Hanebrink BAA 55 143 13 33 6 0 2 14 0 0 5 18 .231 .253 .315 .568 45 0 2 1 0 6 3B Gail Harris DEA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 PH Don Hoak KCA 153 597 102 173 44 5 8 60 4 2 97 77 .290 .393 .420 .813 251 12 3 1 6 21 3B Frank House KCA 90 230 14 50 4 1 1 13 0 0 16 18 .217 .271 .257 .528 59 0 0 0 1 10 C Elston Howard NYA 144 482 57 140 31 8 18 63 0 0 27 52 .290 .335 .500 .835 241 1 2 8 6 14 1B Ron Jackson CHA 4 11 4 4 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 .364 .417 1.000 1.417 11 0 0 1 0 0 1B Jackie Jensen BOA 154 589 114 189 44 0 34 118 15 3 93 71 .321 .407 .569 .976 335 2 11 7 0 20 OF Al Kaline DEA 141 537 99 154 20 2 25 95 5 3 54 56 .287 .357 .471 .828 253 0 3 3 6 15 OF Marty Keough NYA 94 196 36 37 9 4 3 17 1 1 26 38 .189 .292 .321 .613 63 4 1 1 3 1 OF Harmon Killebrew WAA 154 570 92 139 20 3 51 119 1 1 83 109 .244 .347 .558 .905 318 0 4 4 9 12 3B Billy Klaus NYA 124 343 54 83 11 0 6 32 5 0 55 48 .242 .343 .327 .670 112 5 4 0 0 7 3B Lou Klimchock WAA 46 82 8 15 1 0 5 12 0 0 2 7 .183 .202 .378 .580 31 0 0 0 0 1 2B Joe Koppe BAA 148 514 43 125 17 8 7 56 8 7 42 104 .243 .306 .348 .654 179 2 3 1 6 9 2B Steve Korcheck WAA 21 58 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .052 .052 .052 .103 3 0 0 0 0 0 C Danny Kravitz CHA 18 42 5 11 5 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 .262 .262 .452 .714 19 0 0 0 0 2 C Tony Kubek NYA 148 537 67 150 24 9 14 66 1 5 31 51 .279 .323 .436 .759 234 17 3 5 5 13 SS Harvey Kuenn DEA 145 604 96 218 38 4 15 70 5 2 55 39 .361 .414 .512 .925 309 2 1 8 0 5 OF Jim Lemon DEA 140 514 73 150 16 4 37 105 2 1 43 96 .292 .344 .554 .899 285 0 4 2 0 13 OF Joe Lonnett CHA 31 84 8 13 2 0 2 7 0 0 11 17 .155 .276 .250 .526 21 1 0 0 3 2 C Hector Lopez KCA 149 582 80 171 28 6 22 108 0 1 52 91 .294 .354 .476 .830 277 0 5 5 5 11 OF Jerry Lynch BOA 83 211 22 54 9 2 5 22 3 0 13 31 .256 .302 .389 .691 82 1 0 0 1 5 OF Felix Mantilla CHA 61 112 25 28 2 1 4 10 2 1 13 13 .250 .341 .393 .734 44 1 1 0 3 3 UT Mickey Mantle NYA 153 569 120 165 19 2 34 89 19 7 94 127 .290 .390 .510 .899 290 6 5 3 2 5 OF Roger Maris KCA 146 467 76 132 20 5 11 74 0 2 67 64 .283 .374 .418 .792 195 0 3 1 3 5 OF Jim Marshall CHA 112 296 33 63 4 0 9 27 0 2 32 44 .213 .289 .318 .606 94 0 1 2 0 7 1B Eddie Mathews DEA 154 617 129 181 12 11 51 139 3 1 79 79 .293 .373 .596 .969 368 0 6 7 3 4 3B Lee Maye KCA 71 92 20 27 4 0 2 14 0 0 5 15 .293 .333 .402 .736 37 0 3 0 2 2 OF Jim McAnany CHA 89 181 19 47 9 4 0 8 0 1 17 16 .260 .327 .354 .680 64 0 0 4 1 2 OF Gil McDougald NYA 137 429 47 113 18 6 4 44 0 1 23 44 .263 .307 .361 .668 155 18 0 0 4 12 UT Roy McMillan BOA 98 271 33 79 18 2 7 40 0 0 26 31 .292 .361 .450 .811 122 0 3 0 5 9 SS Roman Mejias BAA 93 202 19 40 2 1 2 14 0 2 6 30 .198 .231 .248 .479 50 1 1 0 3 3 OF Minnie Minoso CHA 154 583 68 182 43 1 18 89 2 10 63 49 .312 .400 .482 .882 281 3 7 15 27 13 OF Willy Miranda BAA 13 30 1 6 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .200 .273 .333 .606 10 0 0 0 0 1 3B Hal Naragon WAA 81 256 23 68 9 3 0 22 0 0 12 11 .266 .300 .324 .624 83 0 6 1 3 5 C Irv Noren KCA 96 178 25 54 8 4 4 35 1 0 15 32 .303 .367 .461 .828 82 0 2 1 4 4 OF Bobo Osborne BAA 41 84 5 10 1 1 3 4 0 0 6 22 .119 .178 .262 .440 22 0 0 0 0 1 OF Albie Pearson CHA 70 228 19 50 9 0 0 25 2 0 24 9 .219 .292 .259 .551 59 0 1 0 0 5 OF Dave Philley KCA 85 229 36 74 17 4 6 36 0 0 23 25 .323 .382 .511 .893 117 0 2 1 0 9 1B Bubba Phillips CHA 107 349 38 83 22 2 5 32 3 4 14 20 .238 .266 .355 .622 124 2 1 1 0 7 UT Jim Piersall BOA 62 139 34 48 8 1 2 24 4 2 18 3 .345 .419 .460 .879 64 0 2 0 1 3 OF Joe Pignatano BOA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 PH Herb Plews WAA 12 34 5 9 2 0 0 8 0 0 2 4 .265 .282 .324 .606 11 0 3 0 0 1 2B J.W. Porter WAA 45 117 13 26 7 0 1 13 0 0 14 9 .222 .304 .308 .611 36 0 3 1 1 4 C Vic Power WAA 154 629 69 162 30 6 6 53 2 6 45 34 .258 .310 .353 .663 222 13 2 1 4 26 UT John Powers CHA 16 46 11 15 5 1 5 16 0 0 4 10 .326 .396 .804 1.201 37 0 1 1 2 3 OF Rip Repulski WAA 59 103 12 23 6 0 1 7 0 0 10 28 .223 .292 .311 .603 32 0 0 0 0 4 OF Bobby Richardson NYA 136 505 63 155 14 10 2 52 5 6 27 32 .307 .340 .386 .726 195 25 4 0 0 8 2B Brooks Robinson BAA 108 365 29 96 20 3 4 35 2 3 12 38 .263 .283 .367 .651 134 2 4 0 0 8 3B Andre Rodgers KCA 73 112 18 34 7 1 2 24 0 0 17 19 .304 .395 .438 .833 49 1 0 1 0 3 SS John Romano DEA 44 100 17 20 2 0 5 12 0 0 22 22 .200 .355 .370 .725 37 0 0 3 2 3 C Johnny Roseboro CHA 129 425 45 88 20 6 9 48 5 4 43 82 .207 .287 .346 .633 147 1 3 0 6 9 C Pete Runnels BOA 152 623 115 197 36 9 5 64 10 8 89 59 .316 .400 .427 .827 266 5 3 1 0 14 2B Ron Samford WAA 77 251 19 41 8 0 7 21 0 0 13 36 .163 .203 .279 .482 70 0 2 0 0 14 UT Carl Sawatski KCA 83 215 35 74 12 0 9 41 0 0 26 47 .344 .413 .526 .939 113 0 1 3 0 10 C Dick Schofield KCA 17 15 3 6 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .400 .444 .600 1.044 9 0 1 0 0 0 SS Barry Shetrone BAA 33 103 5 21 1 1 0 4 1 2 3 9 .204 .224 .233 .457 24 0 1 0 0 1 OF Norm Siebern NYA 131 383 44 89 16 0 11 45 0 1 41 81 .232 .312 .360 .672 138 4 4 8 5 4 OF Roy Sievers BAA 120 425 47 83 13 0 20 45 0 0 48 75 .195 .278 .367 .645 156 0 4 0 2 12 1B Harry Simpson CHA 13 32 1 4 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .125 .200 .219 .419 7 0 0 0 2 1 OF Bill Skowron NYA 111 295 38 79 12 8 14 60 0 0 30 48 .268 .337 .505 .842 149 2 2 15 2 7 1B Enos Slaughter NYA 40 45 8 11 2 0 2 7 0 0 12 5 .244 .404 .422 .826 19 0 0 0 0 1 OF Al Smith CHA 140 504 54 112 18 7 15 57 9 4 40 87 .222 .285 .375 .660 189 6 1 0 5 20 OF George Strickland CHA 128 468 53 103 18 1 5 53 3 1 50 65 .220 .293 .295 .587 138 1 5 3 0 7 SS Joe Taylor BAA 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0 PH Sammy Taylor BOA 91 330 31 81 12 1 12 53 0 0 17 61 .245 .282 .397 .679 131 0 5 0 2 10 C Wayne Terwilliger KCA 74 140 13 33 5 0 1 12 1 1 16 22 .236 .312 .293 .605 41 0 1 2 0 3 SS Valmy Thomas BAA 20 58 4 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 5 13 .155 .234 .224 .459 13 2 0 0 1 0 3B Bobby Thomson BOA 87 299 47 85 8 2 12 46 1 1 26 33 .284 .343 .445 .787 133 0 1 0 1 10 OF Faye Throneberry BAA 118 374 37 97 14 0 5 41 5 3 29 77 .259 .326 .337 .663 126 0 4 1 10 8 OF Marv Throneberry NYA 43 69 7 18 1 0 4 18 0 0 8 20 .261 .325 .449 .774 31 0 3 0 0 2 OF Earl Torgeson CHA 99 299 54 68 6 4 17 44 13 11 68 64 .227 .368 .445 .812 133 0 3 1 0 1 1B Gus Triandos BAA 116 393 49 73 4 2 22 45 0 0 47 75 .186 .280 .374 .654 147 2 2 3 5 12 C Bill Tuttle DEA 104 237 42 72 12 1 3 18 7 1 29 15 .304 .387 .401 .787 95 6 0 2 3 6 OF Zoilo Versalles WAA 32 93 12 9 1 0 2 6 2 0 9 21 .097 .183 .172 .355 16 0 1 0 1 0 SS Leon Wagner NYA 58 134 21 36 6 6 8 23 0 1 15 30 .269 .347 .582 .929 78 0 0 1 1 2 OF Preston Ward KCA 6 7 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .714 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 0 1B Vic Wertz BOA 91 248 24 70 8 0 10 26 0 0 34 31 .282 .378 .435 .813 108 0 0 15 4 6 1B Sammy White BOA 80 290 32 78 11 3 4 31 1 1 19 40 .269 .314 .369 .683 107 0 2 2 1 9 C Dick Williams BOA 139 524 55 138 44 0 15 78 2 5 36 61 .263 .312 .433 .745 227 8 7 6 4 13 3B Ted Williams BOA 87 302 43 77 8 0 13 49 0 0 58 27 .255 .377 .411 .788 124 0 3 1 3 6 OF Red Wilson DEA 48 138 15 36 8 0 4 16 0 0 4 14 .261 .288 .406 .693 56 0 2 2 2 4 C Gene Woodling WAA 148 523 90 166 31 0 16 59 3 4 113 36 .317 .437 .468 .906 245 1 2 14 0 7 OF Norm Zauchin WAA 45 75 6 10 1 0 3 7 0 0 8 17 .133 .241 .267 .508 20 0 1 0 3 5 1B Gus Zernial DEA 17 36 3 9 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 7 .250 .308 .417 .724 15 0 0 0 0 0 1B +-------------------+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+