1961 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 BAA 120 385 44 85 13 2 13 52 2 2 31 62 .221 .277 .366 .643 141 2 3 4 0 10 2B Bob Allison MNA 154 546 100 129 25 3 34 94 1 3 110 93 .236 .365 .480 .845 262 4 5 0 4 17 OF George Altman KCA 150 539 98 159 35 14 30 103 2 0 58 102 .295 .363 .579 .942 312 1 9 6 5 10 OF Joe Altobelli MNA 15 48 9 13 1 1 6 17 0 0 7 6 .271 .357 .708 1.065 34 0 1 1 0 1 OF Ruben Amaro BOA 136 399 50 88 18 6 1 46 0 1 63 57 .221 .330 .303 .634 121 26 1 2 3 12 SS Luis Aparicio BAA 154 666 82 160 22 8 10 47 43 18 27 34 .240 .269 .342 .611 228 9 3 3 0 10 SS Earl Averill DEA 90 251 46 64 9 1 16 52 0 0 44 45 .255 .368 .490 .858 123 0 4 1 3 7 C Earl Battey MNA 133 488 79 147 30 2 16 63 0 0 61 68 .301 .381 .469 .850 229 0 2 2 3 12 C Hank Bauer KCA 44 101 13 29 3 6 3 14 0 0 12 8 .287 .360 .525 .884 53 1 1 5 0 1 OF Julio Becquer MNA 8 22 6 8 0 2 2 7 0 0 1 5 .364 .391 .818 1.209 18 0 0 0 0 0 1B Yogi Berra NYA 102 335 45 84 6 0 18 51 0 0 26 28 .251 .307 .430 .737 144 1 2 3 2 5 UT Reno Bertoia DEA 19 8 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 .500 .636 .500 1.136 4 0 0 0 0 0 SS Johnny Blanchard NYA 80 250 48 73 12 1 24 58 0 0 22 32 .292 .358 .636 .994 159 0 2 6 5 12 OF Don Blasingame CHA 134 430 43 100 13 4 0 34 1 1 39 39 .233 .297 .281 .578 121 2 2 0 1 7 2B Frank Bolling DEA 154 603 70 145 17 4 11 74 2 1 51 62 .240 .300 .337 .637 203 41 4 1 2 21 2B Ed Bouchee NYA 76 132 29 33 3 0 9 24 0 2 29 29 .250 .411 .477 .888 63 1 0 1 7 2 1B Bob Boyd KCA 5 12 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .333 .583 4 0 0 0 0 0 1B Clete Boyer NYA 152 510 68 110 26 6 15 64 0 1 69 76 .216 .311 .378 .690 193 1 3 1 3 12 3B Jackie Brandt BAA 127 438 68 123 17 1 8 43 9 0 61 36 .281 .367 .379 .746 166 6 3 2 0 11 OF Marv Breeding BAA 16 29 2 5 1 0 0 4 3 0 2 3 .172 .226 .207 .433 6 2 0 0 0 0 2B Eddie Bressoud BOA 45 122 13 23 8 0 2 11 0 0 4 18 .189 .211 .303 .514 37 1 2 0 0 2 SS Dick Brown BAA 91 289 37 78 13 2 9 42 0 0 16 53 .270 .304 .422 .726 122 1 4 0 0 11 C Jim Busby BAA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 OF Doug Camilli KCA 13 30 3 8 1 0 2 4 0 0 4 10 .267 .353 .500 .853 15 0 0 0 0 0 C Cam Carreon CHA 74 224 22 57 9 1 2 23 0 1 21 27 .254 .317 .330 .647 74 0 1 1 0 7 C Norm Cash DEA 149 540 126 170 20 5 35 116 2 4 127 110 .315 .449 .565 1.014 305 0 7 15 10 7 1B Bob Cerv NYA 40 113 20 28 5 1 6 15 0 0 9 18 .248 .306 .469 .775 53 0 1 0 1 6 OF Frank Cipriani KCA 14 30 2 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .267 .303 .300 .603 9 0 1 0 0 3 OF Ty Cline KCA 54 45 8 8 2 2 0 5 0 0 6 1 .178 .302 .311 .613 14 0 0 0 2 2 OF Jimmie Coker BOA 6 16 4 8 1 0 1 6 1 0 3 2 .500 .600 .750 1.350 12 0 0 0 1 0 C Rocky Colavito DEA 153 577 119 152 36 3 33 126 0 0 109 84 .263 .379 .508 .887 293 0 7 3 3 18 OF Chuck Cottier KCA 120 341 44 74 12 6 4 27 6 1 33 56 .217 .284 .323 .607 110 3 5 0 1 11 2B Clint Courtney BAA 7 14 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .286 .412 .286 .697 4 1 0 0 0 0 C Wes Covington CHA 94 170 20 49 15 0 5 33 0 0 15 20 .288 .342 .465 .807 79 0 2 1 0 5 OF Clay Dalrymple KCA 65 167 12 38 11 0 1 23 0 0 12 17 .228 .290 .311 .601 52 0 1 1 3 4 C Bobby Del Greco KCA 112 246 38 61 17 1 4 21 1 0 35 27 .248 .342 .374 .716 92 5 0 1 0 7 OF Joe DeMaestri NYA 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 3B Don Dillard CHA 22 26 4 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 4 .269 .310 .385 .695 10 0 1 0 0 1 OF Dan Dobbek MNA 29 28 3 4 1 0 1 6 1 0 3 6 .143 .226 .286 .512 8 1 0 0 0 0 OF Walt Dropo BAA 6 15 4 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .533 .611 .667 1.278 10 0 0 0 0 0 1B Sammy Esposito CHA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 PH Chuck Essegian DEA 31 37 6 13 1 0 3 15 0 0 0 8 .351 .333 .622 .955 23 1 2 0 0 2 OF Gene Freese KCA 138 407 55 113 22 0 16 63 2 0 29 53 .278 .323 .450 .773 183 0 3 6 0 11 3B Billy Gardner MNA 81 190 24 46 24 0 2 25 0 0 15 24 .242 .304 .400 .704 76 8 0 1 2 5 2B Gary Geiger BAA 97 212 26 45 9 4 10 23 5 1 34 44 .212 .321 .434 .755 92 3 2 0 1 5 OF Jim Gentile BAA 149 484 96 131 19 2 43 97 0 0 97 110 .271 .410 .585 .995 283 0 4 11 20 5 1B Tony Gonzalez BOA 117 400 68 98 21 5 12 56 7 2 50 59 .245 .331 .412 .744 165 0 3 2 3 14 OF Billy Goodman CHA 10 34 6 8 0 0 1 6 0 0 8 2 .235 .372 .324 .696 11 0 1 0 0 2 1B Lenny Green DEA 144 574 118 161 43 12 10 50 13 6 87 58 .280 .379 .449 .828 258 5 4 3 6 5 OF Dick Groat DEA 154 576 74 164 20 5 9 75 0 0 52 48 .285 .343 .384 .727 221 9 2 2 0 17 SS Jay Hankins KCA 12 22 5 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 .227 .292 .455 .746 10 0 0 0 0 0 OF Carroll Hardy BOA 69 162 24 36 4 0 5 24 0 0 19 32 .222 .315 .340 .655 55 0 0 1 3 4 OF Al Heist NYA 81 188 26 43 3 1 2 18 2 1 27 26 .229 .324 .287 .611 54 4 3 0 1 4 OF Pancho Herrera BOA 98 298 51 84 15 4 9 38 1 0 41 75 .282 .372 .450 .822 134 0 2 0 3 6 1B Mike Hershberger KCA 26 58 9 19 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 5 .328 .350 .397 .747 23 0 0 2 0 0 OF Whitey Herzog DEA 29 27 7 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 .296 .387 .370 .757 10 0 0 0 0 0 PH Chuck Hinton BAA 65 96 19 15 3 0 2 8 6 3 17 26 .156 .283 .250 .533 24 1 0 0 0 4 OF Don Hoak KCA 118 277 48 95 18 1 11 54 0 0 32 27 .343 .417 .534 .951 148 0 4 1 6 10 3B Elston Howard NYA 141 457 66 162 24 4 21 73 0 0 35 68 .354 .400 .562 .962 257 0 2 10 1 15 C Dick Howser KCA 154 636 110 175 38 7 3 54 10 0 78 50 .275 .360 .371 .731 236 0 5 2 9 13 SS Ken Hunt MNA 132 485 93 117 33 3 33 69 4 1 48 134 .241 .311 .526 .837 255 7 2 7 2 2 OF Charlie James CHA 50 125 21 33 5 0 4 19 0 0 4 24 .264 .295 .400 .695 50 0 1 0 2 6 OF Jackie Jensen BOA 78 218 36 51 9 1 9 32 3 1 36 31 .234 .341 .408 .749 89 0 1 2 0 6 OF Deron Johnson CHA 20 54 4 6 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 8 .111 .111 .204 .315 11 0 0 0 0 1 1B Al Kaline DEA 150 597 124 191 42 14 14 99 4 1 70 46 .320 .390 .508 .897 303 9 7 5 3 9 OF Harmon Killebrew MNA 154 538 113 162 33 6 52 130 0 0 121 105 .301 .427 .675 1.101 363 0 7 15 2 9 3B Jerry Kindall CHA 81 237 24 57 13 6 5 29 0 2 15 67 .241 .286 .409 .696 97 2 2 4 1 3 UT Jim King DEA 72 169 31 47 3 2 11 40 0 1 23 18 .278 .369 .515 .883 87 0 3 2 3 4 C Willie Kirkland DEA 38 99 11 24 4 0 3 13 2 1 7 14 .242 .284 .374 .658 37 2 3 1 0 2 OF Billy Klaus CHA 69 194 18 47 6 3 5 25 0 0 16 33 .242 .303 .381 .685 74 2 0 0 1 3 SS Ted Kluszewski BAA 66 111 8 20 2 0 4 13 0 0 9 12 .180 .238 .306 .544 34 0 2 0 0 4 1B Joe Koppe KCA 76 237 29 60 7 5 5 21 0 0 26 58 .253 .327 .388 .715 92 0 2 0 1 3 2B Tony Kubek NYA 154 578 70 156 30 6 15 83 0 1 33 64 .270 .305 .420 .726 243 18 8 6 0 7 SS Jim Landis CHA 140 480 76 115 15 9 17 62 10 2 60 68 .240 .329 .415 .744 199 8 6 1 7 8 OF Jim Lemon DEA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 PH Ted Lepcio MNA 53 67 10 11 2 0 4 12 1 0 6 20 .164 .230 .373 .603 25 0 1 1 0 1 2B Bob Lillis NYA 30 38 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 .211 .250 .263 .513 10 2 0 0 0 1 3B Sherm Lollar CHA 104 339 47 89 10 1 9 49 0 0 35 44 .263 .351 .378 .729 128 2 1 5 12 7 C Hector Lopez NYA 78 192 20 37 9 0 0 15 1 0 32 25 .193 .310 .240 .549 46 1 1 0 1 3 OF Jerry Lynch BOA 92 187 29 55 10 2 11 30 1 1 28 34 .294 .387 .545 .933 102 1 1 5 1 4 OF Felix Mantilla CHA 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 1 2B Mickey Mantle NYA 151 524 126 147 20 5 48 106 6 2 131 116 .281 .421 .613 1.034 321 0 5 17 0 5 OF Roger Maris KCA 154 587 129 153 28 6 65 162 0 0 102 71 .261 .375 .661 1.036 388 0 5 8 8 22 OF Billy Martin MNA 110 356 31 86 13 8 6 48 0 1 8 38 .242 .258 .374 .632 133 2 6 1 2 7 2B Eddie Mathews DEA 154 574 99 164 15 7 27 125 6 1 108 100 .286 .399 .477 .876 274 1 6 7 4 19 3B Lee Maye BAA 120 391 70 105 10 4 19 63 2 1 39 61 .269 .335 .460 .795 180 0 2 2 1 3 OF Dick McAuliffe DEA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS Don Mincher KCA 70 98 15 26 3 2 7 28 0 0 31 16 .265 .432 .551 .983 54 0 3 0 0 6 1B Minnie Minoso CHA 111 335 57 93 16 5 5 37 5 0 47 33 .278 .385 .400 .785 134 0 2 0 13 13 OF Billy Moran BAA 52 140 10 42 10 0 3 19 0 0 13 19 .300 .359 .436 .795 61 1 0 0 0 3 2B Bubba Morton DEA 44 53 9 14 2 1 1 6 2 0 5 13 .264 .322 .396 .718 21 0 1 1 0 0 1B Hal Naragon MNA 84 78 9 27 4 0 3 12 0 0 2 4 .346 .362 .513 .875 40 0 0 2 0 2 PH Cal Neeman KCA 16 26 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .269 .321 .269 .591 7 0 0 0 0 0 C Bob Nieman NYA 51 53 9 17 6 0 2 3 0 0 10 3 .321 .429 .547 .976 29 0 0 2 0 1 OF Russ Nixon DEA 47 153 15 41 7 0 1 25 0 0 11 12 .268 .320 .333 .653 51 0 5 2 3 3 C Jim Pagliaroni DEA 60 48 4 11 2 0 2 4 0 0 9 9 .229 .345 .396 .741 19 1 1 0 0 2 C Albie Pearson CHA 129 414 80 121 20 2 9 43 8 1 84 37 .292 .411 .415 .827 172 1 2 5 1 2 OF Dave Philley MNA 35 56 7 16 1 2 1 5 0 0 4 11 .286 .333 .429 .762 24 0 0 0 0 0 OF Jim Piersall BOA 132 486 70 160 36 7 3 40 4 1 52 40 .329 .395 .451 .845 219 14 2 9 2 19 OF Joe Pignatano BOA 90 231 28 51 10 4 4 27 0 0 29 41 .221 .317 .351 .668 81 14 1 0 4 2 C Al Pilarcik CHA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 PH Leo Posada KCA 22 53 6 13 1 0 2 8 0 0 2 15 .245 .281 .377 .658 20 0 1 0 1 1 OF Vic Power MNA 148 567 74 154 29 6 7 64 2 2 41 15 .272 .318 .381 .699 216 8 5 1 0 16 1B Bobby Richardson NYA 154 635 60 167 19 3 0 43 5 1 23 31 .263 .290 .302 .592 192 39 3 3 2 8 2B Jim Rivera KCA 96 151 21 36 9 0 3 16 1 1 21 15 .238 .328 .358 .685 54 0 2 0 0 3 OF Brooks Robinson BAA 154 594 55 159 28 8 4 54 1 4 39 44 .268 .315 .362 .677 215 3 2 1 3 21 3B Earl Robinson MNA 91 213 29 49 13 4 10 33 2 1 26 51 .230 .311 .469 .781 100 0 2 4 0 8 OF Floyd Robinson CHA 119 417 72 134 21 5 10 55 3 1 45 32 .321 .388 .468 .856 195 4 4 2 3 11 OF Buck Rodgers BOA 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 2 0 0 0 0 0 PH Bob Roselli CHA 4 13 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .077 .077 .077 .154 1 0 0 0 0 1 C Pete Runnels BOA 114 317 39 99 13 3 1 32 4 1 43 28 .312 .398 .382 .780 121 2 1 6 3 15 3B Chuck Schilling BOA 154 611 74 165 33 1 7 63 2 1 83 81 .270 .361 .362 .722 221 31 4 0 6 5 2B Dick Schofield KCA 27 26 3 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 5 .269 .367 .269 .636 7 0 0 0 0 0 2B Norm Siebern KCA 145 577 109 152 26 6 22 89 0 0 95 105 .263 .365 .444 .809 256 0 4 7 0 12 1B Roy Sievers CHA 143 519 84 140 35 5 27 92 6 0 58 64 .270 .349 .513 .861 266 0 6 2 8 15 1B Bill Skowron NYA 138 512 76 162 22 6 32 94 0 0 16 97 .316 .348 .570 .918 292 1 3 1 10 18 1B Al Smith CHA 148 551 89 146 30 3 31 109 1 1 56 68 .265 .337 .499 .836 275 0 6 3 7 18 3B Charley Smith CHA 89 317 41 79 15 2 6 38 2 3 14 56 .249 .297 .366 .663 116 13 1 0 8 6 SS Russ Snyder BAA 100 304 24 77 12 4 0 21 8 3 19 28 .253 .296 .319 .615 97 7 1 1 0 9 OF Daryl Spencer BOA 101 299 46 76 13 0 10 49 0 0 49 45 .254 .364 .398 .762 119 0 1 1 3 14 3B Gene Stephens BAA 21 31 5 5 1 0 2 6 1 1 3 3 .161 .235 .387 .622 12 0 0 0 0 0 OF Haywood Sullivan KCA 117 345 35 75 14 5 12 50 1 0 43 48 .217 .301 .391 .692 135 0 4 0 0 6 C Sammy Taylor BOA 69 231 38 76 16 4 15 53 0 0 21 31 .329 .385 .628 1.013 145 0 0 3 0 8 C Frank Thomas BAA 121 431 54 108 10 2 21 76 2 1 22 81 .251 .298 .429 .727 185 1 2 3 8 14 OF Marv Throneberry DEA 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 PH Joe Torre MNA 70 162 21 43 7 1 5 20 0 0 14 21 .265 .322 .414 .736 67 0 1 1 0 5 C Gus Triandos BAA 99 325 36 73 20 0 16 46 0 0 28 50 .225 .289 .434 .722 141 0 2 0 2 8 C Bill Tuttle MNA 134 474 58 101 13 5 3 31 1 1 37 58 .213 .270 .281 .550 133 27 1 0 0 5 OF Jose Valdivielso MNA 55 84 9 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 16 .131 .141 .155 .296 13 0 0 0 0 0 SS Zoilo Versalles MNA 138 538 54 141 30 5 6 48 8 1 20 68 .262 .287 .370 .657 199 2 3 5 0 14 SS Vic Wertz BOA 89 308 46 88 16 1 12 42 0 0 37 36 .286 .359 .461 .820 142 0 3 1 0 15 1B Sammy White BOA 21 59 3 15 0 0 0 9 0 0 6 9 .254 .304 .254 .559 15 1 4 1 0 0 C George Williams NYA 3 8 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 2 0 0 0 0 0 2B Gene Woodling NYA 110 351 56 98 16 6 4 32 1 0 55 36 .279 .379 .393 .772 138 1 1 9 2 7 OF Carl Yastrzemski BOA 120 475 55 129 31 8 10 74 0 2 39 93 .272 .328 .434 .762 206 0 4 0 3 19 OF +-------------------+---+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+