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MLB Batting Leaders - 1956

Statistics: Batting | Pitching
Type: Career | Single-Season (Post-1900) | Single-Season
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MLB Batting Leaders - 1956 - Batting Average
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
1	Mickey Mantle	18	150	533	132	188	22	5	52	130	112	99	10	1	.353
2	Ted Williams	19	136	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	102	39	0	0	.345
3	Harvey Kuenn	15	146	591	96	196	32	7	12	88	55	34	9	5	.332
4	Hank Aaron	23	153	609	106	200	34	14	26	92	37	54	2	4	.328
5	Charlie Maxwell	14	141	500	96	163	14	3	28	87	79	74	1	1	.326
6	Bob Nieman	12	128	428	63	137	21	6	14	68	90	63	1	6	.320
7	Bill Virdon	12	157	580	77	185	23	10	10	46	38	71	6	7	.319
8	Minnie Minoso	17	151	545	106	172	29	11	21	88	86	40	12	6	.316
9	Jackie Jensen	11	151	578	80	182	23	11	20	97	89	43	11	3	.315
10	Al Kaline	22	153	617	96	194	32	10	27	128	70	55	7	1	.314
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	Lou Skizas	4	89	303	39	95	11	3	11	40	15	19	3	1	.314
12	Bob Boyd	9	70	225	28	70	8	3	2	11	30	14	0	5	.311
	Roberto Clemente	18	147	543	66	169	30	7	7	60	13	58	6	6	.311
	Gil McDougald	10	120	438	79	136	13	3	13	56	68	59	3	8	.311
15	Stan Musial	22	156	594	87	184	33	6	27	109	75	39	2	0	.310
	Pete Runnels	14	147	578	72	179	29	9	8	76	58	64	5	5	.310
	Mickey Vernon	20	119	403	67	125	28	4	15	84	57	40	1	0	.310
18	Vic Power	12	127	530	77	164	21	5	14	63	24	16	2	2	.309
19	Ray Boone	13	131	481	77	148	14	6	25	81	77	46	0	0	.308
	Bill Skowron	14	134	464	78	143	21	6	23	90	50	60	4	4	.308
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
21	Ken Boyer	15	150	595	91	182	30	2	26	98	38	65	8	3	.306
22	Richie Ashburn	15	154	628	94	190	26	8	3	50	79	45	10	1	.303
23	Ted Kluszewski	15	138	517	91	156	14	1	35	102	49	31	1	0	.302
	Red Schoendienst	19	132	487	61	147	21	3	2	29	41	15	1	3	.302
25	Ed Bailey	14	118	383	59	115	8	2	28	75	52	50	2	0	.300
	Clint Courtney	11	101	283	31	85	20	3	5	44	20	10	0	5	.300
	Jim Gilliam	14	153	594	102	178	23	8	6	43	95	39	21	9	.300
28	Yogi Berra	19	140	521	93	155	29	2	30	105	65	29	3	2	.298
	Jackie Brandt	11	125	393	54	117	19	8	12	50	21	36	3	5	.298
	Wally Moon	12	149	540	86	161	22	11	16	68	80	50	12	9	.298
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
31	Ernie Banks	19	139	538	82	160	25	8	28	85	52	62	6	9	.297
32	Nellie Fox	19	154	649	109	192	20	10	4	52	44	14	8	4	.296
	Willie Mays	22	152	578	101	171	27	8	36	84	68	65	40	10	.296
34	Jack Phillips	9	67	224	31	66	13	2	1	20	21	19	1	1	.295
35	Billy Goodman	16	105	399	61	117	22	8	2	38	40	22	0	3	.293
	Sherm Lollar	18	136	450	55	132	28	2	11	75	53	34	2	0	.293
	Jim Piersall	17	155	601	91	176	40	6	14	87	58	48	7	7	.293
	Harry Simpson	8	141	543	76	159	22	11	21	105	47	82	2	3	.293
39	Duke Snider	18	151	542	112	158	33	2	43	101	99	101	3	3	.292
	Gus Bell	20	150	603	82	176	31	4	29	84	50	66	6	2	.292
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
41	Joe Adcock	17	137	454	76	132	23	1	38	103	32	86	1	0	.291
	Dick Gernert	11	106	306	53	89	11	0	16	68	56	57	1	0	.291
43	Frank Robinson	21	152	572	122	166	27	6	38	83	64	95	8	4	.290
44	Carl Furillo	15	149	523	66	151	30	0	21	83	57	41	1	1	.289
	Red Wilson	10	78	228	32	66	12	2	7	38	42	18	2	1	.289
46	Elmer Valo	20	107	300	41	86	13	3	5	39	49	22	7	6	.287
47	Dick Williams	13	94	360	45	103	18	4	11	37	30	41	5	5	.286
48	Johnny Temple	13	154	632	88	180	18	3	2	41	58	40	14	4	.285
	Walt Moryn	8	147	529	69	151	27	3	23	67	50	67	4	2	.285
50	Hal Smith	7	75	227	27	64	12	0	5	23	15	22	1	0	.282