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1966 American League Batting Leaders

1965 Season 1967 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 806 games, 10 teams, approx. 161 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Frank Robinson	30	BAL	Maj	BAL	155	680	576	122	182	34	2	49	122	8	5	87	90	.316	.410	.637	1.048	367	24	10	0	7	11
2	Tony Oliva	27	MIN	Maj	MIN	159	677	622	99	191	32	7	25	87	13	7	42	72	.307	.353	.502	.854	312	16	5	2	6	10
3	Russ Snyder	32	BAL	Maj	BAL	117	421	373	66	114	21	5	3	41	2	1	38	37	.306	.368	.413	.781	154	9	0	8	2	1
4	Mickey Stanley	23	DET	Maj	DET	92	254	235	28	68	15	4	3	19	2	1	17	20	.289	.336	.426	.762	100	4	0	1	1	4
5	Al Kaline	31	DET	Maj	DET	142	572	479	85	138	29	1	29	88	5	5	81	66	.288	.392	.534	.927	256	7	5	1	6	7
6	Mickey Mantle	34	NYA	Maj	NYY	108	393	333	40	96	12	1	23	56	1	1	57	76	.288	.389	.538	.927	179	9	0	0	3	5
7	Rick Reichardt	23	CAL	Maj	CAL	89	361	319	48	92	5	4	16	44	8	4	27	61	.288	.367	.480	.846	153	6	13	1	1	3
8	Boog Powell	24	BAL	Maj	BAL	140	565	491	78	141	18	0	34	109	0	4	67	125	.287	.372	.532	.904	261	8	1	3	3	9
9	Ed Charles	33	KC1	Maj	KCA	118	420	385	52	110	18	8	9	42	12	5	30	53	.286	.337	.444	.781	171	9	0	4	1	2
10	Harmon Killebrew	30	MIN	Maj	MIN	162	677	569	89	160	27	1	39	110	0	2	103	98	.281	.391	.538	.929	306	12	2	0	3	18
11	Norm Cash*	32	DET	Maj	DET	160	679	603	98	168	18	3	32	93	2	1	66	91	.279	.351	.478	.829	288	15	4	1	5	4
12	Leon Wagner	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	150	599	549	70	153	20	0	23	66	5	2	46	69	.279	.334	.441	.775	242	12	1	0	3	9
13	Danny Cater	26	KC1,CHA	Maj	KCA-CHW	137	524	485	50	135	17	4	7	56	4	5	28	47	.278	.317	.373	.691	181	12	2	4	5	2
14	Frank Howard	29	WS2	Maj	WSA	146	549	493	52	137	19	4	18	71	1	1	53	104	.278	.348	.442	.790	218	14	1	0	2	6
15	Carl Yastrzemski	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	160	680	594	81	165	39	2	16	80	8	9	84	60	.278	.368	.431	.799	256	17	1	0	1	10
16	Paul Blair	22	BAL	Maj	BAL	133	325	303	35	84	20	2	6	33	5	6	15	36	.277	.309	.416	.725	126	4	0	5	2	0
17	Luis Aparicio	32	BAL	Maj	BAL	151	707	659	97	182	25	8	6	41	25	11	33	42	.276	.311	.366	.677	241	10	1	12	2	2
18	José Cardenal	22	CAL	Maj	CAL	154	606	561	67	155	15	3	16	48	24	11	34	69	.276	.320	.399	.719	224	6	4	3	4	5
19	Fred Valentine	31	WS2	Maj	WSA	146	578	508	77	140	29	7	16	59	22	10	51	63	.276	.351	.455	.806	231	12	10	6	3	1
20	Joe Azcue	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	98	330	302	22	83	10	1	9	37	0	2	20	22	.275	.319	.404	.723	122	6	2	1	5	5
21	Dick McAuliffe	26	DET	Maj	DET	124	506	430	83	118	16	8	23	56	5	7	66	80	.274	.373	.509	.882	219	7	3	4	3	2
22	Joe Adcock	38	CAL	Maj	CAL	83	265	231	33	63	10	3	18	48	2	2	31	48	.273	.355	.576	.931	133	11	0	0	3	6
23	Tommie Agee	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	160	689	629	98	172	27	8	22	86	44	18	41	127	.273	.326	.447	.773	281	17	10	5	4	3
24	Ken Berry	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	147	486	443	50	120	20	2	8	34	7	10	28	63	.271	.316	.379	.695	168	6	2	11	2	4
25	Brooks Robinson	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	157	686	620	91	167	35	2	23	100	2	3	56	36	.269	.333	.444	.776	275	18	5	1	4	11
26	Don Demeter	31	BOS,DET	Maj	BOS-DET	105	341	325	43	87	18	1	14	41	2	0	8	61	.268	.284	.459	.743	149	8	1	3	4	1
27	Don Wert	27	DET	Maj	DET	150	642	559	56	150	20	2	11	70	6	3	64	69	.268	.342	.370	.713	207	20	2	11	6	3
28	Bert Campaneris	24	KC1	Maj	KCA	142	606	573	82	153	29	10	5	42	52	10	25	72	.267	.303	.379	.681	217	6	5	1	2	1
29	Gates Brown	27	DET	Maj	DET	88	193	169	27	45	5	1	7	27	3	0	18	19	.266	.337	.432	.769	73	3	2	0	4	2
30	Horace Clarke	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	96	344	312	37	83	10	4	6	28	5	3	27	24	.266	.324	.381	.705	119	2	1	1	3	4
31	Tony Conigliaro	21	BOS	Maj	BOS	150	628	558	77	148	26	7	28	93	0	2	52	112	.265	.330	.488	.817	272	6	5	6	7	8
32	Jim Northrup	26	DET	Maj	DET	123	461	419	53	111	24	6	16	58	4	7	33	52	.265	.322	.465	.788	195	17	4	2	3	4
33	Jay Johnstone	20	CAL	Maj	CAL	61	268	254	35	67	12	4	3	17	3	3	11	36	.264	.297	.378	.675	96	3	1	2	0	1
34	Joe Foy	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	151	658	554	97	145	23	8	15	63	2	5	91	80	.262	.365	.413	.778	229	14	2	5	6	2
35	Willie Horton	23	DET	Maj	DET	146	578	526	72	138	22	6	27	100	1	1	44	103	.262	.321	.481	.802	253	11	3	2	3	4
36	Joe Nossek	25	KC1,MIN	Maj	KCA-MIN	91	241	230	13	60	10	3	1	27	4	2	8	21	.261	.285	.344	.628	79	7	0	2	1	1
37	José Tartabull*	27	BOS,KC1	Maj	BOS-KCA	105	347	322	41	84	9	7	0	15	19	4	17	24	.261	.297	.332	.629	107	4	0	7	1	0
38	César Tovar	25	MIN	Maj	MIN	134	527	465	57	121	19	5	2	41	16	6	44	50	.260	.325	.336	.661	156	7	4	7	7	1
39	Jake Gibbs	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	62	202	182	19	47	6	0	3	20	5	2	19	16	.258	.327	.341	.667	62	6	0	0	1	2
40	Davey Johnson	23	BAL	Maj	BAL	131	541	501	47	129	20	3	7	56	3	4	31	64	.258	.298	.351	.649	176	8	1	1	7	3
41	Earl Battey	31	MIN	Maj	MIN	115	412	364	30	93	12	1	4	34	4	1	43	30	.256	.337	.327	.664	119	15	3	0	2	7
42	Chuck Hinton	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	123	389	348	46	89	9	3	12	50	10	6	35	66	.256	.323	.402	.725	140	7	1	2	3	2
43	Elston Howard	37	NYA	Maj	NYY	126	451	410	38	105	19	2	6	35	0	0	37	65	.256	.317	.356	.673	146	12	1	0	3	9
44	Chico Salmon	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	126	452	422	46	108	13	2	7	40	10	1	21	41	.256	.289	.346	.635	146	4	0	6	3	2
45	Curt Blefary	22	BAL	Maj	BAL	131	508	419	73	107	14	3	23	64	1	4	73	56	.255	.371	.468	.839	196	6	6	7	3	3
46	Joe Pepitone*	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	152	621	585	85	149	21	4	31	83	4	3	29	58	.255	.290	.463	.753	271	14	2	0	5	6
47	Paul Casanova	24	WS2	Maj	WSA	122	449	429	45	109	16	5	13	44	1	2	14	78	.254	.278	.406	.684	174	8	1	3	2	2
48	Mike Hershberger	26	KC1	Maj	KCA	146	599	538	55	136	27	7	2	57	13	5	47	37	.253	.313	.340	.653	183	14	3	4	7	3
49	Jim Fregosi	24	CAL	Maj	CAL	162	696	611	78	154	32	7	13	67	17	8	67	89	.252	.325	.391	.716	239	12	2	10	6	1
50	Jake Wood	29	DET	Maj	DET	98	264	230	39	58	9	3	2	27	4	3	28	48	.252	.336	.344	.679	79	7	1	5	0	0
51	Dick Green	25	KC1	Maj	KCA	140	547	507	58	127	24	3	9	62	6	1	27	101	.251	.297	.363	.659	184	11	7	4	2	4
52	Don Mincher	28	MIN	Maj	MIN	139	497	431	53	108	30	0	14	62	3	2	58	68	.251	.340	.418	.758	180	13	2	3	3	9
53	Bobby Richardson	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	149	648	610	71	153	21	3	7	42	6	6	25	28	.251	.280	.330	.610	201	17	1	9	3	1
54	Bob Saverine	25	WS2	Maj	WSA	120	446	406	54	102	10	4	5	24	4	3	27	62	.251	.300	.333	.632	135	7	2	9	2	1
55	Vic Davalillo*	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	121	371	344	42	86	6	4	3	19	8	6	24	37	.250	.297	.317	.614	109	6	0	1	2	6
56	Larry Stahl*	25	KC1	Maj	KCA	119	333	312	37	78	11	5	5	34	5	3	17	63	.250	.289	.365	.655	114	0	1	1	2	3
57	Jerry Adair	29	CHA,BAL	Maj	CHW-BAL	122	460	422	30	105	19	2	4	39	3	2	21	52	.249	.282	.332	.614	140	15	1	10	6	0
58	Bill Skowron	35	CHA	Maj	CHW	120	369	337	27	84	15	2	6	29	1	1	26	45	.249	.308	.359	.667	121	11	3	2	1	4
59	Zoilo Versalles	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	137	596	543	73	135	20	6	7	36	10	12	40	85	.249	.307	.346	.653	188	11	7	3	3	2
60	Jim King	33	WS2	Maj	WSA	117	350	310	41	77	14	2	10	30	4	0	38	41	.248	.330	.403	.733	125	10	0	1	1	2
61	Norm Siebern	32	CAL	Maj	CAL	125	404	336	29	83	14	1	5	41	0	1	63	61	.247	.361	.339	.701	114	6	0	0	5	7
62	Max Alvis	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	157	655	596	67	146	22	3	17	55	4	7	50	98	.245	.304	.378	.681	225	12	2	3	4	6
63	Rich Rollins	28	MIN	Maj	MIN	90	293	269	30	66	7	1	10	40	0	2	13	34	.245	.286	.390	.677	105	9	4	3	4	1
64	George Scott	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	162	681	601	73	147	18	7	27	90	4	0	65	152	.245	.324	.433	.757	260	25	8	2	5	13
65	Don Buford	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	163	698	607	85	148	26	7	8	52	51	22	69	71	.244	.323	.349	.672	212	3	3	17	2	3
66	Paul Schaal	23	CAL	Maj	CAL	138	461	386	59	94	15	7	6	24	6	4	68	56	.244	.362	.365	.728	141	9	5	0	2	0
67	Ossie Chavarria	28	KC1	Maj	KCA	86	212	191	26	46	10	0	2	10	3	2	18	43	.241	.306	.325	.631	62	5	0	3	0	1
68	Fred Whitfield*	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	137	538	502	59	121	15	2	27	78	1	2	27	76	.241	.283	.440	.723	221	7	4	0	5	9
69	Clete Boyer	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	144	558	500	59	120	22	4	14	57	6	0	46	48	.240	.303	.384	.687	192	9	2	4	6	4
70	Wayne Causey	29	CHA,KC1	Maj	CHW-KCA	106	284	243	24	58	8	2	0	18	3	0	31	19	.239	.318	.288	.606	70	5	0	4	6	1
71	Jimmie Hall	28	MIN	Maj	MIN	120	391	356	52	85	7	4	20	47	1	2	33	66	.239	.302	.449	.751	160	14	0	0	2	5
72	Tom Satriano	25	CAL	Maj	CAL	103	255	226	16	54	5	3	0	24	3	3	27	32	.239	.320	.288	.608	65	5	0	2	0	2
73	Bernie Allen	27	MIN	Maj	MIN	101	350	319	34	76	18	1	5	30	2	3	26	40	.238	.299	.348	.647	111	10	2	2	1	5
74	Rocky Colavito	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	151	614	533	68	127	13	0	30	72	2	1	76	81	.238	.336	.432	.767	230	25	3	0	2	4
75	Rico Petrocelli	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	139	572	522	58	124	20	1	18	59	1	1	41	99	.238	.295	.383	.678	200	8	3	2	4	2
76	Ken Harrelson	24	WS2,KC1	Maj	WSA-KCA	134	519	460	49	109	13	1	12	50	13	3	53	112	.237	.317	.348	.665	160	11	1	5	0	5
77	Floyd Robinson	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	127	397	342	44	81	11	2	5	35	8	2	44	32	.237	.330	.325	.655	111	2	5	3	3	4
78	George Thomas	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	69	200	173	25	41	4	0	5	20	1	0	23	33	.237	.332	.347	.679	60	7	2	1	1	1
79	Buck Rodgers	27	CAL	Maj	CAL	133	491	454	45	107	20	3	7	48	3	4	29	57	.236	.281	.339	.620	154	11	2	0	6	8
80	Bill Freehan	24	DET	Maj	DET	136	544	492	47	115	22	0	12	46	5	2	40	72	.234	.294	.352	.646	173	11	3	7	2	9
81	Jim Gosger*	23	KC1,BOS	Maj	KCA-BOS	128	458	398	50	93	18	1	10	44	5	4	52	73	.234	.325	.359	.684	143	3	2	5	1	1
82	Dalton Jones	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	115	277	252	26	59	11	5	4	23	1	2	22	27	.234	.303	.365	.668	92	5	3	0	0	4
83	Pedro González	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	110	374	352	21	82	9	2	2	17	8	5	15	54	.233	.268	.287	.555	101	5	2	4	1	1
84	Don Lock	29	WS2	Maj	WSA	138	447	386	52	90	13	1	16	48	2	6	57	126	.233	.333	.396	.730	153	9	2	0	2	5
85	Roger Maris	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	119	391	348	37	81	9	2	13	43	0	0	36	60	.233	.307	.382	.689	133	8	3	0	4	3
86	Ken McMullen	24	WS2	Maj	WSA	147	581	524	48	122	19	4	13	54	3	1	44	89	.233	.289	.359	.648	188	16	0	7	6	1
87	Tom Tresh	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	151	637	537	76	125	12	4	27	68	5	4	86	89	.233	.341	.421	.762	226	10	6	1	7	5
88	Bobby Knoop	27	CAL	Maj	CAL	161	650	590	54	137	18	11	17	72	1	5	43	144	.232	.282	.386	.669	228	14	1	9	7	8
89	Roger Repoz*	25	KC1,NYA	Maj	KCA-NYY	138	418	362	44	84	14	4	11	43	3	3	48	88	.232	.324	.384	.708	139	6	2	4	2	4
90	Jerry Lumpe	33	DET	Maj	DET	113	418	385	30	89	14	3	1	26	0	3	24	44	.231	.275	.291	.566	112	3	0	7	2	1
91	John Romano	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	122	395	329	33	76	12	0	15	47	0	0	58	72	.231	.344	.404	.749	133	3	1	3	4	7
92	Bob Tillman	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	78	229	204	12	47	8	0	3	24	0	0	22	35	.230	.303	.314	.616	64	5	0	1	2	3
93	Ed Brinkman	24	WS2	Maj	WSA	158	625	582	42	133	18	9	7	48	7	9	29	105	.229	.263	.327	.590	190	17	0	9	5	4
94	Larry Brown	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	105	384	340	29	78	12	0	3	17	0	1	36	58	.229	.309	.291	.600	99	11	3	5	0	3
95	Tommy McCraw*	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	151	437	389	49	89	16	4	5	48	20	11	29	40	.229	.288	.329	.617	128	5	5	10	4	7
96	Ted Uhlaender	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	105	403	367	39	83	12	2	2	22	10	2	27	33	.226	.280	.286	.566	105	4	1	6	2	1
97	Roy White	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	115	356	316	39	71	13	2	7	20	14	7	37	43	.225	.308	.345	.653	109	4	1	2	0	1
98	Andy Etchebarren	23	BAL	Maj	BAL	121	458	412	49	91	14	6	11	50	0	1	38	106	.221	.293	.364	.657	150	12	5	0	3	12
99	Bob Allison	31	MIN	Maj	MIN	70	203	168	34	37	6	1	8	19	6	0	30	34	.220	.345	.411	.756	69	2	3	0	2	2
100	Pete Ward	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	84	284	251	22	55	7	1	3	28	3	1	24	49	.219	.290	.291	.581	73	5	3	1	5	0