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1959 Batting Average Leaders

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Showing players with at least 487 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players

# Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Hank Aaron Hank Aaron ML1 154 629 116 223 46 7 39 123 51 54 8 .355 .401 .636 1.037
2 Harvey Kuenn Harvey Kuenn DET 139 561 99 198 42 7 9 71 48 37 7 .353 .402 .501 .903
3 Joe Cunningham Joe Cunningham SLN 144 458 65 158 28 6 7 60 88 47 2 .345 .453 .478 .931
4 Al Kaline Al Kaline DET 136 511 86 167 19 2 27 94 72 42 10 .327 .410 .530 .940
5 Orlando Cepeda Orlando Cepeda SFN 151 605 92 192 35 4 27 105 33 100 23 .317 .356 .522 .878
6 Vada Pinson Vada Pinson CIN 154 648 131 205 47 9 20 84 55 98 21 .316 .371 .509 .880
7 Pete Runnels Pete Runnels BOS 147 560 95 176 33 6 6 57 95 48 6 .314 .415 .427 .841
8 Willie Mays Willie Mays SFN 151 575 125 180 43 5 34 104 65 58 27 .313 .381 .583 .964
9 Frank Robinson Frank Robinson CIN 146 540 106 168 31 4 36 125 69 93 18 .311 .391 .583 .975
10 Johnny Temple Johnny Temple CIN 149 598 102 186 35 6 8 67 72 40 14 .311 .380 .430 .809
11 Ken Boyer Ken Boyer SLN 149 563 86 174 18 5 28 94 67 77 12 .309 .384 .508 .892
12 Eddie Mathews Eddie Mathews ML1 148 594 118 182 16 8 46 114 80 71 2 .306 .390 .593 .983
13 Nellie Fox Nellie Fox CHA 156 624 84 191 34 6 2 70 71 13 5 .306 .381 .389 .770
14 Ernie Banks Ernie Banks CHN 155 589 97 179 25 6 45 143 64 72 2 .304 .374 .596 .970
15 Wally Moon Wally Moon LAN 145 543 93 164 26 11 19 74 81 64 15 .302 .394 .495 .890
16 Minnie Miñoso Minnie Miñoso CLE 148 570 92 172 32 0 21 92 54 46 8 .302 .377 .468 .846
17 Bill White Bill White SLN 138 517 77 156 33 9 12 72 34 61 15 .302 .344 .470 .814
18 Bobby Richardson Bobby Richardson NYA 134 469 53 141 18 6 2 33 26 20 5 .301 .335 .377 .713
19 Bill Tuttle Bill Tuttle KC1 126 463 74 139 19 6 7 43 48 38 10 .300 .369 .413 .782
20 Gene Woodling Gene Woodling BAL 140 440 63 132 22 2 14 77 78 35 1 .300 .402 .455 .856
21 Don Hoak Don Hoak PIT 155 564 60 166 29 3 8 65 71 75 9 .294 .374 .399 .773
22 Gus Bell Gus Bell CIN 148 580 59 170 27 2 19 115 29 44 2 .293 .325 .445 .770
23 Johnny Logan Johnny Logan ML1 138 470 59 137 17 0 13 50 57 45 1 .292 .369 .411 .780
24 Don Blasingame Don Blasingame SLN 150 615 90 178 26 7 1 24 67 42 15 .289 .361 .359 .720
25 Vic Power Vic Power CLE 147 595 102 172 31 6 10 60 40 22 9 .289 .334 .412 .746
26 Bill Bruton Bill Bruton ML1 133 478 72 138 22 6 6 41 35 54 13 .289 .338 .398 .735
27 Charlie Neal Charlie Neal LAN 151 616 103 177 30 11 19 83 43 86 17 .287 .337 .464 .802
28 Bob Cerv Bob Cerv KC1 125 463 61 132 22 4 20 87 35 87 3 .285 .332 .480 .812
29 Mickey Mantle Mickey Mantle NYA 144 541 104 154 23 4 31 75 93 126 21 .285 .390 .514 .904
30 Ed Bouchee Ed Bouchee PHI 136 499 75 142 29 4 15 74 70 74 0 .285 .375 .449 .824
31 Yogi Berra Yogi Berra NYA 131 472 64 134 25 1 19 69 43 38 1 .284 .347 .462 .809
32 Hector Lopez Hector Lopez NYA +1 147 541 82 153 26 5 22 93 36 77 4 .283 .333 .471 .804
33 Jim Gilliam Jim Gilliam LAN 145 553 91 156 18 4 3 34 96 25 23 .282 .387 .345 .732
34 Tony Taylor CHN 150 624 96 175 30 8 8 38 45 86 23 .280 .331 .393 .724
35 Frank Malzone Frank Malzone BOS 154 604 90 169 34 2 19 92 42 58 6 .280 .323 .437 .760
36 Bob Skinner PIT 143 547 78 153 18 4 13 61 67 65 10 .280 .357 .399 .756
37 Gino Cimoli Gino Cimoli SLN 143 519 61 145 40 7 8 72 37 83 7 .279 .327 .430 .757
38 Tony Kubek Tony Kubek NYA 132 512 67 143 25 7 6 51 24 46 3 .279 .313 .391 .704
39 Jim Lemon Jim Lemon WS1 147 531 73 148 18 3 33 100 46 99 5 .279 .334 .510 .844
40 Eddie Yost Eddie Yost DET 148 521 115 145 19 0 21 61 135 77 9 .278 .435 .436 .871
41 Jackie Jensen Jackie Jensen BOS 148 535 101 148 31 0 28 112 88 67 20 .277 .372 .492 .863
42 Dick Groat Dick Groat PIT 147 593 74 163 22 7 5 51 32 35 0 .275 .312 .361 .673
43 Roger Maris Roger Maris KC1 122 433 69 118 21 7 16 72 58 53 2 .273 .359 .464 .824
44 Willie Kirkland Willie Kirkland SFN 126 463 64 126 22 3 22 68 42 84 5 .272 .335 .475 .810
45 Jim Landis Jim Landis CHA 149 515 78 140 26 7 5 60 78 68 20 .272 .371 .379 .749
46 Dick Williams Dick Williams KC1 130 488 72 130 33 1 16 75 28 60 4 .266 .309 .437 .746
47 Richie Ashburn Richie Ashburn PHI 153 564 86 150 16 2 1 20 79 42 9 .266 .360 .307 .667
48 Frank Bolling Frank Bolling DET 127 459 56 122 18 3 13 55 45 37 2 .266 .339 .403 .742
49 Sherm Lollar Sherm Lollar CHA 140 505 63 134 22 3 22 84 55 49 4 .265 .345 .452 .796
50 Daryl Spencer SFN 152 555 59 147 20 1 12 62 58 67 5 .265 .332 .369 .701
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