1956 Batting Average Leaders

Showing players with at least 478 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	Mickey Mantle	NYA	150	533	132	188	22	5	52	130	112	99	10	.353	.464	.705	1.169
2	Ted Williams	BOS	136	400	71	138	28	2	24	82	102	39	0	.345	.479	.605	1.084
3	Harvey Kuenn	DET	146	591	96	196	32	7	12	88	55	34	9	.332	.387	.470	.857
4	Hank Aaron	ML1	153	609	106	200	34	14	26	92	37	54	2	.328	.365	.558	.923
5	Charlie Maxwell	DET	141	500	96	163	14	3	28	87	79	74	1	.326	.414	.534	.948
6	Bob Nieman	BAL +1	128	428	63	137	21	6	14	68	90	63	1	.320	.436	.495	.931
7	Bill Virdon	PIT +1	157	580	77	185	23	10	10	46	38	71	6	.319	.361	.445	.806
8	Minnie Miñoso	CHA	151	545	106	172	29	11	21	88	86	40	12	.316	.425	.525	.950
9	Jackie Jensen	BOS	151	578	80	182	23	11	20	97	89	43	11	.315	.405	.497	.901
10	Al Kaline	DET	153	617	96	194	32	10	27	128	70	55	7	.314	.383	.530	.913
11	Roberto Clemente	PIT	147	543	66	169	30	7	7	60	13	58	6	.311	.330	.431	.761
12	Gil McDougald	NYA	120	438	79	136	13	3	13	56	68	59	3	.311	.405	.443	.848
13	Stan Musial	SLN	156	594	87	184	33	6	27	109	75	39	2	.310	.386	.522	.908
14	Pete Runnels	WS1	147	578	72	179	29	9	8	76	58	64	5	.310	.372	.433	.805
15	Vic Power	KC1	127	530	77	164	21	5	14	63	24	16	2	.309	.340	.447	.787
16	Bill Skowron	NYA	134	464	78	143	21	6	23	90	50	60	4	.308	.382	.528	.910
17	Ray Boone	DET	131	481	77	148	14	6	25	81	77	46	0	.308	.403	.518	.921
18	Ken Boyer	SLN	150	595	91	182	30	2	26	98	38	65	8	.306	.347	.494	.841
19	Richie Ashburn	PHI	154	628	94	190	26	8	3	50	79	45	10	.303	.384	.384	.768
20	Red Schoendienst	NY1 +1	132	487	61	147	21	3	2	29	41	15	1	.302	.357	.370	.726
21	Ted Kluszewski	CIN	138	517	91	156	14	1	35	102	49	31	1	.302	.362	.536	.898
22	Jim Gilliam	BRO	153	594	102	178	23	8	6	43	95	39	21	.300	.399	.396	.794
23	Wally Moon	SLN	149	540	86	161	22	11	16	68	80	50	12	.298	.390	.469	.858
24	Yogi Berra	NYA	140	521	93	155	29	2	30	105	65	29	3	.298	.378	.534	.911
25	Ernie Banks	CHN	139	538	82	160	25	8	28	85	52	62	6	.297	.358	.530	.887
26	Nellie Fox	CHA	154	649	109	192	20	10	4	52	44	14	8	.296	.348	.376	.724
27	Willie Mays	NY1	152	578	101	171	27	8	36	84	68	65	40	.296	.369	.557	.926
28	Sherm Lollar	CHA	136	450	55	132	28	2	11	75	53	34	2	.293	.383	.438	.821
29	Jim Piersall	BOS	155	601	91	176	40	6	14	87	58	48	7	.293	.350	.449	.799
30	Harry Simpson	KC1	141	543	76	159	22	11	21	105	47	82	2	.293	.347	.490	.837
31	Gus Bell	CIN	150	603	82	176	31	4	29	84	50	66	6	.292	.348	.501	.848
32	Duke Snider	BRO	151	542	112	158	33	2	43	101	99	101	3	.292	.399	.598	.997
33	Joe Adcock	ML1	137	454	76	132	23	1	38	103	32	86	1	.291	.337	.597	.934
34	Frank Robinson	CIN	152	572	122	166	27	6	38	83	64	95	8	.290	.379	.558	.937
35	Carl Furillo	BRO	149	523	66	151	30	0	21	83	57	41	1	.289	.357	.467	.824
36	Walt Moryn	CHN	147	529	69	151	27	3	23	67	50	67	4	.285	.348	.478	.826
37	Johnny Temple	CIN	154	632	88	180	18	3	2	41	58	40	14	.285	.344	.332	.676
38	Frank Thomas	PIT	157	588	69	166	24	3	25	80	36	61	0	.282	.326	.461	.787
39	Johnny Logan	ML1	148	545	69	153	27	5	15	46	46	49	3	.281	.340	.431	.771
40	Gus Triandos	BAL	131	452	47	126	18	1	21	88	48	73	0	.279	.348	.462	.810
41	Willie Jones	PHI	149	520	88	144	20	4	17	78	92	49	5	.277	.384	.429	.812
42	Al Dark	SLN +1	148	619	73	170	26	7	6	54	29	46	3	.275	.307	.368	.675
43	Lee Walls	PIT	143	474	72	130	20	11	11	54	50	83	3	.274	.345	.433	.777
44	Al Smith	CLE	141	526	87	144	26	5	16	71	84	72	6	.274	.378	.434	.812
45	Dick Groat	PIT	142	520	40	142	19	3	0	37	35	25	0	.273	.317	.321	.638
46	Hector Lopez	KC1	151	561	91	153	27	3	18	69	63	73	4	.273	.347	.428	.775
47	Bill Bruton	ML1	147	525	73	143	23	15	8	56	26	63	8	.272	.304	.419	.723
48	Eddie Mathews	ML1	151	552	103	150	21	2	37	95	91	86	6	.272	.374	.518	.892
49	Jim Lemon	WS1	146	538	77	146	21	11	27	96	65	138	2	.271	.349	.502	.851
50	Billy Klaus	BOS	135	520	91	141	29	5	7	59	90	43	1	.271	.378	.387	.764

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