1961 NL Batting Average Leaders

Roberto Clemente led the NL in batting average with .351 in 1961, 8 points ahead of Vada Pinson (.343). It was one of 4 times Roberto Clemente led in batting average.

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Led the NL in 1961 Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates

.351 Batting Average .008 clear of Vada Pinson

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#	Player	Team	AVG	G	AB	H	OBP
1	Roberto Clemente	PIT	.351	146	572	201	.390
2	Vada Pinson	CIN	.343	154	607	208	.379
3	Ken Boyer	SLN	.329	153	589	194	.397
4	Wally Moon	LAN	.328	134	463	152	.434
5	Hank Aaron	ML1	.327	155	603	197	.381
6	Frank Robinson	CIN	.323	153	545	176	.404
7	Orlando Cepeda	SFN	.311	152	585	182	.362
8	Willie Mays	SFN	.308	154	572	176	.393
9	Eddie Mathews	ML1	.306	152	572	175	.402
10	George Altman	CHN	.303	138	518	157	.353
11	Dick Stuart	PIT	.301	138	532	160	.344
12	Don Hoak	PIT	.298	145	503	150	.388
13	Gordy Coleman	CIN	.287	150	520	149	.341
14	Bill White	SLN	.286	153	591	169	.354
15	Joe Adcock	ML1	.285	152	562	160	.354
16	Ron Santo	CHN	.284	154	578	164	.362
17	Maury Wills	LAN	.282	148	613	173	.346
18	Frank Thomas	ML1 +1	.281	139	473	133	.331
19	Julian Javier	SLN	.279	113	445	124	.326
20	Tommy Davis	LAN	.278	132	460	128	.325
21	Ernie Banks	CHN	.278	138	511	142	.346
22	Billy Williams	CHN	.278	146	529	147	.338
23	Jim Davenport	SFN	.278	137	436	121	.342
24	Tony Gonzalez	PHI	.277	126	426	118	.358
25	Gene Freese	CIN	.277	152	575	159	.307
26	Dick Groat	PIT	.275	148	596	164	.320
27	Eddie Kasko	CIN	.271	126	469	127	.320
28	Johnny Callison	PHI	.266	138	455	121	.363
29	Harvey Kuenn	SFN	.265	131	471	125	.329
30	Bill Mazeroski	PIT	.265	152	558	148	.298
31	Frank Bolling	ML1	.262	148	585	153	.329
32	Bill Virdon	PIT	.260	146	599	156	.313
33	Don Zimmer	CHN	.252	128	477	120	.291
34	Jim Gilliam	LAN	.244	144	439	107	.358
35	Don Blasingame	CIN +1	.222	126	451	100	.288
36	Roy McMillan	ML1	.220	154	505	111	.305