1961 MLB Player Hitting Stat Leaders

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PLAYER	TEAM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1 NormN CashCash 1B 1 ‌ ‌ ‌	DET	159	535	119	193	22	8	41	132	124	85	11	5	.361	.487	.662	1.149
2 MickeyM MantleMantle CF 2 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	153	514	132	163	16	6	54	128	126	112	12	1	.317	.448	.687	1.135
3 JimJ GentileGentile 1B 3 ‌ ‌ ‌	BAL	148	486	96	147	25	2	46	141	96	106	1	1	.302	.423	.646	1.069
4 FrankF RobinsonRobinson RF 4 ‌ ‌ ‌	CIN	153	545	117	176	32	7	37	124	71	64	22	3	.323	.404	.611	1.015
5 HarmonH KillebrewKillebrew 1B 5 ‌ ‌ ‌	MIN	150	541	94	156	20	7	46	122	107	109	1	2	.288	.405	.606	1.011
6 RogerR MarisMaris RF 6 ‌ ‌ ‌	NYY	161	590	132	159	16	4	61	141	94	67	0	0	.269	.372	.620	.992
7 RockyR ColavitoColavito LF 7 ‌ ‌ ‌	DET	163	583	129	169	30	2	45	140	113	75	1	2	.290	.402	.580	.982
8 WillieW MaysMays CF 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	SF	154	572	129	176	32	3	40	123	81	77	18	9	.308	.393	.584	.977
9 HankH AaronAaron CF 9 ‌ ‌ ‌	MIL	155	603	115	197	39	10	34	120	56	64	21	9	.327	.381	.594	.975
10 OrlandoO CepedaCepeda 1B 10 ‌ ‌ ‌	SF	152	585	105	182	28	4	46	142	39	91	12	8	.311	.362	.609	.971
11 RobertoR ClementeClemente RF 11 ‌ ‌ ‌	PIT	146	572	100	201	30	10	23	89	35	59	4	1	.351	.390	.559	.949
12 WallyW MoonMoon LF 12 ‌ ‌ ‌	LA	134	463	79	152	25	3	17	88	89	79	7	5	.328	.434	.505	.939
13 EddieE MathewsMathews 3B 13 ‌ ‌ ‌	MIL	152	572	103	175	23	6	32	91	93	95	12	7	.306	.402	.535	.937
14 KenK BoyerBoyer 3B 14 ‌ ‌ ‌	STL	153	589	109	194	26	11	24	95	68	91	6	3	.329	.397	.533	.930
15 DickD StuartStuart 1B 15 ‌ ‌ ‌	PIT	138	532	83	160	28	8	35	117	34	121	0	3	.301	.344	.581	.925
16 RoyR SieversSievers 1B 16 ‌ ‌ ‌	CWS	141	492	76	145	26	6	27	92	61	62	1	0	.295	.377	.537	.914
17 GeorgeG AltmanAltman RF 17 ‌ ‌ ‌	CHC	138	518	77	157	28	12	27	96	40	92	6	2	.303	.353	.560	.913
18 AlA KalineKaline RF 18 ‌ ‌ ‌	DET	153	586	116	190	41	7	19	82	66	42	14	1	.324	.393	.515	.908
19 VadaV PinsonPinson CF 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	CIN	154	607	101	208	34	8	16	87	39	63	23	10	.343	.379	.504	.883
20 LeonL WagnerWagner LF 20 ‌ ‌ ‌	LAA	133	453	74	127	19	2	28	79	48	65	5	1	.280	.348	.517	.865
21 JoeJ AdcockAdcock 1B 21 ‌ ‌ ‌	MIL	152	562	77	160	20	0	35	108	59	94	2	1	.285	.354	.507	.861
22 JohnJ RomanoRomano C 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	CLE	142	509	76	152	29	1	21	80	61	60	0	0	.299	.377	.483	.860
23 NormN SiebernSiebern 1B 23 ‌ ‌ ‌	KCA	153	560	68	166	36	5	18	98	82	91	2	4	.296	.384	.475	.859
24 AlA SmithSmith 3B 24 ‌ ‌ ‌	CWS	147	532	88	148	29	4	28	93	56	67	4	4	.278	.348	.506	.854
25 ErnieE BanksBanks SS 25 ‌ ‌ ‌	CHC	138	511	75	142	22	4	29	80	54	75	1	2	.278	.346	.507	.853

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