1956 Batting Average Leaders

Rk	Player	AVG	G	PA	AB	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Mickey Mantle	0.353	150	645	533	52	0.353	0.465	0.705	1.171
2	Ted Williams	0.345	136	502	400	24	0.345	0.478	0.605	1.083
3	Harvey Kuenn	0.332	146	646	591	12	0.332	0.389	0.470	0.859
4	Hank Aaron	0.328	153	646	609	26	0.328	0.367	0.558	0.925
5	Charlie Maxwell	0.326	141	579	500	28	0.326	0.418	0.534	0.952
6	Bob Nieman	0.320	128	518	428	14	0.320	0.438	0.495	0.934
7	Bill Virdon	0.319	157	618	580	10	0.319	0.361	0.445	0.806
8	Minnie Minoso	0.316	151	631	545	21	0.316	0.409	0.525	0.934
9	Jackie Jensen	0.315	151	667	578	20	0.315	0.406	0.497	0.903
10	Al Kaline	0.314	153	687	617	27	0.314	0.384	0.530	0.914
11	Roberto Clemente	0.311	147	556	543	7	0.311	0.327	0.431	0.758
12	Gil McDougald	0.311	120	506	438	13	0.311	0.403	0.443	0.846
13	Stan Musial	0.310	156	669	594	27	0.310	0.387	0.522	0.909
14	Pete Runnels	0.310	147	636	578	8	0.310	0.373	0.433	0.805
15	Vic Power	0.309	127	554	530	14	0.309	0.339	0.447	0.787
16	Bill Skowron	0.308	134	514	464	23	0.308	0.375	0.528	0.904
17	Ray Boone	0.308	131	558	481	25	0.308	0.403	0.518	0.921
18	Ken Boyer	0.306	150	633	595	26	0.306	0.348	0.494	0.842
19	Richie Ashburn	0.303	154	707	628	3	0.303	0.380	0.384	0.764
20	Red Schoendienst	0.302	132	528	487	2	0.302	0.356	0.370	0.726
21	Ted Kluszewski	0.302	138	566	517	35	0.302	0.362	0.536	0.898
22	Jim Gilliam	0.300	153	689	594	6	0.300	0.396	0.396	0.792
23	Wally Moon	0.298	149	620	540	16	0.298	0.389	0.469	0.857
24	Yogi Berra	0.298	140	586	521	30	0.298	0.375	0.534	0.909
25	Ernie Banks	0.297	139	590	538	28	0.297	0.359	0.530	0.889
26	Willie Mays	0.296	152	646	578	36	0.296	0.370	0.557	0.927
27	Nellie Fox	0.296	154	693	649	4	0.296	0.341	0.376	0.717
28	Sherm Lollar	0.293	136	503	450	11	0.293	0.368	0.438	0.806
29	Jim Piersall	0.293	155	659	601	14	0.293	0.355	0.449	0.804
30	Harry Simpson	0.293	141	590	543	21	0.293	0.349	0.490	0.839
31	Gus Bell	0.292	150	653	603	29	0.292	0.346	0.501	0.847
32	Duke Snider	0.292	151	641	542	43	0.292	0.401	0.598	0.999
33	Joe Adcock	0.291	137	486	454	38	0.291	0.337	0.597	0.934
34	Frank Robinson	0.290	152	636	572	38	0.290	0.362	0.558	0.919
35	Carl Furillo	0.289	149	580	523	21	0.289	0.359	0.467	0.825
36	Walt Moryn	0.285	147	579	529	23	0.285	0.347	0.478	0.825
37	Johnny Temple	0.285	154	690	632	2	0.285	0.345	0.332	0.677
38	Frank Thomas	0.282	157	624	588	25	0.282	0.324	0.461	0.785
39	Johnny Logan	0.281	148	591	545	15	0.281	0.337	0.431	0.768
40	Gus Triandos	0.279	131	500	452	21	0.279	0.348	0.462	0.810
41	Willie Jones	0.277	149	612	520	17	0.277	0.386	0.429	0.814
42	Alvin Dark	0.275	148	648	619	6	0.275	0.307	0.368	0.675
43	Lee Walls	0.274	143	524	474	11	0.274	0.344	0.432	0.776
44	Al Smith	0.274	141	610	526	16	0.274	0.374	0.433	0.807
45	Dick Groat	0.273	142	555	520	0	0.273	0.319	0.321	0.640
46	Hector Lopez	0.273	151	624	561	18	0.273	0.346	0.428	0.774
47	Bill Bruton	0.272	147	551	525	8	0.272	0.307	0.419	0.726
48	Eddie Mathews	0.272	151	643	552	37	0.272	0.375	0.518	0.893
49	Jim Lemon	0.271	146	603	538	27	0.271	0.350	0.502	0.852
50	Billy Klaus	0.271	135	610	520	7	0.271	0.379	0.387	0.765
51	Dee Fondy	0.269	137	563	543	9	0.269	0.295	0.392	0.687
52	Larry Doby	0.268	140	606	504	24	0.268	0.391	0.466	0.857
53	Stan Lopata	0.267	146	610	535	32	0.267	0.357	0.535	0.892
54	Luis Aparicio	0.266	152	567	533	3	0.266	0.310	0.341	0.652
55	Gil Hodges	0.265	153	626	550	32	0.265	0.355	0.507	0.862
56	Billy Martin	0.264	121	488	458	9	0.264	0.309	0.397	0.707
57	Vic Wertz	0.264	136	556	481	32	0.264	0.363	0.509	0.873
58	Dale Long	0.263	148	571	517	27	0.263	0.333	0.485	0.818
59	Roy McMillan	0.263	150	555	479	3	0.263	0.364	0.344	0.708
60	Don Blasingame	0.261	150	659	587	0	0.261	0.341	0.322	0.663
61	Del Ennis	0.260	153	663	630	26	0.260	0.297	0.430	0.727
62	Tito Francona	0.258	139	496	445	9	0.258	0.335	0.373	0.708
63	Gene Baker	0.258	140	585	546	12	0.258	0.308	0.377	0.685
64	Pee Wee Reese	0.257	147	628	572	9	0.257	0.323	0.344	0.668
65	Bill White	0.256	138	555	508	22	0.256	0.319	0.459	0.778
66	Jim Rivera	0.255	139	540	491	12	0.255	0.322	0.395	0.717
67	Marv Blaylock	0.254	136	510	460	10	0.254	0.327	0.385	0.712
68	Bill Tuttle	0.253	140	584	546	9	0.253	0.301	0.357	0.659
69	Roy Sievers	0.253	152	650	550	29	0.253	0.368	0.467	0.835
70	Wally Post	0.249	143	576	539	36	0.249	0.297	0.506	0.803
71	Chico Carrasquel	0.243	141	526	474	7	0.243	0.317	0.323	0.640
72	Hank Bauer	0.241	147	598	539	26	0.241	0.316	0.445	0.761
73	Danny O'Connell	0.239	139	574	498	2	0.239	0.340	0.321	0.661
74	Bobby Thomson	0.235	142	494	451	20	0.235	0.302	0.408	0.710
75	Jim Busby	0.235	135	537	494	12	0.235	0.296	0.354	0.650
76	Billy Gardner	0.231	144	544	515	11	0.231	0.272	0.334	0.606
77	Eddie Yost	0.231	152	666	515	11	0.231	0.405	0.336	0.741
78	Bobby Avila	0.224	138	583	513	10	0.224	0.317	0.318	0.635
79	Daryl Spencer	0.221	146	524	489	14	0.221	0.273	0.342	0.614
80	Willy Miranda	0.217	148	507	461	2	0.217	0.288	0.282	0.570