1959 Batting Average Leaders
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1959 Batting Average Leaders
| Rk | Player | AVG | G | PA | AB | HR | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hank Aaron | 0.355 | 154 | 680 | 629 | 39 | 0.355 | 0.403 | 0.636 | 1.039 |
| 2 | Harvey Kuenn | 0.353 | 139 | 609 | 561 | 9 | 0.353 | 0.404 | 0.501 | 0.905 |
| 3 | Joe Cunningham | 0.345 | 144 | 546 | 458 | 7 | 0.345 | 0.451 | 0.478 | 0.929 |
| 4 | Al Kaline | 0.327 | 136 | 583 | 511 | 27 | 0.327 | 0.410 | 0.530 | 0.940 |
| 5 | Orlando Cepeda | 0.317 | 151 | 638 | 605 | 27 | 0.317 | 0.353 | 0.522 | 0.875 |
| 6 | Vada Pinson | 0.316 | 154 | 703 | 648 | 20 | 0.316 | 0.370 | 0.509 | 0.879 |
| 7 | Pete Runnels | 0.314 | 147 | 655 | 560 | 6 | 0.314 | 0.414 | 0.427 | 0.841 |
| 8 | Willie Mays | 0.313 | 151 | 640 | 575 | 34 | 0.313 | 0.383 | 0.583 | 0.965 |
| 9 | Frank Robinson | 0.311 | 146 | 609 | 540 | 36 | 0.311 | 0.389 | 0.583 | 0.972 |
| 10 | Johnny Temple | 0.311 | 149 | 670 | 598 | 8 | 0.311 | 0.385 | 0.430 | 0.815 |
| 11 | Ken Boyer | 0.309 | 149 | 630 | 563 | 28 | 0.309 | 0.383 | 0.508 | 0.891 |
| 12 | Eddie Mathews | 0.306 | 148 | 674 | 594 | 46 | 0.306 | 0.389 | 0.593 | 0.981 |
| 13 | Nellie Fox | 0.306 | 156 | 695 | 624 | 2 | 0.306 | 0.377 | 0.389 | 0.766 |
| 14 | Ernie Banks | 0.304 | 155 | 653 | 589 | 45 | 0.304 | 0.372 | 0.596 | 0.968 |
| 15 | Wally Moon | 0.302 | 145 | 624 | 543 | 19 | 0.302 | 0.393 | 0.495 | 0.888 |
| 16 | Minnie Minoso | 0.302 | 148 | 624 | 570 | 21 | 0.302 | 0.362 | 0.468 | 0.831 |
| 17 | Bill White | 0.302 | 138 | 551 | 517 | 12 | 0.302 | 0.345 | 0.470 | 0.815 |
| 18 | Bobby Richardson | 0.301 | 134 | 495 | 469 | 2 | 0.301 | 0.337 | 0.377 | 0.715 |
| 19 | Bill Tuttle | 0.300 | 126 | 511 | 463 | 7 | 0.300 | 0.366 | 0.413 | 0.778 |
| 20 | Gene Woodling | 0.300 | 140 | 518 | 440 | 14 | 0.300 | 0.405 | 0.455 | 0.860 |
| 21 | Don Hoak | 0.294 | 155 | 635 | 564 | 8 | 0.294 | 0.373 | 0.399 | 0.772 |
| 22 | Gus Bell | 0.293 | 148 | 609 | 580 | 19 | 0.293 | 0.327 | 0.445 | 0.772 |
| 23 | Johnny Logan | 0.291 | 138 | 527 | 470 | 13 | 0.291 | 0.368 | 0.411 | 0.779 |
| 24 | Don Blasingame | 0.289 | 150 | 682 | 615 | 1 | 0.289 | 0.359 | 0.359 | 0.719 |
| 25 | Vic Power | 0.289 | 147 | 635 | 595 | 10 | 0.289 | 0.334 | 0.412 | 0.746 |
| 26 | Bill Bruton | 0.289 | 133 | 513 | 478 | 6 | 0.289 | 0.337 | 0.397 | 0.735 |
| 27 | Charlie Neal | 0.287 | 151 | 659 | 616 | 19 | 0.287 | 0.334 | 0.464 | 0.798 |
| 28 | Bob Cerv | 0.285 | 125 | 498 | 463 | 20 | 0.285 | 0.335 | 0.479 | 0.815 |
| 29 | Mickey Mantle | 0.285 | 144 | 634 | 541 | 31 | 0.285 | 0.390 | 0.514 | 0.903 |
| 30 | Ed Bouchee | 0.285 | 136 | 569 | 499 | 15 | 0.285 | 0.373 | 0.449 | 0.821 |
| 31 | Yogi Berra | 0.284 | 131 | 515 | 472 | 19 | 0.284 | 0.344 | 0.462 | 0.806 |
| 32 | Hector Lopez | 0.283 | 147 | 577 | 541 | 22 | 0.283 | 0.328 | 0.471 | 0.799 |
| 33 | Jim Gilliam | 0.282 | 145 | 649 | 553 | 3 | 0.282 | 0.388 | 0.345 | 0.734 |
| 34 | Tony Taylor | 0.280 | 150 | 669 | 624 | 8 | 0.280 | 0.329 | 0.393 | 0.721 |
| 35 | Frank Malzone | 0.280 | 154 | 646 | 604 | 19 | 0.280 | 0.327 | 0.437 | 0.764 |
| 36 | Bob Skinner | 0.280 | 143 | 614 | 547 | 13 | 0.280 | 0.358 | 0.399 | 0.757 |
| 37 | Gino Cimoli | 0.279 | 143 | 556 | 519 | 8 | 0.279 | 0.327 | 0.430 | 0.757 |
| 38 | Tony Kubek | 0.279 | 132 | 536 | 512 | 6 | 0.279 | 0.312 | 0.391 | 0.702 |
| 39 | Jim Lemon | 0.279 | 147 | 577 | 531 | 33 | 0.279 | 0.336 | 0.510 | 0.847 |
| 40 | Eddie Yost | 0.278 | 148 | 656 | 521 | 21 | 0.278 | 0.427 | 0.436 | 0.863 |
| 41 | Jackie Jensen | 0.277 | 148 | 623 | 535 | 28 | 0.277 | 0.379 | 0.492 | 0.870 |
| 42 | Dick Groat | 0.275 | 147 | 625 | 593 | 5 | 0.275 | 0.312 | 0.361 | 0.673 |
| 43 | Roger Maris | 0.273 | 122 | 491 | 433 | 16 | 0.273 | 0.358 | 0.464 | 0.823 |
| 44 | Willie Kirkland | 0.272 | 126 | 505 | 463 | 22 | 0.272 | 0.333 | 0.475 | 0.808 |
| 45 | Jim Landis | 0.272 | 149 | 593 | 515 | 5 | 0.272 | 0.368 | 0.379 | 0.746 |
| 46 | Dick Williams | 0.266 | 130 | 516 | 488 | 16 | 0.266 | 0.306 | 0.436 | 0.743 |
| 47 | Richie Ashburn | 0.266 | 153 | 643 | 564 | 1 | 0.266 | 0.356 | 0.307 | 0.663 |
| 48 | Frank Bolling | 0.266 | 127 | 504 | 459 | 13 | 0.266 | 0.331 | 0.403 | 0.734 |
| 49 | Sherm Lollar | 0.265 | 140 | 560 | 505 | 22 | 0.265 | 0.338 | 0.451 | 0.789 |
| 50 | Daryl Spencer | 0.265 | 152 | 613 | 555 | 12 | 0.265 | 0.334 | 0.369 | 0.704 |
| 51 | Alvin Dark | 0.264 | 136 | 532 | 477 | 6 | 0.264 | 0.340 | 0.386 | 0.726 |
| 52 | Bob Allison | 0.261 | 150 | 630 | 570 | 30 | 0.261 | 0.332 | 0.482 | 0.814 |
| 53 | Jim Davenport | 0.258 | 123 | 497 | 469 | 6 | 0.258 | 0.300 | 0.343 | 0.643 |
| 54 | Rocky Colavito | 0.257 | 154 | 659 | 588 | 42 | 0.257 | 0.337 | 0.512 | 0.849 |
| 55 | Del Crandall | 0.257 | 150 | 564 | 518 | 21 | 0.257 | 0.317 | 0.423 | 0.740 |
| 56 | Luis Aparicio | 0.257 | 152 | 665 | 612 | 6 | 0.257 | 0.316 | 0.332 | 0.647 |
| 57 | Bill Virdon | 0.254 | 144 | 574 | 519 | 8 | 0.254 | 0.326 | 0.355 | 0.680 |
| 58 | Wally Post | 0.254 | 132 | 504 | 468 | 22 | 0.254 | 0.308 | 0.457 | 0.765 |
| 59 | Woodie Held | 0.251 | 143 | 571 | 525 | 29 | 0.251 | 0.312 | 0.465 | 0.776 |
| 60 | Charlie Maxwell | 0.251 | 145 | 599 | 518 | 31 | 0.251 | 0.352 | 0.461 | 0.814 |
| 61 | Willie Tasby | 0.250 | 142 | 539 | 505 | 13 | 0.250 | 0.297 | 0.378 | 0.675 |
| 62 | Harmon Killebrew | 0.242 | 153 | 636 | 546 | 42 | 0.242 | 0.349 | 0.516 | 0.866 |
| 63 | Bill Mazeroski | 0.241 | 135 | 522 | 493 | 7 | 0.241 | 0.284 | 0.339 | 0.622 |
| 64 | Don Buddin | 0.241 | 151 | 577 | 485 | 10 | 0.241 | 0.362 | 0.357 | 0.719 |
| 65 | Jerry Lumpe | 0.241 | 126 | 495 | 448 | 3 | 0.241 | 0.313 | 0.308 | 0.621 |
| 66 | Harry Anderson | 0.240 | 142 | 551 | 508 | 14 | 0.240 | 0.299 | 0.402 | 0.701 |
| 67 | George Strickland | 0.238 | 132 | 492 | 441 | 3 | 0.238 | 0.317 | 0.302 | 0.619 |
| 68 | Al Smith | 0.237 | 130 | 518 | 472 | 17 | 0.237 | 0.305 | 0.396 | 0.701 |
| 69 | Sparky Anderson | 0.218 | 152 | 519 | 477 | 0 | 0.218 | 0.281 | 0.249 | 0.531 |