1961 Batting Average Leaders

Rk	Player	AVG	G	PA	AB	HR	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Norm Cash	0.361	159	659	535	41	0.361	0.481	0.662	1.143
2	Roberto Clemente	0.351	146	607	572	23	0.351	0.389	0.559	0.948
3	Vada Pinson	0.343	154	646	607	16	0.343	0.382	0.504	0.886
4	Ken Boyer	0.329	153	657	589	24	0.329	0.399	0.533	0.932
5	Wally Moon	0.328	134	552	463	17	0.328	0.437	0.505	0.942
6	Hank Aaron	0.327	155	659	603	34	0.327	0.384	0.594	0.978
7	Al Kaline	0.324	153	652	586	19	0.324	0.393	0.515	0.908
8	Frank Robinson	0.323	153	616	545	37	0.323	0.401	0.611	1.012
9	Jim Piersall	0.322	121	527	484	6	0.322	0.378	0.442	0.820
10	Mickey Mantle	0.317	153	640	514	54	0.317	0.452	0.687	1.138
11	Orlando Cepeda	0.311	152	624	585	46	0.311	0.354	0.609	0.963
12	Willie Mays	0.308	154	653	572	40	0.308	0.394	0.584	0.977
13	Eddie Mathews	0.306	152	665	572	32	0.306	0.403	0.535	0.938
14	George Altman	0.303	138	558	518	27	0.303	0.353	0.560	0.913
15	Jim Gentile	0.302	148	582	486	46	0.302	0.418	0.646	1.064
16	Earl Battey	0.302	133	513	460	17	0.302	0.374	0.470	0.844
17	Dick Stuart	0.301	138	566	532	35	0.301	0.343	0.581	0.924
18	Tito Francona	0.301	155	648	592	16	0.301	0.361	0.459	0.821
19	John Romano	0.299	142	570	509	21	0.299	0.374	0.483	0.857
20	Don Hoak	0.298	145	576	503	12	0.298	0.387	0.451	0.838
21	Jackie Brandt	0.297	139	578	516	16	0.297	0.372	0.444	0.816
22	Norm Siebern	0.296	153	642	560	18	0.296	0.386	0.475	0.861
23	Roy Sievers	0.295	141	553	492	27	0.295	0.373	0.537	0.909
24	Jerry Lumpe	0.293	148	617	569	3	0.293	0.348	0.392	0.740
25	Rocky Colavito	0.290	163	696	583	45	0.290	0.405	0.580	0.985
26	Harmon Killebrew	0.288	150	648	541	46	0.288	0.406	0.606	1.012
27	Albie Pearson	0.288	144	523	427	7	0.288	0.419	0.400	0.819
28	Brooks Robinson	0.287	163	715	668	7	0.287	0.334	0.397	0.731
29	Gordy Coleman	0.287	150	565	520	26	0.287	0.343	0.504	0.847
30	Bill White	0.286	153	655	591	20	0.286	0.356	0.472	0.828
31	Lenny Green	0.285	156	681	600	9	0.285	0.370	0.400	0.770
32	Joe Adcock	0.285	152	621	562	35	0.285	0.353	0.507	0.860
33	Ron Santo	0.284	154	651	578	23	0.284	0.364	0.479	0.843
34	Jim Landis	0.283	140	599	534	22	0.283	0.361	0.470	0.831
35	Maury Wills	0.282	148	672	613	1	0.282	0.345	0.339	0.685
36	Frank Thomas	0.281	139	504	473	27	0.281	0.325	0.497	0.822
37	Zoilo Versalles	0.280	129	535	510	7	0.280	0.314	0.390	0.704
38	Dick Howser	0.280	158	703	611	3	0.280	0.374	0.362	0.736
39	Minnie Minoso	0.280	152	607	540	14	0.280	0.359	0.420	0.780
40	Al Smith	0.278	147	588	532	28	0.278	0.347	0.506	0.853
41	Ernie Banks	0.278	138	565	511	29	0.278	0.347	0.507	0.854
42	Billy Williams	0.278	146	574	529	25	0.278	0.334	0.484	0.818
43	Gene Freese	0.277	152	602	575	26	0.277	0.309	0.466	0.775
44	Johnny Temple	0.276	129	579	518	3	0.276	0.352	0.347	0.700
45	Tony Kubek	0.276	153	644	617	8	0.276	0.306	0.395	0.701
46	Dick Groat	0.275	148	636	596	6	0.275	0.321	0.367	0.688
47	Luis Aparicio	0.272	156	663	625	6	0.272	0.314	0.352	0.666
48	Roger Maris	0.269	161	684	590	61	0.269	0.370	0.620	0.990
49	Vic Power	0.268	147	601	563	5	0.268	0.314	0.369	0.684
50	Bill Skowron	0.267	150	596	561	28	0.267	0.310	0.472	0.783
51	Woodie Held	0.267	146	578	509	23	0.267	0.355	0.468	0.822
52	Frank Malzone	0.266	151	634	590	14	0.266	0.317	0.386	0.703
53	Johnny Callison	0.266	138	524	455	9	0.266	0.363	0.418	0.780
54	Carl Yastrzemski	0.266	148	633	583	11	0.266	0.324	0.396	0.720
55	Harvey Kuenn	0.265	131	518	471	5	0.265	0.332	0.361	0.693
56	Bill Mazeroski	0.265	152	584	558	13	0.265	0.298	0.380	0.678
57	Bubba Phillips	0.264	143	575	546	18	0.264	0.301	0.408	0.709
58	Jackie Jensen	0.263	137	564	498	13	0.263	0.349	0.392	0.741
59	Frank Bolling	0.262	148	642	585	15	0.262	0.327	0.379	0.707
60	Bobby Richardson	0.261	162	692	662	3	0.261	0.293	0.316	0.609
61	Bill Virdon	0.260	146	648	599	9	0.260	0.316	0.369	0.685
62	Danny O'Connell	0.260	138	570	493	1	0.260	0.360	0.331	0.690
63	Willie Kirkland	0.259	146	573	525	27	0.259	0.321	0.474	0.795
64	Chuck Schilling	0.259	158	724	646	5	0.259	0.338	0.327	0.665
65	Jake Wood	0.258	162	721	663	11	0.258	0.318	0.376	0.693
66	Bill Bruton	0.257	160	657	596	17	0.257	0.326	0.384	0.710
67	Ken Hunt	0.255	149	528	479	25	0.255	0.324	0.484	0.808
68	Don Zimmer	0.252	128	502	477	13	0.252	0.289	0.403	0.691
69	Willie Tasby	0.251	141	552	494	17	0.251	0.330	0.389	0.718
70	Nellie Fox	0.251	159	665	606	2	0.251	0.317	0.295	0.613
71	Bill Tuttle	0.249	138	506	454	5	0.249	0.326	0.335	0.661
72	Ron Hansen	0.248	155	599	533	12	0.248	0.331	0.347	0.678
73	Bob Allison	0.245	159	659	556	29	0.245	0.363	0.450	0.812
74	Jim Gilliam	0.244	144	518	439	4	0.244	0.359	0.344	0.703
75	Gary Geiger	0.232	140	586	499	18	0.232	0.346	0.407	0.753
76	Clete Boyer	0.224	148	567	504	11	0.224	0.310	0.347	0.658