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16 teams competing in 2 leagues

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⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Average

1 Mickey Mantle 0.353 2 Ted Williams 0.345 3 Bill Virdon 0.334 4 Harvey Kuenn 0.332 5 Hank Aaron 0.328

Home Runs

1 Mickey Mantle 52 2 Duke Snider 43 3 Joe Adcock 38 4 Frank Robinson 38 5 Eddie Mathews 37

RBI

1 Mickey Mantle 130 2 Al Kaline 128 3 Stan Musial 109 4 Vic Wertz 106 5 Yogi Berra 105

Stolen Bases

1 Willie Mays 40 2 Luis Aparicio 21 3 Jim Gilliam 21 4 Jim Rivera 20 5 Bobby Avila 17

Hits

1 Hank Aaron 200 2 Harvey Kuenn 196 3 Al Kaline 194 4 Nellie Fox 192 5 Richie Ashburn 190

Runs

1 Mickey Mantle 132 2 Frank Robinson 122 3 Duke Snider 112 4 Nellie Fox 109 5 Hank Aaron 106

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🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Ray Narleski 1.52 2 Marv Grissom 1.56 3 Don Gross 1.95 4 Taylor Phillips 2.26 5 Paul LaPalme 2.36

Wins

1 Don Newcombe 27 2 Frank Lary 21 3 Johnny Antonelli 20 4 Billy Hoeft 20 5 Bob Lemon 20

Strikeouts

1 Herb Score 263 2 Billy Pierce 192 3 Paul Foytack 184 4 Sam Jones 176 5 Billy Hoeft 172

Saves

1 Clem Labine 19 2 Hersh Freeman 18 3 George Zuverink 16 4 Turk Lown 13 5 Tom Morgan 11

WHIP

1 Ray Narleski 0.93 2 Don Newcombe 0.99 3 Max Surkont 1.03 4 Tom Acker 1.06 5 Warren Spahn 1.07

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📋 Standings

American League

New York Yankees ★ 97-57 Cleveland Indians 88-66 Chicago White Sox 85-69 Boston Red Sox 84-70 Detroit Tigers 82-72 Baltimore Orioles 69-85 Washington Senators 59-95 Kansas City Athletics 52-102

National League

Brooklyn Dodgers ★ 93-61 Milwaukee Braves 92-62 Cincinnati Redlegs 91-63 St. Louis Cardinals 76-78 Philadelphia Phillies 71-83 New York Giants 67-87 Pittsburgh Pirates 66-88 Chicago Cubs 60-94

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