League batting leaders -- National
Regular season -- as of 9/27/1981

Batting average On-base percentage Slugging percentage
           
OliverQME .329 KempROC .395 Murray,EROC .544
Murray,EROC .313 Murray,EROC .379 Schmidt,MQME .511
YountROC .310 Schmidt,MQME .362 Thomas,GROC .501
PaciorekRIN .296 HarrahROC .358 YountROC .494
KnightPAK .294 BernazardQME .356 PaciorekRIN .453
Concepción,DAVI .293 OliverQME .356 OliverQME .434
OtisPAK .289 Concepción,DAVI .350 OtisPAK .432
KempROC .282 PaciorekRIN .347 Murphy,DaAVI .421
HendrickPAK .273 Thomas,GROC .342 HendrickPAK .411
GriffeySOP .269 Jackson,ReQME .342 KempROC .409
           
           
Hits Runs Runs batted in
           
PaciorekRIN177 Thomas,GROC95 Murray,EROC100
Murray,EROC171 Murray,EROC93 Murphy,DaAVI92
OliverQME170 PaciorekRIN87 CarterRDG91
Concepción,DAVI163 HarrahROC83 Thomas,GROC89
YountROC160 KempROC82 YountROC78
HendrickPAK160 CarewHNT72 Schmidt,MQME76
GriffeySOP160 Schmidt,MQME72 GarveyRDG75
GarveyRDG152 HendrickPAK72 DurhamHNT74
KnightPAK151 YountROC71 OtisPAK70
Wilson,WRDG151 Murphy,DaAVI71 Gross,WHNT69
           
           
Doubles Triples Homeruns
           
OliverQME42 HerndonAVI17 Thomas,GROC34
Murray,EROC42 BainesPAK15 CarterRDG30
Jones,RuSOP36 ReynoldsRIN15 Schmidt,MQME29
KnightPAK35 DurhamHNT10 Murray,EROC26
Kennedy,TQME32 YountROC10 Gross,WHNT22
HerrHNT31 HerrHNT10 Murphy,DaAVI22
PaciorekRIN31 HobsonPAK9 Foster 21
YountROC30 Wilson,MRIN9 Thompson,JRIN19
Thomas,GROC29 OesterPAK9 SimmonsSOP17
Concepción,DAVI28 Wilson,WRDG9 DowningROC16
           
           
Extra base hits Stolen bases Steal percentage
           
Murray,EROC71 RainesHNT64-13 GriffeySOP .875
Thomas,GROC64 Cruz,JuAVI46-8 LopesSOP .865
Schmidt,MQME56 Smith,OHNT33-11 Cruz,JuAVI .852
YountROC55 LopesSOP32-5 GibsonRDG .833
PaciorekRIN55 CarewHNT30-10 RainesHNT .831
BainesPAK51 MorganQME30-10 HerrHNT .813
GarveyRDG49 ManningRIN28-7 ManningRIN .800
Murphy,DaAVI48 Wilson,WRDG27-10 HarrahROC .800
OliverQME47 HerrHNT26-6 PuhlQME .778
Jones,RuSOP46 GibsonRDG25-5 LacyQME .769
           
           
Walks Intentional walks Strikeouts
           
MorganQME93 Murray,EROC7 Thomas,GROC154
Thompson,JRIN91 HerrHNT7 GibsonRDG110
KempROC84 YastrzemskiSOP6 Jackson,ReQME109
HarrahROC84 BenchROC5 ReitzSOP106
Thomas,GROC72 ManningRIN5 Murphy,DaAVI102
BernazardQME71 Schmidt,MQME5 Schmidt,MQME93
Jackson,ReQME70 WallingSOP4 BernazardQME91
Schmidt,MQME69 ReynoldsRIN4 BurroughsSOP87
HerrHNT65 YountROC4 BrooksRIN85
Murray,EROC62 Wilson,WRDG4 BrookensAVI79
           
           
Sacrifice bunts Sacrifice flies Hit by pitch
           
Smith,OHNT11 OtisPAK12 FiskRIN12
BernazardQME10 PutnamPAK9 HendrickPAK11
PetryAVI9 YountROC9 Smith,LoQME9
AbbottHNT9 OliverQME8 WallachRDG8
EckersleyPAK8 Ramirez,RPAK7 WynegarAVI7
KnepperRIN8 CarterRDG7 YoungbloodRIN6
Ramirez,RPAK8 Kennedy,TQME6 Schmidt,MQME6
HerrHNT8 Washington,ULQME6 Wilson,WRDG6
KrukowRIN7 PuhlQME6 BrookensAVI5
GuidryROC7 KnightPAK6 LopesSOP5
           
           
Ground ball DP Runs created Runs created/27 outs
           
Murray,EROC22 Murray,EROC 105.7 Murray,EROC 7.0
Schmidt,MQME21 Thomas,GROC 97.7 Thomas,GROC 6.3
GarveyRDG21 PaciorekRIN 91.4 Schmidt,MQME 6.1
HerrHNT21 YountROC 84.9 YountROC 6.1
DowningROC20 Schmidt,MQME 83.8 KempROC 5.9
KempROC19 MatthewsAVI 80.5 OliverQME 5.7
ReitzSOP18 OliverQME 77.8 PaciorekRIN 5.5
RainesHNT18 HendrickPAK 77.2 Concepción,DAVI 5.0
Jackson,ReQME17 Concepción,DAVI 76.4 OtisPAK 4.8
BernazardQME16 KempROC 75.8 KnightPAK 4.8
           
           
Isolated power Total average Total bases
           
Schmidt,MQME .249 Murray,EROC .896 Murray,EROC297
Thomas,GROC .242 Schmidt,MQME .875 Thomas,GROC275
Murray,EROC .231 Thomas,GROC .839 PaciorekRIN271
YountROC .184 KempROC .810 YountROC255
Murphy,DaAVI .170 YountROC .775 HendrickPAK241
SimmonsSOP .164 PaciorekRIN .747 Schmidt,MQME238
PaciorekRIN .157 OtisPAK .707 Murphy,DaAVI238
OtisPAK .143 OliverQME .701 GarveyRDG238
GarveyRDG .143 Murphy,DaAVI .684 OliverQME224
Jackson,ReQME .142 Jackson,ReQME .680 Concepción,DAVI215
           
           
On-base plus slugging Secondary average AB per homerun
           
Murray,EROC .923 Schmidt,MQME .410 Schmidt,MQME 16.1
Schmidt,MQME .873 Thomas,GROC .375 Thomas,GROC 16.1
Thomas,GROC .843 Murray,EROC .337 Murray,EROC 21.0
YountROC .828 KempROC .331 Murphy,DaAVI 25.7
KempROC .804 Jackson,ReQME .287 SimmonsSOP 26.9
PaciorekRIN .800 Murphy,DaAVI .264 Jackson,ReQME 34.3
OliverQME .790 SimmonsSOP .251 YountROC 34.4
OtisPAK .763 HerrHNT .246 HendrickPAK 36.6
KnightPAK .744 OesterPAK .244 GarveyRDG 37.6
HendrickPAK .741 HarrahROC .242 PaciorekRIN 39.9
           
           
Atbats Plate appearances Games
           
GarveyRDG602 GriffeySOP658 HerrHNT162
PaciorekRIN598 PaciorekRIN651 Murphy,DaAVI160
GriffeySOP595 HarrahROC648 GarveyRDG159
HendrickPAK586 HerrHNT645 HarrahROC159
HerrHNT565 HendrickPAK643 BernazardQME158
Murphy,DaAVI565 GarveyRDG629 Concepción,DAVI158
Wilson,WRDG563 Thomas,GROC628 Smith,OHNT158
HarrahROC558 Murray,EROC614 Schmidt,MQME157
Concepción,DAVI556 Murphy,DaAVI613 Wilson,WRDG155
Thomas,GROC549 Concepción,DAVI612 HendrickPAK154
           
           
Current hit streak Longest hit streak 
           
HerndonAVI24 HerndonAVI24    
Wilson,MRIN8 Murray,EROC16    
Vukovich,GSOP7 Roenicke,GROC16    
MatthewsAVI6 GibsonRDG15    
OliverQME6 ValentineSOP15    
GroteRIN6 MatthewsAVI14    
Garcia,DamROC5 PaciorekRIN14    
HatcherPAK5 CampanerisSOP13    
HendrickPAK5 KempROC13    
Howe,ARIN5 OtisPAK13    
           
           
Total bases + BB + HBP TB+BB+HBP rate Plate appearances per game
           
Murray,EROC359 Murray,EROC .585 PaciorekRIN4.58
Thomas,GROC347 Schmidt,MQME .575 GriffeySOP4.33
PaciorekRIN320 Thomas,GROC .553 Thomas,GROC4.30
Schmidt,MQME313 YountROC .506 HendrickPAK4.18
HendrickPAK293 KempROC .501 Jones,RuSOP4.13
Murphy,DaAVI282 PaciorekRIN .492 OesterPAK4.09
YountROC278 Jackson,ReQME .465 HarrahROC4.08
KempROC269 Murphy,DaAVI .460 Murray,EROC4.04
HerrHNT269 OtisPAK .460 HerrHNT3.98
HarrahROC268 HendrickPAK .456 YountROC3.98
           
           
Total bases plus walks TB+BB rate AB per game
           
Murray,EROC359 Murray,EROC .585 PaciorekRIN4.21
Thomas,GROC347 Schmidt,MQME .564 GriffeySOP3.91
PaciorekRIN316 Thomas,GROC .553 HendrickPAK3.81
Schmidt,MQME307 YountROC .505 GarveyRDG3.79
HendrickPAK282 KempROC .499 Thomas,GROC3.76
Murphy,DaAVI281 PaciorekRIN .485 YountROC3.74
YountROC277 Jackson,ReQME .465 Jones,RuSOP3.70
KempROC268 Murphy,DaAVI .458 Wilson,WRDG3.63
HerrHNT267 OtisPAK .456 KnightPAK3.61
HarrahROC265 OliverQME .445 OliverQME3.61
           
           
Balls in park In-play average Strikeout/walk ratio
           
HerrHNT537 OliverQME .342 KempROC 0.5
GriffeySOP531 Concepción,DAVI .324 HerrHNT 0.6
Wilson,WRDG522 KnightPAK .323 SimmonsSOP 0.7
GarveyRDG521 YountROC .321 HarrahROC 0.9
PaciorekRIN515 PaciorekRIN .315 Smith,OHNT 0.9
Smith,OHNT502 OtisPAK .314 Murray,EROC 1.0
HendrickPAK502 Murray,EROC .310 Washington,ULQME 1.0
OliverQME491 BernazardQME .306 OesterPAK 1.3
HarrahROC486 KempROC .300 GriffeySOP 1.3
Concepción,DAVI478 GriffeySOP .296 BernazardQME 1.3
           
           
Batting average vs LHP On-base percentage vs LHP Slugging percentage vs LHP
           
BrooksRIN .439 BrooksRIN .464 Murray,EROC .655
Murray,EROC .404 Murray,EROC .458 Schmidt,MQME .653
KnightPAK .382 HarrahROC .458 YountROC .630
HerndonAVI .378 Concepción,DAVI .413 GarveyRDG .621
Concepción,DAVI .366 KnightPAK .409 BrooksRIN .599
YountROC .363 YountROC .404 HerndonAVI .593
HendrickPAK .362 Schmidt,MQME .399 HendrickPAK .568
RiversHNT .333 HendrickPAK .398 OtisPAK .535
OtisPAK .331 DentRIN .389 DentRIN .527
GarveyRDG .328 HerndonAVI .383 Howe,ARIN .497
           
           
Hits vs LHP Runs batted in vs LHP On-base plus slugging vs LHP
           
BrooksRIN69 Murray,EROC35 Murray,EROC1.113
Murray,EROC69 GarveyRDG35 BrooksRIN1.063
Concepción,DAVI67 Murphy,DaAVI34 Schmidt,MQME1.052
HendrickPAK67 YountROC33 YountROC1.034
RiversHNT67 HerndonAVI32 GarveyRDG .996
HerndonAVI65 Schmidt,MQME27 HerndonAVI .976
GriffeySOP61 BrooksRIN27 HendrickPAK .966
KnightPAK60 BenchROC25 OtisPAK .917
OtisPAK57 CarterRDG25 DentRIN .915
GarveyRDG57 OtisPAK25 KnightPAK .893
           
           
Doubles vs LHP Triples vs LHP Homeruns vs LHP
           
Murray,EROC18 HerndonAVI13 Schmidt,MQME13
KnightPAK16 LeonardPAK5 CarterRDG11
OtisPAK16 YountROC5 GarveyRDG11
GarveyRDG16 RiversHNT5 Henderson,DAVI10
Thomas,GROC13 ParkerSOP4 DentRIN9
HendrickPAK13 Wilson,MRIN4 BenchROC8
Howe,ARIN13 Wilson,WRDG4 YountROC8
DauerHNT12 BernazardQME4 TenaceQME7
ButeraHNT11 Howe,ARIN4 FiskRIN7
MorganQME11 KempROC4 Murray,EROC7
           
           
Extra base hits vs LHP Total bases vs LHP Isolated power vs LHP
           
GarveyRDG28 Murray,EROC112 Schmidt,MQME .397
Murray,EROC27 GarveyRDG108 GarveyRDG .293
Howe,ARIN24 HendrickPAK105 YountROC .267
OtisPAK23 HerndonAVI102 Murray,EROC .251
Schmidt,MQME22 BrooksRIN94 DentRIN .227
HerndonAVI22 Howe,ARIN93 Howe,ARIN .225
HendrickPAK22 YountROC92 HerndonAVI .215
LeonardPAK19 OtisPAK92 HendrickPAK .205
YountROC18 RiversHNT91 OtisPAK .203
Murphy,DaAVI18 Concepción,DAVI87 Murphy,DaAVI .177
           
           
Walks vs LHP Strikeouts vs LHP Hit by pitch vs LHP
           
HarrahROC45 GibsonRDG51 WynegarAVI7
Thomas,GROC39 Thomas,GROC45 Kennedy,TQME4
Schmidt,MQME28 Jackson,ReQME44 HebnerRDG3
MorganQME26 RichardsHNT39 Washington,CRDG3
WockenfussQME26 CarewHNT35 DriessenAVI3
DriessenAVI24 Wilson,WRDG34 PuhlQME3
TenaceQME23 Jones,RuSOP33 OliverQME3
DentRIN23 KempROC32 Jones,RuSOP3
FiskRIN23 ReitzSOP30 SutterROC2
Howe,ARIN23 PuhlQME30 ParkerSOP2
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs LHP Sacrifice flies vs LHP Atbats vs LHP
           
AbbottHNT6 ThonROC4 GriffeySOP213
BelangerSOP5 KnightPAK4 HerrHNT210
PetryAVI4 HerndonAVI4 RiversHNT201
Smith,OHNT4 HerrHNT4 KempROC191
SutterROC3 McKayROC3 PaciorekRIN191
WittRIN3 SciosciaAVI3 Howe,ARIN187
GuidryROC3 ParkerSOP3 HendrickPAK185
TananaHNT3 LopesSOP3 Concepción,DAVI183
Alexander,DAVI3 White,FRIN3 Smith,OHNT182
McCattyRIN3 YountROC3 BernazardQME181
           
           
AB per homerun vs LHP AB per double vs LHP Plate appearances vs LHP
           
Schmidt,MQME 9.3 Murray,EROC 9.5 GriffeySOP239
GarveyRDG 15.8 KnightPAK 9.8 HerrHNT233
DentRIN 16.7 OtisPAK 10.8 HarrahROC214
YountROC 18.3 GarveyRDG 10.9 Howe,ARIN211
FiskRIN 23.7 Thomas,GROC 11.1 PaciorekRIN208
Murray,EROC 24.4 Schmidt,MQME 13.4 KempROC206
HendrickPAK 26.4 HendrickPAK 14.2 RiversHNT205
Howe,ARIN 26.7 BrooksRIN 14.3 Smith,OHNT202
Murphy,DaAVI 29.2 Howe,ARIN 14.4 Concepción,DAVI201
OtisPAK 34.4 DauerHNT 14.8 HendrickPAK201
           
           
Batting average vs RHP On-base percentage vs RHP Slugging percentage vs RHP
           
CarewHNT .352 KempROC .447 BainesPAK .566
OliverQME .349 CarewHNT .419 Thomas,GROC .548
DurhamHNT .335 Thompson,JRIN .409 DurhamHNT .532
BainesPAK .311 Jackson,ReQME .395 CarewHNT .500
PaciorekRIN .310 YastrzemskiSOP .393 Murray,EROC .493
KempROC .297 BernazardQME .385 PaciorekRIN .491
YountROC .289 DurhamHNT .380 Gross,WHNT .479
YastrzemskiSOP .287 OliverQME .374 OliverQME .474
HerrHNT .285 HerrHNT .373 CarterRDG .463
Jackson,ReQME .282 MorganQME .364 Thompson,JRIN .462
           
           
Hits vs RHP Runs batted in vs RHP On-base plus slugging vs RHP
           
OliverQME126 Thomas,GROC71 CarewHNT .919
PaciorekRIN126 Gross,WHNT66 DurhamHNT .912
DurhamHNT116 CarterRDG66 BainesPAK .897
Thomas,GROC114 DurhamHNT65 Thomas,GROC .881
YountROC107 Murray,EROC65 Thompson,JRIN .871
Wilson,WRDG106 Jackson,ReQME59 KempROC .856
OesterPAK105 Murphy,DaAVI58 PaciorekRIN .853
BainesPAK104 BainesPAK57 OliverQME .848
Washington,CRDG104 PaciorekRIN56 Jackson,ReQME .839
Murray,EROC102 DowningROC55 Murray,EROC .837
           
           
Doubles vs RHP Triples vs RHP Homeruns vs RHP
           
OliverQME38 BainesPAK13 Thomas,GROC30
Jones,RuSOP29 ReynoldsRIN13 Gross,WHNT22
YountROC25 DurhamHNT10 CarterRDG19
Kennedy,TQME24 HerrHNT10 Murray,EROC19
HerrHNT24 OesterPAK9 Foster 18
Murray,EROC24 LandrumROC8 Thompson,JRIN16
Roenicke,GROC23 Ramirez,RPAK8 Schmidt,MQME16
PutnamPAK22 Washington,CRDG8 Murphy,DaAVI16
Washington,CRDG21 GibsonRDG7 SimmonsSOP14
PaciorekRIN21 CarewHNT7 DowningROC14
           
           
Extra base hits vs RHP Total bases vs RHP Isolated power vs RHP
           
Thomas,GROC47 Thomas,GROC222 Gross,WHNT .279
BainesPAK46 PaciorekRIN200 Thomas,GROC .267
Murray,EROC44 BainesPAK189 BainesPAK .254
OliverQME41 Murray,EROC185 Thompson,JRIN .229
PaciorekRIN41 DurhamHNT184 Murray,EROC .221
DurhamHNT38 OliverQME171 CarterRDG .216
Jones,RuSOP38 YountROC163 Schmidt,MQME .197
YountROC37 OesterPAK161 DurhamHNT .197
ReynoldsRIN37 Schmidt,MQME159 SimmonsSOP .193
Gross,WHNT36 Jackson,ReQME159 PaciorekRIN .182
           
           
Walks vs RHP Strikeouts vs RHP Hit by pitch vs RHP
           
Thompson,JRIN81 Thomas,GROC109 FiskRIN12
KempROC71 Schmidt,MQME84 HendrickPAK11
Jackson,ReQME68 Murphy,DaAVI77 Smith,LoQME8
MorganQME67 ReitzSOP76 WallachRDG7
BernazardQME60 BrooksRIN72 Wilson,WRDG6
Gross,WHNT56 BurroughsSOP71 YoungbloodRIN4
Washington,ULQME52 Concepción,DAVI66 Roenicke,GROC4
YastrzemskiSOP50 Jackson,ReQME65 BrookensAVI4
HerrHNT50 BernazardQME63 McKayROC4
OesterPAK49 BrookensAVI61 ReitzSOP4
           
           
Sacrifice bunts vs RHP Sacrifice flies vs RHP Atbats vs RHP
           
BernazardQME8 OtisPAK9 GarveyRDG428
EckersleyPAK7 PutnamPAK7 PaciorekRIN407
KrukowRIN7 Kennedy,TQME6 Thomas,GROC405
Ramirez,RPAK7 Ramirez,RPAK6 HendrickPAK401
Smith,OHNT7 OliverQME6 HarrahROC390
KnepperRIN6 YountROC6 Murphy,DaAVI390
SciosciaAVI6 Washington,ULQME5 ReynoldsRIN385
ReynoldsRIN6 CarterRDG5 Wilson,WRDG385
PetryAVI5 Gross,WHNT5 GriffeySOP382
SotoAVI5 ManningRIN4 Murray,EROC375
           
           
AB per homerun vs RHP AB per double vs RHP Plate appearances vs RHP
           
Thomas,GROC 13.5 OliverQME 9.5 Thomas,GROC444
Gross,WHNT 13.9 Jones,RuSOP 12.3 PaciorekRIN443
Thompson,JRIN 16.6 Kennedy,TQME 13.2 HendrickPAK442
CarterRDG 17.3 HerrHNT 14.8 GarveyRDG440
Murray,EROC 19.7 YountROC 14.8 HarrahROC434
SimmonsSOP 21.5 CarewHNT 14.9 OesterPAK430
Schmidt,MQME 21.6 PutnamPAK 15.0 Jackson,ReQME428
DowningROC 23.5 Murray,EROC 15.6 WhitakerAVI426
Murphy,DaAVI 24.4 BainesPAK 16.7 Murphy,DaAVI423
BainesPAK 25.7 Washington,CRDG 17.6 Murray,EROC422