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Batting Average - Single-Season Rank    Player AVG Year 1.   Randy Moore .377 1931 2.   Al Cuccinello .346 1951 3.   Ralph Hodgin .345 1942 4.   Roy Johnson .337* 1939 5.   Randy Moore .336 1930 6.   Ralph Hodgin .335 1944 7.   Billy Hatcher .333 1990 8.   Buzz Boyle .330 1938 9.   Buzz Boyle .329 1940 10.   Doug Taitt .329* 1934	Batting Average - Career Rank    Player AVG PA 1.   Ralph Hodgin .325 2208 2.   Buzz Boyle .311 3026 3.   Billy Herman .309 4420 4.   Lee Walls .307 2240 5.   Johnny Pesky .300 2576 6.   Gene Moore .298 3062 7.   Johnny Watwood .298 2952 8.   Joe Hauser .297 2090 9.   Travis Jackson .296 3326 10.   Bob Nieman .294 3632
On-Base Pct - Single-Season Rank    Player OBP Year 1.   Randy Moore .438 1931 2.   Mickey Mantle .423 1964 3.   Dick Dietz .416 1977 4.   Lou Gehrig .413* 1935 5.   Dick Dietz .407 1980 6.   Dick Kokos .405 1952 7.   Randy Moore .404 1930 8.   Pat Seerey .404 1948 9.   Grady Hatton .403 1946 10.   Cuckoo Christensen .399 1932	On-Base Pct - Career Rank    Player OBP PA 1.   Grady Hatton .390 2174 2.   Gordon Goldsberry .386 2623 3.   Dick Dietz .380 2873 4.   Pat Seerey .379 2414 5.   Carl Sawatski .374 4617 6.   Pete Runnels .372 3288 7.   Joe Hauser .366 2090 8.   Ralph Hodgin .365 2208 9.   Billy Herman .362 4420 10.   Buzz Boyle .359 3026
Slugging Pct - Single-Season Rank    Player SLG Year 1.   Carl Sawatski .578 1955 2.   Carl Sawatski .578 1956 3.   Mickey Mantle .577 1964 4.   Dick Kokos .571 1956 5.   George Scott .568 1978 6.   Dwight Evans .553 1983 7.   Larry Doby .550 1952 8.   Pat Seerey .546 1948 9.   Dick Dietz .542 1980 10.   Bob Nieman .536 1953	Slugging Pct - Career Rank    Player SLG PA 1.   Carl Sawatski .524 4617 2.   Pat Seerey .504 2414 3.   Bob Nieman .485 3632 4.   Dwight Evans .477 6616 5.   Joe Hauser .477 2090 6.   Grady Hatton .475 2174 7.   Hank Thompson .468 3726 8.   Dick Kokos .466 5826 9.   Bill Skowron .463 2058 10.   Frank Thomas .458 2301
OPS - Single-Season Rank    Player OPS Year 1.   Mickey Mantle 1.001 1964 2.   Carl Sawatski .976 1955 3.   Carl Sawatski .952 1956 4.   Pat Seerey .950 1948 5.   Dick Dietz .949 1980 6.   Dick Kokos .939 1952 7.   Larry Doby .939 1952 8.   Lou Gehrig .932* 1935 9.   Carl Sawatski .928 1957 10.   Bob Nieman .921 1953	OPS - Career Rank    Player OPS PA 1.   Carl Sawatski .898 4617 2.   Pat Seerey .883 2414 3.   Grady Hatton .864 2174 4.   Joe Hauser .843 2090 5.   Bob Nieman .840 3632 6.   Dick Dietz .834 2873 7.   Hank Thompson .827 3726 8.   Dwight Evans .827 6616 9.   Dick Kokos .821 5826 10.   Fred Lynn .794 3839
XR - Single-Season Rank    Player XR Year 1.   Mickey Mantle 128.9 1964 2.   Pat Seerey 119.0 1948 3.   Carl Sawatski 110.5 1956   Dick Kokos 110.5 1956 5.   Carl Sawatski 109.8 1957 6.   Larry Doby 109.6 1952 7.   Sam Jethroe 108.0 1946 8.   Dwight Evans 107.6 1983 9.   Bob Nieman 107.2 1953 10.   Grady Hatton 105.8 1946	XR - Career Rank    Player XR PA 1.   Dwight Evans 925.5 6616 2.   Dick Kokos 824.5 5826 3.   Carl Sawatski 756.4 4617 4.   Bill Dickey 740.8 6050 5.   Bobby Grich 712.4 5760 6.   Ben Oglivie 665.3 5168 7.   Hank Thompson 534.2 3726 8.   Billy Herman 524.4 4420 9.   Bob Nieman 518.7 3632 10.   Fred Lynn 512.6 3839
Games - Single-Season Rank    Player G Year 1.   Dee Moore 159 1938 2.   Bert Haas 158 1943   Bob Nieman 158 1955   Tony Conigliaro 158 1964   Ben Oglivie 158 1974   Willie Davis 158 1971   Dick Kokos 158 1958 8.   Sal Bando 157 1975   Willie Davis 157 1973   Dick Kokos 157 1956	Games - Career Rank    Player G PA 1.   Bob Heise 1599 5436 2.   Dwight Evans 1550 6616 3.   Bill Dickey 1524 6050 4.   Dick Kokos 1465 5826 5.   Bobby Grich 1381 5760 6.   Ellie Rodriguez 1345 5091 7.   Ben Oglivie 1298 5168 8.   Billy Herman 1174 4420 9.   Carl Sawatski 1169 4617 10.   Bert Haas 1112 3637
At-Bats - Single-Season Rank    Player AB Year 1.   Billy Hatcher 634 1989 2.   Bobby Reeves 623 1931 3.   Lee Walls 619 1966 4.   Fred Lynn 617 1976 5.   Willie Davis 616 1973 6.   Johnny Pesky 615 1945 7.   Les Mann 614 1930   Dan Briggs 614 1982 9.   George Scott 613 1978   Jim Wilhelm 613 1984	At-Bats - Career Rank    Player AB PA 1.   Dwight Evans 5795 6616 2.   Bill Dickey 5487 6050 3.   Bob Heise 5058 5436 4.   Bobby Grich 5004 5760 5.   Dick Kokos 4962 5826 6.   Ben Oglivie 4726 5168 7.   Ellie Rodriguez 4377 5091 8.   Billy Herman 4033 4420 9.   Carl Sawatski 3909 4617 10.   Nick Esasky 3647 3998
Runs - Single-Season Rank    Player R Year 1.   Mickey Mantle 118 1964 2.   Grady Hatton 113 1947 3.   Fred Lynn 112 1976   Hank Thompson 112 1955 5.   Pat Seerey 110 1948 6.   Grady Hatton 109 1946   Sam Jethroe 109 1946 8.   Dick Kokos 108 1956 9.   Bobby Grich 105 1975   Dick Dietz 105 1976	Runs - Career Rank    Player R PA 1.   Dwight Evans 885 6616 2.   Dick Kokos 820 5826 3.   Bill Dickey 782 6050 4.   Carl Sawatski 733 4617 5.   Bobby Grich 715 5760 6.   Ben Oglivie 636 5168 7.   Richie Ashburn 550 3803 8.   Hank Thompson 543 3726 9.   Bob Nieman 541 3632 10.   Sal Bando 519 3747
Hits - Single-Season Rank    Player H Year 1.   Lee Walls 194 1966 2.   Billy Hatcher 193 1989 3.   Johnny Pesky 191 1945   Ralph Hodgin 191 1944   Ralph Hodgin 191 1942 6.   Carney Lansford 190 1982 7.   Buzz Boyle 189 1938 8.   Les Mann 188 1931   Bert Haas 188 1942 10.   Bob Nieman 187 1953	Hits - Career Rank    Player H PA 1.   Bill Dickey 1584 6050 2.   Dwight Evans 1548 6616 3.   Ben Oglivie 1358 5168 4.   Bobby Grich 1356 5760 5.   Bob Heise 1340 5436 6.   Billy Herman 1246 4420 7.   Dick Kokos 1242 5826 8.   Ellie Rodriguez 1100 5091 9.   Carl Sawatski 1049 4617 10.   Richie Ashburn 979 3803
Total Bases - Single-Season Rank    Player TB Year 1.   George Scott 348 1978 2.   Dwight Evans 319 1983 3.   Mickey Mantle 317 1964 4.   Dick Kokos 316 1956 5.   Bob Nieman 312 1953 6.   Joe Hauser 307 1933 7.   Les Mann 305 1931 8.   Bob Nieman 300 1955 9.   Dwight Evans 299 1979 10.   Larry Doby 297 1952	Total Bases - Career Rank    Player TB PA 1.   Dwight Evans 2764 6616 2.   Dick Kokos 2314 5826 3.   Bill Dickey 2271 6050 4.   Ben Oglivie 2086 5168 5.   Carl Sawatski 2048 4617 6.   Bobby Grich 1989 5760 7.   Bob Heise 1626 5436 8.   Bob Nieman 1584 3632 9.   Billy Herman 1541 4420 10.   Fred Lynn 1535 3839
Singles - Single-Season Rank    Player 1B Year 1.   Ralph Hodgin 155 1944 2.   Johnny Pesky 152 1945 3.   Ralph Hodgin 151 1942   Al Cuccinello 151 1951 5.   Richie Ashburn 150 1953 6.   Lee Walls 148 1966   Richie Ashburn 148 1951 8.   Bert Haas 147 1942 9.   Buzz Boyle 146 1938 10.   Art Shires 144 1931	Singles - Career Rank    Player 1B PA 1.   Bill Dickey 1157 6050 2.   Bob Heise 1120 5436 3.   Billy Herman 997 4420 4.   Bobby Grich 976 5760 5.   Ben Oglivie 969 5168 6.   Dwight Evans 924 6616 7.   Ellie Rodriguez 915 5091 8.   Richie Ashburn 778 3803 9.   Bert Haas 720 3637 10.   Dick Kokos 718 5826
Doubles - Single-Season Rank    Player 2B Year 1.   Les Mann 51 1931 2.   Will Clark 50 1989 3.   Paul O'Neill 47 1988 4.   Benny Distefano 44 1990 5.   Fred Lynn 43 1976   Kiddo Davis 43 1930   Billy Hatcher 43 1988   Kevin McReynolds 43 1989 9.   George Scott 41 1978   Kevin McReynolds 41 1988	Doubles - Career Rank    Player 2B PA 1.   Dwight Evans 311 6616 2.   Bill Dickey 269 6050 3.   Bobby Grich 241 5760 4.   Dick Kokos 239 5826 5.   Billy Herman 214 4420 6.   Kevin McReynolds 213 3692 7.   Ben Oglivie 210 5168   Fred Lynn 210 3839 9.   Pedro Garcia 198 3680 10.   Bob Nieman 193 3632
Triples - Single-Season Rank    Player 3B Year 1.   Gene Moore 14 1935   Doug Taitt 14 1934 3.   Les Mann 12 1931 4.   Les Mann 10 1930   Sheldon Mallory 10 1984   Travis Jackson 10 1936   Travis Jackson 10 1935   Pedro Garcia 10 1976 9.   Carney Lansford 9 1981   Bob Nieman 9 1955	Triples - Career Rank    Player 3B PA 1.   Bill Dickey 56 6050 2.   Gene Moore 42 3062   Travis Jackson 42 3326 4.   Bob Nieman 35 3632 5.   Dwight Evans 34 6616 6.   Pete Runnels 33 3288 7.   Sam Jethroe 31 3514 8.   Bert Haas 30 3637   Johnny Watwood 30 2952 10.   Billy Hatcher 29 2907
Homeruns - Single-Season Rank    Player HR Year 1.   Dick Kokos 48 1956 2.   Carl Sawatski 47 1956 3.   Pat Seerey 45 1948 4.   Mickey Mantle 42 1964 5.   Dwight Evans 40 1979   George Scott 40 1978   Carl Sawatski 40 1957 8.   Carl Sawatski 39 1958 9.   Dwight Evans 38 1983   Pat Seerey 38 1947	Homeruns - Career Rank    Player HR PA 1.   Carl Sawatski 279 4617   Dwight Evans 279 6616 3.   Dick Kokos 263 5826 4.   Hank Thompson 161 3726 5.   Ben Oglivie 160 5168 6.   Pat Seerey 141 2414 7.   Nick Esasky 138 3998 8.   Sal Bando 126 3747 9.   Bob Nieman 120 3632 10.   Bobby Grich 114 5760
RBIs - Single-Season Rank    Player RBI Year 1.   George Scott 129 1978 2.   Dick Kokos 122 1956 3.   Carl Sawatski 119 1956 4.   Larry Doby 115 1952 5.   Carl Sawatski 114 1953 6.   Carl Sawatski 112 1957   Gene Moore 112 1935 8.   Eddie Lukon 111 1948   Pat Seerey 111 1947   Gus Bell 111 1960	RBIs - Career Rank    Player RBI PA 1.   Dwight Evans 953 6616 2.   Dick Kokos 867 5826 3.   Carl Sawatski 803 4617 4.   Bill Dickey 800 6050 5.   Ben Oglivie 689 5168 6.   Bobby Grich 578 5760 7.   Bob Nieman 552 3632 8.   Hank Thompson 523 3726 9.   Sal Bando 497 3747 10.   Fred Lynn 491 3839
Stolen Bases - Single-Season Rank    Player SB Year 1.   Maury Wills 57 1970 2.   Bert Haas 55 1940 3.   Willie Davis 54 1970 4.   Billy Hatcher 52 1989 5.   George Myatt 51 1949 6.   George Myatt 50 1947 7.   Sam Jethroe 49 1945 8.   Sam Jethroe 47 1946   Willie Davis 47 1971 10.   Luis Aparicio 45 1964	Stolen Bases - Career Rank    Player SB PA 1.   Bert Haas 261 3637 2.   Sam Jethroe 236 3514 3.   Willie Davis 159 2327   Luis Aparicio 159 2042 5.   George Myatt 157 1701 6.   Richie Ashburn 155 3803 7.   Billy Hatcher 149 2907 8.   Sheldon Mallory 94 1578 9.   Maury Wills 90 670 10.   Burgess Whitehead 88 599
Caught Stealing - Single-Season Rank    Player CS Year 1.   Bob Dillinger 23 1952 2.   Richie Ashburn 19 1951 3.   Larry Stahl 18 1973   Luis Aparicio 18 1968 5.   Richie Ashburn 17 1955   Richie Ashburn 17 1952 7.   Sam Jethroe 16 1946   Luis Aparicio 16 1964 9.   George Myatt 15 1948 10.   Willie Davis 14 1973	Caught Stealing - Career Rank    Player CS PA 1.   Bert Haas 94 3637 2.   Richie Ashburn 86 3803 3.   Sam Jethroe 68 3514 4.   Luis Aparicio 57 2042 5.   Joe Pepitone 52 3220 6.   Willie Davis 47 2327 7.   Tony Lupien 42 1410 8.   Billy Grabarkewitz 41 1789   Burgess Whitehead 41 599 10.   George Myatt 40 1701
Walks - Single-Season Rank    Player BB Year 1.   Pat Seerey 125 1948 2.   Mickey Mantle 121 1964 3.   Dick Dietz 117 1977 4.   Grady Hatton 114 1946 5.   Hank Thompson 110 1954 6.   Grady Hatton 106 1947 7.   Tommy Glaviano 104 1958   Hank Thompson 104 1955 9.   Carl Sawatski 102 1958 10.   Tommy Glaviano 101 1959	Walks - Career Rank    Player BB PA 1.   Dick Kokos 817 5826 2.   Dwight Evans 734 6616 3.   Carl Sawatski 666 4617 4.   Bobby Grich 656 5760 5.   Ellie Rodriguez 568 5091 6.   Hank Thompson 510 3726 7.   Bill Dickey 504 6050 8.   Dick Dietz 439 2873 9.   Pat Seerey 384 2414 10.   Ben Oglivie 374 5168
Strikeouts - Single-Season Rank    Player K Year 1.   Bill Serena 188 1961 2.   Bill Serena 185 1959 3.   Tommy Glaviano 178 1959 4.   Earl Robinson 170 1961 5.   Carl Sawatski 160 1959 6.   Nick Esasky 152 1988 7.   Earl Robinson 150 1962   Nick Esasky 150 1986   Billy Grabarkewitz 150 1972 10.   Horace Speed 148 1983	Strikeouts - Career Rank    Player K PA 1.   Dick Kokos 1026 5826 2.   Dwight Evans 953 6616 3.   Carl Sawatski 920 4617 4.   Nick Esasky 874 3998 5.   Bobby Grich 838 5760 6.   Sam Jethroe 602 3514 7.   Tony Conigliaro 572 3097 8.   Sal Bando 537 3747 9.   Ellie Rodriguez 529 5091 10.   Bill Dickey 523 6050

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