players with the best avg in 1961 in the american league with a minimum of 3.1 pa per team game

Norm Cash had the best batting average in the AL when he had 3.1 or more (PA/TM GMS) in 1961, with an average of .361.

	NAME	AVG	PA	TM GMS	PA/TM GMS	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Norm Cash N. Cash	.361	672	163	4.12	1961	DET	159	535	119	193	22	8	41	132	124	9	85	11	5	354	71	2	2	19	16	.487	.662	1.148	168	88.3	.488	194	79.5
2	Al Kaline A. Kaline	.324	665	163	4.08	1961	DET	153	586	116	190	41	7	19	82	66	4	42	14	1	302	67	4	5	2	16	.393	.515	.909	118	39.9	.399	137	31.2
3	Jim Piersall J. Piersall	.322	536	161	3.33	1961	CLE	121	484	81	156	26	7	6	40	43	2	46	8	2	214	39	4	3	1	18	.378	.442	.820	81	17.9	.365	122	14.7
4	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	.317	646	163	3.96	1961	NYY	153	514	131	163	16	6	54	128	126	0	112	12	1	353	76	1	5	9	2	.448	.687	1.135	156	79.6	.478	197	78.8
5	Jim Gentile J. Gentile	.302	601	163	3.69	1961	BAL	148	486	96	147	25	2	46	141	96	11	106	1	1	314	73	0	8	5	12	.423	.646	1.069	133	62.4	.453	180	60.9
6	Earl Battey E. Battey	.302	522	161	3.24	1961	MIN	133	460	70	139	24	1	17	55	53	3	66	3	3	216	42	5	1	3	18	.377	.470	.847	83	21.6	.375	124	16
7	Tito Francona T. Francona	.301	667	161	4.14	1961	CLE	155	592	87	178	30	8	16	85	56	4	52	2	1	272	54	12	3	3	11	.363	.459	.823	100	21.4	.364	121	17.4
8	John Romano J. Romano	.299	580	161	3.6	1961	CLE	142	509	76	152	29	1	21	80	61	5	60	0	0	246	51	1	4	3	10	.377	.483	.860	94	25.8	.379	130	22.3
9	Jackie Brandt J. Brandt	.297	584	163	3.58	1961	BAL	139	516	93	153	18	5	16	72	62	1	51	10	2	229	39	2	3	0	17	.371	.444	.815	88	19	.364	124	17.6
10	Norm Siebern N. Siebern	.296	649	162	4.01	1961	KCA	153	560	68	166	36	5	18	98	82	1	91	2	4	266	59	0	6	3	4	.384	.475	.859	105	28.9	.379	125	20.4
11	Roy Sievers R. Sievers	.295	563	163	3.45	1961	CWS	141	492	76	145	26	6	27	92	61	6	62	1	0	264	59	0	4	4	11	.377	.537	.913	99	32.7	.396	141	29.4
12	Jerry Lumpe J. Lumpe	.293	627	162	3.87	1961	KCA	148	569	81	167	29	9	3	54	48	2	39	1	0	223	41	4	4	0	10	.348	.392	.740	79	4.5	.333	95	-3.6
13	Rocky Colavito R. Colavito	.290	708	163	4.34	1961	DET	163	583	129	169	30	2	45	140	113	2	75	1	2	338	77	2	8	2	14	.402	.580	.982	140	56.7	.424	153	47.5
14	Harmon Killebrew H. Killebrew	.288	656	161	4.07	1961	MIN	150	541	94	156	20	7	46	122	107	3	109	1	2	328	73	0	5	6	11	.405	.606	1.012	135	57.2	.433	161	50.2
15	Albie Pearson A. Pearson	.288	535	162	3.3	1961	LAA	144	427	92	123	21	3	7	41	96	3	40	11	3	171	31	7	2	1	3	.420	.400	.821	86	23.1	.378	120	13.6
16	Brooks Robinson B. Robinson	.287	736	163	4.52	1961	BAL	163	668	89	192	38	7	7	61	47	4	57	1	3	265	52	8	9	2	21	.334	.397	.730	88	0.7	.325	99	-1.1
17	Lee Thomas L. Thomas	.285	506	163	3.1	1961	TOT	132	452	77	129	11	5	24	70	47	2	74	0	5	222	40	2	3	2	12	.353	.491	.844	79	18.8	.370	115	9.8
18	Lenny Green L. Green	.285	692	161	4.3	1961	MIN	156	600	92	171	28	7	9	50	81	6	50	17	11	240	44	3	2	2	5	.374	.400	.774	97	15.1	.351	109	7.7
19	Jim Landis J. Landis	.283	618	163	3.79	1961	CWS	140	534	87	151	18	8	22	85	65	4	71	19	5	251	48	10	5	0	10	.362	.470	.832	95	21.9	.368	123	18.2
20	Zoilo Versalles Z. Versalles	.280	542	161	3.37	1961	MIN	129	510	65	143	25	5	7	53	25	1	61	16	9	199	37	4	2	2	8	.314	.390	.704	59	-4.9	.312	84	-10.7
21	Leon Wagner L. Wagner	.280	511	162	3.15	1961	LAA	133	453	74	127	19	2	28	79	48	3	65	5	1	234	49	0	7	2	5	.348	.517	.865	81	21	.375	119	12
22	Dick Howser D. Howser	.280	719	162	4.44	1961	KCA	158	611	108	171	29	6	3	45	92	5	38	37	9	221	38	8	3	0	8	.377	.362	.739	95	9.8	.341	100	0.4
23	Minnie Minoso M. Minoso	.280	635	163	3.9	1961	CWS	152	540	91	151	28	3	14	82	67	16	46	9	4	227	45	0	12	2	11	.369	.420	.789	90	14.9	.353	114	11.1
24	Al Smith A. Smith	.278	602	163	3.69	1961	CWS	147	532	88	148	29	4	28	93	56	5	67	4	4	269	61	2	7	2	17	.348	.506	.854	94	23.1	.372	126	19.5
25	Johnny Temple J. Temple	.276	588	161	3.65	1961	CLE	129	518	73	143	22	3	3	30	61	0	36	9	5	180	28	7	2	1	12	.351	.347	.699	68	-1.6	.320	93	-5.1