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Major League Batting Leaders
1. | Newhouser • DET | 12.2 |
2. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 8.8 |
3. | Holmes • BSN | 8.4 |
4. | Potter • SLB | 7.8 |
5. | Lake • BOS | 7.1 |
6. | Roe • PIT | 6.6 |
7. | Hack • CHC | 6.6 |
8. | Gromek • CLE | 6.3 |
9. | Cavarretta • CHC | 6.0 |
10. | Galan • BRO | 5.9 |
1. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 8.8 |
2. | Holmes • BSN | 8.4 |
3. | Lake • BOS | 7.1 |
4. | Hack • CHC | 6.6 |
5. | Cavarretta • CHC | 6.0 |
6. | Galan • BRO | 5.9 |
7. | Cullenbine • 2TM | 5.6 |
8. | Stephens • SLB | 5.5 |
9. | Rosen • BRO | 5.5 |
10. | Walker • BRO | 5.1 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 8.2 |
2. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 6.7 |
3. | Cavarretta • CHC | 5.9 |
4. | Lake • BOS | 5.9 |
5. | Galan • BRO | 5.8 |
6. | Hack • CHC | 5.7 |
7. | Stephens • SLB | 5.5 |
8. | Rosen • BRO | 5.3 |
9. | Kurowski • STL | 4.9 |
10. | Myatt • WSH | 4.8 |
1. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 2.8 |
2. | Lake • BOS | 2.2 |
3. | Mayo • DET | 2.1 |
4. | Johnson • CHC | 2.0 |
5. | Webb • DET | 1.9 |
6. | Marion • STL | 1.8 |
7. | Kerr • NYG | 1.5 |
8. | Crosetti • NYY | 1.5 |
9. | Newsome • BOS | 1.5 |
10. | Hall • PHA | 1.4 |
1. | Steele • BBB | .394 |
2. | Cañizares • CBE | .375 |
Robinson • KCM | .375 | |
Austin • PS | .375 | |
5. | Davis • BBB | .374 |
6. | Campanella • BEG | .369 |
7. | Wright • BEG | .362 |
8. | Gibson • HG | .357 |
9. | Cavarretta • CHC | .355 |
10. | Holmes • BSN | .352 |
1. | Gibson • HG | .466 |
2. | Campanella • BEG | .455 |
3. | Steele • BBB | .450 |
4. | Cavarretta • CHC | .449 |
5. | Robinson • KCM | .449 |
6. | Davis • BBB | .430 |
7. | Pennington • CAG | .430 |
8. | Leonard • HG | .425 |
9. | Galan • BRO | .423 |
10. | Hack • CHC | .420 |
1. | Steele • BBB | .667 |
2. | Gibson • HG | .611 |
3. | Robinson • KCM | .600 |
4. | Holmes • BSN | .577 |
5. | Campanella • BEG | .571 |
6. | Jethroe • CBE | .556 |
Robinson • MRS | .556 | |
8. | Wright • BEG | .549 |
9. | Leonard • HG | .517 |
10. | Davis • BBB | .516 |
1. | Steele • BBB | 1.116 |
2. | Gibson • HG | 1.077 |
3. | Robinson • KCM | 1.049 |
4. | Campanella • BEG | 1.027 |
5. | Holmes • BSN | .997 |
6. | Jethroe • CBE | .962 |
7. | Robinson • MRS | .956 |
8. | Wright • BEG | .953 |
9. | Cavarretta • CHC | .949 |
10. | Davis • BBB | .946 |
1. | York • DET | 155 |
Verban • STL | 155 | |
3. | Walker • BRO | 154 |
Holmes • BSN | 154 | |
Hausmann • NYG | 154 | |
Cullenbine • 2TM | 154 | |
Adams • 2TM | 154 | |
8. | Stanky • BRO | 153 |
Clay • CIN | 153 | |
10. | Galan • BRO | 152 |
McCormick • CIN | 152 | |
Etten • NYY | 152 | |
Stirnweiss • NYY | 152 |
1. | Clay • CIN | 656 |
2. | Holmes • BSN | 636 |
3. | Adams • 2TM | 634 |
4. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 632 |
5. | Hausmann • NYG | 623 |
6. | Hall • PHA | 616 |
7. | Walker • BRO | 607 |
8. | Rosen • BRO | 606 |
9. | Hack • CHC | 597 |
Verban • STL | 597 |
1. | Stanky • BRO | 726 |
2. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 718 |
3. | Hausmann • NYG | 715 |
4. | Holmes • BSN | 714 |
5. | Adams • 2TM | 707 |
6. | Hack • CHC | 702 |
7. | Clay • CIN | 700 |
8. | Galan • BRO | 698 |
9. | Walker • BRO | 688 |
10. | Rosen • BRO | 673 |
1. | Stanky • BRO | 128 |
2. | Rosen • BRO | 126 |
3. | Holmes • BSN | 125 |
4. | Galan • BRO | 114 |
5. | Hack • CHC | 110 |
6. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 107 |
7. | Adams • 2TM | 104 |
8. | Walker • BRO | 102 |
9. | Hausmann • NYG | 98 |
10. | Barrett • PIT | 97 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 224 |
2. | Rosen • BRO | 197 |
3. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 195 |
4. | Hack • CHC | 193 |
5. | Clay • CIN | 184 |
6. | Walker • BRO | 182 |
Adams • 2TM | 182 | |
8. | Galan • BRO | 177 |
Cavarretta • CHC | 177 | |
10. | Olmo • BRO | 174 |
Hausmann • NYG | 174 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 367 |
2. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 301 |
3. | Rosen • BRO | 279 |
Adams • 2TM | 279 | |
5. | Stephens • SLB | 270 |
6. | Walker • BRO | 266 |
7. | Kurowski • STL | 261 |
8. | Olmo • BRO | 257 |
9. | Galan • BRO | 254 |
10. | Cavarretta • CHC | 249 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 47 |
2. | Walker • BRO | 42 |
3. | Galan • BRO | 36 |
Elliott • PIT | 36 | |
5. | Moses • CHW | 35 |
6. | Cavarretta • CHC | 34 |
7. | McCormick • CIN | 33 |
8. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 32 |
Binks • WSH | 32 | |
10. | McQuinn • SLB | 31 |
1. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 22 |
2. | Moses • CHW | 15 |
3. | Olmo • BRO | 13 |
Kuhel • WSH | 13 | |
5. | Pafko • CHC | 12 |
6. | Rosen • BRO | 11 |
Rucker • NYG | 11 | |
8. | Cavarretta • CHC | 10 |
Dickshot • CHW | 10 | |
10. | Kimbro • BEG | 9 |
Walker • BRO | 9 | |
Peck • PHA | 9 | |
Gionfriddo • PIT | 9 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 28 |
2. | Workman • BSN | 25 |
3. | Stephens • SLB | 24 |
4. | Adams • 2TM | 22 |
5. | Ott • NYG | 21 |
Kurowski • STL | 21 | |
7. | Lombardi • NYG | 19 |
DiMaggio • PHI | 19 | |
9. | York • DET | 18 |
Gardella • NYG | 18 | |
Etten • NYY | 18 | |
Cullenbine • 2TM | 18 |
1. | Walker • BRO | 124 |
2. | Holmes • BSN | 117 |
3. | Etten • NYY | 111 |
4. | Olmo • BRO | 110 |
Pafko • CHC | 110 | |
6. | Adams • 2TM | 109 |
7. | Elliott • PIT | 108 |
8. | Kurowski • STL | 102 |
9. | Cavarretta • CHC | 97 |
10. | Cullenbine • 2TM | 93 |
1. | Stanky • BRO | 148 |
2. | Galan • BRO | 114 |
3. | Cullenbine • 2TM | 113 |
4. | Lake • BOS | 106 |
5. | Hack • CHC | 99 |
6. | Grimes • NYY | 97 |
7. | Nicholson • CHC | 92 |
8. | Etten • NYY | 90 |
9. | Sanders • STL | 83 |
10. | Cavarretta • CHC | 81 |
1. | Seerey • CLE | 97 |
2. | DiMaggio • PHI | 91 |
3. | York • DET | 85 |
4. | Byrnes • SLB | 84 |
5. | Adams • 2TM | 80 |
6. | Nicholson • CHC | 73 |
Grimes • NYY | 73 | |
8. | Metkovich • BOS | 70 |
Gillenwater • BSN | 70 | |
Stephens • SLB | 70 |
1. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 33 |
2. | Case • WSH | 30 |
Myatt • WSH | 30 | |
4. | Schoendienst • STL | 26 |
5. | Barrett • PIT | 25 |
6. | Metkovich • BOS | 19 |
Clay • CIN | 19 | |
8. | Dickshot • CHW | 18 |
9. | Olmo • BRO | 15 |
Holmes • BSN | 15 | |
Russell • PIT | 15 |
1. | Hack • CHC | 155 |
2. | Clay • CIN | 152 |
3. | Rosen • BRO | 150 |
4. | Hausmann • NYG | 149 |
5. | Holmes • BSN | 143 |
6. | Johnson • CHC | 141 |
7. | Hall • PHA | 139 |
8. | Verban • STL | 136 |
9. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 131 |
10. | Adams • 2TM | 130 |
1. | Steele • BBB | 224 |
2. | Robinson • KCM | 205 |
3. | Gibson • HG | 200 |
4. | Campanella • BEG | 186 |
5. | Jethroe • CBE | 180 |
6. | Robinson • MRS | 178 |
7. | Davis • BBB | 176 |
8. | Holmes • BSN | 175 |
9. | Cañizares • CBE | 168 |
10. | Cavarretta • CHC | 166 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 155 |
2. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 115 |
3. | Cavarretta • CHC | 111 |
4. | Galan • BRO | 107 |
5. | Rosen • BRO | 104 |
6. | Hack • CHC | 102 |
7. | Walker • BRO | 101 |
8. | Kurowski • STL | 98 |
9. | Adams • 2TM | 97 |
10. | Stephens • SLB | 95 |
Cullenbine • 2TM | 95 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 65 |
2. | Cavarretta • CHC | 49 |
3. | Galan • BRO | 39 |
4. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 36 |
5. | Ott • NYG | 34 |
6. | Cullenbine • 2TM | 33 |
7. | Heath • CLE | 32 |
8. | Hack • CHC | 32 |
9. | Lake • BOS | 29 |
10. | Kurowski • STL | 29 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 6.4 |
2. | Cavarretta • CHC | 4.9 |
3. | Galan • BRO | 4.0 |
4. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 3.8 |
5. | Cullenbine • 2TM | 3.5 |
6. | Ott • NYG | 3.4 |
7. | Heath • CLE | 3.4 |
8. | Hack • CHC | 3.2 |
9. | Lake • BOS | 3.1 |
10. | Etten • NYY | 3.0 |
Estalella • PHA | 3.0 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 81 |
2. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 64 |
3. | Walker • BRO | 59 |
4. | Stephens • SLB | 54 |
5. | Galan • BRO | 52 |
Moses • CHW | 52 | |
Adams • 2TM | 52 | |
8. | Kurowski • STL | 51 |
Cullenbine • 2TM | 51 | |
10. | Olmo • BRO | 50 |
Cavarretta • CHC | 50 | |
Elliott • PIT | 50 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 298 |
2. | Stanky • BRO | 295 |
3. | Galan • BRO | 293 |
Hack • CHC | 293 | |
5. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 274 |
6. | Walker • BRO | 262 |
Cavarretta • CHC | 262 | |
Cullenbine • 2TM | 262 | |
9. | Etten • NYY | 255 |
10. | Rosen • BRO | 250 |
1. | Steele • BBB | .872 |
2. | Robinson • KCM | .860 |
3. | Gibson • HG | .853 |
4. | Campanella • BEG | .838 |
5. | Holmes • BSN | .817 |
6. | Cañizares • CBE | .816 |
Jethroe • CBE | .816 | |
8. | Davis • BBB | .800 |
9. | Cavarretta • CHC | .795 |
10. | Wright • BEG | .783 |
Robinson • MRS | .783 |
1. | Crosetti • NYY | 10 |
2. | Pafko • CHC | 8 |
Ott • NYG | 8 | |
Reyes • NYG | 8 | |
5. | Metkovich • BOS | 6 |
Workman • BSN | 6 | |
Nicholson • CHC | 6 | |
Grimes • NYY | 6 | |
Hall • PHA | 6 | |
10. | Walker • BRO | 5 |
McCormick • CIN | 5 | |
Gardella • NYG | 5 | |
Lombardi • NYG | 5 | |
Russell • PIT | 5 | |
Kurowski • STL | 5 |
1. | Schalk • CHW | 24 |
2. | Johnson • CHC | 22 |
3. | Lowrey • CHC | 21 |
Pafko • CHC | 21 | |
5. | Boudreau • CLE | 20 |
Myatt • WSH | 20 | |
7. | Stanky • BRO | 19 |
Byrnes • SLB | 19 | |
9. | Newsome • BOS | 17 |
Mesner • CIN | 17 | |
Hausmann • NYG | 17 |
1. | McCormick • CIN | 21 |
2. | Walker • BRO | 19 |
Nicholson • CHC | 19 | |
4. | Cavarretta • CHC | 18 |
Lombardi • NYG | 18 | |
6. | Olmo • BRO | 17 |
7. | Reyes • NYG | 16 |
8. | O'Dea • STL | 14 |
9. | Heath • CLE | 13 |
Sanders • STL | 13 |
1. | York • DET | 23 |
Dahlgren • PIT | 23 | |
3. | Etten • NYY | 21 |
4. | McCormick • CIN | 20 |
5. | Gillenwater • BSN | 17 |
Mesner • CIN | 17 | |
7. | Dickshot • CHW | 16 |
Elliott • PIT | 16 | |
9. | Merullo • CHC | 15 |
Reyes • NYG | 15 | |
Estalella • PHA | 15 |
1. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 17 |
2. | Case • WSH | 16 |
3. | Gillenwater • BSN | 13 |
Barrett • PIT | 13 | |
5. | Maier • DET | 11 |
Myatt • WSH | 11 | |
7. | Hall • PHA | 10 |
8. | Olmo • BRO | 9 |
Farrell • CHW | 9 | |
Hockett • CHW | 9 | |
Cramer • DET | 9 | |
Gionfriddo • PIT | 9 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 19.5 |
2. | Barrett • PIT | 18.8 |
3. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 15.3 |
4. | DiMaggio • PHI | 14.7 |
5. | Russell • PIT | 13.3 |
6. | Workman • BSN | 13.2 |
7. | Nieman • BSN | 12.3 |
8. | Olmo • BRO | 12.0 |
9. | Galan • BRO | 10.6 |
10. | Lake • BOS | 9.9 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 70.7 |
2. | Busch • PHA | 46.2 |
3. | Wasdell • PHI | 45.5 |
4. | Verban • STL | 39.8 |
5. | Walker • BRO | 37.9 |
6. | Kell • PHA | 37.8 |
7. | Schoendienst • STL | 33.2 |
8. | Mesner • CIN | 30.0 |
9. | Newsome • BOS | 29.2 |
10. | McCormick • CIN | 26.4 |
1. | Gibson • HG | 19.6 |
2. | Robinson • MRS | 20.3 |
3. | Workman • BSN | 20.6 |
4. | Ott • NYG | 21.5 |
5. | Holmes • BSN | 22.7 |
6. | DiMaggio • PHI | 23.8 |
7. | Stephens • SLB | 23.8 |
8. | Gardella • NYG | 23.9 |
9. | Kurowski • STL | 24.3 |
10. | Adams • 2TM | 28.8 |
1. | Clay • CIN | 495 |
2. | Hall • PHA | 484 |
3. | Hausmann • NYG | 476 |
4. | Adams • 2TM | 473 |
5. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 469 |
6. | York • DET | 467 |
7. | Verban • STL | 463 |
8. | Torres • WSH | 462 |
9. | McCormick • CIN | 449 |
10. | Stanky • BRO | 446 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 59.73 |
2. | Galan • BRO | 56.20 |
3. | Cavarretta • CHC | 55.96 |
4. | Kurowski • STL | 46.67 |
5. | Etten • NYY | 39.94 |
6. | Cullenbine • 2TM | 39.44 |
7. | Olmo • BRO | 37.97 |
8. | Rosen • BRO | 37.62 |
9. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 36.35 |
10. | Ott • NYG | 36.04 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 5.1 |
2. | Kurowski • STL | 4.8 |
3. | Rosen • BRO | 4.4 |
4. | Cavarretta • CHC | 4.2 |
5. | Walker • BRO | 4.1 |
6. | Kuhel • WSH | 4.1 |
7. | Pafko • CHC | 4.0 |
8. | Ott • NYG | 3.7 |
9. | Galan • BRO | 3.6 |
10. | Etten • NYY | 3.2 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 5.4 |
2. | Kurowski • STL | 4.3 |
3. | Cavarretta • CHC | 3.8 |
4. | Ott • NYG | 3.6 |
5. | Galan • BRO | 3.5 |
6. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 3.3 |
7. | Workman • BSN | 3.3 |
8. | Cullenbine • 2TM | 3.1 |
9. | Etten • NYY | 3.0 |
10. | Stanky • BRO | 3.0 |
1. | Cullenbine • 2TM | 15.2 |
2. | Kurowski • STL | 12.6 |
3. | Cavarretta • CHC | 12.4 |
4. | Greenberg • DET | 12.2 |
5. | Pafko • CHC | 12.2 |
6. | Walker • BRO | 11.4 |
7. | Lewis • WSH | 10.6 |
8. | Ferrell • WSH | 10.5 |
9. | Kuhel • WSH | 10.0 |
10. | Mayo • DET | 8.4 |
1. | Holmes • BSN | 6.0 |
2. | Galan • BRO | 5.6 |
3. | Cavarretta • CHC | 5.6 |
4. | Kurowski • STL | 4.6 |
5. | Etten • NYY | 4.1 |
6. | Cullenbine • 2TM | 4.0 |
7. | Olmo • BRO | 3.8 |
8. | Rosen • BRO | 3.8 |
9. | Stirnweiss • NYY | 3.8 |
10. | Ott • NYG | 3.6 |
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