1937 American League Batting Leaders

1936 Season 1938 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 622 games, 8 teams, approx. 155 games in season

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League Player Batting

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Minimum 155 AB's to appear on leaderboard

League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	IBB
1	Charlie Gehringer	34	DET	Maj	DET	144	660	564	133	209	40	1	14	96	11	4	90	25	.371	.458	.520	.978	293	1	5	4
2	Lou Gehrig*	34	NYA	Maj	NYY	157	700	569	138	200	37	9	37	158	4	3	127	49	.352	.473	.643	1.116	366	4	0	13
3	Joe DiMaggio	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	151	692	621	151	215	35	15	46	167	3	0	64	37	.346	.412	.673	1.085	418	5	2	3
4	Zeke Bonura	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	116	502	447	79	154	41	2	19	100	5	1	49	24	.345	.412	.573	.984	256	2	4	3
5	Cecil Travis	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	135	578	526	72	181	27	7	3	66	3	2	39	34	.344	.395	.439	.834	231	5	8	2
6	Beau Bell	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	156	699	642	82	218	51	8	14	117	2	2	53	54	.340	.391	.509	.900	327	1	3	10
7	Hank Greenberg	26	DET	Maj	DET	154	701	594	137	200	49	14	40	184	8	3	102	101	.337	.436	.668	1.105	397	3	2	4
8	Gee Walker	29	DET	Maj	DET	151	683	635	105	213	42	4	18	113	23	7	41	74	.335	.380	.499	.880	317	5	2	5
9	Bill Dickey	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	140	608	530	87	176	35	2	29	133	3	2	73	22	.332	.417	.570	.987	302	4	1	13
10	Pete Fox	28	DET	Maj	DET	148	679	628	116	208	39	8	12	82	12	8	41	43	.331	.372	.476	.848	299	0	10	0
11	John Stone	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	139	609	542	84	179	33	15	6	88	6	4	66	36	.330	.403	.480	.883	260	0	1	3
12	George Selkirk	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	78	293	256	49	84	13	5	18	68	8	2	34	24	.328	.411	.629	1.040	161	2	1	2
13	Sam West*	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	122	506	457	68	150	37	4	7	58	1	1	46	28	.328	.390	.473	.862	216	0	3	0
14	Rip Radcliff*	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	144	643	584	105	190	38	10	4	79	6	1	53	25	.325	.383	.445	.829	260	2	4	4
15	Joe Vosmik	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	144	655	594	81	193	47	9	4	93	2	3	49	38	.325	.377	.455	.832	270	1	11	4
16	Moose Solters	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	152	644	589	90	190	42	11	20	109	6	9	42	56	.323	.372	.533	.905	314	4	9	6
17	Wally Moses*	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	154	712	649	113	208	48	13	25	86	9	7	54	38	.321	.375	.550	.925	357	2	7	3
18	Tommy Henrich*	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	67	242	206	39	66	14	5	8	42	4	0	35	17	.320	.419	.553	.973	114	0	1	2
19	Luke Appling	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	154	665	574	98	182	42	8	4	77	18	10	86	28	.317	.407	.439	.846	252	1	4	6
20	Ethan Allen	33	SLA	Maj	SLB	103	349	320	39	101	18	1	0	31	3	4	21	17	.316	.360	.378	.738	121	1	7	0
21	Frankie Pytlak	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	125	463	397	60	125	15	6	1	44	16	5	52	15	.315	.404	.390	.794	155	7	7	15
22	Buddy Lewis	20	WS1	Maj	WSH	156	733	668	107	210	32	6	10	79	11	5	52	44	.314	.367	.425	.792	284	3	10	0
23	Harlond Clift	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	155	679	571	103	175	36	7	29	118	8	5	98	80	.307	.413	.546	.960	312	6	4	0
24	Joe Cronin	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	148	671	570	102	175	40	4	18	110	5	3	84	73	.307	.402	.486	.888	277	6	11	3
25	Rudy York	23	DET	Maj	DET	104	417	375	72	115	18	3	35	101	3	2	41	52	.307	.375	.651	1.026	244	0	1	3
26	Bob Johnson	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	138	576	477	91	146	32	6	25	108	9	7	98	65	.306	.425	.556	.981	265	1	0	5
27	Doc Cramer	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	133	616	560	90	171	22	11	0	51	8	6	35	14	.305	.351	.384	.735	215	4	17	3
28	Pinky Higgins	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	153	654	570	88	172	33	5	9	106	2	6	76	51	.302	.385	.425	.810	242	1	7	3
29	Mike Kreevich	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	144	642	583	94	176	29	16	12	73	10	1	43	45	.302	.350	.468	.818	273	0	16	0
30	Dixie Walker	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	154	688	593	105	179	28	16	9	95	1	2	78	26	.302	.383	.449	.832	266	0	17	1
31	Bruce Campbell	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	134	519	448	82	135	42	11	4	61	4	5	67	49	.301	.392	.471	.863	211	0	4	4
32	Myril Hoag	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	106	404	362	48	109	19	8	3	46	4	7	33	33	.301	.364	.423	.787	153	3	6	3
33	Earl Averill	35	CLE	Maj	CLE	156	702	609	121	182	33	11	21	92	5	4	88	65	.299	.387	.493	.880	300	0	5	1
34	Hal Trosky	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	153	670	601	104	179	36	9	32	128	3	1	65	60	.298	.367	.547	.915	329	1	3	10
35	Ben Chapman	28	BOS,WS1	Maj	BOS-WSH	148	643	553	99	164	30	12	7	69	35	12	83	42	.297	.389	.432	.822	239	1	6	1
36	Mel Almada*	24	WS1,BOS	Maj	WSH-BOS	132	604	543	91	160	27	6	5	42	12	5	53	27	.295	.357	.394	.752	214	0	8	2
37	Buster Mills	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	123	566	505	85	149	25	8	7	58	11	8	46	41	.295	.361	.418	.779	211	6	9	0
38	Buddy Myer	33	WS1	Maj	WSH	125	519	430	54	126	16	10	1	65	2	6	78	41	.293	.407	.384	.791	165	5	6	5
39	Eric McNair	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	126	493	455	60	133	29	4	12	76	10	7	30	33	.292	.340	.453	.793	206	3	5	4
40	Billy Werber	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	128	576	493	85	144	31	4	7	70	35	13	74	39	.292	.386	.414	.799	204	1	8	1
41	Lyn Lary	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	156	741	644	110	187	46	7	8	77	18	8	88	64	.290	.378	.421	.799	271	3	6	1
42	Fabian Gaffke	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	54	204	184	32	53	10	4	6	34	1	2	15	25	.288	.342	.484	.825	89	0	5	0
43	Marv Owen	31	DET	Maj	DET	107	441	396	48	114	22	5	1	45	3	4	41	24	.288	.358	.376	.734	149	2	2	1
44	Billy Sullivan	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	72	190	168	26	48	12	3	3	22	1	4	17	7	.286	.355	.446	.801	75	1	4	8
45	Jimmie Foxx	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	150	673	569	111	162	24	6	36	127	10	8	99	96	.285	.392	.538	.929	306	1	4	12
46	Joe Kuhel*	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	136	614	547	73	155	24	11	6	61	6	3	63	39	.283	.357	.400	.758	219	0	4	3
47	Al Simmons	35	WS1	Maj	WSH	103	453	419	60	117	21	10	8	84	3	2	27	35	.279	.329	.434	.763	182	4	3	3
48	Roy Hughes	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	104	395	346	57	96	12	6	1	40	11	6	40	22	.278	.352	.356	.708	123	0	9	5
49	Harry Davis*	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	120	528	450	89	124	25	3	3	35	7	6	71	26	.276	.374	.364	.739	164	0	7	0
50	Billy Rogell	32	DET	Maj	DET	146	632	536	84	148	30	7	8	64	5	5	83	48	.276	.376	.403	.779	216	3	10	8
51	Red Rolfe	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	154	740	648	143	179	34	10	4	62	4	2	90	53	.276	.365	.378	.744	245	1	1	0
52	Tom Carey	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	130	513	487	54	134	24	1	1	40	1	2	21	26	.275	.307	.335	.641	163	1	4	5
53	Jesse Hill	30	PHA,WS1	Maj	PHA-WSH	103	382	334	56	91	14	4	2	41	18	4	44	36	.273	.357	.356	.713	119	0	4	0
54	Ben Huffman	22	SLA	Maj	SLB	76	189	176	18	48	9	0	1	24	1	0	10	7	.273	.323	.341	.664	60	3	0	0
55	Luke Sewell	36	CHA	Maj	CHW	122	459	412	51	111	21	6	1	61	4	5	46	18	.269	.343	.357	.700	147	0	1	12
56	Odell Hale	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	154	626	561	74	150	32	4	6	82	9	6	56	41	.267	.335	.371	.706	208	1	8	4
57	Jack Rothrock	32	PHA	Maj	PHA	88	260	232	28	62	15	0	0	21	1	0	28	15	.267	.346	.332	.678	77	0	0	2
58	Jake Powell	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	97	400	365	54	96	22	3	3	45	7	5	25	36	.263	.314	.364	.678	133	2	8	0
59	Chubby Dean*	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	104	358	309	36	81	14	4	2	31	2	1	42	10	.262	.350	.353	.703	109	0	7	1
60	Frankie Hayes	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	60	217	188	24	49	11	1	10	38	0	0	29	34	.261	.359	.489	.849	92	0	0	0
61	Bill Knickerbocker	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	121	530	491	53	128	29	5	4	61	3	2	30	32	.261	.303	.365	.668	179	0	9	0
62	Rusty Peters	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	116	385	339	39	88	17	6	3	43	4	4	41	59	.260	.340	.372	.711	126	0	5	3
63	Earle Brucker	36	PHA	Maj	PHA	102	368	317	40	82	16	5	6	37	1	2	48	30	.259	.356	.398	.754	126	0	3	1
64	Skeeter Newsome	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	122	489	438	53	111	22	1	1	30	11	5	37	22	.253	.312	.315	.627	138	0	14	1
65	Lou Finney	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	92	404	379	53	95	14	9	1	20	2	5	20	16	.251	.288	.343	.631	130	0	5	1
66	Don Heffner	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	60	221	201	23	50	6	5	0	21	1	4	19	19	.249	.314	.328	.642	66	0	1	0
67	Jo-Jo White	28	DET	Maj	DET	94	358	305	50	75	5	7	0	21	12	7	50	40	.246	.354	.308	.662	94	1	2	0
68	Rick Ferrell	31	WS1,BOS	Maj	WSH-BOS	104	412	344	39	84	8	0	2	36	1	1	65	22	.244	.366	.285	.651	98	1	2	7
69	Tony Lazzeri	33	NYA	Maj	NYY	126	518	446	56	109	21	3	14	70	7	1	71	76	.244	.348	.399	.747	178	0	1	8
70	Gene Desautels	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	96	349	305	33	74	10	3	0	27	1	2	36	26	.243	.325	.295	.620	90	1	7	2
71	Chet Laabs	25	DET	Maj	DET	72	267	242	31	58	13	5	8	37	6	2	24	66	.240	.308	.434	.742	105	0	1	0
72	Goose Goslin	36	DET	Maj	DET	79	219	181	30	43	11	1	4	35	0	1	35	18	.238	.367	.376	.743	68	2	1	5
73	John Kroner	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	86	315	283	29	67	14	1	2	26	1	1	22	25	.237	.292	.315	.606	89	0	10	0
74	Fred Sington	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	78	269	228	27	54	15	4	3	36	1	1	37	33	.237	.348	.377	.726	86	2	2	1
75	Tony Piet	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	100	374	332	34	78	15	1	4	38	14	6	32	36	.235	.314	.322	.636	107	6	4	0
76	Frankie Crosetti	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	149	721	611	127	143	29	5	11	49	13	7	86	105	.234	.340	.352	.692	215	12	12	1
77	Jackie Hayes	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	143	631	573	63	131	27	4	2	79	1	6	41	37	.229	.283	.300	.583	172	2	15	1
78	Wally Millies	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	59	190	179	21	40	7	1	0	28	1	0	9	15	.224	.261	.274	.534	49	0	2	1
79	Rollie Hemsley	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	100	364	334	30	74	12	3	3	28	0	0	25	29	.222	.276	.302	.578	101	0	5	1
80	Wayne Ambler	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	56	175	162	3	35	5	0	0	11	1	0	13	8	.216	.274	.247	.521	40	0	0	0
81	Birdie Tebbetts	24	DET	Maj	DET	50	175	162	15	31	4	3	2	16	0	0	10	13	.191	.238	.290	.529	47	0	3	0