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1936 National League Batting Leaders

1935 Season 1937 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 620 games, 8 teams, approx. 155 games in season

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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	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1	Paul Waner*	33	PIT	Maj	PIT	148	666	585	107	218	53	9	5	94	7	2	74	29	.373	.446	.520	.965	304	15	3	4	3
2	Babe Phelps	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	115	349	319	36	117	23	2	5	57	1	1	27	18	.367	.421	.498	.920	159	6	3	0	8
3	Joe Medwick	24	SLN	Maj	STL	155	677	636	115	223	64	13	18	138	3	1	34	33	.351	.387	.577	.964	367	14	4	3	8
4	Frank Demaree	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	154	672	605	93	212	34	3	16	96	4	9	49	30	.350	.400	.496	.896	300	20	1	17	3
5	Eddie Wilson*	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	52	190	173	28	60	8	1	3	25	3	4	14	25	.347	.402	.457	.859	79	1	2	1	0
6	Arky Vaughan	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	156	701	568	122	190	30	11	9	78	6	9	118	21	.335	.453	.474	.927	269	7	5	10	9
7	Billy Herman	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	153	709	632	101	211	57	7	5	93	5	3	59	30	.334	.392	.470	.862	297	16	1	17	0
8	Ernie Lombardi	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	121	413	387	42	129	23	2	12	68	1	1	19	16	.333	.375	.496	.871	192	15	7	0	6
9	Johnny Mize	23	SLN	Maj	STL	126	469	414	76	136	30	8	19	93	1	1	50	32	.329	.402	.577	.980	239	4	1	4	21
10	Johnny Moore	34	PHI	Maj	PHI	124	505	472	85	155	24	3	16	68	1	4	26	22	.328	.365	.494	.858	233	13	1	6	3
11	Mel Ott	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	150	660	534	120	175	28	6	33	135	6	4	111	41	.328	.448	.588	1.036	314	8	5	10	16
12	Kiki Cuyler	37	CIN	Maj	CIN	144	623	567	96	185	29	11	7	74	16	11	47	67	.326	.380	.453	.833	257	7	2	7	1
13	Buck Jordan	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	138	610	555	81	179	27	5	3	66	2	3	45	22	.323	.375	.405	.781	225	20	2	8	5
14	Lloyd Waner	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	106	446	414	67	133	13	8	1	31	1	2	31	5	.321	.369	.399	.767	165	8	0	1	2
15	Joe Stripp	33	BRO	Maj	BRO	110	476	439	51	139	31	1	1	60	2	2	22	12	.317	.351	.399	.749	175	10	1	14	1
16	Jo-Jo Moore	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	152	695	649	110	205	29	9	7	63	2	4	37	27	.316	.358	.421	.779	273	3	6	3	4
17	Frenchy Bordagaray	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	125	401	372	63	117	21	3	4	31	12	8	17	42	.315	.346	.419	.766	156	8	1	11	0
18	Dolph Camilli*	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	151	651	530	106	167	29	13	28	102	5	7	116	84	.315	.441	.577	1.018	306	7	3	2	8
19	Les Scarsella*	22	CIN	Maj	CIN	115	502	485	63	152	21	9	3	65	6	9	14	36	.313	.335	.412	.748	200	10	2	1	2
20	Gus Suhr	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	156	685	583	111	182	33	12	11	118	8	7	95	34	.312	.410	.467	.877	272	14	2	5	12
21	Buddy Hassett*	24	BRO	Maj	BRO	156	683	635	79	197	29	11	3	82	5	11	35	17	.310	.350	.405	.755	257	9	4	9	3
22	Bill Terry*	37	NY1	Maj	NYG	79	253	229	36	71	10	5	2	39	0	1	19	19	.310	.363	.424	.787	97	7	0	5	1
23	Pepper Martin	32	SLN	Maj	STL	143	634	572	121	177	36	11	11	76	23	8	58	66	.309	.373	.469	.842	268	11	0	4	3
24	Tony Cuccinello	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	150	641	565	68	174	26	3	7	86	1	4	58	49	.308	.374	.402	.776	227	12	2	16	4
25	Gabby Hartnett	35	CHN	Maj	CHC	121	468	424	49	130	25	6	7	64	0	0	30	36	.307	.361	.443	.804	188	12	6	8	8
26	Ken O'Dea	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	80	230	189	36	58	10	3	2	38	0	2	38	18	.307	.423	.423	.846	80	6	0	3	4
27	Chuck Klein	31	PHI,CHN	Maj	PHI-CHC	146	656	601	102	184	35	7	25	104	6	3	49	59	.306	.359	.513	.871	308	8	0	6	4
28	Jimmy Ripple	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	96	345	311	42	95	17	2	7	47	1	1	28	15	.306	.365	.441	.805	137	6	1	5	0
29	Mickey Haslin	26	BSN,PHI	Maj	BSN-PHI	52	179	168	20	51	2	3	2	17	0	2	8	14	.304	.335	.387	.722	65	7	0	3	1
30	Bill Atwood	24	PHI	Maj	PHI	71	209	192	21	58	9	2	2	29	0	1	11	15	.302	.346	.401	.747	77	5	2	4	1
31	Gus Mancuso	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	139	564	519	55	156	21	3	9	63	0	3	39	28	.301	.351	.405	.755	210	16	1	5	1
32	Dick Bartell	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	145	573	510	71	152	31	3	8	42	6	0	40	36	.298	.355	.418	.773	213	9	5	18	4
33	Stan Hack	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	149	666	561	102	167	27	4	6	78	17	18	89	39	.298	.396	.392	.788	220	14	2	14	2
34	Stu Martin	23	SLN	Maj	STL	92	366	332	63	99	21	4	6	41	17	8	29	27	.298	.356	.440	.796	146	8	1	4	1
35	Lou Chiozza	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	144	620	572	83	170	32	6	1	48	17	12	37	39	.297	.346	.379	.726	217	3	6	5	1
36	Ethan Allen	32	CHN,PHI	Maj	CHC-PHI	121	531	498	68	147	21	7	4	48	16	10	17	38	.295	.321	.390	.711	194	13	2	14	0
37	Sam Leslie*	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	117	448	417	49	123	19	5	6	54	0	3	23	16	.295	.335	.408	.743	170	15	2	6	4
38	Ripper Collins*	32	SLN	Maj	STL	103	327	277	48	81	15	3	13	48	1	0	48	30	.292	.399	.509	.908	141	4	1	1	5
39	Gene Moore*	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	151	691	637	91	185	38	12	13	67	6	5	40	80	.290	.335	.449	.784	286	5	3	11	1
40	Bill Brubaker	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	145	620	554	77	160	27	4	6	102	5	7	50	96	.289	.352	.385	.737	213	17	4	12	0
41	Wally Berger	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	138	595	534	88	154	23	3	25	91	1	7	53	84	.288	.361	.483	.844	258	13	8	0	7
42	Ernie Sulik*	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	122	453	404	69	116	14	4	6	36	4	4	40	22	.287	.353	.386	.739	156	10	1	8	1
43	Leo Durocher	30	SLN	Maj	STL	136	549	510	57	146	22	3	1	58	3	3	29	47	.286	.327	.347	.674	177	18	2	8	3
44	Tommy Thompson	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	106	304	266	37	76	9	0	4	36	3	2	31	12	.286	.362	.365	.727	97	5	1	6	0
45	Ival Goodman	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	136	545	489	81	139	15	14	17	71	6	9	38	53	.284	.347	.477	.824	233	12	9	9	0
46	Pinky Whitney	31	PHI,BSN	Maj	PHI-BSN	124	507	451	45	128	17	3	6	64	2	6	39	37	.284	.344	.375	.718	169	14	2	15	3
47	Woody Jensen*	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	153	731	696	98	197	34	10	10	58	2	6	16	19	.283	.305	.404	.709	281	14	6	13	0
48	Johnny Cooney*	35	BRO	Maj	BRO	130	541	507	71	143	17	5	0	30	3	4	24	15	.282	.315	.335	.650	170	11	0	10	0
49	Billy Jurges	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	118	459	429	51	120	25	1	1	42	4	1	23	25	.280	.321	.350	.671	150	16	3	4	3
50	Lonny Frey	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	148	607	524	63	146	29	4	4	60	7	4	71	56	.279	.369	.372	.741	195	13	4	8	8
51	Babe Herman*	33	CIN	Maj	CIN	119	421	380	59	106	25	2	13	71	4	4	39	36	.279	.348	.458	.806	174	11	1	1	6
52	Hank Leiber	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	101	384	337	44	94	19	7	9	67	1	1	37	41	.279	.352	.457	.809	154	5	1	9	6
53	Burgess Whitehead	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	154	685	632	99	176	31	3	4	47	14	9	29	32	.279	.317	.356	.673	225	18	7	17	0
54	Jimmie Wilson	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	85	245	230	25	64	12	0	1	27	5	3	12	21	.278	.314	.344	.658	79	7	0	3	2
55	Art Garibaldi	28	SLN	Maj	STL	71	254	232	30	64	12	0	1	20	3	4	16	30	.276	.323	.341	.663	79	4	0	6	2
56	Hub Walker	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	92	296	258	49	71	18	1	4	23	8	6	35	32	.275	.366	.399	.765	103	4	2	1	0
57	Frankie Frisch	38	SLN	Maj	STL	93	348	303	40	83	10	0	1	26	2	7	36	10	.274	.353	.317	.670	96	9	1	8	1
58	Phil Cavarretta*	19	CHN	Maj	CHC	124	486	458	55	125	18	1	9	56	8	3	17	36	.273	.306	.376	.682	172	8	5	6	7
59	Virgil Davis	31	SLN	Maj	STL	112	402	363	24	99	26	2	4	59	0	1	35	34	.273	.342	.388	.730	141	12	3	1	10
60	Al Todd	34	PIT	Maj	PIT	76	280	267	28	73	10	5	2	28	4	0	11	24	.273	.307	.371	.678	99	4	2	0	6
61	Billy Myers	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	98	359	323	45	87	9	6	6	27	6	7	28	56	.269	.328	.390	.718	126	5	0	8	3
62	Gilly Campbell	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	89	279	235	28	63	13	1	1	40	2	1	43	14	.268	.384	.345	.728	81	5	1	0	1
63	Leo Norris	28	PHI	Maj	PHI	154	644	581	64	154	27	4	11	76	4	6	39	79	.265	.315	.382	.697	222	18	3	21	2
64	Augie Galan	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	145	649	575	74	152	26	4	8	81	16	12	67	50	.264	.344	.365	.709	210	9	3	4	4
65	Terry Moore	24	SLN	Maj	STL	143	630	590	85	156	39	4	5	47	9	10	37	52	.264	.309	.370	.678	218	6	1	2	2
66	Fred Schulte	35	PIT	Maj	PIT	74	259	238	28	62	7	3	1	17	1	1	20	20	.261	.321	.328	.648	78	4	1	0	3
67	Billy Urbanski	33	BSN	Maj	BSN	122	536	494	55	129	17	5	0	26	2	5	31	42	.261	.310	.316	.626	156	14	4	7	1
68	Lew Riggs	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	141	588	538	69	138	20	12	6	57	5	15	38	33	.257	.314	.372	.686	200	13	7	5	2
69	George Watkins	36	BRO,PHI	Maj	BRO-PHI	124	482	434	61	110	28	6	6	48	7	4	43	47	.254	.328	.387	.715	168	4	5	0	2
70	Johnny Gill	31	CHN	Maj	CHC	71	189	174	20	44	8	0	7	28	0	0	13	19	.253	.309	.420	.728	73	2	1	1	4
71	Hal Lee	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	152	626	565	46	143	24	7	3	64	4	7	52	50	.253	.318	.336	.655	190	23	2	7	7
72	Jim Bucher	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	110	403	370	49	93	12	8	2	41	5	1	29	27	.251	.306	.343	.649	127	6	0	4	4
73	Earl Grace	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	86	257	221	24	55	11	0	4	32	0	0	34	20	.249	.352	.353	.705	78	4	1	1	7
74	Tom Padden	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	88	311	281	22	70	9	2	1	31	0	0	22	41	.249	.304	.306	.610	86	7	0	8	3
75	Pep Young	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	125	514	475	47	118	23	10	6	77	3	7	29	52	.248	.293	.377	.670	179	9	1	9	6
76	Calvin Chapman	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	96	238	219	35	54	7	3	1	22	5	2	16	19	.247	.301	.320	.620	70	3	1	2	1
77	Woody English	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	64	232	182	33	45	9	0	0	20	1	0	40	28	.247	.394	.297	.691	54	3	4	6	0
78	Joe Coscarart	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	104	400	367	28	90	11	2	2	44	0	11	19	37	.245	.292	.303	.594	111	13	5	9	2
79	Cookie Lavagetto	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	60	213	197	21	48	15	2	2	26	0	2	15	13	.244	.301	.371	.671	73	4	1	0	0
80	Al Lopez	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	128	470	426	46	103	12	5	7	50	1	0	41	41	.242	.311	.343	.654	146	15	2	1	6
81	Ray Berres	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	105	283	267	16	64	10	1	1	13	1	0	14	35	.240	.280	.296	.576	79	8	1	1	3
82	Alex Kampouris	23	CIN	Maj	CIN	122	388	355	43	85	10	4	5	46	3	2	24	46	.239	.290	.332	.622	118	7	1	8	2
83	Jimmy Jordan	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	115	419	398	26	93	15	1	2	28	1	2	15	21	.234	.262	.292	.553	116	5	0	6	1
84	Tommy Thevenow	32	CIN	Maj	CIN	106	338	321	25	75	7	2	0	36	2	0	15	23	.234	.268	.268	.536	86	14	0	2	2
85	Chile Gómez	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	108	360	332	24	77	4	1	0	28	0	2	14	32	.232	.265	.250	.515	83	8	1	13	0
86	Travis Jackson	32	NY1	Maj	NYG	126	496	465	41	107	8	1	7	53	0	1	18	56	.230	.260	.297	.557	138	9	1	12	2
87	Charlie Gelbert	30	SLN	Maj	STL	93	307	280	33	64	15	2	3	27	2	1	25	26	.229	.292	.329	.620	92	13	0	2	3
88	Bruce Ogrodowski	24	SLN	Maj	STL	94	249	237	28	54	15	1	1	20	0	0	10	20	.228	.259	.312	.571	74	9	0	2	3
89	Rabbit Warstler	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	74	329	304	27	64	6	0	0	17	2	2	22	33	.211	.266	.230	.496	70	6	1	2	0