1946 National League Batting Leaders

1945 Season 1947 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 621 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	Stan Musial*	25	SLN	Maj	STL	156	702	624	124	228	50	20	16	103	7	9	73	31	.365	.434	.587	1.021	366	7	3	2	9
2	Johnny Mize	33	NY1	Maj	NYG	101	445	377	70	127	18	3	22	70	3	0	62	26	.337	.437	.576	1.013	217	5	5	1	14
3	Johnny Hopp*	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	129	492	445	71	148	23	8	3	48	21	5	34	34	.333	.386	.440	.827	196	7	5	8	1
4	Dixie Walker	35	BRO	Maj	BRO	150	646	576	80	184	29	9	9	116	14	7	67	28	.319	.391	.448	.839	258	9	1	2	19
5	Del Ennis	21	PHI	Maj	PHI	141	583	540	70	169	30	6	17	73	5	6	39	65	.313	.364	.485	.849	262	8	4	0	2
6	Augie Galan	34	BRO	Maj	BRO	99	348	274	53	85	22	5	3	38	8	2	68	21	.310	.451	.460	.911	126	1	2	4	8
7	Tommy Holmes*	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	149	642	568	80	176	35	6	6	79	7	2	58	14	.310	.377	.424	.801	241	15	3	13	2
8	Eddie Waitkus*	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	113	472	441	50	134	24	5	4	55	3	4	23	14	.304	.340	.408	.748	180	8	1	7	1
9	Whitey Kurowski	28	SLN	Maj	STL	142	601	519	76	156	32	5	14	89	2	1	72	47	.301	.391	.462	.853	240	10	5	5	14
10	Enos Slaughter	30	SLN	Maj	STL	156	685	609	100	183	30	8	18	130	9	5	69	41	.301	.374	.465	.838	283	7	2	5	13
11	Billy Herman	36	BSN,BRO	Maj	BSN-BRO	122	512	436	56	130	31	5	3	50	3	1	69	23	.298	.395	.413	.808	180	14	1	6	6
12	Bobby Sturgeon	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	100	311	294	26	87	12	2	1	21	0	1	10	18	.296	.319	.361	.680	106	5	0	7	0
13	Phil Cavarretta*	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	139	602	510	89	150	28	10	8	78	2	5	88	54	.294	.401	.435	.836	222	16	3	1	13
14	Bill Salkeld	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	69	200	160	18	47	8	0	3	19	2	1	39	16	.294	.432	.400	.832	64	1	0	1	4
15	Sid Gordon	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	135	520	450	64	132	15	4	5	45	1	4	60	27	.293	.380	.378	.758	170	15	3	7	3
16	Billy Cox	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	121	448	411	32	119	22	6	2	36	4	3	26	15	.290	.333	.387	.720	159	4	1	10	1
17	Ernie Lombardi	38	NY1	Maj	NYG	88	262	238	19	69	4	1	12	39	0	0	18	24	.290	.348	.466	.814	111	8	3	3	5
18	Benny Zientara	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	78	305	280	26	81	10	2	0	16	3	6	14	11	.289	.323	.339	.662	95	7	0	11	2
19	Clyde McCullough	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	95	336	307	38	88	18	5	4	34	2	1	22	39	.287	.338	.417	.755	128	9	2	5	5
20	Danny Litwhiler	29	BSN,SLN	Maj	BSN-STL	85	281	252	29	72	12	2	8	38	1	0	20	24	.286	.343	.444	.788	112	4	2	7	3
21	Stan Hack	36	CHN	Maj	CHC	92	409	323	55	92	13	4	0	26	3	7	83	32	.285	.431	.350	.781	113	6	0	3	4
22	Carl Furillo	24	BRO	Maj	BRO	117	379	335	29	95	18	6	3	35	6	11	31	20	.284	.346	.400	.746	134	10	1	12	8
23	Frank McCormick	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	135	543	504	46	143	20	2	11	66	2	3	36	21	.284	.333	.397	.730	200	11	1	2	4
24	Pee Wee Reese	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	152	644	542	79	154	16	10	5	60	10	12	87	71	.284	.384	.378	.762	205	10	1	14	14
25	Willard Marshall	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	131	550	510	63	144	18	3	13	48	3	3	33	29	.282	.327	.406	.733	207	15	1	6	0
26	Andy Pafko	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	65	273	234	18	66	6	4	3	39	4	1	27	15	.282	.366	.380	.746	89	9	4	8	2
27	Goody Rosen*	33	NY1,BRO	Maj	NYG-BRO	103	365	313	39	88	11	4	5	30	2	3	48	33	.281	.377	.390	.767	122	10	0	4	4
28	Red Schoendienst	23	SLN	Maj	STL	142	650	606	94	170	28	5	0	34	12	9	37	27	.281	.322	.343	.665	208	11	0	7	1
29	Johnny Wyrostek	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	145	628	545	73	153	30	4	6	45	7	7	70	42	.281	.366	.384	.749	209	6	3	10	4
30	Bama Rowell	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	95	329	293	37	82	12	6	3	31	5	1	29	15	.280	.345	.393	.737	115	5	0	7	6
31	Babe Young*	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	104	321	291	30	81	11	0	7	33	3	3	30	21	.278	.346	.388	.734	113	5	0	0	4
32	Pete Reiser	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	122	482	423	75	117	21	5	11	73	34	11	55	58	.277	.361	.428	.789	181	3	1	3	4
33	Jim Russell	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	146	591	516	68	143	29	6	8	50	11	12	67	54	.277	.362	.403	.766	208	11	2	6	2
34	Emil Verban	30	PHI,SLN	Maj	PHI-STL	139	508	474	44	130	17	5	0	34	5	7	21	18	.274	.305	.331	.636	157	7	0	13	8
35	Eddie Stanky	30	BRO	Maj	BRO	144	642	483	98	132	24	7	0	36	8	4	137	56	.273	.436	.352	.788	170	5	2	20	1
36	Grady Hatton	23	CIN	Maj	CIN	116	507	436	56	118	18	3	14	69	6	3	66	53	.271	.369	.422	.791	184	3	2	3	5
37	Walker Cooper	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	87	300	280	29	75	10	1	8	46	0	2	17	12	.268	.310	.396	.706	111	10	0	3	7
38	Jim Tabor	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	124	509	463	53	124	15	2	10	50	3	3	36	51	.268	.322	.374	.696	173	10	1	9	0
39	Bruce Edwards	22	BRO	Maj	BRO	92	338	292	24	78	13	5	1	25	1	1	34	20	.267	.348	.356	.704	104	9	2	10	10
40	Phil Masi	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	133	462	397	52	106	17	5	3	62	5	3	55	41	.267	.358	.358	.715	142	10	1	9	8
41	Bert Haas	32	CIN	Maj	CIN	140	580	535	57	141	24	7	3	50	22	12	33	42	.264	.310	.351	.661	188	10	3	9	1
42	Johnny Rucker	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	95	212	197	28	52	8	2	1	13	4	2	7	27	.264	.300	.340	.640	67	2	3	5	0
43	Andy Seminick	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	124	449	406	55	107	15	5	12	52	2	9	39	86	.264	.334	.414	.748	168	19	4	0	3
44	Mickey Witek	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	82	313	284	32	75	13	2	4	29	1	1	28	10	.264	.330	.366	.696	104	7	0	1	1
45	Bob Elliott	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	140	559	486	50	128	25	3	5	68	6	5	64	44	.263	.351	.358	.709	174	15	2	7	4
46	Terry Moore	34	SLN	Maj	STL	91	303	278	32	73	14	1	3	28	0	0	18	26	.263	.312	.353	.665	98	1	2	5	1
47	Marv Rickert	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	111	425	392	44	103	18	3	7	47	3	3	28	54	.263	.314	.378	.691	148	9	1	4	4
48	Dick Sisler	25	SLN	Maj	STL	83	260	235	17	61	11	2	3	42	0	1	14	28	.260	.307	.362	.669	85	4	2	9	1
49	Dick Whitman	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	104	291	265	39	69	15	3	2	31	5	6	22	19	.260	.317	.362	.679	96	6	0	4	6
50	Frankie Gustine	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	131	548	495	60	128	23	6	8	52	2	8	40	52	.259	.318	.378	.696	187	13	3	10	4
51	Peanuts Lowrey	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	144	614	540	75	139	24	5	4	54	10	4	56	22	.257	.328	.343	.671	185	11	1	17	4
52	Ferrell Anderson	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	79	228	199	19	51	10	0	2	14	1	0	18	21	.256	.330	.337	.667	67	6	4	7	9
53	Elbie Fletcher*	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	148	651	532	72	136	25	8	4	66	4	5	111	37	.256	.384	.355	.739	189	7	0	8	6
54	Mickey Livingston	31	CHN	Maj	CHC	66	201	176	14	45	14	0	2	20	0	0	20	19	.256	.338	.369	.708	65	4	2	3	4
55	Buddy Blattner	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	126	488	420	63	107	18	6	11	49	12	6	56	52	.255	.351	.405	.755	170	6	6	6	2
56	Dick Culler	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	134	553	482	70	123	15	3	0	33	7	9	62	18	.255	.343	.299	.641	144	15	2	7	4
57	Nanny Fernandez	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	115	413	372	37	95	15	2	2	42	1	4	30	44	.255	.313	.323	.635	120	11	1	10	4
58	Ray Mueller	34	CIN	Maj	CIN	114	419	378	35	96	18	4	8	48	0	2	27	37	.254	.309	.386	.695	146	9	3	11	0
59	Al Libke	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	124	479	431	32	109	22	1	5	42	0	3	43	50	.253	.322	.343	.666	148	16	1	4	3
60	Howie Schultz	23	BRO	Maj	BRO	90	272	249	27	63	14	1	3	27	2	0	16	34	.253	.298	.353	.652	88	4	0	7	6
61	Buddy Kerr	23	NY1	Maj	NYG	145	571	497	50	124	20	3	6	40	7	6	53	31	.250	.324	.338	.662	168	10	2	19	10
62	Eddie Lukon*	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	102	341	312	31	78	8	8	12	34	3	2	26	29	.250	.310	.442	.752	138	5	1	2	6
63	Ron Northey	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	128	480	438	55	109	24	6	16	62	1	0	39	59	.249	.313	.441	.754	193	6	2	1	8
64	Claude Corbitt	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	82	307	274	25	68	10	1	1	16	3	2	23	13	.248	.309	.303	.612	83	4	1	9	0
65	Mike McCormick	29	BSN,CIN	Maj	BSN-CIN	82	264	238	33	59	8	2	1	21	0	2	19	11	.248	.304	.311	.614	74	4	0	7	0
66	Ralph Kiner	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	144	579	502	63	124	17	3	23	81	3	3	74	109	.247	.345	.430	.775	216	15	1	2	3
67	Lonny Frey	35	CIN	Maj	CIN	111	400	333	46	82	10	3	3	24	5	2	63	31	.246	.368	.321	.689	107	5	1	3	10
68	Bobby Adams	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	94	346	311	35	76	13	3	4	24	16	3	18	32	.244	.292	.344	.636	107	7	3	14	1
69	Lou Stringer	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	80	243	209	26	51	3	1	3	19	0	0	26	34	.244	.328	.311	.639	65	5	0	8	2
70	Ray Lamanno	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	85	256	239	18	58	12	0	1	30	0	1	11	26	.243	.285	.305	.590	73	8	3	3	2
71	Ray Sanders	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	80	314	259	43	63	12	0	6	35	0	0	50	38	.243	.368	.359	.727	93	3	1	4	4
72	Don Johnson	34	CHN	Maj	CHC	83	353	314	37	76	10	1	1	19	6	2	26	39	.242	.306	.290	.596	91	7	3	10	0
73	Ed Stevens*	21	BRO	Maj	BRO	103	339	310	34	75	13	7	10	60	2	1	27	44	.242	.303	.426	.729	132	4	0	2	6
74	Jimmy Brown	36	PIT	Maj	PIT	79	263	241	23	58	6	0	0	12	3	3	18	5	.241	.293	.266	.559	64	8	0	4	1
75	Connie Ryan	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	143	568	502	55	121	28	8	1	48	7	3	55	63	.241	.317	.335	.652	168	9	1	10	5
76	Erv Dusak	25	SLN	Maj	STL	100	313	275	38	66	9	1	9	42	7	4	33	63	.240	.321	.378	.700	104	6	0	5	3
77	Lee Handley	32	PIT	Maj	PIT	116	456	416	43	99	8	7	1	28	4	5	29	20	.238	.289	.298	.587	124	10	1	10	0
78	Joe Garagiola	20	SLN	Maj	STL	74	235	211	21	50	4	1	3	22	0	2	23	25	.237	.312	.308	.620	65	4	0	1	6
79	Harry Walker	27	SLN	Maj	STL	112	385	346	53	82	14	6	3	27	12	5	30	29	.237	.300	.338	.638	117	3	1	8	3
80	Roy Hughes	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	89	301	276	23	65	11	1	0	22	7	4	19	15	.236	.287	.283	.570	78	6	1	5	0
81	Cookie Lavagetto	33	BRO	Maj	BRO	88	286	242	36	57	9	1	3	27	3	1	38	17	.236	.339	.318	.658	77	7	0	6	0
82	Bill Rigney	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	110	402	360	38	85	9	1	3	31	9	6	36	29	.236	.307	.292	.599	105	7	1	5	3
83	Charlie Gilbert*	26	PHI,CHN	Maj	PHI-CHC	103	307	273	36	64	5	2	1	18	3	4	26	22	.234	.306	.278	.584	76	3	2	6	1
84	Marty Marion	29	SLN	Maj	STL	146	575	498	51	116	29	4	3	46	1	2	59	53	.233	.318	.325	.643	162	9	3	15	14
85	Skeeter Newsome	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	112	422	375	35	87	10	2	1	23	4	1	30	23	.232	.289	.277	.566	104	3	0	17	0
86	Skippy Roberge	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	48	181	169	13	39	6	2	2	20	1	0	7	12	.231	.270	.325	.595	55	3	2	3	1
87	Dain Clay	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	121	502	435	52	99	17	0	2	22	11	4	53	40	.228	.319	.281	.599	122	5	5	9	0
88	Carden Gillenwater	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	99	270	224	30	51	10	1	1	14	3	2	39	27	.228	.342	.295	.637	66	4	0	7	4
89	Billy Jurges	38	CHN	Maj	CHC	82	270	221	26	49	9	2	0	17	3	0	43	28	.222	.351	.281	.631	62	8	1	5	6
90	Bill Nicholson	31	CHN	Maj	CHC	105	345	296	36	65	13	2	8	41	1	2	44	44	.220	.325	.358	.683	106	4	2	3	9
91	Jack Graham*	29	NY1,BRO	Maj	NYG-BRO	102	300	275	34	60	6	4	14	47	1	1	23	37	.218	.281	.422	.703	116	5	1	1	3
92	Johnny Ostrowski	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	64	181	160	20	34	4	2	3	12	1	3	20	31	.213	.300	.319	.619	51	2	0	1	2
93	Max West	29	CIN,BSN	Maj	CIN-BSN	73	236	203	16	43	13	0	5	18	1	1	32	37	.212	.322	.350	.672	71	5	1	0	1
94	Chuck Workman	31	PIT,BSN	Maj	PIT-BSN	83	214	193	16	40	6	1	4	23	2	1	14	30	.207	.268	.311	.579	60	4	2	5	2
95	Eddie Miller	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	91	327	299	30	58	10	0	6	36	5	2	25	34	.194	.259	.288	.546	86	6	1	2	7
96	Buster Adams	31	SLN	Maj	STL	81	209	173	21	32	6	0	5	22	3	0	29	27	.185	.312	.306	.619	53	3	3	4	2