1944 American League Batting Leaders

1943 Season 1945 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 619 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 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	Dick Wakefield	23	DET	Maj	DET	78	332	276	53	98	15	5	12	53	2	2	55	29	.355	.464	.576	1.040	159	5	1	0	7
2	Hal Wagner	28	BOS,PHA	Maj	BOS-PHA	71	262	227	21	75	13	4	1	38	1	1	29	14	.330	.415	.436	.852	99	2	4	2	6
3	Lou Boudreau	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	150	681	584	91	191	45	5	3	67	11	3	73	39	.327	.406	.437	.843	255	10	5	19	1
4	Bobby Doerr	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	125	536	468	95	152	30	10	15	81	5	2	58	31	.325	.399	.528	.927	247	8	0	10	1
5	Bob Johnson	38	BOS	Maj	BOS	144	626	525	106	170	40	8	17	106	2	7	95	67	.324	.431	.528	.959	277	14	4	2	4
6	Snuffy Stirnweiss	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	154	723	643	125	205	35	16	8	43	55	11	73	87	.319	.389	.460	.849	296	6	1	6	1
7	Paul O'Dea*	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	76	198	173	25	55	9	0	0	13	2	2	23	21	.318	.401	.370	.771	64	11	1	1	0
8	Stan Spence*	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	153	669	592	83	187	31	8	18	100	3	7	69	28	.316	.391	.487	.878	288	5	4	4	15
9	Pete Fox	35	BOS	Maj	BOS	121	535	496	70	156	37	6	1	64	10	5	27	34	.315	.354	.419	.773	208	8	3	9	0
10	Dick Siebert*	32	PHA	Maj	PHA	132	535	468	52	143	27	5	6	52	2	0	62	17	.306	.387	.423	.810	198	5	0	5	12
11	Hersh Martin	34	NYA	Maj	NYY	85	368	328	49	99	12	4	9	47	5	2	34	26	.302	.371	.445	.816	146	4	2	4	0
12	Mike Kreevich	36	SLA	Maj	SLB	105	441	402	55	121	15	6	5	44	3	3	27	24	.301	.348	.406	.754	163	12	2	10	0
13	Johnny Lindell	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	149	646	594	91	178	33	16	18	103	5	4	44	56	.300	.351	.500	.851	297	16	3	5	3
14	Al Zarilla	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	100	330	288	43	86	13	6	6	45	1	1	29	33	.299	.375	.448	.823	129	2	6	7	1
15	Bobby Estalella	33	PHA	Maj	PHA	140	574	506	54	151	17	9	7	60	3	3	59	60	.298	.374	.409	.783	207	13	2	7	5
16	Chuck Hostetler	40	DET	Maj	DET	90	292	265	42	79	9	2	0	20	4	4	21	31	.298	.350	.347	.697	92	4	0	6	4
17	Pinky Higgins	35	DET	Maj	DET	148	640	543	79	161	32	4	7	76	4	4	81	34	.297	.392	.409	.801	222	17	4	12	8
18	Milt Byrnes*	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	128	487	407	63	120	20	4	4	45	1	7	68	50	.295	.396	.393	.789	160	8	0	12	5
19	Ralph Hodgin	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	121	497	465	56	137	25	7	1	51	3	1	21	14	.295	.333	.385	.718	179	11	6	5	1
20	Ken Keltner	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	149	632	573	74	169	41	9	13	91	4	3	53	29	.295	.355	.466	.821	267	23	0	6	8
21	Nick Etten*	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	154	680	573	88	168	25	4	22	91	4	2	97	29	.293	.399	.466	.865	267	14	4	6	18
22	Vern Stephens	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	145	628	559	91	164	32	1	20	109	2	2	62	54	.293	.365	.462	.827	258	3	1	6	7
23	Doc Cramer	38	DET	Maj	DET	143	626	578	69	169	20	9	2	42	6	5	37	21	.292	.337	.369	.706	213	7	2	9	2
24	Oris Hockett	34	CLE	Maj	CLE	124	497	457	47	132	29	5	1	50	8	9	35	27	.289	.339	.381	.720	174	7	0	5	2
25	Bill McGhee*	35	PHA	Maj	PHA	77	308	287	27	83	12	0	1	19	2	1	21	20	.289	.338	.342	.679	98	10	0	0	3
26	Lou Finney	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	68	277	251	37	72	11	2	0	32	1	0	23	7	.287	.347	.347	.693	87	8	0	3	3
27	Thurman Tucker	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	124	504	446	59	128	15	6	2	46	13	12	57	40	.287	.368	.361	.729	161	4	0	1	5
28	Jim Tabor	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	116	482	438	58	125	25	3	13	72	4	4	31	38	.285	.334	.445	.779	195	13	1	12	3
29	Roy Cullenbine	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	154	666	571	98	162	34	5	16	80	4	4	87	49	.284	.380	.445	.825	254	11	2	6	7
30	George Myatt	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	140	620	538	86	153	19	6	0	40	26	10	54	44	.284	.357	.342	.699	184	10	7	21	1
31	Mike Guerra	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	75	226	210	29	59	7	2	1	29	8	2	13	14	.281	.323	.348	.671	73	4	0	3	0
32	Wally Moses*	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	136	588	535	82	150	26	9	3	34	21	7	52	22	.280	.345	.379	.725	203	1	1	0	3
33	Oscar Grimes	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	116	456	387	44	108	17	8	5	46	6	0	59	57	.279	.377	.403	.780	156	2	2	8	3
34	Joe Kuhel*	38	WS1	Maj	WSH	139	597	518	90	144	26	7	4	51	11	6	68	40	.278	.364	.378	.742	196	12	2	9	3
35	Rick Ferrell	38	WS1	Maj	WSH	99	387	339	14	94	11	1	0	25	2	1	46	13	.277	.364	.316	.679	107	10	0	2	3
36	Myril Hoag	36	CLE,CHA	Maj	CLE-CHW	84	367	325	38	90	10	3	1	31	7	7	35	24	.277	.349	.335	.684	109	6	1	6	0
37	George Metkovich*	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	134	587	549	94	152	28	8	9	59	13	4	31	57	.277	.319	.406	.725	223	7	3	4	0
38	Eddie Carnett*	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	126	492	457	51	126	18	8	1	60	5	2	26	35	.276	.322	.357	.678	163	5	5	4	4
39	Rudy York	30	DET	Maj	DET	151	652	583	76	161	27	7	18	98	5	3	68	73	.276	.353	.439	.792	256	18	1	0	1
40	Jim Bucher	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	80	302	277	39	76	9	2	4	31	3	3	19	13	.274	.326	.365	.690	101	6	2	4	2
41	Jimmy Outlaw	31	DET	Maj	DET	139	584	535	69	146	20	6	3	57	7	8	41	40	.273	.327	.350	.677	187	13	2	6	4
42	Ed Busch	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	140	523	484	41	131	11	3	0	40	5	3	29	17	.271	.313	.306	.619	148	20	1	9	2
43	Mark Christman	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	148	607	547	56	148	25	1	6	83	5	2	47	37	.271	.332	.353	.685	193	18	3	10	4
44	George Kell	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	139	556	514	51	138	15	3	0	44	5	2	22	23	.269	.300	.309	.609	159	28	1	19	4
45	Irv Hall	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	143	600	559	60	150	20	8	0	45	2	5	31	46	.268	.309	.333	.642	186	14	2	8	2
46	Rollie Hemsley	37	NYA	Maj	NYY	81	299	284	23	76	12	5	2	26	0	2	9	13	.268	.290	.366	.656	104	15	0	6	1
47	Ford Garrison	28	PHA,BOS	Maj	PHA-BOS	134	547	498	63	133	16	2	4	39	10	4	28	44	.267	.309	.331	.640	165	10	2	19	2
48	Mickey Rocco*	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	155	721	653	87	174	29	7	13	70	4	8	56	51	.267	.325	.392	.717	256	11	1	11	0
49	Gil Torres	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	134	558	524	42	140	20	6	0	58	10	7	21	24	.267	.297	.328	.625	172	20	1	12	3
50	Don Savage	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	71	262	239	31	63	7	5	4	24	1	1	20	41	.264	.323	.385	.708	92	8	1	2	1
51	Buddy Rosar	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	99	375	331	29	87	9	3	0	30	1	2	34	17	.263	.339	.308	.647	102	7	4	6	6
52	Mike Garbark	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	89	327	299	23	78	9	4	1	33	0	1	25	27	.261	.320	.328	.648	98	12	1	2	3
53	Grey Clarke	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	63	194	169	14	44	10	1	0	27	0	4	22	6	.260	.352	.331	.684	56	7	2	1	3
54	Mike Tresh	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	93	352	312	22	81	8	1	0	25	0	3	37	15	.260	.342	.292	.634	91	9	2	1	4
55	Bob Swift	29	DET	Maj	DET	80	283	247	15	63	11	1	1	19	2	0	27	27	.255	.331	.320	.651	79	9	1	8	4
56	Guy Curtright	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	72	221	198	22	50	8	2	2	23	4	3	23	21	.253	.330	.343	.674	68	5	0	0	1
57	Johnny Dickshot	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	62	179	162	18	41	8	5	0	15	2	0	13	10	.253	.313	.364	.677	59	1	1	3	0
58	Roberto Ortiz	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	85	348	316	36	80	11	4	5	35	4	1	19	47	.253	.312	.361	.673	114	2	8	5	2
59	John Sullivan	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	138	533	471	49	118	12	1	0	30	3	3	52	43	.251	.325	.280	.605	132	11	0	10	6
60	George Case	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	119	521	464	63	116	14	2	2	32	49	18	49	22	.250	.326	.302	.627	140	8	3	5	0
61	George McQuinn*	34	SLA	Maj	SLB	146	623	516	83	129	26	3	11	72	4	3	85	74	.250	.357	.376	.733	194	1	1	21	6
62	Eddie Mayo	34	DET	Maj	DET	154	696	607	79	151	18	3	5	63	9	13	57	23	.249	.317	.313	.630	190	12	4	28	1
63	Frankie Hayes	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	155	647	581	62	144	18	6	13	78	2	1	57	59	.248	.315	.367	.682	213	15	0	9	4
64	Mike Milosevich	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	94	345	312	27	77	11	4	0	32	1	2	30	37	.247	.313	.308	.621	96	12	0	3	2
65	Don Gutteridge	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	148	660	603	89	148	27	11	3	36	20	8	51	63	.245	.304	.342	.646	206	4	0	6	1
66	Tom McBride	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	71	230	216	29	53	7	3	0	24	4	0	8	13	.245	.276	.306	.581	66	7	1	5	0
67	Hal Epps*	30	PHA,SLA	Maj	PHA-SLB	89	329	291	42	71	9	9	0	16	2	2	32	32	.244	.321	.337	.658	98	4	1	5	1
68	Roy Partee	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	89	323	280	18	68	12	0	2	41	0	1	37	29	.243	.333	.307	.640	86	10	1	5	3
69	Skeeter Newsome	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	136	524	472	41	114	26	3	0	41	4	3	33	21	.242	.291	.309	.600	146	11	0	19	3
70	Joe Cronin	37	BOS	Maj	BOS	76	231	191	24	46	7	0	5	28	1	4	34	19	.241	.358	.356	.714	68	7	1	5	4
71	Hal Trosky	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	135	560	497	55	120	32	2	10	70	3	2	62	30	.241	.327	.374	.701	186	15	1	0	8
72	Jake Powell	35	WS1	Maj	WSH	96	392	367	29	88	9	1	1	37	7	2	16	26	.240	.272	.278	.549	102	4	0	9	0
73	Frankie Crosetti	33	NYA	Maj	NYY	55	220	197	20	47	4	2	5	30	3	0	11	21	.239	.299	.355	.654	70	10	6	6	3
74	Bud Metheny*	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	137	590	518	72	124	16	1	14	67	5	5	56	57	.239	.316	.355	.671	184	13	2	14	3
75	Gene Moore*	34	SLA	Maj	SLB	110	418	390	56	93	13	6	6	58	0	5	24	37	.239	.284	.349	.633	136	7	1	3	3
76	Leon Culberson	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	75	303	282	41	67	11	5	2	21	6	4	20	20	.238	.288	.333	.621	94	5	0	1	0
77	Paul Richards	35	DET	Maj	DET	95	343	300	24	71	13	0	3	37	8	3	35	30	.237	.319	.310	.629	93	13	1	7	3
78	Joe Hoover	29	DET	Maj	DET	120	494	441	65	104	20	2	0	29	7	10	35	66	.236	.301	.290	.591	128	4	6	12	4
79	Chet Laabs	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	66	235	201	28	47	10	2	5	23	3	1	29	33	.234	.330	.378	.709	76	3	0	5	0
80	Pat Seerey	21	CLE	Maj	CLE	101	365	342	39	80	16	0	15	39	0	2	19	99	.234	.276	.412	.689	141	10	1	3	5
81	Ray Mack	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	83	319	284	24	66	15	3	0	29	4	1	28	45	.232	.301	.306	.608	87	7	0	7	2
82	Rusty Peters	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	88	310	282	23	63	13	3	1	24	2	1	15	35	.223	.268	.301	.569	85	6	2	11	3
83	Red Hayworth	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	90	282	270	20	60	11	1	1	25	0	0	10	13	.222	.253	.282	.534	76	0	1	1	4
84	Jo-Jo White	35	PHA	Maj	PHA	85	312	267	30	59	4	2	1	21	5	4	40	27	.221	.329	.262	.591	70	2	3	2	0
85	Roy Schalk	35	CHA	Maj	CHW	146	654	587	47	129	14	4	1	44	5	4	45	52	.220	.277	.262	.539	154	17	1	21	1
86	Skeeter Webb	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	139	540	513	44	108	19	6	0	30	7	3	20	39	.211	.242	.271	.513	139	10	1	6	2
87	Don Ross	29	DET	Maj	DET	66	185	167	14	35	5	0	2	15	2	1	14	9	.210	.275	.275	.550	46	5	1	3	1
88	Frank Mancuso	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	88	269	244	19	50	11	0	1	24	1	0	20	32	.205	.271	.262	.533	64	11	2	3	3
89	Joe Orengo	29	DET	Maj	DET	46	177	154	14	31	10	0	0	10	1	1	20	29	.201	.297	.266	.563	41	4	1	2	1
90	Larry Rosenthal*	34	NYA,PHA	Maj	NYY-PHA	68	182	155	14	31	5	0	1	15	1	0	24	24	.200	.307	.252	.559	39	1	0	3	1