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1916 American League Batting Leaders

1915 Season 1917 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 625 games, 8 teams, approx. 156 games in season

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League Player Batting

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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	HBP	SH
1	Tris Speaker*	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	151	647	546	102	211	41	8	2	79	35	27	82	20	.386	.470	.502	.972	274	4	15
2	Ty Cobb	29	DET	Maj	DET	145	637	543	113	201	31	10	5	68	68	24	78	39	.370	.451	.492	.943	267	2	14
3	Joe Jackson	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	155	659	592	91	202	40	21	3	78	24	14	46	25	.341	.394	.495	.888	293	5	16
4	Amos Strunk*	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	150	634	544	71	172	30	9	3	49	21	23	66	59	.316	.393	.421	.814	229	3	21
5	Eddie Collins	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	155	673	545	87	168	14	17	0	52	40	21	86	36	.308	.405	.396	.802	216	3	39
6	Larry Gardner	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	148	566	493	47	152	19	7	2	62	12		48	27	.308	.372	.387	.759	191	2	23
7	Bobby Veach	28	DET	Maj	DET	150	645	566	92	173	33	15	3	89	24	15	52	41	.306	.367	.433	.800	245	3	24
8	George Sisler*	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	151	644	580	83	177	21	11	4	76	34	26	40	37	.305	.355	.400	.755	232	5	19
9	Happy Felsch	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	146	593	546	73	164	24	12	7	70	13		31	67	.300	.341	.427	.768	233	3	13
10	Sam Rice	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	58	214	197	26	59	8	3	1	17	4		15	13	.300	.352	.386	.738	76	1	1
11	Les Nunamaker	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	91	296	260	25	77	14	7	0	28	4		34	21	.296	.380	.404	.784	105	1	1
12	Stuffy McInnis	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	140	566	512	42	151	25	3	1	60	7		25	19	.295	.332	.361	.693	185	3	26
13	Paddy Baumann	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	79	266	237	35	68	5	3	1	25	10		19	16	.287	.353	.346	.699	82	5	5
14	George Burns	23	DET	Maj	DET	135	527	479	60	137	22	6	4	73	12		22	30	.286	.327	.382	.709	183	7	19
15	Sam Crawford*	36	DET	Maj	DET	100	368	322	41	92	11	13	0	47	10		37	10	.286	.359	.401	.760	129	0	9
16	Braggo Roth	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	125	465	409	50	117	19	7	4	72	29	14	38	48	.286	.350	.396	.746	162	2	16
17	Burt Shotton	31	SLA	Maj	SLB	156	728	614	97	174	23	6	1	36	41	28	110	65	.283	.392	.345	.738	212	0	4
18	Harry Heilmann	21	DET	Maj	DET	136	513	451	57	127	30	11	2	77	9		42	40	.282	.349	.410	.760	185	5	15
19	Frank Gilhooley	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	58	263	223	40	62	5	3	1	10	16		37	17	.278	.383	.341	.724	76	1	2
20	Clyde Milan	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	150	638	565	58	154	14	3	1	45	34	21	56	31	.273	.344	.313	.657	177	5	12
21	Hank Severeid	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	100	328	293	23	80	8	2	0	34	3		26	17	.273	.341	.314	.655	92	4	5
22	Harry Hooper	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	151	670	575	75	156	20	11	1	37	27	11	80	35	.271	.361	.350	.711	201	1	14
23	Joe Leonard	22	WS1,CLE	Maj	WSH-CLE	45	193	170	21	46	7	0	0	14	4		22	24	.271	.354	.312	.666	53	0	1
24	Home Run Baker	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	100	402	360	46	97	23	2	10	52	15		36	30	.269	.344	.428	.772	154	5	1
25	Duffy Lewis	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	152	624	563	56	151	29	5	1	56	16		33	56	.268	.313	.343	.656	193	4	24
26	Ray Morgan	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	99	398	315	41	84	12	4	1	29	14		59	29	.267	.398	.340	.738	107	10	14
27	Jack Ness	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	75	281	258	32	69	7	5	1	34	4		9	32	.267	.310	.345	.655	89	7	7
28	Del Pratt	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	158	669	596	64	159	35	12	5	103	26	17	54	56	.267	.331	.391	.722	233	3	16
29	Alva Williams	34	WS1	Maj	WSH	76	230	202	16	54	10	2	0	20	5		15	19	.267	.324	.337	.661	68	2	11
30	Ward Miller	31	SLA	Maj	SLB	146	594	485	72	129	17	5	1	50	25	21	72	76	.266	.371	.328	.699	159	9	28
31	Wally Schang	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	110	399	338	41	90	15	8	7	38	14		38	44	.266	.358	.420	.778	142	10	13
32	Tillie Walker	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	128	506	467	68	124	29	11	3	46	14		23	45	.266	.303	.394	.697	184	2	14
33	Roxy Walters	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	66	225	203	13	54	9	3	0	23	2		14	42	.266	.320	.340	.660	69	2	6
34	Pinch Thomas	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	99	265	216	21	57	10	1	1	21	4		33	13	.264	.364	.333	.697	72	1	15
35	Hugh High*	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	116	451	377	44	99	13	4	1	28	13		47	44	.263	.349	.326	.675	123	3	24
36	Ralph Young	27	DET	Maj	DET	153	614	528	60	139	16	6	1	42	20	20	62	43	.263	.342	.322	.664	170	1	23
37	Wally Pipp*	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	151	617	545	70	143	20	14	12	93	16		54	82	.262	.331	.417	.748	227	2	16
38	Terry Turner	35	CLE	Maj	CLE	124	495	428	52	112	15	3	0	38	15		40	29	.262	.325	.311	.636	133	0	27
39	Chick Gandil	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	146	601	533	51	138	26	9	0	72	13		36	48	.259	.312	.342	.653	182	5	27
40	Dick Hoblitzell	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	130	488	417	57	108	17	1	0	39	10		47	28	.259	.338	.305	.643	127	3	21
41	Lee Magee	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	131	581	510	57	131	18	4	3	45	29	25	50	31	.257	.324	.326	.650	166	1	20
42	Fred McMullin	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	68	220	187	8	48	3	0	0	10	9		19	30	.257	.332	.273	.604	51	2	12
43	Roger Peckinpaugh	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	145	635	552	65	141	22	8	4	58	18		62	50	.255	.332	.346	.678	191	1	20
44	Armando Marsans	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	151	614	528	51	134	12	1	1	60	46	26	57	41	.254	.333	.286	.619	151	6	23
45	Eddie Foster	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	158	685	606	75	153	18	9	1	44	23	16	68	26	.253	.332	.317	.649	192	4	7
46	Howie Shanks	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	140	540	471	51	119	15	7	1	48	23	12	41	34	.253	.317	.321	.637	151	3	25
47	John Henry	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	117	373	305	28	76	12	3	0	46	12		49	40	.249	.364	.308	.672	94	6	13
48	Elmer Smith	23	CLE,WS1	Maj	CLE-WSH	124	433	381	37	95	25	6	5	67	7		36	63	.249	.319	.386	.705	147	3	13
49	Nap Lajoie	41	PHA	Maj	PHA	113	455	426	33	105	14	4	2	35	15		14	26	.247	.272	.312	.584	133	1	14
50	Bill Wambsganss	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	136	551	475	57	117	14	4	0	45	13		41	40	.246	.313	.293	.606	139	5	30
51	Whitey Witt	20	PHA	Maj	PHA	143	626	563	64	138	16	15	2	36	19		55	71	.245	.315	.338	.652	190	2	6
52	Shano Collins	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	143	606	527	74	128	28	12	0	42	16		59	51	.243	.323	.342	.664	180	3	17
53	Jack Graney*	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	155	702	589	106	142	41	14	5	54	10		102	72	.241	.355	.384	.739	226	2	9
54	Charlie Pick	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	121	452	398	29	96	10	3	0	20	25	16	40	24	.241	.315	.281	.597	112	3	11
55	Jack Fournier	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	105	362	313	36	75	13	9	3	44	19		36	40	.240	.328	.367	.695	115	5	8
56	Rube Oldring	32	NYA,PHA	Maj	NYY-PHA	83	330	304	27	73	16	3	1	26	7		21	22	.240	.289	.322	.612	98	0	5
57	Oscar Stanage	33	DET	Maj	DET	94	318	291	16	69	17	3	0	34	3		17	48	.237	.286	.316	.602	92	3	7
58	Doc Lavan	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	110	382	343	32	81	13	1	0	19	7		32	38	.236	.305	.280	.585	96	2	5
59	Steve O'Neill	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	130	417	378	30	89	23	0	0	29	2		24	33	.235	.288	.296	.585	112	4	11
60	Ray Schalk	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	129	472	410	36	95	12	9	0	41	30	13	41	31	.232	.311	.305	.616	125	6	15
61	Everett Scott	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	123	422	366	37	85	19	2	0	27	8		23	24	.232	.283	.295	.578	108	3	30
62	Ray Chapman	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	109	437	346	50	80	10	5	0	27	21	14	50	46	.231	.330	.289	.619	100	1	40
63	Jimmy Walsh	28	PHA,BOS	Maj	PHA-BOS	128	485	407	47	94	14	6	1	29	30	16	58	38	.231	.330	.302	.632	123	2	18
64	Ernie Johnson	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	74	278	236	29	54	9	3	0	19	13		30	23	.229	.323	.292	.616	69	3	9
65	Fritz Maisel	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	53	183	158	18	36	5	0	0	7	4		20	18	.228	.318	.260	.578	41	1	4
66	George McBride	35	WS1	Maj	WSH	139	517	466	36	106	15	4	1	36	8		23	58	.228	.271	.283	.555	132	5	23
67	Buck Weaver	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	151	669	582	78	132	27	6	3	38	22	13	30	48	.227	.280	.309	.589	180	13	44
68	Donie Bush	28	DET	Maj	DET	145	653	550	73	124	5	9	0	33	19		75	42	.226	.320	.267	.587	147	1	27
69	Danny Moeller	31	WS1,CLE	Maj	WSH-CLE	103	313	270	35	61	8	1	1	24	15		35	41	.226	.319	.274	.593	74	2	6
70	Ossie Vitt	26	DET	Maj	DET	153	705	597	88	135	17	12	0	42	18		75	28	.226	.314	.295	.608	176	1	32
71	Grover Hartley	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	89	258	222	19	50	8	0	0	12	4		30	24	.225	.326	.261	.587	58	3	3
72	Hal Janvrin	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	117	363	310	32	69	11	4	0	26	6		32	32	.223	.299	.284	.583	88	2	19
73	Henri Rondeau	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	50	187	162	20	36	5	3	1	28	7		18	18	.222	.312	.309	.620	50	3	4
74	Joe Judge*	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	103	399	336	42	74	10	8	0	28	18		54	44	.220	.333	.298	.631	100	3	6
75	Joe Gedeon	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	122	491	435	50	92	14	4	0	27	14		40	61	.212	.282	.262	.545	114	3	13
76	Jimmy Austin	36	SLA	Maj	SLB	129	508	411	55	85	15	6	1	28	19		74	59	.207	.333	.280	.613	115	4	19
77	Jack Barry	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	94	392	330	28	67	6	1	0	20	8		17	24	.203	.278	.227	.505	75	17	28
78	Forrest Cady	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	78	184	162	5	31	6	3	0	13	0		15	16	.191	.264	.265	.529	43	1	6
79	Zeb Terry	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	94	324	269	20	51	8	4	0	17	4		33	36	.190	.292	.249	.541	67	6	16
80	Ivan Howard	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	81	294	246	20	46	11	5	0	23	9		30	34	.187	.298	.272	.571	67	9	9