1920 American League Batting Leaders

1919 Season 1921 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 617 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season

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Minimum 154 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
1	George Sisler*	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	154	692	631	137	257	49	18	19	122	42	17	46	19	.407	.449	.632	1.082	399	2	13
2	Tris Speaker*	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	150	674	552	137	214	50	11	8	107	10	13	97	13	.388	.483	.562	1.045	310	5	20
3	Joe Jackson	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	146	649	570	105	218	42	20	12	121	9	12	56	14	.383	.444	.590	1.033	336	7	16
4	Babe Ruth*	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	142	616	458	158	172	36	9	54	135	14	14	150	80	.376	.532	.847	1.379	388	3	5
5	Eddie Collins	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	153	706	602	117	224	38	13	3	76	20	8	69	19	.372	.438	.493	.932	297	2	33
6	Baby Doll Jacobson	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	154	673	609	97	216	34	14	9	122	11	7	46	37	.355	.402	.501	.903	305	2	16
7	Joe Evans	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	56	189	172	32	60	9	9	0	23	6	2	15	3	.349	.404	.506	.910	87	1	1
8	Jack Tobin*	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	147	652	593	94	202	34	10	4	62	21	13	39	23	.341	.383	.452	.835	268	2	18
9	Happy Felsch	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	142	613	556	88	188	40	15	14	115	8	13	37	25	.338	.384	.540	.923	300	4	16
10	Sam Rice	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	153	686	624	83	211	29	9	3	80	63	30	39	23	.338	.381	.428	.809	267	4	19
11	Ty Cobb	33	DET	Maj	DET	112	495	428	87	143	28	8	2	63	15	10	58	28	.334	.416	.451	.867	193	2	7
12	Joe Judge*	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	126	576	493	103	164	19	15	5	51	12	12	65	34	.333	.416	.463	.878	228	5	13
13	Buck Weaver	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	151	690	629	102	208	34	8	2	74	19	17	28	23	.331	.365	.420	.785	264	6	27
14	Tim Hendryx	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	99	420	363	54	119	21	5	0	73	7	9	42	27	.328	.401	.413	.814	150	2	13
15	Bob Meusel	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	119	494	460	75	151	40	7	11	83	4	4	20	72	.328	.359	.517	.876	238	2	12
16	Joe Dugan	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	123	521	491	65	158	40	5	3	60	5	8	19	51	.322	.351	.442	.793	217	3	8
17	Clyde Milan	33	WS1	Maj	WSH	126	564	506	70	163	22	5	3	41	10	12	28	12	.322	.364	.403	.767	204	5	25
18	Steve O'Neill	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	149	576	489	63	157	39	5	3	55	3	5	69	39	.321	.408	.440	.848	215	3	15
19	Whitey Witt	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	65	253	218	29	70	11	3	1	25	2	3	27	16	.321	.396	.413	.809	90	0	8
20	Charlie Jamieson*	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	108	425	370	69	118	17	7	1	40	2	9	41	26	.319	.388	.411	.799	152	1	13
21	Elmer Smith	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	129	525	456	82	144	37	10	12	103	5	4	53	35	.316	.391	.520	.910	237	3	13
22	Del Pratt	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	154	654	574	84	180	37	8	4	108	12	10	50	24	.314	.372	.427	.798	245	3	27
23	Harry Hooper	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	139	631	536	91	167	30	17	7	53	16	18	88	27	.312	.411	.470	.881	252	2	5
24	Larry Gardner	34	CLE	Maj	CLE	154	683	597	72	185	31	11	3	118	3	20	53	25	.310	.367	.414	.781	247	1	32
25	Harry Heilmann	25	DET	Maj	DET	145	602	543	66	168	28	5	9	89	3	7	39	32	.309	.358	.429	.787	233	2	18
26	Bobby Veach	32	DET	Maj	DET	154	670	612	92	188	39	15	11	113	11	7	36	22	.307	.353	.474	.827	290	7	15
27	Ken Williams	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	141	592	521	90	160	34	13	10	72	18	8	41	26	.307	.362	.480	.842	250	4	26
28	Earl Smith	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	103	377	353	45	108	21	8	3	55	11	4	13	18	.306	.336	.436	.772	154	3	8
29	Wally Schang	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	122	466	387	58	118	30	7	4	51	7	7	64	37	.305	.413	.450	.862	174	7	8
30	Ray Chapman	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	111	530	435	97	132	27	8	3	49	13	9	52	38	.303	.380	.423	.803	184	2	41
31	Shano Collins	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	133	537	495	70	150	21	10	1	63	12	9	23	24	.303	.339	.392	.731	194	4	15
32	Bucky Harris	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	136	592	506	76	152	26	6	1	68	16	17	41	36	.300	.377	.381	.758	193	21	24
33	Stuffy McInnis	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	148	624	559	50	166	21	3	2	71	6	11	18	19	.297	.321	.356	.677	199	2	45
34	Mike Menosky	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	141	627	532	80	158	24	9	3	64	23	19	65	52	.297	.383	.393	.776	209	9	21
35	Ping Bodie	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	129	523	471	63	139	26	12	7	77	6	14	40	30	.295	.350	.446	.796	210	0	12
36	Frank Ellerbe	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	101	376	336	38	98	14	2	0	36	5	4	19	23	.292	.332	.345	.677	116	1	20
37	Joe Gedeon	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	153	713	606	95	177	33	6	0	61	1	3	55	36	.292	.355	.366	.721	222	4	48
38	Doc Johnston*	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	147	593	535	68	156	24	10	2	71	13	7	28	32	.292	.333	.385	.718	206	5	25
39	Braggo Roth	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	138	561	468	80	136	23	8	9	92	24	12	75	57	.291	.395	.432	.827	202	6	12
40	Ralph Young	31	DET	Maj	DET	150	703	594	84	173	21	6	0	33	8	13	85	30	.291	.382	.347	.729	206	2	22
41	Jim O'Neill	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	86	320	294	27	85	17	7	1	40	7	3	13	30	.289	.324	.405	.728	119	2	11
42	Chick Shorten*	28	DET	Maj	DET	116	410	364	35	105	9	6	1	40	2	4	28	14	.289	.339	.354	.694	129	0	18
43	Wally Pipp*	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	153	687	610	109	171	30	14	11	76	4	10	48	54	.280	.339	.430	.768	262	6	23
44	Wally Gerber	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	154	663	584	70	163	26	2	2	60	4	13	58	32	.279	.346	.341	.687	199	2	19
45	Josh Billings	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	66	178	155	19	43	5	2	0	11	1	0	11	10	.277	.353	.336	.688	52	7	5
46	Hank Severeid	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	123	465	422	46	117	14	5	2	49	5	3	33	11	.277	.336	.348	.684	147	4	6
47	Jimmy Austin	40	SLA	Maj	SLB	83	330	280	38	76	11	3	1	32	2	4	31	15	.271	.352	.343	.695	96	4	15
48	Duffy Lewis	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	107	407	365	34	99	8	1	4	59	2	8	24	32	.271	.320	.332	.651	121	2	16
49	Roger Peckinpaugh	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	139	620	534	109	144	26	6	8	54	8	12	72	47	.270	.356	.386	.742	206	0	14
50	Ray Schalk	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	151	576	485	64	131	25	5	1	61	10	4	68	19	.270	.362	.349	.711	169	2	21
51	Everett Scott	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	154	615	569	41	153	21	12	4	61	4	11	21	15	.269	.300	.369	.669	210	4	21
52	Amos Strunk*	31	PHA,CHA	Maj	PHA-CHW	111	450	390	56	105	17	4	1	36	1	6	49	24	.269	.351	.341	.692	133	0	11
53	Muddy Ruel	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	82	284	261	30	70	14	1	1	14	4	2	15	18	.268	.311	.341	.652	89	1	7
54	Howie Shanks	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	128	489	444	56	119	16	7	4	37	11	6	29	43	.268	.316	.363	.678	161	2	14
55	Tillie Walker	32	PHA	Maj	PHA	149	648	585	79	157	23	7	17	82	8	3	41	59	.268	.321	.419	.739	245	4	18
56	Swede Risberg	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	126	506	458	53	122	21	10	2	65	12	10	31	45	.266	.316	.369	.685	169	2	15
57	Donie Bush	32	DET	Maj	DET	141	628	506	85	133	18	5	1	33	15	7	73	32	.263	.357	.324	.681	164	1	48
58	Cy Perkins	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	148	535	492	40	128	24	6	5	52	5	6	28	35	.260	.303	.364	.667	179	2	13
59	Eddie Foster	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	117	442	386	48	100	17	6	0	41	10	4	42	17	.259	.336	.334	.671	129	3	11
60	Frank Welch	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	100	396	360	43	93	17	5	4	40	2	9	26	41	.258	.312	.367	.679	132	2	8
61	Jimmy Dykes	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	142	637	546	81	140	25	4	8	35	6	9	55	73	.256	.334	.361	.695	197	9	27
62	Mike McNally	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	93	364	312	42	80	5	1	0	23	13	10	31	24	.256	.326	.279	.604	87	1	20
63	Aaron Ward	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	127	547	496	62	127	18	7	11	56	7	5	33	84	.256	.304	.387	.691	192	1	17
64	Red Shannon	23	WS1,PHA	Maj	WSH-PHA	87	345	310	34	79	9	8	0	33	3	6	26	44	.255	.313	.336	.648	104	0	9
65	Glenn Myatt	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	70	212	196	14	49	8	3	0	18	1	3	12	22	.250	.293	.321	.615	63	0	4
66	Bob Jones	30	DET	Maj	DET	81	299	265	35	66	6	3	1	18	3	4	22	13	.249	.309	.306	.615	81	1	11
67	Truck Hannah	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	79	292	259	24	64	11	1	2	25	2	0	24	35	.247	.313	.321	.634	83	1	8
68	Patsy Gharrity	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	131	485	428	51	105	18	3	3	44	6	5	37	52	.245	.307	.322	.629	138	1	19
69	Bill Wambsganss	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	153	664	565	83	138	16	11	1	55	9	18	54	26	.244	.316	.317	.633	179	5	40
70	Ivy Griffin	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	129	508	467	46	111	15	1	0	20	3	3	17	49	.238	.281	.274	.555	128	11	13
71	Ira Flagstead	26	DET	Maj	DET	110	359	311	40	73	13	5	3	35	3	4	37	27	.235	.318	.338	.656	105	1	10
72	Eddie Ainsmith	30	DET	Maj	DET	69	207	186	20	43	5	3	1	19	4	3	14	19	.231	.285	.307	.592	57	0	7
73	Oscar Stanage	37	DET	Maj	DET	78	261	238	12	55	17	0	0	17	0	0	14	21	.231	.277	.303	.579	72	1	8
74	Babe Pinelli	24	DET	Maj	DET	102	331	284	31	65	9	3	0	21	6	8	25	16	.229	.296	.282	.578	80	2	20
75	Fred Thomas	27	PHA,WS1	Maj	PHA-WSH	79	302	262	27	60	6	3	1	11	8	5	26	18	.229	.303	.286	.590	75	2	12
76	Cliff Brady	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	53	200	180	16	41	5	1	0	12	0	1	13	12	.228	.284	.267	.550	48	1	6
77	Nemo Leibold	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	108	480	413	61	91	16	3	1	28	7	15	55	30	.220	.316	.281	.597	116	3	9
78	Ossie Vitt	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	87	366	296	50	65	10	4	1	28	5	4	43	10	.220	.321	.291	.611	86	1	26
79	Babe Ellison	23	DET	Maj	DET	61	171	155	11	34	7	2	0	21	4	1	8	26	.219	.258	.290	.548	45	0	8
80	Chick Galloway	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	98	335	298	28	60	9	3	0	18	2	2	22	22	.201	.259	.252	.510	75	1	14
81	Roxy Walters	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	88	308	258	25	51	11	1	0	28	2	2	30	21	.198	.303	.248	.551	64	9	11