1945 American League Batting Leaders

1944 Season 1946 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 612 games, 8 teams, approx. 153 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	Buddy Lewis	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	69	306	258	42	86	14	7	2	37	1	2	37	15	.333	.423	.465	.888	120	5	3	8	3
2	Hank Greenberg	34	DET	Maj	DET	78	312	270	46	84	20	2	13	60	3	1	42	40	.311	.404	.544	.948	147	9	0	0	4
3	Johnny Lazor	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	101	355	335	35	104	19	2	5	45	3	2	18	17	.310	.346	.424	.770	142	4	0	2	3
4	Tony Cuccinello	37	CHA	Maj	CHW	118	450	402	50	124	25	3	2	49	6	2	45	19	.309	.380	.401	.780	161	9	1	2	7
5	Snuffy Stirnweiss	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	152	717	632	107	195	32	22	10	64	33	17	78	62	.309	.385	.476	.862	301	9	1	6	2
6	Lou Boudreau	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	97	402	345	50	106	24	1	3	48	0	4	35	20	.307	.374	.409	.783	141	9	2	20	8
7	Jeff Heath	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	102	429	370	60	113	16	7	15	61	3	1	56	39	.305	.398	.508	.906	188	6	1	2	13
8	Tom McBride	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	100	374	344	38	105	11	7	1	47	2	2	26	17	.305	.354	.387	.741	133	8	0	4	0
9	Johnny Dickshot	35	CHA	Maj	CHW	130	542	486	74	147	19	10	4	58	18	3	48	41	.303	.366	.407	.774	198	16	1	7	3
10	Charlie Keller	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	44	194	163	26	49	7	4	10	34	0	2	31	21	.301	.412	.577	.989	94	2	0	0	3
11	Bobby Estalella	34	PHA	Maj	PHA	126	527	451	45	135	25	6	8	52	1	6	74	46	.299	.399	.435	.834	196	15	1	1	1
12	George Myatt	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	133	575	490	81	145	17	7	1	39	30	11	63	43	.296	.378	.365	.744	179	3	2	20	2
13	Wally Moses*	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	140	641	569	79	168	35	15	2	50	11	5	69	33	.295	.373	.420	.793	239	4	2	1	5
14	George Case	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	123	561	504	72	148	19	5	1	31	30	16	49	27	.294	.360	.357	.717	180	7	3	5	1
15	Oris Hockett	35	CHA	Maj	CHW	106	449	417	46	122	23	4	2	55	10	9	27	30	.293	.340	.381	.721	159	12	3	2	5
16	Dutch Meyer	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	130	567	524	71	153	29	8	7	48	2	4	40	32	.292	.342	.418	.760	219	12	0	3	1
17	Skeeter Newsome	34	BOS	Maj	BOS	125	476	438	45	127	30	1	1	48	6	3	20	15	.290	.322	.370	.692	162	13	1	17	1
18	Vern Stephens	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	149	632	571	90	165	27	3	24	89	2	1	55	70	.289	.353	.473	.825	270	11	1	5	7
19	Nick Etten*	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	152	663	565	77	161	24	4	18	111	2	3	90	23	.285	.387	.437	.824	247	21	4	4	12
20	Joe Kuhel*	39	WS1	Maj	WSH	142	615	533	73	152	29	13	2	75	10	5	79	31	.285	.379	.400	.778	213	7	1	2	5
21	Eddie Mayo	35	DET	Maj	DET	134	561	501	71	143	24	3	10	54	7	7	47	29	.285	.347	.405	.752	203	7	0	13	4
22	Johnny Lindell	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	41	181	159	26	45	6	3	1	20	2	1	17	10	.283	.363	.377	.741	60	4	3	2	2
23	Guy Curtright	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	98	367	324	51	91	15	7	4	32	3	4	39	29	.281	.358	.407	.766	132	6	0	4	4
24	Aaron Robinson	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	50	183	160	19	45	6	1	8	24	0	0	21	23	.281	.368	.481	.849	77	3	1	1	3
25	Bob Johnson	39	BOS	Maj	BOS	143	593	529	71	148	27	7	12	74	5	3	63	56	.280	.358	.425	.783	225	13	1	0	6
26	Eddie Lake	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	133	586	473	81	132	27	1	11	51	9	7	106	37	.279	.412	.410	.822	194	9	1	6	1
27	George Binks*	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	145	594	550	62	153	32	6	6	81	11	7	34	52	.278	.324	.391	.715	215	11	3	7	7
28	Mark Christman	31	SLA	Maj	SLB	78	311	289	32	80	7	4	4	34	1	0	19	19	.277	.328	.370	.698	107	6	3	0	4
29	George McQuinn*	35	SLA	Maj	SLB	139	561	483	69	134	31	3	7	61	1	1	65	51	.277	.364	.398	.762	192	8	1	12	4
30	Hal Peck*	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	112	493	449	51	124	22	9	5	39	5	3	37	28	.276	.331	.399	.730	179	6	0	7	1
31	Doc Cramer	39	DET	Maj	DET	141	595	541	62	149	22	8	6	58	2	9	36	21	.275	.324	.379	.703	205	9	3	15	4
32	Leon Culberson	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	97	355	331	26	91	21	6	6	45	4	3	20	37	.275	.316	.429	.745	142	14	0	4	2
33	Lou Finney	34	SLA,BOS	Maj	SLB-BOS	59	242	215	24	59	8	4	2	22	0	0	21	7	.274	.342	.377	.719	81	9	1	5	0
34	Felix Mackiewicz	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	120	411	359	42	98	14	7	2	37	5	5	44	41	.273	.356	.368	.723	132	13	2	6	7
35	Roy Cullenbine	31	DET,CLE	Maj	DET-CLE	154	657	536	83	146	28	5	18	93	2	0	113	36	.272	.402	.444	.846	238	11	3	5	8
36	George Kell	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	147	602	567	50	154	30	3	4	56	2	0	27	15	.272	.306	.356	.662	202	13	1	7	3
37	Jimmy Outlaw	32	DET	Maj	DET	132	494	446	56	121	16	5	0	34	6	7	45	33	.271	.338	.330	.668	147	5	0	3	4
38	Don Ross	30	CLE,DET	Maj	CLE-DET	114	451	392	29	106	19	1	2	47	2	4	47	16	.270	.350	.339	.689	133	11	1	11	4
39	Frank Mancuso	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	119	417	365	39	98	13	3	1	38	0	2	46	44	.269	.354	.329	.682	120	14	2	4	6
40	Hersh Martin	35	NYA	Maj	NYY	117	479	408	53	109	18	6	7	53	4	1	65	31	.267	.368	.392	.760	160	3	0	6	1
41	Dick Siebert*	33	PHA	Maj	PHA	147	633	573	62	153	29	1	7	51	2	7	50	33	.267	.328	.358	.686	205	8	2	8	5
42	Rick Ferrell	39	WS1	Maj	WSH	91	335	286	33	76	12	1	1	38	2	4	43	13	.266	.366	.325	.691	93	10	2	4	3
43	Oscar Grimes	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	142	595	480	64	127	19	7	4	45	7	6	97	73	.265	.395	.358	.753	172	10	6	12	5
44	Mickey Rocco*	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	143	628	565	81	149	28	6	10	56	0	4	52	40	.264	.326	.388	.713	219	12	0	11	1
45	Rudy York	31	DET	Maj	DET	155	655	595	71	157	25	5	18	87	6	6	60	85	.264	.331	.413	.745	246	23	0	0	7
46	Bob Maier	29	DET	Maj	DET	132	529	486	58	128	25	7	1	34	7	11	38	32	.263	.317	.350	.667	170	10	0	5	5
47	Bob Garbark	35	BOS	Maj	BOS	68	225	199	21	52	6	0	0	17	0	1	18	10	.261	.329	.292	.620	58	6	2	6	5
48	Irv Hall	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	151	668	616	62	161	17	5	0	50	3	10	35	42	.261	.308	.305	.613	188	8	6	11	0
49	George Metkovich*	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	138	598	539	65	140	26	3	5	62	19	6	51	70	.260	.331	.347	.677	187	6	6	2	3
50	Gene Moore*	35	SLA	Maj	SLB	110	400	354	48	92	16	2	5	50	1	3	40	26	.260	.337	.359	.696	127	3	1	5	6
51	Bobby Wilkins	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	62	165	154	22	40	6	0	0	4	2	4	10	17	.260	.305	.299	.604	46	5	0	1	0
52	Kerby Farrell*	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	103	426	396	44	102	11	3	0	34	4	9	24	18	.258	.300	.301	.601	119	6	0	6	5
53	Joe Hoover	30	DET	Maj	DET	74	250	222	34	57	10	5	1	17	6	2	21	35	.257	.324	.360	.684	80	3	1	6	0
54	Tuck Stainback	33	NYA	Maj	NYY	95	349	327	40	84	12	2	5	32	0	4	13	20	.257	.290	.352	.641	115	4	2	7	5
55	Ben Steiner	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	78	344	304	39	78	8	3	3	20	10	6	31	29	.257	.327	.332	.660	101	4	1	8	0
56	Paul Richards	36	DET	Maj	DET	83	256	234	26	60	12	1	3	32	4	0	19	31	.256	.315	.355	.670	83	1	1	2	2
57	Mike Kreevich	37	SLA,WS1	Maj	SLB-WSH	129	520	453	56	114	19	3	3	44	11	6	58	36	.252	.337	.327	.663	148	10	0	9	2
58	Bill McGhee*	36	PHA	Maj	PHA	93	275	250	24	63	6	1	0	19	3	2	24	16	.252	.320	.284	.604	71	3	1	0	0
59	Jackie Tobin	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	84	311	278	25	70	6	2	0	21	2	6	26	24	.252	.320	.288	.608	80	6	2	5	3
60	Floyd Baker	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	82	234	208	22	52	8	0	0	19	3	2	23	12	.250	.325	.289	.613	60	1	0	3	3
61	Ed Busch	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	126	458	416	37	104	10	3	0	35	2	3	32	9	.250	.305	.289	.594	120	12	1	9	6
62	Ty LaForest	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	52	220	204	25	51	7	4	2	16	4	4	10	35	.250	.285	.353	.638	72	7	0	6	0
63	Milt Byrnes*	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	133	540	442	53	110	29	4	8	59	1	3	78	84	.249	.363	.387	.750	171	6	1	19	8
64	Mike Tresh	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	150	532	458	50	114	12	0	0	47	6	3	65	37	.249	.342	.275	.617	126	9	0	9	9
65	Bud Metheny*	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	133	579	509	64	126	18	2	8	53	5	2	54	31	.248	.325	.338	.662	172	9	4	12	2
66	Roy Schalk	36	CHA	Maj	CHW	133	570	513	50	127	23	1	1	65	3	6	32	41	.248	.293	.302	.595	155	13	1	24	4
67	Len Schulte	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	119	465	430	37	106	16	1	0	36	0	3	24	35	.247	.286	.288	.575	124	7	0	11	2
68	Pete Fox	36	BOS	Maj	BOS	66	227	208	21	51	4	1	0	20	2	2	11	18	.245	.296	.274	.570	57	0	4	4	0
69	Cass Michaels	19	CHA	Maj	CHW	129	499	445	47	109	8	5	2	54	8	7	37	28	.245	.307	.299	.606	133	13	3	14	5
70	Frankie Crosetti	34	NYA	Maj	NYY	130	524	441	57	105	12	0	4	48	7	1	59	65	.238	.341	.293	.634	129	3	10	14	5
71	Don Gutteridge	33	SLA	Maj	SLB	143	595	543	72	129	24	3	2	49	9	6	43	46	.238	.295	.304	.599	165	6	1	8	1
72	Pat Seerey	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	126	485	414	56	98	22	2	14	56	1	2	66	97	.237	.342	.401	.743	166	9	0	5	2
73	Gil Torres	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	147	598	562	39	133	12	5	0	48	7	4	21	29	.237	.264	.276	.540	155	14	0	15	2
74	Paul O'Dea*	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	87	250	221	21	52	2	2	1	21	3	0	20	26	.235	.299	.276	.575	61	10	0	9	0
75	Fred Vaughn	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	80	297	268	28	63	7	4	1	25	0	3	23	48	.235	.298	.302	.600	81	3	1	5	1
76	Frankie Hayes	30	CLE,PHA	Maj	CLE-PHA	151	579	495	51	116	17	7	9	57	2	1	71	66	.234	.335	.352	.687	174	10	4	9	9
77	Bob Swift	30	DET	Maj	DET	95	310	279	19	65	5	0	0	24	1	0	26	22	.233	.298	.251	.549	70	7	0	5	7
78	Russ Derry	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	78	286	253	37	57	6	2	13	45	1	0	31	49	.225	.312	.419	.731	106	7	1	1	1
79	Pete Gray*	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	77	253	234	26	51	6	2	0	13	5	6	13	11	.218	.259	.261	.520	61	2	0	6	0
80	Mike Garbark	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	60	201	176	23	38	5	3	1	26	0	1	23	12	.216	.310	.296	.606	52	6	1	1	2
81	Dolph Camilli*	38	BOS	Maj	BOS	63	234	198	24	42	5	2	2	19	2	0	35	38	.212	.331	.288	.618	57	5	0	1	2
82	Al Cihocki	21	CLE	Maj	CLE	92	307	283	21	60	9	3	0	24	2	1	11	48	.212	.242	.265	.507	75	5	0	13	1
83	Mayo Smith	30	PHA	Maj	PHA	73	244	203	18	43	5	0	0	11	0	1	36	13	.212	.333	.237	.570	48	2	1	4	0
84	Harlond Clift	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	119	456	375	49	79	12	0	8	53	2	1	76	58	.211	.350	.307	.656	115	3	4	1	3
85	Charlie Metro	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	65	227	200	18	42	10	1	3	15	1	1	23	33	.210	.292	.315	.607	63	2	0	4	3
86	Buddy Rosar	30	PHA	Maj	PHA	92	325	300	23	63	12	1	1	25	2	1	20	16	.210	.262	.267	.528	80	11	1	4	0
87	Bill Nagel	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	67	241	220	21	46	10	3	3	27	3	1	15	41	.209	.263	.323	.585	71	8	1	5	2
88	Babe Martin	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	54	203	185	13	37	5	2	2	16	0	1	11	24	.200	.245	.281	.526	52	5	0	7	2
89	Skeeter Webb	35	DET	Maj	DET	118	449	407	43	81	12	2	0	21	8	7	30	35	.199	.254	.238	.492	97	9	0	12	0
90	Red Hayworth	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	56	168	160	7	31	4	0	0	17	0	2	7	6	.194	.228	.219	.446	35	4	0	1	0