1942 American League Batting Leaders

1941 Season 1943 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 611 games, 8 teams, approx. 152 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	Ted Williams	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	150	671	522	141	186	34	5	36	137	3	2	145	51	.356	.499	.648	1.147	338	12	4	0	20
2	Taffy Wright	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	85	353	300	43	100	13	5	0	47	1	8	48	9	.333	.432	.410	.842	123	5	4	1	13
3	Johnny Pesky	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	147	686	620	105	205	29	9	2	51	12	7	42	36	.331	.375	.416	.791	258	8	2	22	1
4	Stan Spence*	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	149	696	629	94	203	27	15	4	79	5	2	62	16	.323	.384	.432	.817	272	7	1	4	4
5	Joe Gordon	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	147	625	538	88	173	29	4	18	103	12	6	79	95	.322	.409	.491	.900	264	22	1	7	7
6	George Case	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	125	563	513	101	164	26	2	5	43	44	6	44	30	.320	.377	.407	.784	209	8	3	3	0
7	Wally Judnich*	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	132	544	457	78	143	22	6	17	82	3	2	74	41	.313	.413	.499	.912	228	7	4	9	2
8	Joe DiMaggio	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	154	680	610	123	186	29	13	21	114	4	2	68	36	.305	.377	.498	.875	304	9	2	0	10
9	Tony Criscola	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	91	167	158	17	47	9	2	1	13	2	2	8	13	.298	.331	.399	.730	63	0	0	1	1
10	Bill Dickey	35	NYA	Maj	NYY	82	295	268	28	79	13	1	2	37	2	2	26	11	.295	.359	.373	.732	100	12	1	0	7
11	Vern Stephens	21	SLA	Maj	SLB	145	619	575	84	169	26	6	14	92	1	3	41	53	.294	.341	.433	.774	249	15	0	3	3
12	Barney McCosky	25	DET	Maj	DET	154	680	600	75	176	28	11	7	50	11	5	68	37	.293	.365	.412	.777	247	12	0	12	4
13	Les Fleming*	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	156	662	548	71	160	27	4	14	82	6	8	106	57	.292	.412	.433	.845	237	13	6	2	23
14	Charlie Keller	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	152	661	544	106	159	24	9	26	108	14	2	114	61	.292	.417	.513	.930	279	5	2	1	9
15	Bob Johnson	36	PHA	Maj	PHA	149	634	550	78	160	35	7	13	80	3	2	82	61	.291	.384	.451	.835	248	16	1	1	7
16	Bobby Doerr	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	144	625	545	71	158	35	5	15	102	4	4	67	55	.290	.369	.455	.824	248	11	1	12	6
17	Ken Keltner	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	152	663	624	72	179	34	4	6	78	4	3	20	36	.287	.312	.383	.695	239	16	3	16	2
18	Dom DiMaggio	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	151	702	622	110	178	36	8	14	48	16	10	70	52	.286	.364	.437	.801	272	9	6	4	0
19	Lou Finney	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	113	431	397	58	113	16	7	3	61	3	3	29	11	.285	.335	.383	.718	152	9	1	4	2
20	Buddy Hassett*	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	132	581	538	80	153	16	6	5	48	5	5	32	16	.284	.325	.364	.689	196	6	0	11	0
21	Phil Rizzuto	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	144	613	553	79	157	24	7	4	68	22	6	44	40	.284	.343	.374	.718	207	13	6	10	7
22	Lou Boudreau	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	147	604	506	57	143	18	10	2	58	7	16	75	39	.283	.380	.370	.749	187	12	4	19	3
23	Glenn McQuillen	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	100	352	339	40	96	15	12	3	47	1	1	10	17	.283	.306	.425	.731	144	21	1	2	0
24	Tony Lupien*	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	128	525	463	63	130	25	7	3	70	10	12	50	20	.281	.351	.384	.735	178	4	0	12	1
25	Dario Lodigiani	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	59	191	168	9	47	7	0	0	15	3	4	18	10	.280	.353	.321	.674	54	4	1	4	1
26	Jerry Priddy	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	59	222	189	23	53	9	2	2	28	0	1	31	27	.280	.385	.381	.766	72	2	1	1	1
27	Buddy Blair	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	137	523	484	48	135	26	8	5	66	1	6	30	30	.279	.325	.397	.722	192	14	3	6	4
28	Bruce Campbell	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	122	416	378	41	105	17	5	5	63	0	6	37	34	.278	.344	.389	.733	147	4	1	0	4
29	Jeff Heath	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	147	634	568	82	158	37	13	10	76	9	9	62	66	.278	.350	.442	.792	251	10	1	3	10
30	Bobby Estalella	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	133	517	429	68	119	24	5	8	65	5	2	85	42	.277	.400	.413	.813	177	19	3	0	2
31	Buster Mills	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	80	220	195	19	54	4	2	1	26	5	4	23	18	.277	.353	.333	.687	65	7	0	2	1
32	Roy Cullenbine	28	WS1,SLA,NYA	Maj	WSH-SLB-NYY	123	524	427	61	118	33	1	6	66	1	4	92	40	.276	.405	.401	.805	171	6	0	5	3
33	Ellis Clary	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	76	291	240	34	66	9	0	0	16	2	0	45	25	.275	.394	.313	.706	75	3	2	4	2
34	Chet Laabs	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	144	614	520	90	143	21	7	27	99	0	3	88	88	.275	.380	.498	.878	259	12	0	6	4
35	Harlond Clift	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	143	656	541	108	148	39	4	7	55	6	4	106	48	.274	.395	.399	.794	216	9	2	7	0
36	Don Ross	27	DET	Maj	DET	87	265	226	29	62	10	2	3	30	2	1	36	16	.274	.379	.376	.755	85	7	2	1	1
37	Don Kolloway	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	147	644	601	72	164	40	4	3	60	16	14	30	39	.273	.311	.368	.678	221	13	3	10	1
38	Dee Miles	33	PHA	Maj	PHA	99	362	346	41	94	12	5	0	22	5	3	12	10	.272	.300	.335	.635	116	3	2	2	1
39	Ned Harris*	25	DET	Maj	DET	121	450	398	53	108	16	10	9	45	5	4	49	35	.271	.351	.430	.781	171	6	0	3	6
40	Mickey Vernon*	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	151	685	621	76	168	34	6	9	86	25	6	59	63	.271	.337	.388	.725	241	8	3	2	1
41	Wally Moses*	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	146	652	577	73	156	28	4	7	49	16	10	74	27	.270	.353	.369	.723	213	5	0	1	1
42	Tommy Henrich*	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	127	555	483	77	129	30	5	13	67	4	4	58	42	.267	.352	.431	.782	208	3	5	9	1
43	Pinky Higgins	33	DET	Maj	DET	143	579	499	65	133	34	2	11	79	3	7	72	21	.267	.362	.409	.771	204	21	3	5	2
44	Johnny Peacock	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	88	309	286	17	76	7	3	0	25	1	1	21	11	.266	.316	.311	.627	89	5	0	2	4
45	Doc Cramer	36	DET	Maj	DET	151	682	630	71	166	26	4	0	43	4	4	43	18	.264	.314	.318	.631	200	15	3	6	0
46	Luke Appling	35	CHA	Maj	CHW	142	613	543	78	142	26	4	3	53	17	5	63	23	.262	.342	.341	.682	185	7	3	4	1
47	Pete Fox	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	77	286	256	42	67	15	5	3	42	8	7	20	28	.262	.323	.395	.717	101	8	3	7	1
48	George McQuinn*	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	145	631	554	86	145	32	5	12	78	1	1	60	77	.262	.335	.403	.738	223	10	1	16	4
49	Moe Franklin	28	DET	Maj	DET	48	166	154	24	40	7	0	2	16	0	0	7	5	.260	.301	.344	.645	53	3	2	3	0
50	Dick Siebert*	30	PHA	Maj	PHA	153	642	612	57	159	25	7	2	74	4	5	24	17	.260	.291	.333	.624	204	8	3	3	4
51	Rudy York	28	DET	Maj	DET	153	653	577	81	150	26	4	21	90	3	3	73	71	.260	.343	.428	.771	247	16	0	3	8
52	Roy Weatherly	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	128	514	473	61	122	23	7	5	39	8	13	35	25	.258	.310	.368	.678	174	3	1	5	2
53	Pete Suder	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	128	511	476	46	122	20	4	4	54	4	4	24	39	.256	.293	.340	.634	162	20	1	10	3
54	Don Gutteridge	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	147	689	616	90	157	27	11	1	50	16	13	59	54	.255	.320	.339	.659	209	8	0	14	0
55	Mike Kreevich	34	PHA	Maj	PHA	116	494	444	57	113	19	1	1	30	7	9	47	31	.255	.326	.309	.635	137	8	0	3	0
56	Bill Knickerbocker	30	PHA	Maj	PHA	87	328	289	25	73	12	0	1	19	1	2	29	30	.253	.323	.305	.627	88	11	1	9	0
57	Jim Tabor	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	139	554	508	56	128	18	2	12	75	6	13	37	47	.252	.303	.366	.669	186	11	0	9	4
58	Elmer Valo	21	PHA	Maj	PHA	133	542	459	64	115	13	10	2	40	13	8	70	21	.251	.355	.336	.690	154	14	4	9	0
59	Oris Hockett	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	148	654	601	85	150	22	7	7	48	12	12	45	45	.250	.305	.344	.650	207	10	3	5	2
60	Joe Kuhel*	36	CHA	Maj	CHW	115	482	413	60	103	14	4	4	52	22	9	60	22	.249	.347	.332	.679	137	5	2	7	4
61	Frankie Hayes	27	SLA,PHA	Maj	SLB-PHA	77	262	222	22	55	10	0	2	22	1	1	37	47	.248	.355	.320	.675	71	3	0	3	3
62	Gene Desautels	35	CLE	Maj	CLE	62	181	162	14	40	5	0	0	9	1	0	12	13	.247	.303	.278	.581	45	3	1	6	1
63	Birdie Tebbetts	29	DET	Maj	DET	99	352	308	24	76	11	0	1	27	4	0	39	17	.247	.335	.292	.627	90	9	2	3	5
64	Jimmy Bloodworth	24	DET	Maj	DET	137	578	533	62	129	23	1	13	57	2	8	35	63	.242	.295	.362	.657	193	13	5	5	2
65	Frankie Crosetti	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	74	328	285	50	69	5	5	4	23	1	1	31	31	.242	.335	.337	.672	96	5	9	3	0
66	Tom Turner	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	56	206	182	18	44	9	1	3	21	0	1	19	15	.242	.313	.352	.665	64	4	0	5	5
67	Myril Hoag	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	113	457	412	47	99	18	2	2	37	17	8	36	21	.240	.301	.308	.610	127	14	0	9	1
68	Bob Repass	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	81	294	259	30	62	11	1	2	23	6	1	33	30	.239	.328	.313	.640	81	6	1	1	0
69	Mike Chartak*	26	SLA,WS1,NYA	Maj	SLB-WSH-NYY	102	391	334	48	79	15	4	10	51	3	4	54	43	.237	.346	.395	.741	132	7	2	1	2
70	Hal Wagner	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	104	320	288	26	68	17	1	1	30	1	0	24	29	.236	.304	.313	.616	90	7	4	4	2
71	John Sullivan	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	94	389	357	38	84	16	1	0	42	2	0	25	30	.235	.285	.286	.571	102	5	0	7	1
72	Mike Tresh	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	72	266	233	21	54	8	1	0	15	2	0	28	24	.232	.314	.275	.589	64	6	0	5	6
73	Bob Kennedy	21	CHA	Maj	CHW	113	442	412	37	95	18	5	0	38	11	7	22	41	.231	.270	.299	.568	123	13	0	8	0
74	Buddy Rosar	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	69	226	209	18	48	10	0	2	34	1	2	17	20	.230	.288	.306	.594	64	9	0	0	5
75	Al Evans	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	74	251	223	22	51	4	1	0	10	3	0	25	36	.229	.309	.256	.565	57	5	1	2	1
76	Ray Mack	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	143	531	481	43	108	14	6	2	45	9	3	41	51	.225	.288	.291	.579	140	10	2	7	8
77	Crash Davis	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	86	301	272	31	61	8	1	2	26	1	0	21	30	.224	.282	.283	.565	77	8	1	7	0
78	Rick Ferrell	36	SLA	Maj	SLB	99	312	273	20	61	6	1	0	26	0	1	33	13	.223	.307	.253	.560	69	5	0	6	2
79	Bob Swift	27	PHA,SLA	Maj	PHA-SLB	89	287	268	12	59	7	0	1	23	1	4	16	22	.220	.264	.258	.522	69	5	0	3	2
80	Red Rolfe	33	NYA	Maj	NYY	69	291	265	42	58	8	2	8	25	1	1	23	18	.219	.281	.355	.636	94	1	0	3	0
81	Billy Hitchcock	25	DET	Maj	DET	85	310	280	27	59	8	1	0	29	2	2	26	21	.211	.280	.246	.527	69	8	1	3	0
82	Eric McNair	33	PHA,DET	Maj	PHA-DET	60	185	171	13	36	4	0	1	8	1	1	14	10	.211	.270	.252	.522	43	7	0	0	0
83	Otto Denning	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	92	234	214	15	45	14	0	1	19	0	0	18	14	.210	.275	.290	.564	62	4	1	1	3
84	Jimmy Pofahl	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	84	315	283	22	59	7	2	0	28	4	3	29	30	.209	.282	.247	.529	70	10	0	3	4
85	Jake Early	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	104	394	353	31	72	14	2	3	46	0	0	37	37	.204	.281	.281	.562	99	5	1	3	2
86	Bill Conroy	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	83	298	250	22	50	4	2	4	20	2	0	40	47	.200	.315	.280	.595	70	4	2	6	4
87	Dixie Parsons	26	DET	Maj	DET	63	202	188	8	37	4	0	2	11	1	0	13	22	.197	.249	.250	.499	47	5	0	1	1
88	Jim Hegan	21	CLE	Maj	CLE	68	184	170	10	33	5	0	0	11	1	3	11	31	.194	.243	.224	.467	38	3	0	3	0