1948 American League Batting Leaders

1947 Season 1949 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 618 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	Ted Williams	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	137	638	509	124	188	44	3	25	127	4	0	126	41	.369	.497	.615	1.112	313	10	3	0	14
2	Lou Boudreau	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	152	676	560	116	199	34	6	18	106	3	2	98	9	.355	.453	.534	.987	299	15	2	16	7
3	Dale Mitchell*	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	141	656	608	82	204	30	8	4	56	13	18	45	17	.336	.383	.431	.814	262	9	2	1	3
4	Al Zarilla	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	144	596	529	77	174	39	3	12	74	11	6	48	48	.329	.389	.482	.871	255	8	4	15	5
5	Barney McCosky	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	135	605	515	95	168	21	5	0	46	1	3	68	22	.326	.405	.386	.791	199	10	0	22	1
6	Bob Dillinger	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	153	722	644	110	207	34	10	2	44	28	11	65	34	.321	.385	.415	.799	267	18	1	12	0
7	Joe DiMaggio	33	NYA	Maj	NYY	153	669	594	110	190	26	11	39	155	1	1	67	30	.320	.396	.598	.994	355	20	8	0	6
8	Johnny Lindell	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	88	345	309	58	98	17	2	13	55	0	0	35	50	.317	.387	.511	.898	158	8	0	1	1
9	Luke Appling	41	CHA	Maj	CHW	139	594	497	63	156	16	2	0	47	10	4	94	35	.314	.423	.354	.777	176	17	0	3	3
10	Hoot Evers	27	DET	Maj	DET	139	606	538	81	169	33	6	10	103	3	4	51	31	.314	.378	.454	.831	244	16	4	13	3
11	Allie Clark	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	81	298	271	43	84	5	2	9	38	0	2	23	13	.310	.364	.443	.807	120	12	0	4	0
12	Billy Goodman	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	127	527	445	65	138	27	2	1	66	5	3	74	44	.310	.414	.387	.801	172	18	5	3	2
13	Hank Majeski	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	148	646	590	88	183	41	4	12	120	2	1	48	43	.310	.368	.454	.822	268	19	6	2	2
14	Tommy Henrich*	35	NYA	Maj	NYY	146	673	588	138	181	42	14	25	100	2	3	76	42	.308	.391	.554	.945	326	14	4	5	3
15	Elmer Valo	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	113	475	383	72	117	17	4	3	46	10	6	81	13	.306	.432	.394	.826	151	11	4	7	5
16	Yogi Berra	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	125	497	469	70	143	24	10	14	98	3	3	25	24	.305	.341	.488	.830	229	9	1	2	5
17	George Kell	25	DET	Maj	DET	92	414	368	47	112	24	3	2	44	2	2	33	15	.304	.370	.402	.772	148	10	5	8	3
18	Larry Doby	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	121	500	439	83	132	23	9	14	66	9	9	54	77	.301	.384	.490	.873	215	8	5	2	4
19	Bobby Brown	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	113	416	363	62	109	19	5	3	48	0	1	48	16	.300	.384	.405	.789	147	7	1	4	0
20	Ken Keltner	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	153	656	558	91	166	24	4	31	119	2	1	89	52	.298	.395	.522	.917	291	23	1	8	7
21	Dick Kokos*	20	SLA	Maj	SLB	71	291	258	40	77	15	3	4	40	4	3	28	32	.298	.374	.426	.800	110	1	3	2	2
22	Jerry Priddy	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	151	657	560	96	166	40	9	8	79	6	5	86	71	.296	.391	.443	.834	248	15	1	10	4
23	Billy Johnson	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	127	492	446	59	131	20	6	12	64	0	0	41	30	.294	.359	.446	.805	199	22	4	1	3
24	Johnny Lipon	25	DET	Maj	DET	121	541	458	65	133	18	8	5	52	4	4	68	22	.290	.385	.397	.782	182	9	2	13	0
25	Pat Mullin	30	DET	Maj	DET	138	575	496	91	143	16	11	23	80	1	2	77	57	.288	.385	.504	.889	250	5	1	1	3
26	Dave Philley	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	137	546	488	51	140	28	3	5	42	8	10	50	33	.287	.353	.387	.741	189	11	0	8	3
27	Dom DiMaggio	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	155	756	648	127	185	40	4	9	87	10	2	101	58	.286	.384	.401	.785	260	11	2	5	2
28	Bobby Doerr	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	140	618	527	94	150	23	6	27	111	3	2	83	49	.285	.386	.505	.891	266	13	4	4	7
29	Jimmy Outlaw	35	DET	Maj	DET	74	231	198	33	56	12	0	0	25	0	1	31	15	.283	.383	.343	.726	68	8	1	1	3
30	Ferris Fain*	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	145	644	520	81	146	27	6	7	88	10	5	113	37	.281	.412	.396	.808	206	17	3	8	4
31	Johnny Pesky	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	143	677	565	124	159	26	6	3	55	3	5	99	32	.281	.394	.365	.759	206	10	6	7	0
32	Joe Gordon	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	144	633	550	96	154	21	4	32	124	5	2	77	68	.280	.371	.507	.879	279	16	3	3	6
33	Birdie Tebbetts	35	BOS	Maj	BOS	128	513	446	54	125	26	2	5	68	5	2	62	32	.280	.371	.381	.752	170	22	2	3	5
34	Taffy Wright	36	CHA	Maj	CHW	134	499	455	50	127	15	6	4	61	2	1	38	18	.279	.341	.365	.706	166	13	5	1	2
35	Bud Stewart	32	WS1,NYA	Maj	WSH-NYY	124	465	406	57	113	18	13	7	69	8	9	49	27	.278	.359	.438	.797	178	4	2	8	1
36	Paul Lehner*	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	103	366	333	23	92	15	4	2	46	0	2	30	19	.276	.336	.363	.700	121	9	0	3	3
37	Dick Wakefield	27	DET	Maj	DET	110	393	322	50	89	20	5	11	53	0	1	70	55	.276	.406	.472	.878	152	6	0	1	5
38	Don Kolloway	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	119	438	417	60	114	14	4	6	38	2	4	18	18	.273	.303	.369	.673	154	10	0	3	2
39	Whitey Platt	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	123	499	454	57	123	22	10	7	82	1	4	39	51	.271	.331	.410	.741	186	14	2	4	2
40	Sam Dente	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	98	296	267	26	72	11	2	0	22	1	3	22	8	.270	.328	.326	.653	87	5	1	6	0
41	Hank Edwards*	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	55	179	160	27	43	9	2	3	18	1	1	18	18	.269	.346	.406	.753	65	2	1	0	2
42	Bob Kennedy	27	CHA,CLE	Maj	CHW-CLE	96	198	186	14	50	11	3	0	19	0	2	8	23	.269	.299	.360	.659	67	6	0	4	0
43	Vern Stephens	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	155	716	635	114	171	25	8	29	137	1	0	77	56	.269	.350	.471	.821	299	25	2	2	4
44	Gus Niarhos	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	83	285	228	41	61	12	2	0	19	1	3	52	15	.268	.404	.338	.741	77	3	0	5	4
45	Charlie Keller	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	83	289	247	41	66	15	2	6	44	1	1	41	25	.267	.372	.417	.789	103	7	0	1	2
46	Sam Vico	24	DET	Maj	DET	144	584	521	50	139	23	9	8	58	2	2	39	39	.267	.326	.392	.718	204	23	7	17	4
47	Neil Berry	26	DET	Maj	DET	87	301	256	46	68	8	1	0	16	1	3	37	23	.266	.358	.305	.663	78	4	0	8	0
48	Ralph Hodgin	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	114	359	331	28	88	11	5	1	34	0	3	21	11	.266	.310	.338	.648	112	9	0	7	0
49	Eddie Lake	32	DET	Maj	DET	64	264	198	51	52	6	0	2	18	3	3	57	20	.263	.428	.323	.751	64	4	0	9	0
50	Chuck Stevens*	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	85	346	287	34	75	12	4	1	26	2	2	41	26	.261	.354	.342	.695	98	3	0	18	2
51	Thurman Tucker	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	83	274	242	52	63	13	2	1	19	11	2	31	17	.260	.347	.343	.690	83	3	1	0	0
52	Mark Christman	34	WS1	Maj	WSH	120	440	409	38	106	17	2	1	40	0	3	25	19	.259	.303	.318	.621	130	14	1	5	1
53	Al Evans	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	93	271	228	19	59	6	3	2	28	1	1	38	20	.259	.367	.338	.705	77	10	1	4	2
54	Wally Moses*	37	BOS	Maj	BOS	78	212	189	26	49	12	1	2	29	5	0	21	19	.259	.340	.365	.705	69	1	2	0	2
55	Sam Chapman	32	PHA	Maj	PHA	123	506	445	58	115	18	6	13	70	6	1	55	50	.258	.341	.414	.755	184	18	1	5	3
56	Wally Judnich*	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	79	281	218	36	56	13	3	2	29	2	3	56	23	.257	.411	.372	.783	81	5	1	6	5
57	Tom McBride	33	WS1	Maj	WSH	92	238	206	22	53	9	1	1	29	2	2	28	15	.257	.346	.325	.671	67	11	0	4	4
58	Les Moss	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	107	381	335	35	86	12	1	14	46	0	0	39	50	.257	.334	.424	.758	142	16	0	7	0
59	Junior Wooten*	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	88	291	258	34	66	8	3	1	23	2	1	24	21	.256	.324	.322	.646	83	4	2	7	2
60	Buddy Rosar	33	PHA	Maj	PHA	90	349	302	30	77	13	0	4	41	0	2	39	12	.255	.344	.338	.682	102	3	2	6	1
61	Eddie Robinson	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	134	540	493	53	125	18	5	16	83	1	0	36	42	.254	.307	.408	.715	201	13	2	9	10
62	Phil Rizzuto	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	128	539	464	65	117	13	2	6	50	6	5	60	24	.252	.340	.328	.668	152	6	2	13	7
63	Aaron Robinson	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	98	373	326	47	82	14	2	8	39	0	1	46	30	.252	.344	.380	.725	124	8	0	1	4
64	Snuffy Stirnweiss	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	141	610	515	90	130	20	7	3	32	5	4	86	62	.252	.361	.336	.696	173	13	1	8	0
65	Eddie Joost	32	PHA	Maj	PHA	135	637	509	99	127	22	2	16	55	2	4	119	87	.250	.393	.395	.788	201	4	1	8	0
66	Al Kozar	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	150	651	577	61	144	25	8	1	58	4	2	66	52	.250	.327	.326	.652	188	18	0	8	0
67	Eddie Mayo	38	DET	Maj	DET	106	421	370	35	92	20	1	2	42	1	9	30	19	.249	.310	.324	.635	120	12	3	18	0
68	Eddie Yost	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	145	648	555	74	138	32	11	2	50	4	3	82	51	.249	.350	.357	.706	198	15	4	7	1
69	Jim Hegan	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	144	524	472	60	117	21	6	14	61	6	3	48	74	.248	.317	.407	.724	192	10	0	4	17
70	Don Lund	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	63	176	161	21	40	7	4	3	25	0	0	10	17	.248	.305	.398	.702	64	1	3	2	1
71	George McQuinn*	38	NYA	Maj	NYY	94	346	302	33	75	11	4	11	41	0	2	40	38	.248	.336	.421	.757	127	5	0	4	2
72	Cass Michaels	22	CHA	Maj	CHW	145	558	484	47	120	12	6	5	56	8	2	69	42	.248	.344	.329	.673	159	11	2	3	6
73	Vic Wertz	23	DET	Maj	DET	119	448	391	49	97	19	9	7	67	0	0	48	70	.248	.335	.396	.731	155	5	3	6	6
74	Tony Lupien*	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	154	700	617	69	152	19	3	6	54	11	7	74	38	.246	.327	.316	.643	195	3	0	9	3
75	Sherry Robertson	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	71	215	187	19	46	11	3	2	22	8	0	24	26	.246	.335	.369	.704	69	2	1	3	1
76	Don White	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	86	280	253	29	62	14	2	1	28	0	1	19	16	.245	.303	.328	.631	83	6	2	6	0
77	Carden Gillenwater	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	77	261	221	23	54	10	4	3	21	4	2	39	36	.244	.358	.367	.724	81	9	0	1	0
78	Mickey Vernon*	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	150	619	558	78	135	27	7	3	48	15	11	54	43	.242	.310	.332	.642	185	17	1	6	9
79	Pete Suder	32	PHA	Maj	PHA	148	593	519	64	125	23	5	7	60	1	3	60	60	.241	.321	.345	.666	179	10	1	13	4
80	Hank Arft*	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	69	296	248	25	59	10	3	5	38	1	2	45	43	.238	.355	.363	.718	90	7	0	3	2
81	Eddie Pellagrini	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	105	325	290	31	69	8	3	2	27	1	2	34	40	.238	.320	.307	.627	89	5	1	0	2
82	Stan Spence*	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	114	477	391	71	92	17	4	12	61	0	2	82	33	.235	.368	.391	.759	153	7	0	4	0
83	Ray Coleman	26	PHA,SLA	Maj	PHA-SLB	85	281	239	34	56	6	7	0	23	5	3	33	22	.234	.327	.318	.645	76	13	0	9	1
84	Sam Mele	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	66	198	180	25	42	12	1	2	25	1	1	13	21	.233	.292	.344	.637	62	5	2	3	1
85	Ralph Weigel	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	66	179	163	8	38	7	3	0	26	1	2	13	18	.233	.294	.313	.607	51	5	1	2	0
86	Gil Coan	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	138	565	513	56	119	13	9	7	60	23	9	41	78	.232	.298	.333	.631	171	5	7	4	0
87	Pat Seerey	25	CHA,CLE	Maj	CHW-CLE	105	434	363	51	84	11	0	19	70	0	0	68	102	.231	.353	.419	.771	152	10	0	3	2
88	Bob Swift	33	DET	Maj	DET	113	356	292	23	65	6	0	4	33	1	0	51	29	.223	.338	.284	.622	83	9	0	13	1
89	Jake Early	33	WS1	Maj	WSH	97	286	246	22	54	7	2	1	28	2	1	36	33	.220	.322	.276	.598	68	1	1	3	4
90	Floyd Baker	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	104	412	335	47	72	8	3	0	18	4	10	73	26	.215	.359	.257	.615	86	5	2	2	1
91	John Sullivan	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	85	198	173	25	36	4	1	0	12	2	2	22	25	.208	.297	.243	.540	42	1	0	3	0
92	Roy Partee	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	82	257	231	14	47	8	1	0	17	2	2	25	21	.204	.284	.247	.531	57	7	1	0	0