1943 National League Batting Leaders

1942 Season 1944 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 621 games, 8 teams, approx. 155 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	Stan Musial*	22	SLN	Maj	STL	157	701	617	108	220	48	20	13	81	9	6	72	18	.357	.426	.562	.988	347	17	2	10	14
2	Billy Herman	33	BRO	Maj	BRO	153	663	585	76	193	41	2	2	100	4	8	66	26	.330	.398	.417	.815	244	19	0	12	11
3	Ival Goodman	34	CHN	Maj	CHC	80	252	225	31	72	10	5	3	45	4	4	24	20	.320	.390	.449	.839	101	4	2	1	3
4	Walker Cooper	28	SLN	Maj	STL	122	476	449	52	143	30	4	9	81	1	2	19	19	.319	.349	.463	.812	208	13	2	6	7
5	Bob Elliott	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	156	643	581	82	183	30	12	7	101	4	2	56	24	.315	.376	.444	.820	258	16	1	5	6
6	Mickey Witek	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	153	672	622	68	195	17	0	6	55	1	7	41	23	.314	.356	.370	.726	230	21	0	9	2
7	Paul Waner*	40	BRO	Maj	BRO	82	267	225	29	70	16	0	1	26	0	0	35	9	.311	.406	.396	.802	89	9	1	6	0
8	Tommy O'Brien	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	89	252	232	35	72	12	7	2	26	0	3	15	24	.310	.352	.448	.801	104	8	0	5	0
9	Bill Nicholson	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	154	684	608	95	188	30	9	29	128	4	1	71	86	.309	.386	.531	.917	323	7	5	0	15
10	Ernie Lombardi	35	NY1	Maj	NYG	104	315	295	19	90	7	0	10	51	1	2	16	11	.305	.347	.431	.778	127	18	3	1	3
11	Arky Vaughan	31	BRO	Maj	BRO	149	685	610	112	186	39	6	5	66	20	11	60	13	.305	.370	.413	.783	252	9	3	12	7
12	Johnny McCarthy*	33	BSN	Maj	BSN	78	327	313	32	95	24	6	2	33	1	1	10	19	.304	.327	.438	.765	137	11	1	3	2
13	Frank McCormick	32	CIN	Maj	CIN	126	506	472	56	143	28	0	8	59	2	3	29	15	.303	.345	.413	.758	195	8	1	4	9
14	Luis Olmo	23	BRO	Maj	BRO	57	247	238	39	72	6	4	4	37	3	2	8	20	.303	.325	.412	.737	98	10	0	1	2
15	Frenchy Bordagaray	33	BRO	Maj	BRO	89	302	268	47	81	18	2	0	19	6	2	30	15	.302	.379	.384	.763	103	2	3	1	0
16	Dixie Walker	32	BRO	Maj	BRO	138	596	540	83	163	32	6	5	71	3	3	49	24	.302	.363	.411	.774	222	10	3	4	3
17	Harry Walker	24	SLN	Maj	STL	148	640	564	76	166	28	6	2	53	5	3	40	24	.294	.341	.376	.717	212	5	0	36	0
18	Peanuts Lowrey	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	130	526	480	59	140	25	12	1	63	13	4	35	24	.292	.340	.400	.740	192	13	0	11	4
19	Phil Cavarretta*	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	143	620	530	93	154	27	9	8	73	3	3	75	42	.291	.382	.421	.802	223	10	3	12	1
20	Frankie Gustine	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	112	454	414	40	120	21	3	0	43	12	6	32	36	.290	.341	.355	.696	147	8	0	8	1
21	Stan Hack	33	CHN	Maj	CHC	144	630	533	78	154	24	4	3	35	5	6	82	27	.289	.384	.366	.750	195	3	0	15	1
22	Eric Tipton	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	140	585	493	82	142	26	7	9	49	1	4	85	36	.288	.395	.424	.819	209	9	2	5	8
23	Maurice Van Robays	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	69	261	236	32	68	17	7	1	35	0	3	18	19	.288	.344	.432	.776	102	7	2	5	1
24	Babe Dahlgren	31	PHI	Maj	PHI	136	565	508	55	146	19	2	5	56	2	3	50	39	.287	.354	.362	.716	184	22	2	5	4
25	Augie Galan	31	BRO	Maj	BRO	139	604	495	83	142	26	3	9	67	6	6	103	39	.287	.412	.406	.818	201	3	2	4	3
26	Lou Klein	24	SLN	Maj	STL	154	694	627	91	180	28	14	7	62	9	3	50	70	.287	.342	.410	.752	257	4	2	15	1
27	Whitey Kurowski	25	SLN	Maj	STL	139	565	522	69	150	24	8	13	70	3	1	31	54	.287	.330	.439	.768	229	11	2	10	2
28	Elbie Fletcher*	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	154	647	544	91	154	24	5	9	70	1	5	95	49	.283	.395	.395	.791	215	12	6	2	8
29	Merrill May	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	137	481	415	31	117	19	2	1	48	2	1	56	21	.282	.369	.345	.713	143	18	1	9	0
30	Ken O'Dea	30	SLN	Maj	STL	71	227	203	15	57	11	2	3	25	0	0	19	25	.281	.345	.399	.744	81	2	1	4	1
31	Marty Marion	26	SLN	Maj	STL	129	463	418	38	117	15	3	1	52	1	1	32	37	.280	.334	.337	.671	141	4	2	11	6
32	Ray Sanders	26	SLN	Maj	STL	144	571	478	69	134	21	5	11	73	1	1	77	33	.280	.381	.414	.796	198	10	1	15	10
33	Lou Novikoff	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	78	254	233	22	65	7	3	0	28	0	2	18	15	.279	.333	.335	.668	78	10	1	2	3
34	Joe Medwick	31	NY1,BRO	Maj	NYG-BRO	126	520	497	54	138	30	3	5	70	1	2	19	22	.278	.306	.380	.686	189	17	1	3	6
35	Ron Northey	23	PHI	Maj	PHI	147	644	586	72	163	31	5	16	68	2	4	51	52	.278	.339	.430	.769	252	6	3	4	6
36	Estel Crabtree	39	CIN	Maj	CIN	95	285	254	25	70	12	0	2	26	1	2	25	17	.276	.345	.347	.692	88	12	2	4	3
37	Bill Baker	32	PIT	Maj	PIT	63	198	172	12	47	6	3	1	26	3	0	22	6	.273	.366	.361	.726	62	6	3	1	8
38	Phil Masi	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	80	268	238	27	65	9	1	2	28	7	6	27	20	.273	.347	.345	.692	82	10	0	3	5
39	Danny Murtaugh	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	113	520	451	65	123	17	4	1	35	4	7	57	23	.273	.357	.335	.692	151	9	2	10	0
40	Johnny Rucker	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	132	537	505	56	138	19	4	2	46	4	4	22	44	.273	.304	.339	.642	171	3	0	10	0
41	Danny Litwhiler	26	SLN,PHI	Maj	STL-PHI	116	433	397	63	108	20	3	12	48	2	7	30	45	.272	.326	.428	.755	170	6	2	4	2
42	Steve Mesner	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	137	548	504	53	137	26	1	0	52	6	1	26	20	.272	.309	.327	.636	165	14	1	17	2
43	Dick Bartell	35	NY1	Maj	NYG	99	396	337	48	91	14	0	5	28	5	4	47	27	.270	.371	.356	.727	120	8	7	5	2
44	Tommy Holmes*	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	152	697	629	75	170	33	10	5	41	7	4	58	20	.270	.334	.378	.712	238	7	2	8	2
45	Howie Schultz	20	BRO	Maj	BRO	45	190	182	20	49	12	0	1	34	3	2	6	24	.269	.300	.352	.652	64	5	2	0	1
46	Kerby Farrell*	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	85	303	280	11	75	14	1	0	21	1	3	16	15	.268	.307	.325	.632	91	10	0	7	1
47	Bobby Bragan	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	74	242	220	17	58	7	2	2	24	0	4	15	16	.264	.311	.341	.652	75	7	0	7	3
48	Lonny Frey	32	CIN	Maj	CIN	144	667	586	78	154	20	8	2	43	7	5	76	56	.263	.347	.335	.682	196	2	0	5	4
49	Al Lopez	34	PIT	Maj	PIT	118	428	372	40	98	9	4	1	39	2	3	44	25	.263	.341	.317	.659	118	6	0	12	17
50	Bert Haas	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	101	356	332	39	87	17	6	4	44	6	3	22	26	.262	.308	.386	.693	128	8	0	2	1
51	Al Rubeling	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	47	180	168	23	44	8	4	0	9	0	2	8	17	.262	.296	.357	.653	60	5	0	4	0
52	Jimmy Wasdell*	29	PHI,PIT	Maj	PHI-PIT	145	578	524	54	137	19	6	4	68	6	3	48	22	.262	.326	.344	.669	180	13	2	4	5
53	Ray Mueller	31	CIN	Maj	CIN	141	496	427	50	111	19	4	8	52	1	0	56	42	.260	.347	.379	.727	162	9	1	12	14
54	Mickey Owen	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	106	395	365	31	95	11	2	0	54	4	2	25	15	.260	.310	.301	.611	110	9	1	4	5
55	Coaker Triplett	31	PHI,SLN	Maj	PHI-STL	114	415	385	46	100	16	4	15	56	2	3	29	34	.260	.312	.439	.751	169	10	0	1	2
56	Jim Russell	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	146	614	533	79	138	19	11	4	44	12	11	77	67	.259	.354	.358	.712	191	13	1	3	1
57	Debs Garms	36	SLN	Maj	STL	90	268	249	26	64	10	2	0	22	1	2	13	8	.257	.299	.313	.613	78	4	2	4	1
58	Lennie Merullo	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	129	487	453	37	115	18	3	1	25	7	5	26	42	.254	.297	.314	.611	142	10	2	6	4
59	Mickey Livingston	28	PHI,CHN	Maj	PHI-CHC	120	411	376	36	95	14	3	7	34	2	1	31	26	.253	.313	.362	.675	136	12	2	2	4
60	Buster Adams	28	PHI,SLN	Maj	PHI-STL	119	484	429	49	108	15	7	4	39	2	5	43	71	.252	.320	.347	.667	149	8	0	12	0
61	Sid Gordon	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	131	528	474	50	119	9	11	9	63	2	6	43	32	.251	.315	.373	.688	177	26	1	10	2
62	Butch Nieman*	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	101	375	335	39	84	15	8	7	46	4	5	39	39	.251	.331	.406	.737	136	3	1	0	1
63	Chuck Workman	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	153	679	615	71	153	17	1	10	67	12	6	53	72	.249	.312	.329	.640	202	7	3	8	6
64	Vince DiMaggio	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	157	651	580	64	144	41	2	15	88	11	5	70	126	.248	.329	.403	.733	234	8	0	1	9
65	Dolph Camilli*	36	BRO	Maj	BRO	95	420	353	56	87	15	6	6	43	2	1	65	48	.247	.365	.374	.739	132	7	1	1	8
66	Clyde Kluttz	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	66	227	207	13	51	7	0	0	20	0	0	15	9	.246	.297	.280	.578	58	5	0	5	4
67	Dee Moore	29	PHI,BRO	Maj	PHI-BRO	74	221	192	21	47	7	1	1	20	1	1	26	16	.245	.335	.307	.642	59	5	0	3	4
68	Eddie Stanky	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	142	616	510	92	125	15	1	0	47	4	5	92	42	.245	.363	.278	.641	142	13	2	12	1
69	Gee Walker	35	CIN	Maj	CIN	114	445	429	48	105	23	2	3	54	6	5	12	38	.245	.270	.329	.599	141	13	3	1	3
70	Pete Coscarart	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	133	546	491	57	119	19	6	0	48	4	5	46	48	.242	.307	.306	.613	150	10	0	9	2
71	Clyde McCullough	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	87	294	266	20	63	5	2	2	23	6	4	24	33	.237	.302	.293	.596	78	6	1	3	3
72	Max Marshall	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	132	555	508	55	120	11	8	4	39	8	6	34	52	.236	.287	.313	.600	159	6	2	11	4
73	Mel Ott	34	NY1	Maj	NYG	125	482	380	65	89	12	2	18	47	7	3	95	48	.234	.391	.418	.810	159	4	3	4	9
74	Johnny Barrett*	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	130	329	290	41	67	12	3	1	32	5	3	32	23	.231	.316	.303	.619	88	3	4	3	0
75	Billy Jurges	35	NY1	Maj	NYG	136	544	481	46	110	8	2	4	29	2	4	53	38	.229	.310	.279	.589	134	11	4	6	4
76	Johnny Hopp*	26	SLN	Maj	STL	91	272	241	33	54	10	2	2	25	8	3	24	22	.224	.297	.307	.604	74	2	1	6	6
77	Eddie Miller	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	154	632	576	49	129	26	4	2	71	8	6	33	43	.224	.271	.293	.564	169	10	4	19	6
78	Dom Dallessandro*	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	87	218	176	13	39	8	3	1	31	1	1	40	14	.222	.369	.318	.687	56	2	1	1	1
79	Chet Ross	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	94	313	285	27	62	12	2	7	32	1	0	26	67	.218	.285	.347	.633	99	7	1	1	3
80	Joe Orengo	28	NY1,BRO	Maj	NYG-BRO	90	327	281	29	61	10	2	6	30	1	1	40	48	.217	.315	.331	.646	93	9	0	6	4
81	Charlie Brewster	26	PHI,CIN	Maj	PHI-CIN	56	184	167	13	36	2	0	0	12	1	0	10	20	.216	.268	.228	.496	38	2	2	5	0
82	Whitey Wietelmann	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	153	591	534	33	115	14	1	0	39	9	6	46	40	.215	.281	.245	.527	131	9	3	8	8
83	Connie Ryan	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	132	531	457	52	97	10	2	1	24	7	7	58	56	.212	.301	.250	.551	114	7	0	16	1
84	Glen Stewart	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	110	381	336	23	71	10	1	2	24	1	2	32	41	.211	.284	.265	.549	89	8	2	11	1
85	Buster Maynard	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	121	424	393	43	81	8	2	9	32	3	2	24	27	.206	.252	.305	.557	120	8	0	7	0
86	Ray Hamrick	21	PHI	Maj	PHI	44	169	160	12	32	3	1	0	9	0	0	8	28	.200	.238	.231	.469	37	3	0	1	0
87	Gus Mancuso	37	NY1	Maj	NYG	94	290	252	11	50	5	0	2	20	0	0	28	16	.198	.284	.242	.526	61	13	2	8	1
88	Eddie Joost	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	124	496	421	34	78	16	3	2	20	5	2	68	80	.185	.299	.252	.550	106	8	0	7	3
89	Al Glossop	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	87	250	217	28	37	9	0	3	21	0	1	28	27	.171	.268	.254	.522	55	1	1	4	3
90	Huck Geary	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	46	185	166	17	25	4	0	1	13	3	2	18	6	.151	.234	.193	.427	32	1	0	1	4