1946 American League Batting Leaders

1945 Season 1947 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	Mickey Vernon*	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	148	638	587	88	207	51	8	8	85	14	10	49	64	.353	.403	.508	.910	298	12	0	2	10
2	Ted Williams	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	150	672	514	142	176	37	8	38	123	0	0	156	44	.342	.497	.667	1.164	343	12	2	0	29
3	Roy Cullenbine	32	DET	Maj	DET	113	419	328	63	110	21	0	15	56	3	0	88	39	.335	.477	.537	1.014	176	5	1	2	1
4	Johnny Pesky	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	153	703	621	115	208	43	4	2	55	9	8	65	29	.335	.401	.427	.827	265	8	3	14	1
5	George Kell	23	DET,PHA	Maj	DET-PHA	131	577	521	69	168	25	10	4	52	3	2	40	20	.323	.372	.432	.804	225	12	1	15	0
6	Barney McCosky	29	PHA,DET	Maj	PHA-DET	117	471	399	44	127	22	4	2	45	2	2	60	22	.318	.407	.409	.816	163	7	0	12	2
7	Dom DiMaggio	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	142	610	534	85	169	24	7	7	73	10	6	66	58	.317	.393	.427	.820	228	16	1	9	2
8	Leon Culberson	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	59	204	179	34	56	10	1	3	18	3	2	16	19	.313	.369	.430	.799	77	4	0	9	0
9	Luke Appling	39	CHA	Maj	CHW	149	659	582	59	180	27	5	1	55	6	4	71	41	.309	.384	.378	.762	220	15	0	6	2
10	Elmer Valo	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	108	411	348	59	107	21	6	1	31	9	8	60	18	.308	.411	.411	.822	143	3	1	2	2
11	Vern Stephens	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	115	488	450	67	138	19	4	14	64	0	1	35	49	.307	.357	.460	.817	207	12	0	3	3
12	Hank Edwards*	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	124	502	458	62	138	33	16	10	54	1	3	43	48	.301	.361	.509	.870	233	3	0	1	2
13	Aaron Robinson	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	100	381	330	32	98	17	2	16	64	0	1	48	39	.297	.388	.506	.894	167	4	1	2	7
14	Doc Cramer	40	DET	Maj	DET	68	224	204	26	60	8	2	1	26	3	0	15	8	.294	.343	.368	.710	75	6	0	5	1
15	Lou Boudreau	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	140	571	515	51	151	30	6	6	62	6	7	40	14	.293	.345	.410	.755	211	11	1	15	2
16	Buddy Lewis	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	150	656	582	82	170	28	13	7	45	5	3	59	26	.292	.359	.421	.780	245	10	2	13	3
17	Stan Spence*	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	152	652	578	83	169	50	10	16	87	1	7	62	31	.292	.365	.497	.861	287	14	4	8	2
18	Joe DiMaggio	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	132	567	503	81	146	20	8	25	95	1	0	59	24	.290	.367	.511	.878	257	13	2	3	7
19	Thurman Tucker	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	121	497	438	62	126	20	3	1	36	9	10	54	45	.288	.367	.354	.721	155	2	1	4	1
20	Buddy Rosar	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	121	464	424	34	120	22	2	2	47	1	3	36	17	.283	.339	.359	.698	152	20	0	4	5
21	Pete Suder	30	PHA	Maj	PHA	128	484	455	38	128	20	3	2	50	1	1	18	37	.281	.309	.352	.660	160	13	0	11	0
22	Bob Dillinger	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	83	249	225	33	63	6	3	0	11	8	1	19	32	.280	.342	.333	.675	75	8	2	3	1
23	Don Kolloway	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	123	500	482	45	135	23	4	3	53	14	6	9	29	.280	.293	.363	.656	175	5	0	9	1
24	Les Fleming*	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	99	358	306	40	85	17	5	8	42	1	0	50	42	.278	.383	.444	.827	136	8	2	0	3
25	Joe Grace	32	WS1,SLA	Maj	WSH-SLB	125	535	482	60	134	24	6	3	44	2	7	40	39	.278	.341	.371	.712	179	10	6	7	3
26	Jeff Heath	31	SLA,WS1	Maj	SLB-WSH	134	558	482	69	134	32	7	16	84	0	6	73	73	.278	.374	.473	.847	228	3	1	2	5
27	Hank Greenberg	35	DET	Maj	DET	142	604	523	90	145	29	5	44	127	5	1	80	88	.277	.373	.604	.977	316	17	0	1	7
28	Rudy York	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	154	669	579	78	160	30	6	17	119	3	2	86	93	.276	.371	.437	.808	253	16	1	3	4
29	Charlie Keller	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	150	655	538	98	148	29	10	30	101	1	4	113	101	.275	.405	.534	.938	287	5	4	0	13
30	Taffy Wright	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	115	467	422	46	116	19	4	7	52	10	3	42	17	.275	.342	.389	.731	164	17	1	2	5
31	Bobby Doerr	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	151	659	583	95	158	34	9	18	116	5	6	66	67	.271	.346	.453	.799	264	18	1	9	7
32	Dick Wakefield	25	DET	Maj	DET	111	458	396	64	106	11	5	12	59	3	5	59	55	.268	.364	.412	.776	163	5	1	2	4
33	Hoot Evers	25	DET	Maj	DET	81	341	304	42	81	8	4	4	33	7	1	34	43	.266	.344	.359	.703	109	5	2	1	0
34	Johnny Berardino	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	144	622	582	70	154	29	5	5	68	2	4	34	58	.265	.306	.357	.664	208	16	1	5	4
35	Joe Kuhel*	40	CHA,WS1	Maj	CHW-WSH	78	288	258	26	68	9	3	4	22	4	4	26	26	.264	.333	.368	.702	95	7	1	3	1
36	Pinky Higgins	37	BOS,DET	Maj	BOS-DET	82	293	260	20	68	14	2	2	36	0	3	29	30	.262	.338	.354	.692	92	9	1	3	3
37	Wally Judnich*	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	142	573	511	60	134	23	4	15	72	0	4	60	54	.262	.340	.411	.751	210	8	0	2	4
38	Sam Chapman	30	PHA	Maj	PHA	146	601	545	77	142	22	5	20	67	1	3	54	66	.261	.327	.429	.757	234	22	0	2	1
39	Chet Laabs	34	SLA	Maj	SLB	80	285	264	40	69	13	0	16	52	3	1	20	50	.261	.316	.492	.808	130	11	1	0	0
40	Jimmy Outlaw	33	DET	Maj	DET	92	337	299	36	78	14	2	2	31	5	4	29	24	.261	.328	.341	.669	102	10	1	8	2
41	Billy Johnson	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	85	334	296	51	77	14	5	4	35	1	0	31	42	.260	.334	.382	.716	113	5	2	5	1
42	Felix Mackiewicz	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	78	280	258	35	67	15	4	0	16	5	1	16	32	.260	.306	.349	.654	90	6	1	5	0
43	Johnny Lindell	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	102	369	332	41	86	10	5	10	40	4	1	32	47	.259	.328	.410	.738	136	13	2	3	3
44	Al Zarilla	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	125	403	371	46	96	14	9	4	43	3	5	27	37	.259	.311	.377	.688	140	7	1	4	2
45	Mark Christman	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	128	486	458	40	118	22	2	1	41	0	2	22	29	.258	.295	.321	.616	147	15	2	4	3
46	Bob Kennedy	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	113	436	411	43	106	13	5	5	34	6	8	24	42	.258	.301	.350	.651	144	11	1	0	0
47	Cass Michaels	20	CHA	Maj	CHW	91	330	291	37	75	8	0	1	22	9	3	29	36	.258	.333	.296	.629	86	5	4	6	6
48	Phil Rizzuto	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	126	518	471	53	121	17	1	2	38	14	7	34	39	.257	.315	.310	.625	146	10	6	7	2
49	Al Evans	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	88	306	272	30	69	10	4	2	30	1	2	30	28	.254	.332	.342	.674	93	6	2	2	9
50	Eddie Lake	30	DET	Maj	DET	155	703	587	108	149	24	1	8	31	15	9	103	69	.254	.369	.339	.708	199	8	4	9	2
51	Jerry Priddy	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	138	577	511	54	130	22	8	6	58	9	3	57	73	.254	.332	.364	.696	186	13	2	7	7
52	Gil Torres	30	WS1	Maj	WSH	63	200	185	18	47	8	0	0	13	3	2	11	12	.254	.296	.297	.593	55	6	0	4	2
53	Hal Trosky	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	88	334	299	22	76	12	3	2	31	4	3	34	37	.254	.330	.334	.665	100	11	0	1	1
54	Eddie Mayo	36	DET	Maj	DET	51	220	202	21	51	9	2	0	22	6	2	14	12	.253	.301	.317	.618	64	7	0	4	1
55	Oscar Grimes	31	PHA,NYA	Maj	PHA-NYY	73	271	230	29	58	6	0	1	24	2	1	28	36	.252	.336	.291	.627	67	7	1	12	1
56	Ralph Hodgin	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	87	282	258	32	65	10	1	0	25	0	1	19	6	.252	.308	.298	.607	77	10	2	3	0
57	Cecil Travis	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	137	519	465	45	117	22	3	1	56	2	4	45	47	.252	.323	.318	.641	148	17	4	5	6
58	Gene Handley	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	89	279	251	31	63	8	5	0	21	8	3	22	25	.251	.311	.323	.634	81	6	0	6	0
59	Tommy Henrich*	33	NYA	Maj	NYY	150	671	565	92	142	25	4	19	83	5	2	87	63	.251	.358	.411	.769	232	6	7	12	1
60	Whitey Platt	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	84	268	247	28	62	8	5	3	32	1	7	17	34	.251	.307	.360	.667	89	9	3	1	2
61	Snuffy Stirnweiss	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	129	560	487	75	122	19	7	0	37	18	6	66	58	.251	.340	.318	.658	155	12	0	7	2
62	Irv Hall	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	63	202	185	19	46	6	2	0	19	1	1	9	18	.249	.287	.303	.590	56	6	1	7	0
63	Johnny Lucadello	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	87	249	210	21	52	7	1	1	15	0	1	36	20	.248	.358	.305	.663	64	2	0	3	0
64	Chuck Stevens*	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	122	485	432	53	107	17	4	3	27	4	6	47	62	.248	.324	.326	.651	141	11	2	4	1
65	George Metkovich*	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	86	320	281	42	69	15	2	4	25	8	3	36	39	.246	.333	.356	.689	100	2	1	2	1
66	Pat Mullin	28	DET	Maj	DET	93	306	276	35	68	13	4	3	35	3	5	25	36	.246	.311	.355	.666	98	4	1	4	2
67	Jimmy Bloodworth	28	DET	Maj	DET	76	271	249	25	61	8	1	5	36	3	3	12	26	.245	.285	.345	.631	86	10	2	8	1
68	Dario Lodigiani	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	44	176	155	12	38	8	0	0	13	4	0	16	14	.245	.324	.297	.621	46	2	2	3	0
69	Tuck Stainback	34	PHA	Maj	PHA	91	300	291	35	71	10	2	0	20	3	2	7	20	.244	.264	.292	.556	85	1	1	1	0
70	Hank Majeski	29	PHA,NYA	Maj	PHA-NYY	86	305	276	26	67	14	4	1	25	3	2	26	16	.243	.310	.333	.644	92	7	1	2	6
71	Birdie Tebbetts	33	DET	Maj	DET	87	312	280	20	68	11	2	1	34	1	3	28	23	.243	.312	.307	.619	86	10	0	4	5
72	Ken Keltner	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	116	435	398	47	96	17	1	13	45	0	3	30	38	.241	.294	.387	.681	154	14	0	7	2
73	Frank Mancuso	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	87	294	262	22	63	8	3	3	23	1	0	30	31	.241	.323	.328	.651	86	7	2	0	2
74	Glenn McQuillen	31	SLA	Maj	SLB	59	189	166	24	40	3	3	1	12	0	2	19	18	.241	.319	.313	.632	52	6	0	4	0
75	Wally Moses*	35	BOS,CHA	Maj	BOS-CHW	104	378	343	43	82	20	4	6	33	4	6	31	35	.239	.306	.373	.679	128	4	2	2	0
76	Jim Hegan	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	88	292	271	29	64	11	5	0	17	1	4	17	44	.236	.284	.314	.597	85	8	1	3	0
77	Frankie Hayes	31	CHA,CLE	Maj	CHW-CLE	104	392	335	26	78	18	0	5	34	2	4	50	59	.233	.333	.331	.664	111	14	0	7	1
78	Nick Etten*	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	108	364	323	37	75	14	1	9	49	0	1	38	35	.232	.315	.365	.680	118	5	1	2	2
79	Dutch Meyer	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	72	235	207	13	48	5	3	0	16	0	1	26	16	.232	.321	.285	.606	59	6	1	1	1
80	Hal Wagner	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	117	445	370	39	85	12	2	6	52	3	1	69	32	.230	.354	.322	.675	119	7	2	4	16
81	George Case	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	118	528	484	46	109	23	4	1	22	28	11	34	38	.225	.280	.296	.576	143	6	3	7	0
82	Jack Conway	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	68	282	258	24	58	6	2	0	18	2	2	20	36	.225	.281	.264	.544	68	5	0	4	0
83	George McQuinn*	36	PHA	Maj	PHA	136	556	484	47	109	23	6	3	35	4	2	64	62	.225	.317	.316	.633	153	6	1	7	6
84	Pat Seerey	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	117	476	404	57	91	17	2	26	62	2	3	65	101	.225	.334	.470	.804	190	12	1	6	4
85	Skeeter Webb	36	DET	Maj	DET	64	181	169	11	37	1	1	0	17	3	3	9	18	.219	.258	.237	.495	40	5	0	3	0
86	Mike Tresh	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	80	261	217	28	47	5	2	0	21	0	2	36	24	.217	.336	.258	.594	56	5	3	5	5
87	Joe Gordon	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	112	431	376	35	79	15	0	11	47	2	5	49	72	.210	.308	.338	.646	127	14	4	2	6
88	Billy Hitchcock	29	WS1,DET	Maj	WSH-DET	101	389	357	27	75	8	3	0	25	2	4	27	52	.210	.268	.249	.517	89	10	1	4	5
89	Rip Russell	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	80	295	274	22	57	10	1	6	35	1	1	13	30	.208	.247	.318	.564	87	11	1	7	1
90	Russ Derry	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	69	214	184	17	38	8	5	0	14	0	0	27	54	.207	.311	.304	.616	56	2	1	2	1
91	Ray Mack	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	61	194	171	13	35	6	2	1	9	2	2	23	27	.205	.299	.281	.580	48	1	0	0	6
92	Jake Early	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	64	212	189	13	38	6	0	4	18	0	0	23	27	.201	.288	.296	.584	56	3	0	0	2
93	Sherry Robertson	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	74	262	230	30	46	6	3	6	19	6	2	30	42	.200	.292	.330	.623	76	0	0	2	0
94	Jack Wallaesa	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	63	210	194	16	38	4	2	5	11	1	0	14	47	.196	.250	.314	.564	61	2	0	2	1
95	Hank Helf	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	71	194	182	17	35	11	0	6	21	0	1	9	40	.192	.234	.352	.586	64	5	1	2	1