1947 National League Batting Leaders

1946 Season 1948 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 620 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	Harry Walker	28	PHI,SLN	Maj	PHI-STL	140	598	513	81	186	29	16	1	41	13	5	63	39	.363	.436	.487	.924	250	10	4	18	4
2	Frank McCormick	36	BSN,PHI	Maj	BSN-PHI	96	268	252	31	84	20	2	3	51	2	0	14	10	.333	.368	.464	.833	117	10	0	2	2
3	Bob Elliott	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	150	645	555	93	176	35	5	22	113	3	4	87	60	.317	.410	.517	.927	287	15	0	3	12
4	Don Padgett	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	75	175	158	14	50	8	1	0	24	0	0	16	5	.317	.383	.380	.763	60	6	1	0	6
5	Phil Cavarretta*	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	127	522	459	56	144	22	5	2	63	2	3	58	35	.314	.391	.397	.787	182	4	0	5	8
6	Augie Galan	35	CIN	Maj	CIN	124	491	392	60	123	18	2	6	61	0	1	94	19	.314	.449	.416	.865	163	5	2	3	11
7	Ralph Kiner	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	152	666	565	118	177	23	4	51	127	1	3	98	81	.313	.417	.639	1.055	361	12	2	1	8
8	Stan Musial*	26	SLN	Maj	STL	149	677	587	113	183	30	13	19	95	4	4	80	24	.312	.398	.504	.902	296	18	4	6	3
9	Whitey Kurowski	29	SLN	Maj	STL	146	614	513	108	159	27	6	27	104	4	1	87	56	.310	.420	.544	.964	279	19	10	4	9
10	Tommy Holmes*	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	150	676	618	90	191	33	3	9	53	3	0	44	16	.309	.360	.416	.776	257	15	5	9	5
11	Pete Reiser	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	110	462	388	68	120	23	2	5	46	14	11	68	41	.309	.415	.418	.832	162	3	2	4	6
12	Ralph LaPointe	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	56	230	211	33	65	7	0	1	15	8	8	17	15	.308	.362	.356	.718	75	0	1	1	0
13	Dixie Walker	36	BRO	Maj	BRO	148	637	529	77	162	31	3	9	94	6	3	97	26	.306	.415	.427	.842	226	9	1	10	21
14	Walker Cooper	32	NY1	Maj	NYG	140	546	515	79	157	24	8	35	122	2	1	24	43	.305	.340	.586	.926	302	13	3	4	3
15	Phil Masi	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	126	470	411	54	125	22	4	9	50	7	1	47	27	.304	.377	.443	.820	182	12	1	11	4
16	Clyde Kluttz	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	73	255	232	26	70	9	2	6	42	1	2	17	18	.302	.355	.435	.790	101	2	2	4	4
17	Johnny Mize	34	NY1	Maj	NYG	154	664	586	137	177	26	2	51	138	2	0	74	42	.302	.384	.614	.998	360	6	4	0	7
18	Andy Pafko	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	129	550	513	68	155	25	7	13	66	4	5	31	39	.302	.346	.454	.800	233	19	3	3	6
19	Frankie Gustine	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	156	691	616	102	183	30	6	9	67	5	2	63	65	.297	.364	.409	.773	252	15	2	10	3
20	Jackie Robinson	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	151	701	590	125	175	31	5	12	48	29	11	74	36	.297	.383	.427	.811	252	5	9	28	3
21	Bruce Edwards	23	BRO	Maj	BRO	130	528	471	53	139	15	8	9	80	2	5	49	55	.295	.364	.418	.782	197	10	2	6	19
22	Carl Furillo	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	124	476	437	61	129	24	7	8	88	7	4	34	24	.295	.348	.437	.785	191	17	1	4	7
23	Enos Slaughter	31	SLN	Maj	STL	147	619	551	100	162	31	13	10	86	4	6	59	27	.294	.366	.452	.818	249	10	4	5	9
24	Eddie Waitkus*	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	130	554	514	60	150	28	6	2	35	3	2	32	17	.292	.336	.381	.717	196	8	2	6	4
25	Willard Marshall	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	155	656	587	102	171	19	6	36	107	3	5	67	30	.291	.366	.528	.894	310	14	2	0	12
26	Johnny Hopp*	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	134	502	430	74	124	20	2	2	32	13	6	58	30	.288	.376	.358	.734	154	8	2	12	3
27	Ron Northey	27	SLN,PHI	Maj	STL-PHI	123	414	358	59	103	22	3	15	66	1	2	54	32	.288	.384	.492	.876	176	7	2	0	13
28	Buddy Kerr	24	NY1	Maj	NYG	138	596	547	73	157	23	5	7	49	2	2	36	49	.287	.331	.386	.717	211	12	0	13	1
29	Culley Rikard	33	PIT	Maj	PIT	109	376	324	57	93	16	4	4	32	1	6	50	39	.287	.384	.398	.782	129	9	1	1	3
30	Bert Haas	33	CIN	Maj	CIN	135	530	482	58	138	17	7	3	67	9	6	42	27	.286	.346	.369	.715	178	7	2	4	7
31	Mike McCormick	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	92	315	284	42	81	13	7	3	36	1	0	20	21	.285	.332	.412	.744	117	10	0	11	0
32	Emil Verban	31	PHI	Maj	PHI	155	573	540	50	154	14	8	0	42	5	5	23	8	.285	.316	.341	.656	184	13	1	9	7
33	Erv Dusak	26	SLN	Maj	STL	111	383	328	56	93	7	3	6	28	1	2	50	34	.284	.378	.378	.756	124	5	0	5	2
34	Pee Wee Reese	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	142	590	476	81	135	24	4	12	73	7	7	104	67	.284	.414	.427	.841	203	7	2	8	29
35	Frank Baumholtz*	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	151	711	643	96	182	32	9	5	45	6	7	56	53	.283	.341	.384	.726	247	6	1	11	7
36	Terry Moore	35	SLN	Maj	STL	127	508	460	61	130	17	1	7	45	1	1	38	39	.283	.339	.370	.708	170	10	1	9	3
37	Bobby Thomson	23	NY1	Maj	NYG	138	591	545	105	154	26	5	29	85	1	0	40	78	.283	.336	.508	.845	277	11	4	2	1
38	Grady Hatton	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	146	610	524	91	147	24	8	16	77	7	1	81	50	.281	.377	.449	.825	235	10	0	5	3
39	Peanuts Lowrey	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	115	493	448	56	126	17	5	5	37	2	2	38	26	.281	.339	.375	.714	168	7	1	6	4
40	Earl Torgeson*	23	BSN	Maj	BSN	128	484	399	73	112	20	6	16	78	11	6	82	59	.281	.403	.481	.885	192	6	0	3	21
41	Dixie Howell	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	76	245	214	23	59	11	0	4	25	1	2	27	34	.276	.357	.383	.740	82	2	0	4	5
42	Bama Rowell	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	113	414	384	48	106	23	2	5	40	7	4	18	14	.276	.310	.385	.696	148	3	1	11	6
43	Del Ennis	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	139	581	541	71	149	25	6	12	81	9	4	37	51	.275	.325	.410	.736	222	17	3	0	7
44	Gene Hermanski	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	79	225	189	36	52	7	1	7	39	5	2	28	7	.275	.377	.434	.811	82	3	3	5	9
45	Babe Young*	31	CIN,NY1	Maj	CIN-NYG	109	417	378	55	104	22	3	14	79	0	0	35	27	.275	.340	.460	.800	174	8	2	2	5
46	Billy Cox	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	132	561	529	75	145	30	7	15	54	5	5	29	28	.274	.313	.442	.755	234	5	1	2	2
47	Spider Jorgensen	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	129	506	441	57	121	29	8	5	67	4	6	58	45	.274	.360	.410	.770	181	5	1	6	21
48	Wally Westlake	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	112	443	407	59	111	17	4	17	69	5	4	27	63	.273	.324	.460	.784	187	16	4	5	0
49	Johnny Wyrostek	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	128	523	454	68	124	24	7	5	51	7	5	61	45	.273	.364	.390	.754	177	9	4	4	12
50	Bobby Adams	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	81	253	217	39	59	11	2	4	20	9	2	25	23	.272	.358	.396	.754	86	2	4	7	2
51	Sid Gordon	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	130	490	437	57	119	19	8	13	57	2	4	50	21	.272	.347	.442	.789	193	11	0	3	5
52	Marty Marion	30	SLN	Maj	STL	149	599	540	57	147	19	6	4	74	3	1	49	58	.272	.334	.352	.686	190	16	1	9	4
53	Stan Hack	37	CHN	Maj	CHC	76	283	240	28	65	11	2	0	12	0	4	41	19	.271	.377	.333	.711	80	4	0	2	1
54	Eddie Miller	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	151	602	545	69	146	38	4	19	87	5	2	49	40	.268	.333	.457	.790	249	15	4	4	12
55	Bill Rigney	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	130	596	531	84	142	24	3	17	59	7	5	51	54	.267	.337	.420	.757	223	10	5	9	1
56	Connie Ryan	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	150	627	544	60	144	33	5	5	69	5	3	71	60	.265	.351	.371	.722	202	12	1	11	9
57	Bob Scheffing	33	CHN	Maj	CHC	110	392	363	33	96	11	5	5	50	2	4	25	25	.265	.312	.364	.676	132	12	0	4	1
58	Tommy Tatum	27	CIN,BRO	Maj	CIN-BRO	73	199	182	19	48	5	2	1	16	7	3	16	17	.264	.323	.330	.653	60	2	0	1	1
59	Danny Litwhiler	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	91	254	226	38	59	5	2	7	31	1	2	25	43	.261	.337	.394	.731	89	6	1	2	1
60	Don Johnson	35	CHN	Maj	CHC	120	434	402	33	104	17	2	3	26	2	3	24	45	.259	.302	.333	.635	134	5	1	7	3
61	Benny Zientara	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	117	453	418	60	108	18	1	2	24	2	0	23	23	.258	.297	.321	.618	134	11	0	12	3
62	Joe Garagiola	21	SLN	Maj	STL	77	228	183	20	47	10	2	5	25	0	1	40	14	.257	.398	.415	.814	76	5	3	2	7
63	Ray Lamanno	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	118	448	413	33	106	21	3	5	50	0	0	28	39	.257	.307	.358	.665	148	6	2	5	8
64	Bobby Sturgeon	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	87	243	232	16	59	10	5	0	21	0	0	7	12	.254	.276	.341	.617	79	9	0	4	2
65	Lee Handley	33	PHI	Maj	PHI	101	306	277	17	70	10	3	0	42	1	4	24	18	.253	.312	.311	.623	86	9	0	5	2
66	Jim Russell	28	PIT	Maj	PIT	128	548	478	68	121	21	8	8	51	7	5	63	58	.253	.343	.381	.723	182	12	2	5	5
67	Red Schoendienst	24	SLN	Maj	STL	151	710	659	91	167	25	9	3	48	6	8	48	27	.253	.304	.332	.636	219	16	0	3	4
68	Clyde McCullough	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	86	257	234	25	59	12	4	3	30	1	0	20	20	.252	.314	.376	.690	88	7	1	2	1
69	Andy Seminick	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	111	405	337	48	85	16	2	13	50	4	4	58	69	.252	.370	.427	.797	144	9	5	5	5
70	Eddie Stanky	31	BRO	Maj	BRO	146	679	559	97	141	24	5	3	53	3	5	103	39	.252	.373	.329	.703	184	7	5	12	1
71	Jimmy Bloodworth	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	88	335	316	27	79	9	0	7	48	1	5	16	39	.250	.290	.345	.635	109	9	2	1	4
72	Ray Mueller	35	CIN	Maj	CIN	71	211	192	17	48	11	0	6	33	1	0	16	25	.250	.311	.401	.712	77	8	1	2	3
73	Hank Greenberg	36	PIT	Maj	PIT	125	510	402	71	100	13	2	25	74	0	4	104	73	.249	.408	.478	.885	192	16	4	0	9
74	Dick Culler	32	BSN	Maj	BSN	77	241	214	20	53	5	1	0	19	1	1	19	15	.248	.309	.280	.589	60	5	0	8	6
75	Buster Adams	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	69	209	182	21	45	11	1	2	15	2	2	26	29	.247	.341	.352	.693	64	3	0	1	1
76	Lloyd Gearhart*	23	NY1	Maj	NYG	73	198	179	26	44	9	0	6	17	1	1	17	30	.246	.315	.397	.711	71	4	1	1	0
77	Bill Nicholson	32	CHN	Maj	CHC	148	580	487	69	119	28	1	26	75	1	4	87	83	.244	.364	.466	.831	227	4	5	1	13
78	Elbie Fletcher*	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	69	187	157	22	38	9	1	1	22	2	0	29	24	.242	.364	.331	.695	52	5	1	0	4
79	Lennie Merullo	30	CHN	Maj	CHC	108	393	373	24	90	16	1	0	29	4	2	15	26	.241	.274	.290	.564	108	11	2	3	2
80	Jack Lohrke	23	NY1	Maj	NYG	112	385	329	44	79	12	4	11	35	3	4	46	29	.240	.337	.401	.738	132	11	2	8	8
81	Jim Tabor	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	75	276	251	27	59	14	0	4	31	2	2	20	21	.235	.297	.339	.635	85	7	2	3	2
82	Skeeter Newsome	36	PHI	Maj	PHI	95	336	310	36	71	8	2	2	22	4	3	24	24	.229	.284	.287	.572	89	5	0	2	0
83	Howie Schultz	24	PHI,BRO	Maj	PHI-BRO	116	430	404	30	90	19	1	6	35	0	2	21	70	.223	.263	.319	.582	129	11	1	4	3
84	Clyde Vollmer	25	CIN	Maj	CIN	78	168	155	19	34	10	0	1	13	0	1	9	18	.219	.267	.303	.570	47	2	1	3	2
85	Mickey Witek	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	51	175	160	22	35	4	1	3	17	1	0	15	12	.219	.286	.313	.598	50	2	0	0	0
86	Del Rice	24	SLN	Maj	STL	97	301	261	28	57	7	3	12	44	1	0	36	40	.218	.315	.406	.722	106	5	1	3	12
87	Nanny Fernandez	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	83	237	209	16	43	4	0	2	21	2	2	22	20	.206	.281	.254	.535	53	5	0	6	7
88	Eddie Lukon*	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	86	230	200	26	41	6	1	11	33	0	0	28	36	.205	.306	.410	.716	82	4	1	1	1
89	Eddie Basinski	24	PIT	Maj	PIT	56	182	161	15	32	6	2	4	17	0	0	18	27	.199	.279	.335	.615	54	5	0	3	5
90	Al Lakeman	28	PHI,CIN	Maj	PHI-CIN	57	191	184	11	29	3	0	6	19	0	1	5	40	.158	.184	.272	.456	50	2	1	1	1