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Batting Leaders
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	BA	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Tetelo Vargas	37	NYC	NN2	Maj	.471	NYC	30	136	121	34	57	6	4	0	18	3		15		.529	.587	1.116	71		0	0	0
2	Josh Gibson	31	HG	NN2	Maj	.466	HG	69	302	249	93	116	22	9	20	109	4		52		.560	.867	1.427	216		1	0	0
3	Reid Gowan	32	ERW	APPY	D	.411	CHC	37	134	129	25	53	6	1	1	30	6		4	4	.429	.496	.925	64		0	1
4	George Kell	20	LNC,PHA	ISLG,AL	B,Maj	.395	PHA	139	632	560	121	221	33	24	5	80	14	0	59	21	.454	.566	1.020	317	0	2	11		0
5	Jerry Benjamin	33	HG	NN2	Maj	.372	HG	70	328	293	83	109	17	4	2	40	12		25		.423	.478	.901	140		1	9	0
6	Dick Sipek	20	BIR,ERW	SOUA,APPY	A1,D	.372	CIN-CHC	111	471	425	78	158	23	14	4	67	5	1	32	46	.425	.520	.945	221		7	7
7	Hal Gruber	26	BRS	APPY	D	.369	NYG	89	360	282	82	104	24	7	4	61	16		69	16	.500	.546	1.046	154		5	4
8	Alex Radcliff	37	CAG	NAL	Maj	.369	CAG	30	126	122	13	45	7	1	1	19	2		4		.389	.467	.856	57		0	0	0
9	Ben Visan	21	BAT,TRE	PONY,ISLG	D,B	.369	CLE-PHI	102	456	409	78	151	33	3	7	93	7		36	44	.427	.516	.943	211		5	6
10	Bill Rodgers	20	HRN	PONY	D	.367	PIT	90	346	305	65	112	26	9	9	60	17		35	39	.434	.600	1.034	183		1	5
11	Wild Bill Wright	29	MXD	MEX	Ind	.366		88	388	352	65	129	25	5	13	70	21		32	20	.425	.577	1.002	203		4	0
12	Bruce Sloan	28	LRK	SOUA	A1	.365		89	367	312	59	114	27	2	2	75	2	4	51	12	.455	.484	.939	151		0	4
13	Bob Maier	27	HGR	ISLG	B	.363	DET	140	634	589	118	214	52	12	7	116	13		29	30	.400	.528	.928	311		7	9
14	Buck Fausett	35	LRK	SOUA	A1	.362		140	606	567	92	205	26	13	2	92	23	6	34	9	.400	.464	.864	263		2	3
15	Lew Flick	28	LNC,KNX,PHA	ISLG,SOUA,AL	B,A1,Maj	.362	PHA	144	647	607	129	220	39	18	4	75	12	0	29	20	.392	.506	.897	307	0	0	11		0
16	Pancho Coimbre	34	NYC	NN2	Maj	.360	NYC	36	158	139	26	50	5	1	0	26	3		16		.429	.410	.840	57		1	2	0
17	Ed Sauer	24	NVL,CHN	SOUA,NL	A1,Maj	.360	CHC	150	660	598	116	215	54	8	10	109	31	9	55	65	.419	.527	.946	315	2	6	1		1
18	Vic Harris	38	HG	NN2	Maj	.358	HG	37	153	137	30	49	4	1	0	28	1		14		.421	.401	.823	55		1	1	0
19	Alex Mustaikis	34	ELM	EL	A	.358	PHA	77	194	179	19	64	20	3	0	26	2		12	29	.398	.503	.901	90		0	3
20	Andy Pafko	22	LOS,CHN	PCL,NL	AA,Maj	.358	CHC	170	724	662	116	237	34	13	18	128	14	1	45	43	.401	.530	.932	351	2	3	14		0
21	Bill McGhee	34	LRK	SOUA	A1	.357		139	616	572	99	204	26	7	0	74	9	7	37	27	.397	.427	.823	244		1	6
22	Stan Musial	22	SLN	NL	Maj	.357	STL	157	701	617	108	220	48	20	13	81	9	6	72	18	.425	.562	.988	347	17	2	10		14
23	Johnny Pramesa	17	BRS	APPY	D	.357	NYG	101	423	401	79	143	24	15	3	91	0		19	16	.390	.514	.904	206		3	0
24	Cool Papa Bell	40	HG	NN2	Maj	.355	HG	64	298	259	63	92	11	5	0	30	12		35		.432	.436	.868	113		0	4	0
25	Ray Dandridge	29	VEZ	MEX	Ind	.354		90	400	370	67	131	24	4	8	70	17		28	13	.401	.505	.906	187		1	1
26	Babe Herman	40	HOL	PCL	AA	.354		81	161	147	15	52	8	1	4	22	1		13	11	.406	.503	.910	74		0	1
27	Dick Carter	26	TRE	ISLG	B	.353	PHI	54	223	187	37	66	11	3	6	35	3		30	24	.442	.540	.983	101		0	6
28	Pedro Pagés	29	PUE	MEX	Ind	.353		84	366	323	57	114	29	8	4	44	10		37	16	.419	.529	.949	171		0	6
29	Johnny Dickshot	33	HOL	PCL	AA	.352		158	667	583	100	205	31	5	13	99	9		77	47	.432	.489	.920	285		5	2
30	Howard Easterling	31	HG	NN2	Maj	.352	HG	63	268	247	47	87	11	10	2	53	8		17		.394	.502	.896	124		0	4	0
31	Bill Dickey	36	NYA	AL	Maj	.351	NYY	85	284	242	29	85	18	2	4	33	2	1	41	12	.445	.492	.937	119	5	0	1		5
32	Bill Burgo	23	WMT,PHA	ISLG,AL	B,Maj	.350	PHA	155	681	623	124	218	44	11	21	136	12	2	47	16	.404	.557	.961	347	0	10	1		0
33	Grey Clarke	30	MLW	AA	AA	.346		142	614	534	77	185	29	9	10	96	2		57	22	.411	.491	.902	262	13	2	21
34	Del Ennis	18	TRE	ISLG	B	.346	PHI	140	608	570	104	197	37	16	18	93	7		24	44	.372	.561	.933	320		0	14
35	Beattie Feathers	33	KPT	APPY	D	.346	WSH	108	465	382	79	132	20	10	9	87	16		79	22	.459	.521	.980	199		1	3
36	Rabbit Mallory	23	LOS	PCL	AA	.346	CHC	47	178	159	26	55	10	1	3	18	5		8	15	.377	.478	.855	76		0	11
37	Tommy Davis	23	HGR	ISLG	B	.345	DET	129	558	458	114	158	37	5	16	104	9		86	46	.458	.552	1.010	253		9	5
38	Walter Ringhofer	31	NVL	SOUA	A1	.343	CHC	62	145	134	15	46	5	1	0	32	0	1	11	7	.393	.396	.789	53		0	0
39	Gene Woodling	20	WKB,CLE	EL,AL	A,Maj	.343	CLE	136	582	478	96	164	32	9	6	66	6	0	88	32	.447	.485	.933	232	0	2	14		0
40	John Griffiths	41	YOR	ISLG	B	.342	PIT	139	551	488	71	167	29	3	0	66	27		42	10	.401	.414	.815	202		6	15
41	George Ferrell	39	TRE	ISLG	B	.341	PHI	70	287	246	42	84	21	2	3	47	5		35	12	.423	.480	.903	118		0	6
42	Gene Benson	29	PS,NNL	NN2,BLK	Maj,Non	.340	PS	49	218	203	29	69	8	5	0	40	2		12		.377	.429	.805	87		0	3	0
43	Willard Brown	28	KCM	NAL	Maj	.340	KCM	53	214	197	33	67	13	2	7	31	4		16		.390	.533	.923	105		0	1	0
44	Jack Clifton	25	RMD	PIED	B	.340		46	194	159	30	54	6	2	0	27	5		31	18	.450	.403	.853	64		1	3
45	John Mihalic	31	NVL	SOUA	A1	.340	CHC	62	253	197	41	67	18	0	0	39	0	0	54	21	.482	.431	.914	85		0	2
46	Whitey Platt	22	NVL,CHN	SOUA,NL	A1,Maj	.340	CHC	112	451	424	76	144	36	10	4	88	3	2	25	41	.378	.500	.878	212	1	1	1		0
47	Carlos Blanco	29	TRR	MEX	Ind	.339		79	342	283	63	96	11	8	1	50	4		55	12	.447	.445	.892	126		0	4
48	Sol Mishkin	37	WVL	PONY	D	.339	NYY	74	308	239	55	81	15	0	4	45	16		60	11	.480	.452	.932	108		5	4
49	Jack Bolling	26	NOR,STP	SOUA,AA	A1,AA	.338	BRO	140	599	544	94	184	42	5	4	87	20	1	39	27	.386	.456	.842	248	2	3	13
50	Ed Sudol	22	WKB,BLT	EL,IL	A,AA	.338	CLE	50	166	154	26	52	9	4	0	20	4	0	9	8	.374	.448	.822	69		0	3
51	George D'addario	19	HGR	ISLG	B	.337	DET	138	629	558	110	188	41	15	5	99	3		56	48	.401	.491	.892	274		4	11
52	Red Schoendienst	20	ROC,LBG	IL,PIED	AA,B	.337	STL	136	601	555	81	187	21	5	6	37	20	5	38	19	.382	.425	.807	236		2	6
53	Pete Elko	25	NVL,CHN	SOUA,NL	A1,Maj	.336	CHC	143	602	542	94	182	32	6	0	82	6	4	55	32	.397	.417	.814	226	2	0	5		0
54	Ernie Hrovatic	21	JAM	PONY	D	.336	STL	109	495	414	88	139	37	12	5	96	2		78	53	.443	.519	.963	215		2	1
55	Fermín Vázquez	26	VEZ	MEX	Ind	.336		90	376	345	38	116	15	4	1	47	4		24	20	.383	.412	.794	142		2	5
56	Vic Fucci	17	WVL	PONY	D	.335	NYY	37	169	158	32	53	8	3	3	26	1		6	22	.360	.481	.841	76		0	5
57	Charles Heffner	23	KPT	APPY	D	.335	WSH	42	200	170	41	57	6	3	2	36	22		25	9	.426	.441	.868	75		2	3
58	Bill Marcks	18	ALN	ISLG	B	.335	STL	138	561	528	89	177	35	13	10	95	11		29	60	.371	.508	.879	268		1	3
59	Bob Finley	27	KNX,PHI	SOUA,NL	A1,Maj	.334	PHI	91	341	314	45	105	19	2	5	49	0	0	22	21	.383	.455	.839	143	3	3	2		0
60	Phil Weintraub	35	TOL	AA	AA	.334	SLB	138	563	467	79	156	27	3	16	96	2		90	50	.443	.507	.950	237	6	1	5
61	Tony Castano	32	RMD	PIED	B	.333		124	541	471	82	157	16	10	0	36	23		59	41	.413	.410	.823	193		5	6
62	Bob Crow	27	WVL,BNG	PONY,EL	D,A	.333	NYY	51	145	138	18	46	5	1	2	18	3		4	16	.352	.428	.780	59		0	3
63	Mark Mauldin	28	ATA	SOUA	A1	.333		126	536	504	82	168	27	5	6	65	3	2	18	13	.364	.442	.806	223		6	8
64	Willie Skeen	25	PTH	PIED	B	.333	CHC	129	552	517	81	172	28	20	2	71	41		25	35	.369	.476	.845	246		5	5
65	Verl Wood	22	ERW	APPY	D	.333	CHC	44	167	159	26	53	10	1	1	23	4		6	11	.365	.428	.793	68		2	0
66	Pete Milne	18	BAT	PONY	D	.332	CLE	69	323	283	54	94	8	6	0	38	10		37	40	.415	.403	.818	114		3	0
67	Perry Roberts	18	KPT,DHM	APPY,PIED	D,B	.332	WSH-BRO	99	399	382	62	127	15	2	2	60	7		13	28	.356	.398	.754	152		1	3
68	Don Smith	25	ELM	EL	A	.332	PHA	141	629	546	92	181	18	9	0	56	29		73	30	.410	.397	.808	217		0	10
69	Carlos Colás	25	TRR	MEX	Ind	.331		85	386	354	72	117	17	5	6	41	11		27	28	.381	.458	.839	162		2	3
70	Alejandro Crespo	28	TRR	MEX	Ind	.331		87	388	356	65	118	31	13	6	70	11		30	23	.385	.542	.927	193		1	1
71	Hal Douglas	18	NOR	SOUA	A1	.331	BRO	129	506	477	61	158	16	9	0	73	6	3	16	23	.356	.403	.758	192		2	11
72	Buck Leonard	35	HG	NN2	Maj	.331	HG	67	306	254	71	84	16	8	4	63	2		47		.439	.504	.943	128		2	3	0
73	Billy Herman	33	BRO	NL	Maj	.330	BRO	153	663	585	76	193	41	2	2	100	4	8	66	26	.398	.417	.815	244	19	0	12		11
74	George McDonald	25	SDG	PCL	AA	.330		112	423	391	42	129	24	10	0	50	5		15	19	.358	.442	.800	173		2	15
75	Santos Amaro	35	TPC	MEX	Ind	.328		90	383	341	61	112	28	3	3	45	17		39	15	.397	.455	.852	155		0	3
76	Luke Appling	36	CHA	AL	Maj	.328	CHW	155	677	585	63	192	33	2	3	80	27	8	90	29	.419	.407	.825	238	13	1	1		12
77	Otis Davis	22	JAM,LBG	PONY,PIED	D,B	.328	STL	108	521	475	116	156	23	11	3	38	32		37	55	.388	.442	.830	210		9	0
78	Chester Wieczorek	28	CLB	AA	AA	.328	STL	146	606	530	89	174	31	3	9	97	3		63	40	.400	.449	.849	238	10	0	13
79	Chick Genovese	28	SCR	EL	A	.327	BOS	139	630	501	103	164	20	19	0	49	29		112	25	.453	.443	.896	222		3	14
80	Carden Gillenwater	26	NOR,BRO	SOUA,NL	A1,Maj	.327	BRO	117	472	410	65	134	21	3	6	64	9	3	49	47	.401	.437	.838	179	0	2	11		0
81	Johnny Davis	26	NE	NN2	Maj	.326	NE	35	151	132	28	43	9	1	4	22	3		14		.390	.500	.890	66		0	5	0
82	René Monteagudo	27	CNG	SOUA	A1	.326	WSH	131	503	432	67	141	28	4	3	72	3	1	64	34	.416	.431	.846	186		2	5
83	Les Scarsella	29	OLD	PCL	AA	.326		157	653	589	67	192	32	6	3	85	12		48	21	.384	.416	.800	245		8	8
84	Lloyd Davenport	31	CAG,KCM	NAL	Maj	.325	CAG-KCM	36	163	154	23	50	8	2	1	20	3		9		.362	.422	.784	65		0	0	0
85	Eddie Lopat	25	LRK	SOUA	A1	.325		67	192	166	25	54	9	3	1	33	0	0	23	13	.407	.434	.841	72		0	3
86	Raymond Sowins	18	LCK	PONY	D	.325	CHC	106	508	419	116	136	24	10	8	66	15		81	32	.435	.487	.922	204		1	7
87	Augie Bergamo	26	CLB	AA	AA	.324	STL	144	626	500	85	162	35	9	0	51	6		109	41	.445	.430	.875	215	8	0	17
88	Duke Doolittle	20	LRK	SOUA	A1	.324		33	107	102	17	33	3	3	0	14	2	2	2	9	.343	.412	.755	42		1	2
89	Cecil Tyson	28	TRE	ISLG	B	.324	PHI	136	571	487	78	158	33	4	1	72	13		71	34	.411	.415	.826	202		1	12
90	Kenneth Chapman	22	SCR	EL	A	.323	BOS	64	292	223	40	72	11	1	0	38	4		54	26	.465	.381	.846	85		5	10
91	Charlie English	33	LOS	PCL	AA	.323	CHC	157	648	591	101	191	31	5	16	98	2		43	31	.371	.474	.845	280		2	12
92	Johnny Gill	38	POR	PCL	AA	.323		121	456	393	62	127	38	7	2	60	2		61	65	.414	.471	.885	185		0	2
93	Roy Hughes	32	LOS	PCL	AA	.323	CHC	121	506	461	83	149	13	12	0	41	18		37	18	.375	.403	.778	186		1	7
94	William Thaxton	30	BIR	SOUA	A1	.323	CIN	127	527	458	67	148	16	6	0	42	18	9	53	17	.402	.384	.786	176		7	9
95	Joe Wood	23	DET	AL	Maj	.323	DET	60	174	164	22	53	4	4	1	17	2	2	6	13	.347	.415	.762	68	7	0	4		0
96	Gil English	33	INA	AA	AA	.322		141	603	543	80	175	26	3	3	83	0		49	28	.379	.398	.777	216	15	1	10
97	Ed Levy	26	NWK	IL	AA	.322	NYY	144	575	512	75	165	31	8	12	81	15	15	59	47	.392	.484	.877	248		0	4
98	Don Manno	28	HFD	EL	A	.322	BSN	101	406	354	75	114	36	4	9	85	9		47	36	.404	.523	.927	185		2	3
99	Héctor Rodríguez	23	MXD	MEX	Ind	.322		90	430	395	68	127	19	4	0	34	22		26	17	.366	.390	.756	154		2	7
100	George Detore	36	SDG	PCL	AA	.321		73	224	187	26	60	12	1	1	29	1		35	16	.430	.412	.842	77		1	1

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