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1939 American League Batting Leaders
1938 AL
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1940 AL
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1939 NL
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1939 MLB
Batting Leaders
AL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.381
2.
Foxx
(BOS)
.360
3.
Johnson
(PHA)
.338
4.
Trosky
(CLE)
.335
5.
Keller
(NYY)
.334
6.
Rolfe
(NYY)
.329
7.
Williams
(BOS)
.327
8.
Keltner
(CLE)
.325
9.
Gehringer
(DET)
.325
10.
McNair
(CHW)
.324
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foxx
(BOS)
.464
2.
Selkirk
(NYY)
.452
3.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.448
4.
Keller
(NYY)
.447
5.
Johnson
(PHA)
.440
6.
Williams
(BOS)
.436
7.
Appling
(CHW)
.430
8.
Gehringer
(DET)
.423
9.
Greenberg
(DET)
.420
10.
Cronin
(BOS)
.407
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foxx
(BOS)
.694
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.671
3.
Greenberg
(DET)
.622
4.
Williams
(BOS)
.609
5.
Trosky
(CLE)
.589
6.
Johnson
(PHA)
.553
7.
Gehringer
(DET)
.544
8.
York
(DET)
.544
9.
Selkirk
(NYY)
.517
10.
McQuinn
(SLB)
.515
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foxx
(BOS)
1.158
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
1.119
3.
Williams
(BOS)
1.045
4.
Greenberg
(DET)
1.042
5.
Trosky
(CLE)
.994
6.
Johnson
(PHA)
.993
7.
Selkirk
(NYY)
.969
8.
Gehringer
(DET)
.967
9.
Keller
(NYY)
.947
10.
York
(DET)
.931
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
McQuinn
(SLB)
154
Keltner
(CLE)
154
3.
Crosetti
(NYY)
152
Rolfe
(NYY)
152
5.
Clift
(SLB)
151
Gordon
(NYY)
151
7.
Johnson
(PHA)
150
8.
Tabor
(BOS)
149
Williams
(BOS)
149
Walker
(CHW)
149
Chapman
(CLE)
149
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Crosetti
(NYY)
656
2.
Rolfe
(NYY)
648
3.
McQuinn
(SLB)
617
4.
McCosky
(DET)
611
5.
Walker
(CHW)
598
6.
Cramer
(BOS)
589
7.
Keltner
(CLE)
587
8.
Tabor
(BOS)
577
9.
Gordon
(NYY)
567
10.
Williams
(BOS)
565
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Crosetti
(NYY)
743
2.
Rolfe
(NYY)
731
3.
McQuinn
(SLB)
702
4.
McCosky
(DET)
692
5.
Williams
(BOS)
677
6.
Chapman
(CLE)
654
7.
Clift
(SLB)
653
Johnson
(PHA)
653
9.
Gordon
(NYY)
648
Keltner
(CLE)
648
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rolfe
(NYY)
139
2.
Williams
(BOS)
131
3.
Foxx
(BOS)
130
4.
McCosky
(DET)
120
5.
Johnson
(PHA)
115
6.
Greenberg
(DET)
112
7.
Cramer
(BOS)
110
8.
Crosetti
(NYY)
109
9.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
108
10.
Kuhel
(CHW)
107
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rolfe
(NYY)
213
2.
McQuinn
(SLB)
195
3.
Keltner
(CLE)
191
4.
McCosky
(DET)
190
5.
Williams
(BOS)
185
6.
Johnson
(PHA)
184
7.
Cramer
(BOS)
183
8.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
176
9.
Kreevich
(CHW)
175
10.
Walker
(CHW)
174
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
344
2.
Foxx
(BOS)
324
3.
Rolfe
(NYY)
321
4.
McQuinn
(SLB)
318
5.
Greenberg
(DET)
311
6.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
310
7.
Johnson
(PHA)
301
8.
Gordon
(NYY)
287
Keltner
(CLE)
287
10.
Walker
(CHW)
265
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rolfe
(NYY)
46
2.
Williams
(BOS)
44
3.
Greenberg
(DET)
42
4.
McQuinn
(SLB)
37
5.
Keltner
(CLE)
35
6.
Tabor
(BOS)
33
Cronin
(BOS)
33
McCosky
(DET)
33
9.
Gordon
(NYY)
32
DiMaggio
(NYY)
32
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lewis
(WSH)
16
2.
McCosky
(DET)
14
3.
McQuinn
(SLB)
13
Campbell
(CLE)
13
5.
Keltner
(CLE)
11
Williams
(BOS)
11
Wright
(WSH)
11
Walker
(CHW)
11
9.
Foxx
(BOS)
10
Rolfe
(NYY)
10
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foxx
(BOS)
35
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
33
3.
Williams
(BOS)
31
4.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
30
5.
Gordon
(NYY)
28
6.
Trosky
(CLE)
25
7.
Dickey
(NYY)
24
8.
Johnson
(PHA)
23
9.
Selkirk
(NYY)
21
10.
York
(DET)
20
McQuinn
(SLB)
20
Hayes
(PHA)
20
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
145
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
126
3.
Johnson
(PHA)
114
4.
Greenberg
(DET)
112
5.
Gordon
(NYY)
111
Walker
(CHW)
111
7.
Cronin
(BOS)
107
8.
Foxx
(BOS)
105
Dickey
(NYY)
105
10.
Trosky
(CLE)
104
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Clift
(SLB)
111
2.
Williams
(BOS)
107
3.
Appling
(CHW)
105
4.
Selkirk
(NYY)
103
5.
Johnson
(PHA)
99
6.
Greenberg
(DET)
91
7.
Foxx
(BOS)
89
8.
Chapman
(CLE)
87
Cronin
(BOS)
87
10.
Keller
(NYY)
81
Rolfe
(NYY)
81
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
95
2.
Nagel
(PHA)
86
3.
Crosetti
(NYY)
81
4.
Foxx
(BOS)
72
5.
Williams
(BOS)
64
Heath
(CLE)
64
7.
Chapman
(PHA)
62
Laabs
(TOT)
62
9.
Grimes
(CLE)
61
10.
Johnson
(PHA)
59
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Case
(WSH)
51
2.
Fox
(DET)
23
Kreevich
(CHW)
23
4.
McCosky
(DET)
20
5.
Kuhel
(CHW)
18
Chapman
(CLE)
18
7.
McNair
(CHW)
17
Walker
(CHW)
17
9.
Tabor
(BOS)
16
Appling
(CHW)
16
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cramer
(BOS)
147
2.
Rolfe
(NYY)
143
3.
Appling
(CHW)
140
4.
McCosky
(DET)
139
5.
Keltner
(CLE)
132
Kreevich
(CHW)
132
7.
Case
(WSH)
131
8.
McNair
(CHW)
125
McQuinn
(SLB)
125
Doerr
(BOS)
125
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foxx
(BOS)
188
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
184
3.
Williams
(BOS)
160
4.
Greenberg
(DET)
156
5.
Johnson
(PHA)
155
6.
Trosky
(CLE)
154
7.
Selkirk
(NYY)
148
8.
Gehringer
(DET)
139
9.
Dickey
(NYY)
133
10.
Lewis
(WSH)
131
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
149
Foxx
(BOS)
149
3.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
138
4.
Johnson
(PHA)
134
5.
Greenberg
(DET)
130
6.
Rolfe
(NYY)
128
7.
McQuinn
(SLB)
120
8.
Keltner
(CLE)
107
9.
Trosky
(CLE)
106
10.
Gordon
(NYY)
103
Cronin
(BOS)
103
McCosky
(DET)
103
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foxx
(BOS)
64
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
58
3.
Williams
(BOS)
55
4.
Johnson
(PHA)
48
5.
Greenberg
(DET)
44
6.
Selkirk
(NYY)
37
7.
Trosky
(CLE)
36
8.
Rolfe
(NYY)
31
9.
Keller
(NYY)
30
10.
Lewis
(WSH)
26
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foxx
(BOS)
5.9
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
5.3
3.
Williams
(BOS)
5.0
4.
Johnson
(PHA)
4.4
5.
Greenberg
(DET)
4.0
6.
Selkirk
(NYY)
3.4
7.
Trosky
(CLE)
3.3
8.
Rolfe
(NYY)
2.9
9.
Keller
(NYY)
2.8
10.
Dickey
(NYY)
2.4
Gehringer
(DET)
2.4
Lewis
(WSH)
2.4
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
86
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
82
3.
Foxx
(BOS)
76
4.
Rolfe
(NYY)
70
McQuinn
(SLB)
70
6.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
68
7.
Gordon
(NYY)
65
8.
Johnson
(PHA)
62
9.
Trosky
(CLE)
60
10.
Keltner
(CLE)
59
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rolfe
(NYY)
295
2.
Williams
(BOS)
294
3.
Johnson
(PHA)
283
4.
Appling
(CHW)
267
5.
McQuinn
(SLB)
262
McCosky
(DET)
262
7.
Foxx
(BOS)
259
8.
Clift
(SLB)
258
9.
Greenberg
(DET)
249
10.
Chapman
(CLE)
247
Cronin
(BOS)
247
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foxx
(BOS)
.833
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.830
3.
Williams
(BOS)
.777
4.
Greenberg
(DET)
.757
5.
Johnson
(PHA)
.748
6.
Trosky
(CLE)
.736
7.
Selkirk
(NYY)
.716
8.
Gehringer
(DET)
.714
9.
Rolfe
(NYY)
.676
10.
Dickey
(NYY)
.674
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Crosetti
(NYY)
13
2.
Selkirk
(NYY)
8
3.
Walker
(CHW)
7
4.
Clift
(SLB)
5
5.
Sullivan
(SLB)
4
Lodigiani
(PHA)
4
DiMaggio
(NYY)
4
Dickey
(NYY)
4
9.
Hayes
(PHA)
3
Vosmik
(BOS)
3
Tresh
(CHW)
3
Campbell
(CLE)
3
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Kreevich
(CHW)
22
2.
Chapman
(CLE)
20
Cronin
(BOS)
20
4.
Lewis
(WSH)
19
5.
McQuinn
(SLB)
18
6.
Vosmik
(BOS)
17
7.
Newsome
(PHA)
15
Cramer
(BOS)
15
9.
West
(WSH)
14
Ambler
(PHA)
14
Higgins
(DET)
14
Double Plays Grounded Into
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Vosmik
(BOS)
27
2.
Chapman
(CLE)
19
3.
Cronin
(BOS)
18
4.
Foxx
(BOS)
17
Doerr
(BOS)
17
6.
Walker
(CHW)
16
Cramer
(BOS)
16
Hoag
(SLB)
16
9.
Gordon
(NYY)
15
Nagel
(PHA)
15
Dahlgren
(NYY)
15
Keltner
(CLE)
15
Tabor
(BOS)
15
Caught Stealing
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Case
(WSH)
17
2.
Fox
(DET)
12
3.
Doerr
(BOS)
10
Kreevich
(CHW)
10
Gordon
(NYY)
10
Tabor
(BOS)
10
7.
Appling
(CHW)
9
McNair
(CHW)
9
Lewis
(WSH)
9
10.
Newsome
(PHA)
7
Heffner
(SLB)
7
Crosetti
(NYY)
7
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Johnson
(PHA)
18.2
2.
Kuhel
(CHW)
16.4
3.
Gordon
(NYY)
15.8
4.
Selkirk
(NYY)
15.3
5.
Tabor
(BOS)
14.9
6.
Walker
(CHW)
14.7
7.
Greenberg
(DET)
12.9
8.
Chapman
(PHA)
12.7
9.
Fox
(DET)
10.7
10.
Crosetti
(NYY)
10.5
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cramer
(BOS)
34.647
2.
Wright
(WSH)
26.263
3.
Gehringer
(DET)
25.375
4.
Finney
(TOT)
24.636
5.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
23.100
6.
Lodigiani
(PHA)
21.833
7.
Lewis
(WSH)
19.852
8.
Travis
(WSH)
19.040
9.
Moses
(PHA)
19.000
10.
Radcliff
(CHW)
18.905
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Foxx
(BOS)
13.343
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
15.152
3.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
15.400
4.
York
(DET)
16.450
5.
Trosky
(CLE)
17.920
6.
Williams
(BOS)
18.226
7.
Selkirk
(NYY)
19.905
8.
Dickey
(NYY)
20.000
9.
Gordon
(NYY)
20.250
10.
Hayes
(PHA)
21.550
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Crosetti
(NYY)
530
2.
Walker
(CHW)
458
3.
McQuinn
(SLB)
456
4.
Vosmik
(BOS)
448
Rolfe
(NYY)
448
6.
Tabor
(BOS)
443
7.
McCosky
(DET)
441
8.
Cramer
(BOS)
440
9.
Dahlgren
(NYY)
437
10.
Gordon
(NYY)
435
1938 AL
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1939 MLB
Batting Leaders