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1946 American League Batting Leaders
1945 AL
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1947 AL
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1946 NL
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1946 MLB
Batting Leaders
AL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Vernon
(WSH)
.353
2.
Williams
(BOS)
.342
3.
Pesky
(BOS)
.335
4.
Kell
(TOT)
.322
5.
DiMaggio
(BOS)
.316
6.
Appling
(CHW)
.309
7.
Stephens
(SLB)
.307
8.
Edwards
(CLE)
.301
9.
Boudreau
(CLE)
.293
10.
Spence
(WSH)
.292
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
.497
2.
Keller
(NYY)
.405
3.
Vernon
(WSH)
.403
4.
Pesky
(BOS)
.401
5.
DiMaggio
(BOS)
.393
6.
Appling
(CHW)
.384
7.
Heath
(TOT)
.374
8.
Greenberg
(DET)
.373
9.
Kell
(TOT)
.372
10.
York
(BOS)
.371
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
.667
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
.604
3.
Keller
(NYY)
.533
4.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.511
5.
Edwards
(CLE)
.509
6.
Vernon
(WSH)
.508
7.
Spence
(WSH)
.497
8.
Heath
(TOT)
.473
9.
Seerey
(CLE)
.470
10.
Stephens
(SLB)
.460
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
1.164
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
.977
3.
Keller
(NYY)
.938
4.
Vernon
(WSH)
.910
5.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.878
6.
Edwards
(CLE)
.870
7.
Spence
(WSH)
.861
8.
Heath
(TOT)
.847
9.
Pesky
(BOS)
.827
10.
DiMaggio
(BOS)
.820
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lake
(DET)
155
2.
York
(BOS)
154
3.
Pesky
(BOS)
153
4.
Spence
(WSH)
152
5.
Doerr
(BOS)
151
6.
Keller
(NYY)
150
Lewis
(WSH)
150
Williams
(BOS)
150
Henrich
(NYY)
150
10.
Appling
(CHW)
149
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pesky
(BOS)
621
2.
Vernon
(WSH)
587
Lake
(DET)
587
4.
Doerr
(BOS)
583
5.
Lewis
(WSH)
582
Appling
(CHW)
582
Berardino
(SLB)
582
8.
York
(BOS)
579
9.
Spence
(WSH)
578
10.
Henrich
(NYY)
565
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pesky
(BOS)
703
Lake
(DET)
703
3.
Williams
(BOS)
672
4.
Henrich
(NYY)
671
5.
York
(BOS)
669
6.
Appling
(CHW)
659
Doerr
(BOS)
659
8.
Lewis
(WSH)
656
9.
Keller
(NYY)
655
10.
Spence
(WSH)
652
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
142
2.
Pesky
(BOS)
115
3.
Lake
(DET)
105
4.
Keller
(NYY)
98
5.
Doerr
(BOS)
95
6.
Henrich
(NYY)
92
7.
Greenberg
(DET)
91
8.
Vernon
(WSH)
88
9.
DiMaggio
(BOS)
85
10.
Spence
(WSH)
83
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pesky
(BOS)
208
2.
Vernon
(WSH)
207
3.
Appling
(CHW)
180
4.
Williams
(BOS)
176
5.
Lewis
(WSH)
170
6.
Spence
(WSH)
169
DiMaggio
(BOS)
169
8.
Kell
(TOT)
168
9.
York
(BOS)
160
10.
Doerr
(BOS)
158
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
343
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
316
3.
Vernon
(WSH)
298
4.
Keller
(NYY)
287
Spence
(WSH)
287
6.
Pesky
(BOS)
265
7.
Doerr
(BOS)
264
8.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
257
9.
York
(BOS)
253
10.
Lewis
(WSH)
245
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Vernon
(WSH)
51
2.
Spence
(WSH)
50
3.
Pesky
(BOS)
43
4.
Williams
(BOS)
37
5.
Doerr
(BOS)
34
6.
Edwards
(CLE)
33
7.
Heath
(TOT)
32
8.
York
(BOS)
30
Boudreau
(CLE)
30
10.
Keller
(NYY)
29
Greenberg
(DET)
29
Berardino
(SLB)
29
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Edwards
(CLE)
16
2.
Lewis
(WSH)
13
3.
Keller
(NYY)
10
Kell
(TOT)
10
Spence
(WSH)
10
6.
Zarilla
(SLB)
9
Doerr
(BOS)
9
8.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
8
Priddy
(WSH)
8
Williams
(BOS)
8
Vernon
(WSH)
8
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
44
2.
Williams
(BOS)
38
3.
Keller
(NYY)
30
4.
Seerey
(CLE)
26
5.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
25
6.
Chapman
(PHA)
20
7.
Henrich
(NYY)
19
8.
Doerr
(BOS)
18
9.
York
(BOS)
17
10.
Laabs
(SLB)
16
Heath
(TOT)
16
Robinson
(NYY)
16
Spence
(WSH)
16
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
127
2.
Williams
(BOS)
123
3.
York
(BOS)
119
4.
Doerr
(BOS)
116
5.
Keller
(NYY)
101
6.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
95
7.
Spence
(WSH)
87
8.
Vernon
(WSH)
85
9.
Heath
(TOT)
84
10.
Henrich
(NYY)
83
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
156
2.
Keller
(NYY)
113
3.
Lake
(DET)
103
4.
Cullenbine
(DET)
88
5.
Henrich
(NYY)
87
6.
York
(BOS)
86
7.
Greenberg
(DET)
80
8.
Heath
(TOT)
73
9.
Appling
(CHW)
71
10.
Wagner
(BOS)
69
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Keller
(NYY)
101
Seerey
(CLE)
101
3.
York
(BOS)
93
4.
Greenberg
(DET)
88
5.
Priddy
(WSH)
73
Heath
(TOT)
73
7.
Gordon
(NYY)
72
8.
Lake
(DET)
69
9.
Doerr
(BOS)
67
10.
Chapman
(PHA)
66
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Case
(CLE)
28
2.
Stirnweiss
(NYY)
18
3.
Lake
(DET)
15
4.
Rizzuto
(NYY)
14
Vernon
(WSH)
14
Kolloway
(CHW)
14
7.
DiMaggio
(BOS)
10
Wright
(CHW)
10
9.
Michaels
(CHW)
9
Priddy
(WSH)
9
Pesky
(BOS)
9
Valo
(PHA)
9
Tucker
(CHW)
9
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pesky
(BOS)
159
2.
Appling
(CHW)
147
3.
Vernon
(WSH)
140
4.
DiMaggio
(BOS)
131
5.
Kell
(TOT)
129
6.
Lewis
(WSH)
122
7.
Lake
(DET)
116
8.
Berardino
(SLB)
115
9.
Boudreau
(CLE)
109
10.
York
(BOS)
107
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
215
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
163
3.
Vernon
(WSH)
160
4.
Keller
(NYY)
159
5.
Edwards
(CLE)
147
6.
Spence
(WSH)
145
7.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
142
8.
Heath
(TOT)
134
9.
Seerey
(CLE)
129
10.
Pesky
(BOS)
126
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
170
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
118
Vernon
(WSH)
118
4.
Keller
(NYY)
114
5.
Pesky
(BOS)
104
6.
Spence
(WSH)
101
7.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
94
8.
York
(BOS)
93
9.
Doerr
(BOS)
90
10.
DiMaggio
(BOS)
89
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
93
2.
Vernon
(WSH)
46
3.
Keller
(NYY)
46
4.
Greenberg
(DET)
43
5.
Cullenbine
(DET)
41
6.
Spence
(WSH)
35
7.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
27
8.
Edwards
(CLE)
27
9.
Pesky
(BOS)
24
10.
Heath
(TOT)
24
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
9.3
2.
Vernon
(WSH)
4.7
Keller
(NYY)
4.7
4.
Greenberg
(DET)
4.4
5.
Cullenbine
(DET)
4.2
6.
Spence
(WSH)
3.5
7.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
2.7
8.
Edwards
(CLE)
2.7
9.
Pesky
(BOS)
2.5
10.
Heath
(TOT)
2.4
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
83
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
78
3.
Spence
(WSH)
76
4.
Keller
(NYY)
69
5.
Vernon
(WSH)
67
6.
Doerr
(BOS)
61
7.
Edwards
(CLE)
59
8.
Heath
(TOT)
55
9.
York
(BOS)
53
DiMaggio
(NYY)
53
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
334
2.
Pesky
(BOS)
276
3.
Keller
(NYY)
265
4.
Vernon
(WSH)
256
Lake
(DET)
256
6.
Appling
(CHW)
251
7.
York
(BOS)
247
8.
Henrich
(NYY)
236
DiMaggio
(BOS)
236
10.
Spence
(WSH)
235
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
.889
2.
Greenberg
(DET)
.766
3.
Vernon
(WSH)
.760
4.
Keller
(NYY)
.752
5.
Edwards
(CLE)
.710
6.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.707
7.
Pesky
(BOS)
.679
8.
Spence
(WSH)
.672
9.
Heath
(TOT)
.668
10.
DiMaggio
(BOS)
.662
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Henrich
(NYY)
7
2.
Grace
(TOT)
6
Rizzuto
(NYY)
6
4.
Michaels
(CHW)
4
Lake
(DET)
4
Keller
(NYY)
4
Coan
(WSH)
4
Spence
(WSH)
4
Gordon
(NYY)
4
Travis
(WSH)
4
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Boudreau
(CLE)
15
Kell
(TOT)
15
3.
Pesky
(BOS)
14
4.
Lewis
(WSH)
13
5.
Henrich
(NYY)
12
McCosky
(TOT)
12
Grimes
(TOT)
12
8.
Newsom
(TOT)
11
Suder
(PHA)
11
10.
Hughson
(BOS)
10
Double Plays Grounded Into
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Chapman
(PHA)
22
2.
Rosar
(PHA)
20
3.
Doerr
(BOS)
18
4.
Wright
(CHW)
17
Greenberg
(DET)
17
Travis
(WSH)
17
7.
York
(BOS)
16
DiMaggio
(BOS)
16
Berardino
(SLB)
16
10.
Appling
(CHW)
15
Christman
(SLB)
15
Caught Stealing
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Case
(CLE)
11
2.
Vernon
(WSH)
10
Tucker
(CHW)
10
4.
Lake
(DET)
9
5.
Kennedy
(CHW)
8
Valo
(PHA)
8
Pesky
(BOS)
8
8.
Spence
(WSH)
7
Boudreau
(CLE)
7
Platt
(CHW)
7
Grace
(TOT)
7
Rizzuto
(NYY)
7
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lake
(DET)
10.4
2.
Vernon
(WSH)
10.2
3.
Greenberg
(DET)
9.0
4.
Wright
(CHW)
8.2
DiMaggio
(BOS)
8.2
6.
Henrich
(NYY)
7.9
7.
Doerr
(BOS)
7.8
8.
Priddy
(WSH)
7.2
9.
Robertson
(WSH)
6.0
Boudreau
(CLE)
6.0
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Boudreau
(CLE)
36.8
2.
Kell
(TOT)
26.1
3.
Rosar
(PHA)
24.9
4.
Wright
(CHW)
24.8
5.
Lewis
(WSH)
22.4
6.
Pesky
(BOS)
21.4
7.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
21.0
8.
Spence
(WSH)
18.6
9.
Kolloway
(CHW)
16.6
10.
Christman
(SLB)
15.8
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Greenberg
(DET)
11.9
2.
Williams
(BOS)
13.5
3.
Seerey
(CLE)
15.5
4.
Keller
(NYY)
17.9
5.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
20.1
6.
Chapman
(PHA)
27.3
7.
Henrich
(NYY)
29.7
8.
Heath
(TOT)
30.1
9.
Stephens
(SLB)
32.1
10.
Doerr
(BOS)
32.4
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lake
(DET)
464
2.
Doerr
(BOS)
458
3.
Berardino
(SLB)
453
4.
Henrich
(NYY)
443
Pesky
(BOS)
443
6.
York
(BOS)
440
7.
Spence
(WSH)
438
Lewis
(WSH)
438
9.
Chapman
(PHA)
430
10.
Appling
(CHW)
427
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