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1947 American League Batting Leaders
1946 AL
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1948 AL
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1947 NL
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1947 MLB
Batting Leaders
AL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
.343
2.
McCosky
(PHA)
.328
3.
Pesky
(BOS)
.324
4.
Wright
(CHW)
.324
5.
Kell
(DET)
.320
6.
Mitchell
(CLE)
.316
7.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.315
8.
Boudreau
(CLE)
.307
9.
Appling
(CHW)
.306
10.
McQuinn
(NYY)
.304
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
.499
2.
Fain
(PHA)
.414
3.
Cullenbine
(DET)
.401
4.
Wright
(CHW)
.398
5.
McCosky
(PHA)
.395
6.
McQuinn
(NYY)
.395
7.
Pesky
(BOS)
.393
8.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.391
9.
Boudreau
(CLE)
.388
10.
Kell
(DET)
.387
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
.634
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.522
3.
Gordon
(CLE)
.496
4.
Henrich
(NYY)
.485
5.
Heath
(SLB)
.485
6.
Mele
(BOS)
.448
7.
Spence
(WSH)
.441
8.
McQuinn
(NYY)
.437
9.
Evers
(DET)
.435
10.
Doerr
(BOS)
.426
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
1.133
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.913
3.
Henrich
(NYY)
.857
4.
Heath
(SLB)
.850
5.
Gordon
(CLE)
.842
6.
Fain
(PHA)
.837
7.
McQuinn
(NYY)
.832
8.
Cullenbine
(DET)
.823
9.
Spence
(WSH)
.819
10.
Boudreau
(CLE)
.811
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lake
(DET)
158
2.
Williams
(BOS)
156
3.
Gordon
(CLE)
155
Pesky
(BOS)
155
5.
Jones
(TOT)
154
Vernon
(WSH)
154
7.
Rizzuto
(NYY)
153
8.
Kell
(DET)
152
9.
Keltner
(CLE)
151
Joost
(PHA)
151
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pesky
(BOS)
638
2.
Lake
(DET)
602
3.
Vernon
(WSH)
600
4.
Kell
(DET)
588
5.
York
(TOT)
584
6.
Jones
(TOT)
575
7.
Dillinger
(SLB)
571
Stirnweiss
(NYY)
571
9.
Stephens
(SLB)
562
Gordon
(CLE)
562
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lake
(DET)
732
2.
Pesky
(BOS)
719
3.
Williams
(BOS)
693
4.
Joost
(PHA)
682
5.
Stirnweiss
(NYY)
673
6.
Kell
(DET)
662
7.
Vernon
(WSH)
652
8.
York
(TOT)
643
9.
Jones
(TOT)
636
10.
Dillinger
(SLB)
635
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
125
2.
Henrich
(NYY)
109
3.
Pesky
(BOS)
106
4.
Stirnweiss
(NYY)
102
5.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
97
6.
Lake
(DET)
96
7.
Gordon
(CLE)
89
8.
Chapman
(PHA)
84
McQuinn
(NYY)
84
10.
Cullenbine
(DET)
82
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pesky
(BOS)
207
2.
Kell
(DET)
188
3.
Williams
(BOS)
181
4.
McCosky
(PHA)
179
5.
Dillinger
(SLB)
168
DiMaggio
(NYY)
168
7.
Boudreau
(CLE)
165
8.
Vernon
(WSH)
159
9.
Henrich
(NYY)
158
10.
Stephens
(SLB)
157
McQuinn
(NYY)
157
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
335
2.
Gordon
(CLE)
279
DiMaggio
(NYY)
279
4.
Henrich
(NYY)
267
5.
Pesky
(BOS)
250
6.
Kell
(DET)
242
7.
Doerr
(BOS)
239
8.
Heath
(SLB)
238
9.
Vernon
(WSH)
233
10.
York
(TOT)
232
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Boudreau
(CLE)
45
2.
Williams
(BOS)
40
3.
Henrich
(NYY)
35
4.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
31
5.
Keltner
(CLE)
29
Kell
(DET)
29
Vernon
(WSH)
29
Appling
(CHW)
29
9.
Suder
(PHA)
28
Fain
(PHA)
28
Mullin
(DET)
28
Mayo
(DET)
28
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Henrich
(NYY)
13
2.
Vernon
(WSH)
12
3.
Philley
(CHW)
11
4.
Mitchell
(CLE)
10
Doerr
(BOS)
10
DiMaggio
(NYY)
10
7.
Williams
(BOS)
9
Rizzuto
(NYY)
9
Lehner
(SLB)
9
10.
Pesky
(BOS)
8
Stirnweiss
(NYY)
8
Mele
(BOS)
8
Johnson
(NYY)
8
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
32
2.
Gordon
(CLE)
29
3.
Heath
(SLB)
27
4.
Cullenbine
(DET)
24
5.
York
(TOT)
21
6.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
20
7.
Jones
(TOT)
19
8.
Judnich
(SLB)
18
9.
Doerr
(BOS)
17
10.
Spence
(WSH)
16
Henrich
(NYY)
16
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
114
2.
Henrich
(NYY)
98
3.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
97
4.
Jones
(TOT)
96
5.
Johnson
(NYY)
95
Doerr
(BOS)
95
7.
Kell
(DET)
93
Gordon
(CLE)
93
9.
York
(TOT)
91
10.
Vernon
(WSH)
85
Heath
(SLB)
85
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
162
2.
Cullenbine
(DET)
137
3.
Lake
(DET)
120
4.
Joost
(PHA)
114
5.
Fain
(PHA)
95
6.
Stirnweiss
(NYY)
89
7.
Heath
(SLB)
88
8.
Spence
(WSH)
81
9.
Wakefield
(DET)
80
10.
McQuinn
(NYY)
78
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Joost
(PHA)
110
2.
York
(TOT)
87
Heath
(SLB)
87
4.
Jones
(TOT)
85
5.
Priddy
(WSH)
79
6.
Chapman
(PHA)
70
Lindell
(NYY)
70
8.
Seerey
(CLE)
66
Mullin
(DET)
66
Wertz
(DET)
66
McQuinn
(NYY)
66
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Dillinger
(SLB)
34
2.
Philley
(CHW)
21
3.
Pesky
(BOS)
12
Vernon
(WSH)
12
5.
Valo
(PHA)
11
Lake
(DET)
11
Kolloway
(CHW)
11
Rizzuto
(NYY)
11
9.
Michaels
(CHW)
10
DiMaggio
(BOS)
10
Tucker
(CHW)
10
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Pesky
(BOS)
172
2.
Kell
(DET)
149
McCosky
(PHA)
149
4.
Dillinger
(SLB)
136
5.
Mitchell
(CLE)
129
6.
Stephens
(SLB)
120
7.
McQuinn
(NYY)
117
Appling
(CHW)
117
9.
Stirnweiss
(NYY)
115
10.
Boudreau
(CLE)
113
Wright
(CHW)
113
Rizzuto
(NYY)
113
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
205
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
154
3.
Henrich
(NYY)
138
4.
Gordon
(CLE)
135
5.
Heath
(SLB)
133
6.
McQuinn
(NYY)
132
7.
Fain
(PHA)
131
8.
Spence
(WSH)
130
9.
Boudreau
(CLE)
128
10.
Cullenbine
(DET)
126
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
166
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
109
3.
Pesky
(BOS)
98
Henrich
(NYY)
98
5.
Gordon
(CLE)
96
6.
Kell
(DET)
91
7.
McQuinn
(NYY)
89
8.
Boudreau
(CLE)
88
9.
Heath
(SLB)
87
10.
Spence
(WSH)
84
McCosky
(PHA)
84
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
89
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
38
3.
Henrich
(NYY)
28
4.
Fain
(PHA)
25
5.
McQuinn
(NYY)
25
6.
Boudreau
(CLE)
24
7.
Gordon
(CLE)
24
8.
Cullenbine
(DET)
24
9.
Heath
(SLB)
22
10.
Spence
(WSH)
22
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
8.9
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
3.8
3.
Henrich
(NYY)
2.8
4.
Fain
(PHA)
2.5
McQuinn
(NYY)
2.5
6.
Gordon
(CLE)
2.4
Cullenbine
(DET)
2.4
Boudreau
(CLE)
2.4
9.
Heath
(SLB)
2.3
10.
Spence
(WSH)
2.2
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
81
2.
Henrich
(NYY)
64
3.
Gordon
(CLE)
62
4.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
61
5.
Heath
(SLB)
54
6.
Boudreau
(CLE)
52
7.
Doerr
(BOS)
50
York
(TOT)
50
9.
Mullin
(DET)
49
10.
Vernon
(WSH)
48
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
345
2.
Pesky
(BOS)
279
3.
Kell
(DET)
252
4.
Lake
(DET)
248
5.
Cullenbine
(DET)
241
6.
McCosky
(PHA)
240
7.
Stirnweiss
(NYY)
237
8.
Boudreau
(CLE)
236
9.
McQuinn
(NYY)
235
DiMaggio
(NYY)
235
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
.879
2.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
.752
3.
Henrich
(NYY)
.687
4.
McQuinn
(NYY)
.675
5.
Heath
(SLB)
.663
6.
Gordon
(CLE)
.659
7.
Boudreau
(CLE)
.656
8.
Fain
(PHA)
.655
9.
Spence
(WSH)
.654
10.
McCosky
(PHA)
.648
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Rizzuto
(NYY)
8
2.
Evers
(DET)
6
Johnson
(NYY)
6
4.
Majeski
(PHA)
5
5.
Joost
(PHA)
4
McCosky
(PHA)
4
Jones
(TOT)
4
Dillinger
(SLB)
4
Boudreau
(CLE)
4
10.
Lehner
(SLB)
3
Zarilla
(SLB)
3
Henrich
(NYY)
3
DiMaggio
(NYY)
3
Kell
(DET)
3
Hodgin
(CHW)
3
DiMaggio
(BOS)
3
Culberson
(BOS)
3
Michaels
(CHW)
3
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Joost
(PHA)
24
2.
Suder
(PHA)
14
Valo
(PHA)
14
Evers
(DET)
14
McQuinn
(NYY)
14
Boudreau
(CLE)
14
7.
Keltner
(CLE)
12
Mayo
(DET)
12
Marchildon
(PHA)
12
10.
Stirnweiss
(NYY)
11
Galehouse
(TOT)
11
Zarilla
(SLB)
11
Swift
(DET)
11
Double Plays Grounded Into
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Doerr
(BOS)
25
2.
York
(TOT)
22
Kolloway
(CHW)
22
4.
Johnson
(NYY)
21
5.
Majeski
(PHA)
18
Lehner
(SLB)
18
7.
Lewis
(WSH)
17
8.
Mayo
(DET)
16
Priddy
(WSH)
16
Gordon
(CLE)
16
Caught Stealing
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Philley
(CHW)
16
2.
Dillinger
(SLB)
13
3.
Vernon
(WSH)
12
4.
Kell
(DET)
11
5.
Lake
(DET)
10
6.
Pesky
(BOS)
9
7.
Mullin
(DET)
8
8.
Evers
(DET)
7
Mayo
(DET)
7
Baker
(CHW)
7
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lake
(DET)
11.5
2.
Gordon
(CLE)
11.3
3.
Stephens
(SLB)
10.4
4.
Jones
(TOT)
9.1
5.
Evers
(DET)
8.9
DiMaggio
(BOS)
8.9
7.
Vernon
(WSH)
8.8
8.
Joost
(PHA)
8.2
9.
Appling
(CHW)
8.0
10.
Keltner
(CLE)
6.9
Valo
(PHA)
6.9
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Boudreau
(CLE)
53.800
2.
Kell
(DET)
36.750
3.
Mitchell
(CLE)
35.214
4.
Pesky
(BOS)
29.000
5.
Wright
(CHW)
23.588
6.
Mayo
(DET)
19.107
7.
McCosky
(PHA)
18.828
8.
Lewis
(WSH)
18.741
9.
Appling
(CHW)
17.964
10.
Rizzuto
(NYY)
17.710
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(BOS)
16.500
2.
Heath
(SLB)
18.185
3.
Cullenbine
(DET)
19.333
4.
Gordon
(CLE)
19.379
5.
DiMaggio
(NYY)
26.700
6.
Judnich
(SLB)
27.778
7.
York
(TOT)
27.810
8.
Jones
(TOT)
30.263
9.
Spence
(WSH)
31.625
10.
Doerr
(BOS)
33.000
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lake
(DET)
508
2.
York
(TOT)
471
3.
Vernon
(WSH)
468
4.
Joost
(PHA)
464
5.
Pesky
(BOS)
459
6.
Jones
(TOT)
457
7.
Stirnweiss
(NYY)
452
8.
Doerr
(BOS)
448
9.
Philley
(CHW)
444
10.
Chapman
(PHA)
438
1946 AL
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1948 AL
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1947 MLB
Batting Leaders