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1944 National League Batting Leaders
1943 NL
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1945 NL
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1944 AL
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1944 MLB
Batting Leaders
NL Batting Leaders
Glossary
Batting Average
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Walker
(BRO)
.357
2.
Musial
(STL)
.347
3.
Medwick
(NYG)
.337
4.
Hopp
(STL)
.336
5.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
.321
6.
Galan
(BRO)
.318
7.
Cooper
(STL)
.317
8.
Weintraub
(NYG)
.316
9.
Russell
(PIT)
.312
10.
Holmes
(BSN)
.309
On-Base%
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
.440
2.
Walker
(BRO)
.434
3.
Galan
(BRO)
.426
4.
Ott
(NYG)
.423
5.
Weintraub
(NYG)
.412
6.
Hopp
(STL)
.404
7.
Dallessandro
(CHC)
.400
8.
Russell
(PIT)
.399
9.
Nicholson
(CHC)
.391
10.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
.390
Slugging %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
.549
2.
Nicholson
(CHC)
.545
3.
Ott
(NYG)
.544
4.
Walker
(BRO)
.529
5.
Weintraub
(NYG)
.524
6.
Cooper
(STL)
.504
7.
Hopp
(STL)
.499
8.
Northey
(PHI)
.496
9.
Galan
(BRO)
.495
10.
McCormick
(CIN)
.482
On-Base Plus Slugging
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
.990
2.
Ott
(NYG)
.967
3.
Walker
(BRO)
.963
4.
Weintraub
(NYG)
.935
5.
Nicholson
(CHC)
.935
6.
Galan
(BRO)
.922
7.
Hopp
(STL)
.903
8.
Northey
(PHI)
.863
9.
Russell
(PIT)
.859
10.
Cooper
(STL)
.855
Games Played
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Dahlgren
(PIT)
158
2.
Nicholson
(CHC)
156
3.
Miller
(CIN)
155
Holmes
(BSN)
155
Williams
(CIN)
155
Mueller
(CIN)
155
7.
Sanders
(STL)
154
Johnson
(CHC)
154
9.
Lupien
(PHI)
153
McCormick
(CIN)
153
At Bats
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(CIN)
653
2.
Holmes
(BSN)
631
3.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
614
4.
Johnson
(CHC)
608
5.
Sanders
(STL)
601
6.
Dahlgren
(PIT)
599
7.
Lupien
(PHI)
597
8.
Rucker
(NYG)
587
9.
Adams
(PHI)
584
10.
Nicholson
(CHC)
582
Plate Appearances
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(CIN)
707
2.
Holmes
(BSN)
705
3.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
692
4.
Nicholson
(CHC)
686
5.
Sanders
(STL)
683
6.
Adams
(PHI)
682
7.
Musial
(STL)
667
Lupien
(PHI)
667
9.
Russell
(PIT)
664
10.
Barrett
(PIT)
661
Runs Scored
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nicholson
(CHC)
116
2.
Musial
(STL)
112
3.
Russell
(PIT)
109
4.
Hopp
(STL)
106
Cavarretta
(CHC)
106
6.
Barrett
(PIT)
99
7.
Galan
(BRO)
96
8.
Kurowski
(STL)
95
9.
Holmes
(BSN)
93
10.
Ott
(NYG)
91
Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
197
Musial
(STL)
197
3.
Holmes
(BSN)
195
4.
Walker
(BRO)
191
5.
Russell
(PIT)
181
6.
Hopp
(STL)
177
McCormick
(CIN)
177
Sanders
(STL)
177
9.
Galan
(BRO)
174
10.
Dahlgren
(PIT)
173
Total Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nicholson
(CHC)
317
2.
Musial
(STL)
312
3.
Holmes
(BSN)
288
4.
Northey
(PHI)
283
Walker
(BRO)
283
6.
McCormick
(CIN)
280
7.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
277
8.
Galan
(BRO)
271
9.
Russell
(PIT)
267
10.
Sanders
(STL)
265
Doubles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
51
2.
Galan
(BRO)
43
3.
Holmes
(BSN)
42
4.
McCormick
(CIN)
37
Johnson
(CHC)
37
Walker
(BRO)
37
7.
Nicholson
(CHC)
35
Cavarretta
(CHC)
35
Northey
(PHI)
35
Adams
(PHI)
35
Hopp
(STL)
35
Triples
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Barrett
(PIT)
19
2.
Elliott
(PIT)
16
3.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
15
4.
Russell
(PIT)
14
Musial
(STL)
14
6.
Hopp
(STL)
9
Sanders
(STL)
9
Northey
(PHI)
9
Lupien
(PHI)
9
Weintraub
(NYG)
9
Galan
(BRO)
9
Home Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nicholson
(CHC)
33
2.
Ott
(NYG)
26
3.
Northey
(PHI)
22
4.
McCormick
(CIN)
20
Kurowski
(STL)
20
6.
Adams
(PHI)
17
7.
Nieman
(BSN)
16
8.
Litwhiler
(STL)
15
9.
Walker
(BRO)
13
Cooper
(STL)
13
Holmes
(BSN)
13
Weintraub
(NYG)
13
Runs Batted In
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Nicholson
(CHC)
122
2.
Elliott
(PIT)
108
3.
Northey
(PHI)
104
4.
Sanders
(STL)
102
McCormick
(CIN)
102
6.
Dahlgren
(PIT)
101
7.
Musial
(STL)
94
8.
Galan
(BRO)
93
9.
Walker
(BRO)
91
10.
Kurowski
(STL)
87
Bases on Balls
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Galan
(BRO)
101
2.
Nicholson
(CHC)
93
3.
Musial
(STL)
90
Ott
(NYG)
90
5.
Barrett
(PIT)
86
6.
Russell
(PIT)
79
7.
Elliott
(PIT)
75
8.
Adams
(PHI)
74
9.
Walker
(BRO)
72
10.
Sanders
(STL)
71
Strikeouts
s
c
a
p
y
1.
DiMaggio
(PIT)
83
2.
Adams
(PHI)
74
3.
Nicholson
(CHC)
71
4.
Schultz
(BRO)
67
5.
Russell
(PIT)
63
6.
Weintraub
(NYG)
59
7.
Coscarart
(PIT)
57
8.
Dahlgren
(PIT)
56
Barrett
(PIT)
56
Litwhiler
(STL)
56
Stolen Bases
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Barrett
(PIT)
28
2.
Lupien
(PHI)
18
3.
Hughes
(CHC)
16
4.
Hopp
(STL)
15
5.
Kerr
(NYG)
14
6.
Ryan
(BSN)
13
7.
Olmo
(BRO)
10
Coscarart
(PIT)
10
9.
Miller
(CIN)
9
Elliott
(PIT)
9
Singles
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
142
2.
Holmes
(BSN)
134
3.
Walker
(BRO)
133
4.
Lupien
(PHI)
132
5.
Medwick
(NYG)
131
6.
Williams
(CIN)
130
7.
Johnson
(CHC)
129
8.
Dahlgren
(PIT)
126
9.
Russell
(PIT)
125
10.
Hopp
(STL)
122
Sanders
(STL)
122
Adjusted OPS+
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
175
2.
Walker
(BRO)
172
3.
Ott
(NYG)
171
4.
Weintraub
(NYG)
162
5.
Nicholson
(CHC)
161
6.
Galan
(BRO)
161
7.
Hopp
(STL)
151
8.
Northey
(PHI)
144
9.
McCormick
(CIN)
143
10.
Russell
(PIT)
137
Runs Created
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
136
2.
Walker
(BRO)
123
3.
Nicholson
(CHC)
122
4.
Galan
(BRO)
115
5.
Holmes
(BSN)
107
Cavarretta
(CHC)
107
7.
Hopp
(STL)
106
8.
Russell
(PIT)
105
9.
McCormick
(CIN)
103
Northey
(PHI)
103
Adj. Batting Runs
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
62
2.
Walker
(BRO)
54
3.
Galan
(BRO)
50
4.
Nicholson
(CHC)
49
5.
Ott
(NYG)
41
6.
Hopp
(STL)
37
7.
Northey
(PHI)
33
8.
McCormick
(CIN)
33
9.
Russell
(PIT)
32
10.
Weintraub
(NYG)
31
Adj. Batting Wins
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
6.2
2.
Walker
(BRO)
5.5
3.
Galan
(BRO)
5.1
4.
Nicholson
(CHC)
4.9
5.
Ott
(NYG)
4.2
6.
Hopp
(STL)
3.7
7.
Northey
(PHI)
3.4
8.
McCormick
(CIN)
3.3
9.
Russell
(PIT)
3.2
10.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
3.1
Weintraub
(NYG)
3.1
Extra Base Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
77
2.
Nicholson
(CHC)
76
3.
Northey
(PHI)
66
4.
Galan
(BRO)
64
5.
Holmes
(BSN)
61
6.
McCormick
(CIN)
60
7.
Walker
(BRO)
58
8.
Russell
(PIT)
56
9.
Hopp
(STL)
55
Adams
(PHI)
55
Sanders
(STL)
55
Cavarretta
(CHC)
55
Times On Base
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
292
2.
Galan
(BRO)
277
3.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
267
4.
Nicholson
(CHC)
266
5.
Russell
(PIT)
265
6.
Walker
(BRO)
264
7.
Holmes
(BSN)
258
8.
Sanders
(STL)
250
9.
Adams
(PHI)
246
10.
Barrett
(PIT)
240
Offensive Win %
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Musial
(STL)
.818
2.
Walker
(BRO)
.813
3.
Ott
(NYG)
.782
4.
Weintraub
(NYG)
.773
5.
Galan
(BRO)
.766
6.
Hopp
(STL)
.761
7.
Nicholson
(CHC)
.754
8.
Russell
(PIT)
.714
9.
Northey
(PHI)
.698
10.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
.696
Elliott
(PIT)
.696
Hit By Pitch
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Litwhiler
(STL)
10
2.
Adams
(PHI)
7
3.
Nicholson
(CHC)
6
Dahlgren
(PIT)
6
5.
Musial
(STL)
5
Reyes
(NYG)
5
Walker
(CIN)
5
Russell
(PIT)
5
Finley
(PHI)
5
10.
McCormick
(CIN)
4
Northey
(PHI)
4
Pafko
(CHC)
4
Workman
(BSN)
4
Mueller
(CIN)
4
Mullen
(PHI)
4
Luby
(NYG)
4
Sacrifice Hits
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hausmann
(NYG)
27
2.
Verban
(STL)
19
3.
Hughes
(CHC)
17
Adams
(PHI)
17
5.
Marion
(STL)
16
6.
Clay
(CIN)
15
7.
Miller
(CIN)
14
8.
Ryan
(BSN)
13
Raffensberger
(PHI)
13
10.
Phillips
(BSN)
12
Jurges
(NYG)
12
Barrett
(BSN)
12
Coscarart
(PIT)
12
Litwhiler
(STL)
12
Wasdell
(PHI)
12
Lupien
(PHI)
12
Double Plays Grounded Into
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Lombardi
(NYG)
23
2.
Dahlgren
(PIT)
20
3.
McCormick
(CIN)
19
4.
Tipton
(CIN)
18
Owen
(BRO)
18
6.
Schultz
(BRO)
17
7.
Cooper
(STL)
15
Walker
(CIN)
15
9.
Wasdell
(PHI)
14
Gustine
(PIT)
14
Kerr
(NYG)
14
Pafko
(CHC)
14
Stewart
(PHI)
14
Power-Speed #
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Hopp
(STL)
12.7
2.
Barrett
(PIT)
11.2
3.
Kerr
(NYG)
11.0
4.
McCormick
(CIN)
10.4
5.
Elliott
(PIT)
9.5
Olmo
(BRO)
9.5
7.
Musial
(STL)
8.8
8.
Walker
(BRO)
8.2
9.
Lupien
(PHI)
7.8
10.
Schultz
(BRO)
7.8
AB per SO
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Holmes
(BSN)
57.364
2.
Verban
(STL)
35.571
3.
McCormick
(CIN)
34.176
4.
Williams
(CIN)
27.208
5.
Owen
(BRO)
27.118
6.
Wasdell
(PHI)
26.529
7.
Galan
(BRO)
23.783
8.
Bordagaray
(BRO)
22.773
9.
Luby
(NYG)
21.533
10.
Cooper
(STL)
20.895
AB per HR
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Ott
(NYG)
15.346
2.
Nicholson
(CHC)
17.636
3.
Northey
(PHI)
25.909
4.
Kurowski
(STL)
27.750
5.
Weintraub
(NYG)
27.769
6.
McCormick
(CIN)
29.050
7.
Nieman
(BSN)
29.250
8.
Cooper
(STL)
30.538
9.
Litwhiler
(STL)
32.800
10.
Adams
(PHI)
34.353
Outs Made
s
c
a
p
y
1.
Williams
(CIN)
513
2.
Johnson
(CHC)
457
3.
Rucker
(NYG)
456
4.
Holmes
(BSN)
454
5.
Dahlgren
(PIT)
453
6.
Miller
(CIN)
448
7.
Adams
(PHI)
447
8.
Sanders
(STL)
445
9.
Lupien
(PHI)
444
10.
Cavarretta
(CHC)
435
1943 NL
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1944 AL
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1944 MLB
Batting Leaders