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1938 American Association Batting Leaders

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Rk Age Tm Lev Aff G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 George Washington 31 STP AA CHW 34 129 55 8 1 3 .426 .574 74
2 Ted Williams 19 MNE AA BOS 148 528 193 30 9 43 .366 .701 370
3 Chet Morgan 28 TOL AA DET 71 283 101 12 7 0 .357 .449 127
4 Joe Gallagher 24 KCY AA NYY 152 583 200 35 4 24 .343 .540 315
5 Otto Denning 25 MNE AA BOS 81 228 78 18 4 9 .342 .575 131
6 Buck Fausett 30 INA AA 139 502 170 27 11 3 .339 .454 228
7 Danny Taylor 37 MNE,INA,CLB AA BOS,STL 125 412 137 25 7 2 .333 .442 182
8 Ed Coleman 36 TOL AA DET 119 437 145 27 8 15 .332 .533 233
9 Steve Mesner 20 INA AA 127 441 146 37 9 7 .331 .503 222
10 Jim Tabor 21 MNE AA BOS 103 437 144 30 5 13 .330 .510 223
11 Fern Bell 25 LOU AA 129 511 167 30 13 9 .327 .489 250
12 Homer Peel 35 TOL AA DET 59 162 53 9 2 1 .327 .426 69
13 Ollie Bejma 30 STP AA CHW 145 555 181 32 8 25 .326 .548 304
14 Stan Spence* 23 MNE AA BOS 136 506 163 26 4 19 .322 .502 254
15 Ralph Winegarner 28 MLW AA CLE 62 173 55 8 2 12 .318 .595 103
16 Jim Bucher 27 CLB AA STL 121 501 159 37 5 6 .317 .447 224
17 Lynn King 30 CLB AA STL 153 620 196 25 11 3 .316 .406 252
18 Eddie Morgan* 23 CLB AA STL 131 438 138 29 10 10 .315 .495 217
19 Bob Linton 36 TOL AA DET 97 287 90 7 2 3 .314 .383 110
20 Ted Gullic 31 MLW AA CLE 135 537 168 40 4 28 .313 .559 300
21 George Archie 24 TOL AA DET 154 602 188 33 10 5 .312 .425 256
22 George Washburn 23 KCY AA NYY 42 61 19 3 0 0 .311 .361 22
23 Roy Cullenbine 24 TOL AA DET 127 479 148 34 11 15 .309 .520 249
24 Benny McCoy 22 TOL AA DET 154 615 190 27 16 17 .309 .488 300
25 Glenn Chapman 32 INA AA 149 568 175 20 8 8 .308 .414 235
26 Bill Baker 27 INA AA 90 280 86 18 3 7 .307 .468 131
27 Joe Becker 30 MLW AA CLE 79 265 81 15 1 4 .306 .415 110
28 Oscar Grimes 23 MLW AA CLE 143 503 154 28 9 12 .306 .469 236
29 Earl Browne* 27 CLB AA STL 125 469 143 23 6 17 .305 .488 229
30 Roy Johnson 35 MLW AA CLE 128 491 148 29 6 7 .301 .428 210
31 Malin McCulloch 26 STP AA CHW 144 499 150 41 14 5 .301 .469 234
32 Milt Galatzer* 31 INA AA 96 333 100 16 8 0 .300 .396 132
33 Leo Ogorek 28 LOU AA 146 566 170 18 8 6 .300 .392 222
34 Fred Schulte 37 MLW AA CLE 124 454 136 20 3 9 .300 .416 189
35 Johnny Sturm* 22 LOU AA 155 600 180 31 4 0 .300 .365 219
36 Harry Davis* 30 KCY AA NYY 147 602 180 31 7 10 .299 .424 255
37 Tony Governor* 34 LOU AA 25 77 23 1 2 0 .299 .364 28
38 Jesse Landrum 25 STP AA CHW 41 131 39 11 2 5 .298 .527 69
39 Chester Wilburn 31 TOL AA DET 154 658 196 31 6 2 .298 .372 245
40 Bob Boken 30 STP AA CHW 128 465 138 19 4 21 .297 .490 228
41 Tommy Irwin 25 MLW AA CLE 125 476 141 23 4 8 .296 .412 196
42 Mickey Heath* 34 MLW AA CLE 141 514 151 21 4 32 .294 .537 276
43 Fabian Gaffke 24 MNE AA BOS 42 167 49 13 1 3 .293 .437 73
44 Chet Laabs 26 TOL AA DET 73 290 85 16 6 11 .293 .503 146
45 John Mihalic 26 MNE AA BOS 78 239 70 10 0 3 .293 .372 89
46 Fred Berger 29 STP AA CHW 102 319 93 14 2 10 .292 .442 141
47 Roy Anton 28 STP AA CHW 138 493 143 27 4 14 .290 .446 220
48 Eddie Miller 21 KCY AA NYY 147 531 154 33 11 14 .290 .473 251
49 Chris Hartje 23 KCY AA NYY 44 128 37 5 2 2 .289 .406 52
50 Eddie Joost 22 KCY AA NYY 145 578 167 33 6 5 .289 .393 227
51 Bill Matheson 23 KCY AA NYY 107 318 92 19 6 1 .289 .396 126
52 Coaker Triplett 26 MNE AA BOS 105 366 105 16 7 10 .287 .451 165
53 Jimmy Wasdell* 24 INA AA 36 119 34 9 3 1 .286 .437 52
54 Charlie Gelbert 32 TOL AA DET 143 490 139 30 11 8 .284 .439 215
55 Bill LeFebvre* 22 MNE AA BOS 27 57 16 2 0 1 .281 .368 21
56 Buzz Boyle* 30 KCY AA NYY 120 353 99 11 6 5 .280 .388 137
57 Bill Lewis 33 INA AA 92 255 71 14 2 1 .278 .361 92
58 Frank Madura? 24 LOU AA 153 557 155 18 2 1 .278 .323 180
59 Joe Schultz 19 CLB AA STL 57 176 49 8 0 1 .278 .341 60
60 Pee Wee Reese 19 LOU AA 138 483 134 21 8 3 .277 .373 180
61 Jack Saltzgaver 35 KCY AA NYY 129 440 122 20 11 8 .277 .427 188
62 Vince Sherlock 28 INA AA 138 527 146 24 5 5 .277 .370 195
63 George Stumpf* 27 STP AA CHW 151 582 161 25 10 9 .277 .400 233
64 Gene Hasson* 22 CLB AA STL 123 414 114 23 4 19 .275 .488 202
65 Jim Henry 28 MNE AA BOS 32 51 14 3 1 0 .275 .373 19
66 Wally Judnich* 22 KCY AA NYY 150 557 152 34 10 22 .273 .488 272
67 Bob Latshaw* 21 INA AA 135 482 131 38 6 11 .272 .444 214
68 Ken Silvestri 22 STP AA CHW 114 371 101 22 8 11 .272 .464 172
69 Mel Simons 37 LOU AA 144 511 139 17 4 0 .272 .321 164
70 Jim Galvin 30 MNE AA BOS 41 129 35 10 0 2 .271 .395 51
71 Pat Ankenman 25 CLB AA STL 137 452 122 15 5 2 .270 .338 153
72 Lin Storti 31 MLW AA CLE 112 362 96 9 2 21 .265 .475 172
73 Art Garibaldi 30 CLB AA STL 149 549 145 27 4 3 .264 .344 189
74 Fred Koster* 32 LOU AA 149 529 139 30 9 3 .263 .371 196
75 Ed Madjeski 29 LOU AA 92 270 71 8 2 3 .263 .341 92
76 Walt Tauscher 36 MNE AA BOS 48 65 17 3 0 0 .262 .308 20
77 Joe Just 22 MLW AA CLE 74 199 52 10 0 12 .261 .492 98
78 William Hankins? 25 MLW AA CLE 92 338 88 11 3 5 .260 .355 120
79 Andy Pilney 25 INA AA 81 265 69 8 3 0 .260 .313 83
80 Walter Ringhofer 26 LOU AA 112 277 72 14 4 0 .260 .339 94
81 Harry Taylor* 30 MNE AA BOS 145 523 136 28 5 13 .260 .407 213
82 Merv Connors 24 STP AA CHW 20 70 18 3 0 3 .257 .429 30
83 Andy Cohen 33 MNE AA BOS 145 597 150 24 4 4 .251 .325 194
84 Wes Flowers* 24 LOU,INA AA 35 60 15 3 0 0 .250 .300 18
85 Mike McCormick 21 INA AA 99 344 86 10 3 1 .250 .305 105
86 Clyde McCullough 21 KCY AA NYY 46 132 33 2 2 3 .250 .364 48
87 Johnny Riddle 32 KCY AA NYY 20 52 13 3 0 0 .250 .308 16
88 Roy Pfleger 29 MNE AA BOS 135 484 120 13 2 20 .248 .407 197
89 Justin Stein 26 CLB AA STL 20 73 18 3 1 0 .247 .315 23
90 Mike Ryba 35 CLB AA STL 72 207 51 7 0 0 .246 .280 58
91 Jimmy Pofahl 21 INA AA 88 299 73 12 3 5 .244 .355 106
92 Tony York 25 STP AA CHW 145 597 144 26 7 12 .241 .369 220
93 Buddy Hancken 23 TOL AA DET 47 125 30 4 0 0 .240 .272 34
94 El Breese 27 KCY AA NYY 53 151 36 5 0 1 .238 .291 44
95 Kenneth Miller? 22 CLB AA STL 34 80 19 3 1 3 .238 .413 33
96 Whit Wyatt 30 MLW AA CLE 36 106 25 5 1 2 .236 .358 38
97 Jim Grilk 23 CLB AA STL 50 137 32 4 5 2 .234 .380 52
98 Rufus Meadows* 30 LOU AA 41 77 18 2 2 1 .234 .351 27
99 Earl Grace 31 MNE,CLB AA BOS,STL 117 356 83 13 1 11 .233 .368 131
100 Ox Eckhardt 36 TOL AA DET 55 201 46 9 3 2 .229 .333 67

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