1938 American League Batting Leaders

1937 Season 1939 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 613 games, 8 teams, approx. 153 games in season

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Minimum 153 AB's to appear on leaderboard

League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	IBB
1	Earle Brucker	37	PHA	Maj	PHA	53	191	171	26	64	21	1	3	35	1	1	19	16	.374	.437	.561	.998	96	0	1	1
2	Taffy Wright	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	100	281	263	37	92	18	10	2	36	1	2	13	17	.350	.389	.517	.906	136	4	1	0
3	Jimmie Foxx	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	149	685	565	139	197	33	9	50	175	5	4	119	76	.349	.462	.704	1.166	398	0	1	12
4	Jeff Heath	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	126	538	502	104	172	31	18	21	112	3	1	33	55	.343	.383	.602	.985	302	0	3	2
5	Ben Chapman	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	127	553	480	92	163	40	8	6	80	13	6	65	33	.340	.418	.494	.912	237	0	8	1
6	Buddy Myer	34	WS1	Maj	WSH	127	534	437	79	147	22	8	6	71	9	5	93	32	.336	.454	.465	.918	203	1	3	4
7	Cecil Travis	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	146	642	567	96	190	30	5	5	67	6	5	58	22	.335	.401	.432	.833	245	4	13	5
8	Hal Trosky	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	150	626	554	106	185	40	9	19	110	5	1	67	40	.334	.407	.542	.948	300	1	4	9
9	Hank Steinbacher	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	106	444	399	59	132	23	8	4	61	1	3	41	19	.331	.393	.459	.852	183	0	4	1
10	Earl Averill	36	CLE	Maj	CLE	134	567	482	101	159	27	15	14	93	5	2	81	48	.330	.429	.535	.965	258	3	1	4
11	Rip Radcliff*	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	129	545	503	64	166	23	6	5	81	5	7	36	17	.330	.376	.429	.805	216	1	5	3
12	Jackie Hayes	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	62	269	238	40	78	21	2	1	20	3	2	24	6	.328	.389	.445	.835	106	0	7	1
13	Joe Cronin	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	143	637	530	98	172	51	5	17	94	7	5	91	60	.325	.428	.536	.964	284	5	11	2
14	Joe DiMaggio	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	145	660	599	129	194	32	13	32	140	6	1	59	21	.324	.386	.581	.967	348	2	0	11
15	George McQuinn*	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	148	674	602	100	195	42	7	12	82	4	5	58	49	.324	.384	.477	.861	287	1	13	3
16	Joe Vosmik	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	146	689	621	121	201	37	6	9	86	0	3	59	26	.324	.384	.446	.830	277	2	7	0
17	Hank Greenberg	27	DET	Maj	DET	155	681	556	143	175	23	4	58	147	7	5	119	92	.315	.438	.684	1.122	380	3	3	15
18	Bill Dickey	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	132	532	454	84	142	27	4	27	115	3	0	75	22	.313	.412	.568	.981	258	2	1	11
19	Bob Johnson	32	PHA	Maj	PHA	152	652	563	114	176	27	9	30	113	9	8	87	73	.313	.406	.552	.959	311	2	0	10
20	Mel Almada*	25	SLA,WS1	Maj	SLB-WSH	149	689	633	101	197	29	6	4	52	13	6	46	38	.311	.362	.395	.757	250	4	6	1
21	Red Rolfe	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	151	714	631	132	196	36	8	10	80	13	1	74	44	.311	.386	.441	.826	278	3	6	0
22	Frankie Pytlak	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	113	406	364	46	112	14	7	1	43	9	5	36	15	.308	.376	.393	.769	143	4	2	7
23	Dixie Walker	27	DET	Maj	DET	127	526	454	84	140	27	6	6	43	5	4	65	32	.308	.396	.434	.830	197	1	6	0
24	Wally Moses*	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	142	650	589	86	181	29	8	8	49	15	5	58	31	.307	.369	.424	.794	250	0	3	2
25	Charlie Gehringer	35	DET	Maj	DET	152	688	568	133	174	32	5	20	107	14	1	113	21	.306	.425	.486	.911	276	4	3	5
26	George Case	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	107	479	433	69	132	27	3	2	40	11	6	39	28	.305	.362	.395	.757	171	0	7	0
27	Gee Walker	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	120	481	442	69	135	23	6	16	87	9	4	38	32	.305	.360	.493	.854	218	0	1	2
28	Sam West*	33	WS1,SLA	Maj	WSH-SLB	136	567	509	68	155	27	7	6	74	2	1	47	30	.305	.363	.420	.784	214	0	11	1
29	Luke Appling	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	81	338	294	41	89	14	0	0	44	1	3	42	17	.303	.392	.350	.742	103	1	1	1
30	Pinky Higgins	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	139	603	524	77	159	29	5	5	106	10	9	71	55	.303	.388	.407	.794	213	1	7	5
31	Johnny Peacock	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	72	214	195	29	59	7	1	1	39	4	1	17	4	.303	.359	.364	.723	71	0	2	1
32	Red Kress	33	SLA	Maj	SLB	150	644	566	74	171	33	3	7	79	5	4	69	47	.302	.378	.408	.786	231	0	9	4
33	Al Simmons	36	WS1	Maj	WSH	125	512	470	79	142	23	6	21	95	2	1	38	40	.302	.357	.511	.868	240	2	2	1
34	Doc Cramer	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	148	717	658	116	198	36	8	0	71	4	9	51	19	.301	.354	.380	.734	250	3	5	2
35	Rudy York	24	DET	Maj	DET	135	557	463	86	138	27	2	33	126	1	2	92	74	.298	.417	.579	.995	268	2	0	2
36	Mike Kreevich	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	129	551	489	73	145	26	12	6	73	13	5	55	23	.297	.371	.436	.807	213	3	4	1
37	Rollie Hemsley	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	66	230	203	27	60	11	3	2	28	1	1	23	14	.296	.367	.409	.776	83	0	4	5
38	Buddy Lewis	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	151	724	656	122	194	35	9	12	91	17	9	58	35	.296	.354	.431	.785	283	1	9	1
39	Lou Gehrig*	35	NYA	Maj	NYY	157	689	576	115	170	32	6	29	114	6	1	107	75	.295	.410	.523	.933	301	5	1	6
40	Pete Fox	29	DET	Maj	DET	155	675	634	91	186	35	10	7	96	16	7	31	39	.293	.328	.413	.742	262	2	8	3
41	Rick Ferrell	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	135	495	411	55	120	24	5	1	58	1	0	75	17	.292	.401	.382	.783	157	0	9	5
42	Gene Desautels	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	108	402	333	47	97	16	2	2	48	1	1	57	31	.291	.396	.369	.766	123	1	11	2
43	Frankie Hayes	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	99	373	316	56	92	19	3	11	55	2	3	54	51	.291	.396	.475	.871	150	1	2	1
44	Bruce Campbell	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	133	575	511	90	148	27	12	12	72	11	7	53	57	.290	.360	.460	.820	235	3	8	0
45	Harlond Clift	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	149	658	534	119	155	25	7	34	118	10	5	118	67	.290	.423	.554	.977	296	5	1	5
46	Zeke Bonura	29	WS1	Maj	WSH	137	589	540	72	156	27	3	22	114	2	2	44	29	.289	.346	.472	.818	255	3	2	3
47	Bobby Doerr	20	BOS	Maj	BOS	145	590	509	70	147	26	7	5	80	5	10	59	39	.289	.363	.397	.760	202	0	22	3
48	Buster Mills	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	123	520	466	66	133	24	4	3	46	7	8	43	46	.285	.350	.373	.723	174	3	8	2
49	Chet Morgan	28	DET	Maj	DET	74	333	306	50	87	6	1	0	27	5	6	20	12	.284	.330	.311	.641	95	1	6	0
50	Dick Siebert*	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	48	209	194	24	55	8	3	0	28	2	3	10	9	.284	.329	.356	.684	69	3	2	0
51	Red Nonnenkamp*	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	87	204	180	37	51	4	1	0	18	6	1	21	13	.283	.358	.317	.675	57	0	3	0
52	Marv Owen	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	141	631	577	84	162	23	6	6	55	6	4	45	31	.281	.337	.373	.710	215	4	5	3
53	Dario Lodigiani	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	93	372	325	36	91	15	1	6	44	3	0	34	25	.280	.361	.388	.748	126	7	6	2
54	Mel Mazzera*	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	86	222	204	33	57	8	2	6	29	1	1	12	25	.279	.329	.427	.755	87	3	3	1
55	Odell Hale	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	130	559	496	69	138	32	2	8	69	8	1	44	39	.278	.338	.399	.738	198	1	18	6
56	Myril Hoag	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	85	298	267	28	74	14	3	0	48	4	3	25	31	.277	.344	.352	.696	94	2	4	2
57	Billy Sullivan	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	111	401	375	35	104	16	1	7	49	8	5	20	10	.277	.316	.381	.697	143	1	5	0
58	Ken Keltner	21	CLE	Maj	CLE	149	619	576	86	159	31	9	26	113	4	3	33	75	.276	.319	.497	.815	286	3	7	3
59	Lou Finney	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	122	502	454	61	125	21	12	10	48	5	8	39	25	.275	.333	.441	.773	200	0	9	0
60	Stan Sperry	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	60	272	253	28	69	6	3	0	27	1	2	15	9	.273	.313	.320	.634	81	0	4	0
61	Tommy Henrich*	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	131	575	471	109	127	24	7	22	91	6	2	92	32	.270	.391	.490	.882	231	2	10	0
62	Lyn Lary	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	141	661	568	94	152	36	4	3	51	23	6	88	65	.268	.366	.361	.727	205	0	5	0
63	Joe Kuhel*	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	117	492	412	67	110	27	4	8	51	9	7	72	35	.267	.376	.410	.786	169	0	8	1
64	Frankie Crosetti	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	157	757	631	113	166	35	3	9	55	27	12	106	97	.263	.382	.371	.752	234	15	5	0
65	Beau Bell	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	147	599	526	91	138	35	3	13	84	1	3	71	46	.262	.350	.414	.765	218	0	2	8
66	Roy Weatherly	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	83	228	210	32	55	14	3	2	18	8	5	14	14	.262	.308	.386	.694	81	0	4	0
67	Jo-Jo White	29	DET	Maj	DET	78	240	206	40	54	6	1	0	15	3	4	30	15	.262	.359	.301	.660	62	1	3	0
68	Ossie Bluege	37	WS1	Maj	WSH	58	209	184	25	48	12	1	0	21	3	1	21	11	.261	.340	.337	.677	62	1	3	0
69	Billy Rogell	33	DET	Maj	DET	136	597	501	76	130	22	8	3	55	9	2	86	37	.260	.373	.353	.727	177	5	5	4
70	Don Ross	23	DET	Maj	DET	77	297	265	22	69	7	1	1	30	1	0	29	11	.260	.333	.306	.639	81	0	3	3
71	Sam Chapman	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	114	466	406	60	105	17	7	17	63	3	4	55	94	.259	.353	.461	.813	187	4	1	3
72	Billy Werber	30	PHA	Maj	PHA	134	599	499	92	129	22	7	11	69	19	15	93	37	.259	.377	.397	.774	198	2	5	0
73	Joe Gordon	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	127	520	458	83	117	24	7	25	97	11	3	56	72	.256	.340	.502	.843	230	3	3	7
74	Jake Powell	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	45	183	164	27	42	12	1	2	20	3	1	15	20	.256	.326	.378	.704	62	2	2	0
75	George Selkirk	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	99	407	335	58	85	12	5	10	62	9	4	68	52	.254	.384	.409	.793	137	3	1	3
76	Tony Rensa	36	CHA	Maj	CHW	59	191	165	15	41	5	0	3	19	1	1	25	16	.249	.351	.333	.684	55	1	0	0
77	Mark Christman	24	DET	Maj	DET	95	347	318	35	79	6	4	1	44	5	2	27	21	.248	.307	.302	.609	96	0	2	2
78	Don Heffner	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	141	554	473	47	116	23	3	2	69	1	1	65	53	.245	.341	.319	.661	151	4	12	7
79	John Stone	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	56	244	213	24	52	12	4	3	28	2	1	30	16	.244	.337	.380	.718	81	0	1	3
80	Chet Laabs	26	DET	Maj	DET	64	229	211	26	50	7	3	7	37	3	2	15	52	.237	.288	.398	.686	84	0	3	0
81	Wayne Ambler	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	120	452	393	42	92	21	2	0	38	2	1	48	31	.234	.318	.298	.615	117	0	11	1
82	Tommy Heath	24	SLA	Maj	SLB	70	236	194	22	44	13	0	2	22	0	1	35	24	.227	.345	.325	.670	63	0	7	0
83	Boze Berger	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	118	523	470	60	102	15	3	3	36	4	1	43	80	.217	.284	.281	.565	132	1	9	0
84	Luke Sewell	37	CHA	Maj	CHW	65	236	211	23	45	4	1	0	27	0	0	20	20	.213	.285	.242	.526	51	1	4	0
85	Moose Solters	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	67	214	199	30	40	6	3	2	22	4	1	13	28	.201	.250	.292	.542	58	0	2	1