1909 American League Batting Leaders

1908 Season 1910 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 620 games, 8 teams, approx. 155 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH
1	Ty Cobb	22	DET	Maj	DET	156	651	573	115	216	33	10	9	107	76	48	45	.377	.431	.517	.947	296	6	24
2	Eddie Collins	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	153	660	571	104	198	30	10	3	56	63	62	36	.347	.416	.450	.866	257	6	21
3	Nap Lajoie	34	CLE	Maj	CLE	128	521	469	56	152	33	7	1	47	13	35	19	.324	.378	.431	.809	202	6	11
4	Harry Lord	27	BOS	Maj	BOS	136	592	534	89	168	12	7	0	31	36	20	39	.315	.349	.363	.712	194	8	30
5	Sam Crawford*	29	DET	Maj	DET	156	662	589	83	185	35	14	6	97	30	47	32	.314	.366	.452	.817	266	1	25
6	Tris Speaker*	21	BOS	Maj	BOS	143	606	544	73	168	26	13	7	77	35	38	53	.309	.362	.443	.805	241	7	17
7	Home Run Baker	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	148	606	541	73	165	27	19	4	85	20	26	48	.305	.343	.447	.790	242	5	34
8	Frank LaPorte	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	89	337	309	35	92	19	3	0	31	5	18	36	.298	.340	.379	.719	117	2	8
9	Bill Carrigan	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	94	312	280	25	83	13	2	1	36	2	17	24	.296	.341	.368	.709	103	2	13
10	Jake Stahl	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	127	505	435	62	128	19	12	6	60	16	43	94	.294	.377	.435	.812	189	15	12
11	Jack Lelivelt*	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	91	345	318	25	93	8	6	0	24	8	19	41	.293	.334	.355	.690	113	1	7
12	Joe Birmingham	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	100	370	343	29	99	10	5	1	38	12	19	57	.289	.333	.356	.689	122	4	4
13	George Stone*	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	83	350	310	33	89	5	4	1	15	8	24	34	.287	.340	.339	.679	105	1	15
14	Heinie Heitmuller	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	64	239	210	36	60	9	8	0	15	7	18	35	.286	.351	.405	.755	85	3	8
15	Patsy Dougherty	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	139	569	491	71	140	23	13	1	55	36	51	56	.285	.360	.391	.751	192	6	21
16	Doc Gessler*	28	BOS,WS1	Maj	BOS-WSH	128	510	450	67	128	26	2	0	54	20	43	55	.284	.361	.351	.712	158	11	6
17	Hal Chase*	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	118	513	474	60	134	17	3	4	63	25	20	50	.283	.317	.357	.674	169	4	15
18	Harry Hooper	21	BOS	Maj	BOS	81	282	255	29	72	3	4	0	12	15	16	27	.282	.337	.326	.663	83	5	6
19	Danny Murphy	32	PHA	Maj	PHA	149	616	541	61	152	28	14	5	69	19	35	38	.281	.332	.412	.744	223	6	34
20	Art Griggs	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	108	401	364	38	102	17	5	0	43	11	24	38	.280	.330	.354	.684	129	3	10
21	Clyde Engle	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	135	563	492	66	137	20	5	3	71	18	47	55	.279	.347	.358	.705	176	5	19
22	Davy Jones	29	DET	Maj	DET	69	239	204	44	57	2	2	0	10	12	28	26	.279	.369	.309	.678	63	1	6
23	Jay Clarke	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	55	179	164	15	45	4	2	0	14	1	9	13	.274	.316	.323	.639	53	1	5
24	Donie Bush	21	DET	Maj	DET	157	676	532	115	145	18	2	0	33	53	88	74	.273	.380	.314	.694	167	4	52
25	George Moriarty	23	DET	Maj	DET	133	515	473	43	129	20	4	1	39	34	24	49	.273	.309	.338	.648	160	1	17
26	George Browne	33	WS1	Maj	WSH	103	421	393	40	107	15	5	1	16	13	17	42	.272	.308	.344	.651	135	3	8
27	Roy Hartzell	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	152	647	595	64	161	12	5	0	32	14	29	50	.271	.312	.308	.620	183	7	16
28	Topsy Hartsel*	35	PHA	Maj	PHA	83	323	267	30	72	4	4	1	18	3	48	26	.270	.381	.326	.707	87	0	8
29	Danny Hoffman*	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	110	440	387	44	104	6	7	2	26	24	41	67	.269	.349	.336	.685	130	7	5
30	Bris Lord	25	CLE	Maj	CLE	69	270	249	26	67	7	3	1	25	10	8	30	.269	.295	.333	.628	83	1	12
31	Harry Davis	35	PHA	Maj	PHA	149	603	530	73	142	22	11	4	75	20	51	72	.268	.338	.374	.712	198	5	17
32	Ed Sweeney	20	NYA	Maj	NYY	67	200	176	18	47	3	0	0	21	3	16	19	.267	.328	.284	.612	50	0	8
33	Bob Unglaub	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	130	518	480	43	127	14	9	3	41	15	22	67	.265	.301	.350	.651	168	3	13
34	Willie Keeler*	37	NYA	Maj	NYY	99	427	360	44	95	7	5	1	32	10	24	6	.264	.327	.319	.647	115	10	33
35	Birdie Cree	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	104	395	343	48	90	6	3	2	27	10	30	31	.262	.338	.315	.653	108	9	13
36	Oscar Stanage	26	DET	Maj	DET	77	269	252	17	66	8	6	0	21	2	11	27	.262	.298	.341	.639	86	2	4
37	Ted Easterly	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	98	308	287	32	75	14	10	1	27	8	13	28	.261	.293	.390	.684	112	0	8
38	Freddy Parent	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	136	551	472	61	123	10	5	0	30	32	46	24	.261	.335	.303	.638	143	7	26
39	Tom Jones	35	SLA,DET	Maj	SLB-DET	141	552	490	43	127	18	3	0	47	22	23	21	.259	.305	.308	.613	151	9	30
40	Bill Hinchman	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	139	524	457	57	118	20	13	2	53	22	41	82	.258	.331	.372	.703	170	9	17
41	Billy Purtell	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	103	412	361	34	93	9	3	0	40	14	19	27	.258	.302	.299	.601	108	4	28
42	Claude Rossman*	28	DET,SLA	Maj	DET-SLB	84	318	295	16	76	8	3	0	39	10	13	31	.258	.289	.305	.594	90	0	10
43	Heinie Wagner	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	124	477	430	53	110	16	7	1	49	18	35	31	.256	.316	.333	.649	143	3	9
44	Elmer Flick	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	66	259	235	28	60	10	2	0	15	9	22	27	.255	.322	.315	.637	74	1	1
45	Neal Ball	28	CLE,NYA	Maj	CLE-NYY	104	391	353	34	89	14	3	1	28	19	20	58	.252	.294	.317	.611	112	1	17
46	Charlie French	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	51	189	167	15	42	3	1	0	13	8	15	19	.252	.324	.281	.606	47	3	4
47	Terry Turner	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	53	226	208	25	52	7	4	0	16	14	14	18	.250	.304	.322	.626	67	2	2
48	Germany Schaefer	33	DET,WS1	Maj	DET-WSH	124	448	408	39	101	17	1	1	26	14	20	61	.248	.284	.302	.586	123	1	19
49	Ray Demmitt	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	123	498	427	68	105	12	12	4	30	16	55	43	.246	.340	.358	.699	153	6	10
50	George Stovall	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	145	595	565	60	139	17	10	2	49	25	6	40	.246	.259	.322	.581	182	4	20
51	Harry Niles	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	145	616	546	65	134	12	5	1	38	27	39	48	.245	.311	.291	.602	159	13	18
52	Wid Conroy	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	139	549	488	44	119	13	4	1	20	24	37	38	.244	.299	.293	.592	143	1	23
53	Matty McIntyre*	29	DET	Maj	DET	125	542	476	65	116	18	9	1	34	13	54	51	.244	.325	.326	.650	155	3	9
54	Charlie Hemphill*	33	NYA	Maj	NYY	73	216	181	23	44	5	1	0	10	10	32	23	.243	.357	.282	.639	51	0	3
55	Kid Elberfeld	34	NYA	Maj	NYY	106	431	379	47	90	9	5	0	26	23	28	17	.238	.314	.288	.601	109	14	10
56	Amby McConnell	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	121	509	453	61	108	7	8	0	36	26	34	37	.238	.300	.289	.589	131	6	16
57	Bobby Wallace	35	SLA	Maj	SLB	116	451	403	36	96	12	2	0	35	7	38	25	.238	.310	.278	.588	112	4	6
58	Pat Donahue	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	65	203	177	14	42	4	1	2	25	2	17	21	.237	.308	.305	.613	54	1	8
59	Jake Atz	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	119	440	381	39	90	18	3	0	22	14	38	33	.236	.309	.299	.608	114	2	19
60	Willis Cole	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	46	187	165	17	39	7	3	0	16	3	16	19	.236	.308	.315	.623	52	1	5
61	John Knight	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	116	416	360	46	85	8	5	0	40	15	37	68	.236	.311	.286	.597	103	2	17
62	Paddy Livingston	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	64	207	175	15	41	6	4	0	15	4	15	18	.234	.323	.314	.638	55	8	9
63	George McBride	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	156	574	504	38	118	16	0	0	34	17	36	59	.234	.294	.266	.560	134	7	27
64	Doc White*	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	72	238	192	24	45	1	5	0	7	7	33	27	.234	.347	.292	.638	56	0	13
65	Dave Altizer	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	116	458	382	47	89	6	7	1	20	27	39	33	.233	.330	.293	.623	112	16	21
66	Jiggs Donahue*	29	WS1,CHA	Maj	WSH-CHW	86	325	287	13	67	12	1	0	30	9	23	17	.233	.293	.282	.575	81	1	14
67	Jim Delahanty	30	WS1,DET	Maj	WSH-DET	136	528	452	47	105	23	6	1	41	13	40	50	.232	.316	.316	.632	143	15	21
68	Jimmy Austin	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	136	500	437	37	101	11	5	1	39	30	32	61	.231	.285	.286	.571	125	1	30
69	Rube Oldring	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	90	367	326	39	75	13	8	1	28	17	20	39	.230	.287	.328	.615	107	6	15
70	Red Kleinow	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	78	241	206	24	47	11	4	0	15	7	25	31	.228	.315	.320	.635	66	1	9
71	Frank Isbell	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	120	477	433	33	97	17	6	0	33	23	23	34	.224	.265	.291	.556	126	1	20
72	George Perring	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	88	316	283	26	63	10	9	0	20	6	19	30	.223	.283	.322	.605	91	5	9
73	Ira Thomas	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	84	286	256	22	57	9	3	0	31	4	18	34	.223	.292	.281	.573	72	7	5
74	Lee Tannehill	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	155	594	531	39	118	21	5	0	47	12	31	52	.222	.269	.281	.550	149	3	29
75	Jim Stephens	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	79	244	223	18	49	5	0	3	18	5	13	28	.220	.278	.283	.561	63	5	3
76	Hobe Ferris	34	SLA	Maj	SLB	148	583	556	36	120	18	5	4	58	11	12	58	.216	.232	.288	.520	160	0	15
77	Jack Barry	22	PHA	Maj	PHA	124	491	409	56	88	11	2	1	23	17	44	48	.215	.307	.259	.566	106	10	28
78	Wilbur Good*	23	CLE	Maj	CLE	94	360	318	33	68	6	5	0	17	13	28	68	.214	.296	.264	.560	84	9	5
79	Jack McAleese	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	85	312	267	33	57	7	0	0	12	18	32	37	.214	.318	.240	.558	64	9	4
80	Gabby Street	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	137	452	407	25	86	12	1	0	29	2	26	25	.211	.262	.246	.508	100	2	17
81	Boss Schmidt	28	DET	Maj	DET	84	285	253	21	53	8	2	1	28	7	7	27	.210	.240	.269	.508	68	3	22
82	Red Killefer	24	WS1,DET	Maj	WSH-DET	63	210	182	17	38	3	2	1	9	6	16	28	.209	.291	.264	.554	48	5	7
83	Bob Ganley*	34	PHA,WS1	Maj	PHA-WSH	99	407	337	37	70	7	2	0	14	20	29	26	.208	.271	.240	.511	81	0	41
84	Charley O'Leary	33	DET	Maj	DET	76	278	261	29	53	10	0	0	13	9	6	21	.203	.224	.241	.465	63	1	10
85	Yip Owens	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	64	193	174	12	35	4	1	0	17	3	8	18	.201	.245	.236	.480	41	2	9
86	Clyde Milan	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	130	460	400	36	80	12	4	1	15	10	31	33	.200	.268	.258	.525	103	6	23
87	Jimmy Williams	32	SLA	Maj	SLB	110	415	374	32	73	3	6	0	22	6	29	34	.195	.257	.235	.492	88	2	10
88	Bill Bradley	31	CLE	Maj	CLE	95	376	334	30	62	6	3	0	22	8	19	37	.186	.236	.222	.458	74	3	20
89	Ed Hahn	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	76	329	287	30	52	6	0	1	16	9	31	12	.181	.268	.213	.480	61	3	8
90	Lou Criger	37	SLA	Maj	SLB	74	250	212	15	36	1	1	0	9	2	25	22	.170	.261	.184	.445	39	1	12
91	Billy Sullivan	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	97	302	265	11	43	3	0	0	16	9	17	50	.162	.227	.174	.400	46	5	15