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1939 American League Batting Leaders

1938 Season 1940 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 615 games, 8 teams, approx. 153 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	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1	Joe DiMaggio	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	120	524	462	108	176	32	6	30	126	3	0	52	20	.381	.448	.671	1.119	310	11	4	6	9
2	Jimmie Foxx	31	BOS	Maj	BOS	124	563	467	130	168	31	10	35	105	4	3	89	72	.360	.464	.694	1.158	324	17	2	5	6
3	Bob Johnson	33	PHA	Maj	PHA	150	653	544	115	184	30	9	23	114	15	5	99	59	.338	.440	.553	.993	301	12	0	10	3
4	Hal Trosky	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	122	511	448	89	150	31	4	25	104	2	3	52	28	.335	.405	.589	.995	264	6	1	10	2
5	Charlie Keller	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	111	490	398	87	133	21	6	11	83	6	3	81	49	.334	.447	.500	.947	199	4	0	11	3
6	Red Rolfe	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	152	731	648	139	213	46	10	14	80	7	6	81	41	.329	.404	.495	.900	321	6	1	1	0
7	Ted Williams	20	BOS	Maj	BOS	149	677	565	131	185	44	11	31	145	2	1	107	64	.327	.436	.609	1.045	344	10	2	3	12
8	Charlie Gehringer	36	DET	Maj	DET	118	486	406	86	132	29	6	16	86	4	3	68	16	.325	.423	.544	.968	221	7	1	11	2
9	Ken Keltner	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	154	648	587	84	191	35	11	13	97	6	6	51	41	.325	.379	.489	.868	287	15	0	10	9
10	Mike Kreevich	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	145	622	541	85	175	30	8	5	77	23	10	59	40	.324	.390	.436	.826	236	14	0	22	0
11	Eric McNair	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	129	528	479	62	155	18	5	7	82	17	9	38	41	.324	.375	.426	.800	204	13	1	10	3
12	Buddy Lewis	22	WS1	Maj	WSH	140	629	536	87	171	23	16	10	75	10	9	72	27	.319	.402	.478	.879	256	7	2	19	2
13	Bobby Doerr	21	BOS	Maj	BOS	127	574	525	75	167	28	2	12	73	1	10	38	32	.318	.365	.448	.813	235	17	1	10	0
14	George McQuinn*	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	154	702	617	101	195	37	13	20	94	6	5	65	42	.316	.383	.515	.898	318	11	2	18	6
15	Luke Appling	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	148	630	516	82	162	16	6	0	56	16	9	105	37	.314	.430	.368	.798	190	11	0	9	5
16	Hank Greenberg	28	DET	Maj	DET	138	604	500	111	156	42	7	33	113	8	3	91	95	.312	.420	.622	1.042	311	8	2	11	5
17	Odell Hale	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	108	286	253	36	79	16	2	4	48	4	5	25	18	.312	.374	.439	.813	111	9	0	8	2
18	Doc Cramer	33	BOS	Maj	BOS	137	642	589	110	183	30	6	0	56	3	3	36	17	.311	.353	.382	.735	225	16	2	15	0
19	Barney McCosky	22	DET	Maj	DET	147	692	611	120	190	33	14	4	58	20	4	70	45	.311	.384	.430	.814	263	7	2	9	0
20	Lou Finney	28	BOS,PHA	Maj	BOS-PHA	104	302	271	44	84	18	3	1	47	2	5	26	11	.310	.370	.410	.780	111	4	0	5	0
21	Roy Weatherly	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	95	344	323	43	100	16	6	1	32	7	2	19	23	.310	.348	.406	.754	131	2	0	2	0
22	Taffy Wright	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	129	547	499	77	154	29	11	4	93	1	2	38	19	.309	.359	.435	.794	217	7	1	9	2
23	Joe Cronin	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	143	627	520	97	160	33	3	19	107	6	6	87	48	.308	.407	.492	.899	256	18	0	20	2
24	Wally Moses*	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	115	486	437	68	134	28	7	3	33	7	4	44	23	.307	.370	.423	.793	185	4	0	5	1
25	Rudy York	25	DET	Maj	DET	102	376	329	66	101	16	1	20	68	5	0	41	50	.307	.387	.544	.931	179	8	2	4	2
26	George Selkirk	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	128	537	418	103	128	17	4	21	101	12	5	103	49	.306	.452	.517	.969	216	3	8	8	5
27	Dixie Walker	28	DET	Maj	DET	43	177	154	31	47	4	5	4	19	4	1	15	8	.305	.367	.474	.841	73	5	0	8	0
28	Joe Grace	25	SLA	Maj	SLB	74	229	207	35	63	11	2	3	22	3	2	19	24	.304	.363	.420	.783	87	1	0	3	3
29	George Case	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	128	593	530	103	160	20	7	2	35	51	17	56	36	.302	.369	.377	.746	200	6	0	7	0
30	Bill Dickey	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	128	565	480	98	145	23	3	24	105	5	0	77	37	.302	.403	.513	.915	246	9	4	4	6
31	Benny McCoy	23	DET	Maj	DET	55	227	192	38	58	13	6	1	33	3	0	29	26	.302	.394	.448	.842	86	4	0	6	0
32	Buddy Myer	35	WS1	Maj	WSH	83	301	258	33	78	10	3	1	32	4	1	40	18	.302	.396	.376	.772	97	3	0	3	4
33	Joe Kuhel*	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	139	623	546	107	164	24	9	15	56	18	5	64	51	.300	.376	.460	.836	251	7	2	11	1
34	Chet Laabs	27	SLA,DET	Maj	SLB-DET	100	374	333	53	100	21	6	10	64	4	1	35	62	.300	.369	.490	.858	163	8	1	5	1
35	Dee Miles	30	PHA	Maj	PHA	106	343	320	49	96	17	6	1	37	3	4	15	17	.300	.331	.400	.731	128	3	0	8	0
36	Pete Fox	30	DET	Maj	DET	141	561	519	69	153	24	6	7	66	23	12	35	41	.295	.342	.405	.746	210	13	2	5	0
37	Myril Hoag	31	SLA	Maj	SLB	129	515	482	58	142	23	4	10	75	9	5	24	35	.295	.329	.421	.751	203	16	1	8	2
38	Dick Siebert*	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	101	433	402	58	118	28	3	6	47	4	1	21	22	.294	.329	.423	.752	170	6	0	10	1
39	Jeff Heath	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	121	472	431	64	126	31	7	14	69	8	4	41	64	.292	.354	.494	.848	213	7	0	0	6
40	Cecil Travis	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	130	522	476	55	139	20	9	5	63	0	3	34	25	.292	.342	.403	.745	192	9	2	10	3
41	Earle Brucker	38	PHA	Maj	PHA	62	199	172	18	50	15	1	3	31	0	1	24	16	.291	.381	.442	.823	76	7	1	2	0
42	Gee Walker	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	149	645	598	95	174	30	11	13	111	17	6	28	43	.291	.330	.443	.773	265	16	7	12	4
43	Ben Chapman	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	149	654	545	101	158	31	9	6	82	18	6	87	30	.290	.390	.413	.802	225	19	2	20	6
44	Joe Gantenbein	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	111	387	348	47	101	14	4	4	36	1	5	32	22	.290	.353	.388	.741	135	4	2	5	0
45	Jimmy Bloodworth	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	83	334	318	34	92	24	1	4	40	3	1	10	26	.289	.313	.409	.722	130	13	1	5	1
46	Billy Sullivan	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	118	374	332	53	96	17	5	5	50	3	3	34	18	.289	.362	.416	.778	138	10	4	4	4
47	Jim Tabor	22	BOS	Maj	BOS	149	626	577	76	167	33	8	14	95	16	10	40	54	.289	.337	.447	.784	258	15	1	8	3
48	Bruce Campbell	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	130	527	450	84	129	23	13	8	72	7	6	67	48	.287	.383	.449	.832	202	6	3	7	6
49	Joe Gordon	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	151	648	567	92	161	32	5	28	111	11	10	75	57	.284	.370	.506	.876	287	15	2	4	7
50	Frankie Hayes	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	124	486	431	66	122	28	5	20	83	4	1	40	55	.283	.348	.510	.859	220	10	3	12	0
51	Sam West*	34	WS1	Maj	WSH	115	471	390	52	110	20	8	3	52	1	1	67	29	.282	.387	.397	.785	155	5	0	14	2
52	Rick Ferrell	33	WS1	Maj	WSH	87	323	274	32	77	13	1	0	31	1	1	41	12	.281	.377	.336	.712	92	4	1	7	5
53	Joe Gallagher	25	SLA,NYA	Maj	SLB-NYY	85	337	307	49	85	17	3	11	49	1	1	20	50	.277	.325	.459	.785	141	7	2	8	3
54	Tommy Henrich*	26	NYA	Maj	NYY	99	406	347	64	96	18	4	9	57	7	0	51	23	.277	.371	.429	.800	149	4	1	7	0
55	Johnny Peacock	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	92	312	274	33	76	11	4	0	36	1	1	29	11	.277	.347	.347	.693	95	4	0	9	5
56	Pinky Higgins	30	DET	Maj	DET	132	561	489	57	135	23	2	8	76	7	4	56	41	.276	.353	.380	.733	186	14	2	14	3
57	Joe Vosmik	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	145	640	554	89	153	29	6	7	84	4	3	66	33	.276	.356	.388	.744	215	27	3	17	4
58	Bobby Estalella	28	WS1	Maj	WSH	82	324	280	51	77	18	6	8	41	2	3	40	27	.275	.368	.468	.836	131	8	1	3	1
59	Johnny Welaj	25	WS1	Maj	WSH	63	219	201	23	55	11	2	1	33	13	2	13	20	.274	.318	.363	.681	73	2	0	5	0
60	Joe Glenn	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	88	320	286	29	78	13	1	4	29	4	4	31	40	.273	.344	.367	.711	105	6	0	3	1
61	Harlond Clift	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	151	653	526	90	142	25	2	15	84	4	3	111	55	.270	.402	.411	.813	216	6	5	11	12
62	Sam Chapman	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	140	554	498	74	134	24	6	15	64	11	4	51	62	.269	.338	.432	.770	215	10	1	4	4
63	Frank Croucher	24	DET	Maj	DET	97	351	324	38	87	15	0	5	40	2	2	16	42	.269	.303	.361	.664	117	10	0	11	0
64	Oscar Grimes	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	119	432	364	51	98	20	5	4	56	8	3	56	61	.269	.368	.385	.753	140	7	1	11	2
65	Frankie Pytlak	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	63	210	183	20	49	2	5	0	14	4	1	20	5	.268	.343	.333	.676	61	4	1	6	1
66	Don Heffner	28	SLA	Maj	SLB	110	434	375	45	100	10	2	1	35	1	7	48	39	.267	.350	.312	.662	117	11	0	11	1
67	Rip Radcliff*	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	113	435	397	49	105	25	2	2	53	6	4	26	21	.265	.313	.353	.666	140	5	2	10	2
68	Larry Rosenthal*	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	107	387	324	50	86	21	5	10	51	6	4	53	46	.265	.369	.454	.822	147	3	0	10	4
69	Earl Averill	37	DET,CLE	Maj	DET-CLE	111	425	364	66	96	28	6	11	65	4	3	49	42	.264	.353	.464	.817	169	4	1	11	0
70	Skeeter Webb	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	81	292	269	28	71	14	1	2	26	1	1	15	24	.264	.305	.346	.651	93	6	1	7	0
71	Rollie Hemsley	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	107	432	395	58	104	17	4	2	36	2	4	26	26	.263	.309	.342	.651	135	7	0	11	5
72	Birdie Tebbetts	26	DET	Maj	DET	106	376	341	37	89	22	2	4	53	2	1	25	20	.261	.315	.372	.688	127	8	2	8	3
73	Dario Lodigiani	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	121	446	393	46	102	22	4	6	44	2	0	42	18	.260	.337	.382	.719	150	9	4	7	7
74	Mike Tresh	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	119	430	352	49	91	5	2	0	38	3	2	64	30	.259	.377	.284	.661	100	8	3	11	4
75	Lou Boudreau	21	CLE	Maj	CLE	53	256	225	42	58	15	4	0	19	2	1	28	24	.258	.340	.360	.700	81	5	0	3	0
76	Mickey Vernon*	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	76	309	276	23	71	15	4	1	30	1	1	24	28	.257	.317	.351	.668	97	5	0	9	0
77	Johnny Berardino	22	SLA	Maj	SLB	126	515	468	42	120	24	5	5	58	6	2	37	36	.256	.314	.361	.675	169	10	2	8	3
78	Charlie Gelbert	33	WS1	Maj	WSH	68	222	188	36	48	7	5	3	29	2	0	30	11	.255	.361	.394	.754	74	5	1	3	1
79	Nick Etten*	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	43	174	155	20	39	11	2	3	29	0	0	16	11	.252	.322	.407	.728	63	4	0	3	0
80	Bill Nagel	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	105	374	341	39	86	19	4	12	39	2	1	25	86	.252	.307	.437	.744	149	15	2	6	1
81	Ollie Bejma	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	90	354	307	52	77	9	3	8	44	1	3	36	27	.251	.331	.378	.709	116	5	1	10	0
82	Tony Giuliani	26	WS1	Maj	WSH	54	181	172	20	43	6	2	0	18	0	1	4	7	.250	.267	.308	.575	53	6	0	5	2
83	Red Kress	34	DET,SLA	Maj	DET-SLB	64	228	200	24	50	8	0	1	30	3	1	23	18	.250	.327	.305	.632	61	11	0	5	3
84	Jackie Hayes	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	72	305	269	34	67	12	3	0	23	0	3	27	10	.249	.320	.316	.636	85	5	1	8	0
85	Gene Desautels	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	76	269	226	26	55	14	0	0	21	3	1	33	13	.243	.340	.305	.645	69	2	0	10	3
86	Tom Carey	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	54	170	161	17	39	6	2	0	20	0	0	3	9	.242	.265	.304	.569	49	4	2	4	0
87	Roy Cullenbine	25	DET	Maj	DET	75	214	179	31	43	9	2	6	23	0	1	34	29	.240	.362	.413	.775	74	2	0	1	0
88	Marv Owen	33	CHA	Maj	CHW	58	218	194	22	46	9	0	0	15	4	5	16	15	.237	.302	.284	.585	55	3	2	6	0
89	Moose Solters	33	SLA,CLE	Maj	SLB-CLE	81	252	233	33	55	13	3	2	33	3	1	19	35	.236	.294	.343	.637	80	3	0	0	0
90	Beau Bell	31	DET,SLA	Maj	DET-SLB	65	205	166	18	39	5	2	1	29	0	1	28	19	.235	.352	.307	.659	51	7	2	9	3
91	Babe Dahlgren	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	144	603	531	71	125	18	6	15	89	2	3	57	54	.235	.312	.377	.689	200	15	2	13	9
92	Frankie Crosetti	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	152	743	656	109	153	25	5	10	56	11	7	65	81	.233	.315	.332	.647	218	11	13	9	0
93	Billy Rogell	34	DET	Maj	DET	74	206	174	24	40	6	3	2	23	3	1	26	14	.230	.330	.333	.663	58	2	0	6	0
94	Skeeter Newsome	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	99	282	248	22	55	9	1	0	17	5	7	19	12	.222	.277	.266	.543	66	8	0	15	0
95	Mark Christman	25	SLA,DET	Maj	SLB-DET	85	264	238	27	52	8	3	0	20	2	1	20	12	.219	.279	.277	.556	66	11	0	6	1
96	Wayne Ambler	23	PHA	Maj	PHA	95	263	227	15	48	13	0	0	24	1	0	22	25	.212	.281	.269	.550	61	10	0	14	0