1928 American League Batting Leaders

1927 Season 1929 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 617 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 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	HBP	SH	IBB
1	Goose Goslin	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	135	527	456	80	173	36	10	17	102	16	3	48	19	.379	.442	.614	1.056	280	3	20	5
2	Heinie Manush*	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	154	697	638	104	241	47	20	13	108	16	5	39	14	.378	.414	.575	.989	367	0	20	3
3	Lou Gehrig*	25	NYA	Maj	NYY	154	678	562	139	210	47	13	27	147	4	11	95	69	.374	.468	.648	1.115	364	4	17	3
4	Frank McGowan	26	SLA	Maj	SLB	47	200	168	35	61	13	4	2	18	2	1	16	15	.363	.425	.524	.949	88	2	14	1
5	Al Simmons	26	PHA	Maj	PHA	119	509	464	78	163	33	9	15	107	1	4	31	30	.351	.396	.558	.954	259	3	11	3
6	Tony Lazzeri	24	NYA	Maj	NYY	116	463	404	62	134	30	11	10	82	15	5	43	50	.332	.397	.535	.932	216	1	15	2
7	Bing Miller	33	PHA	Maj	PHA	139	564	510	76	168	34	7	8	85	10	6	27	24	.329	.373	.471	.843	240	8	19	0
8	Jimmie Foxx	20	PHA	Maj	PHA	118	473	400	85	131	29	10	13	79	3	9	60	43	.328	.417	.548	.964	219	1	12	0
9	Harry Heilmann	33	DET	Maj	DET	151	633	558	83	183	38	10	14	107	7	3	57	45	.328	.390	.507	.897	283	0	18	3
10	Sam Rice	38	WS1	Maj	WSH	148	681	616	95	202	32	15	2	55	16	3	49	15	.328	.379	.438	.818	270	2	14	2
11	Lew Fonseca	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	75	288	263	38	86	19	4	3	36	4	2	13	17	.327	.361	.464	.825	122	1	11	0
12	Ty Cobb	41	PHA	Maj	PHA	95	393	353	54	114	27	4	1	40	6	8	34	16	.323	.389	.431	.819	152	4	2	0
13	Johnny Hodapp	22	CLE	Maj	CLE	116	481	449	51	145	31	6	2	73	2	1	20	20	.323	.352	.432	.784	194	0	12	0
14	Carl Reynolds	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	84	319	291	51	94	21	11	2	36	15	3	17	13	.323	.371	.491	.862	143	5	6	1
15	Babe Ruth*	33	NYA	Maj	NYY	154	684	536	163	173	29	8	54	146	4	5	137	87	.323	.463	.709	1.172	380	3	8	8
16	Joe Sewell	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	155	678	588	79	190	40	2	4	70	7	1	58	9	.323	.391	.418	.809	246	7	25	5
17	Charlie Gehringer	25	DET	Maj	DET	154	691	603	107	193	29	16	6	74	15	9	69	22	.320	.395	.451	.846	272	6	13	1
18	Mark Koenig	23	NYA	Maj	NYY	132	578	533	89	170	19	10	4	63	3	5	32	19	.319	.360	.415	.774	221	2	11	3
19	Bob Fothergill	30	DET	Maj	DET	111	384	347	49	110	28	10	3	63	8	3	24	19	.317	.366	.481	.848	167	3	10	0
20	Max Bishop	28	PHA	Maj	PHA	126	589	472	104	149	27	5	6	50	6	10	100	36	.316	.438	.432	.871	204	3	14	0
21	Ed Morgan	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	76	296	265	42	83	24	6	4	54	5	5	21	17	.313	.366	.494	.860	131	1	9	0
22	Buddy Myer	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	147	619	536	78	168	26	6	1	44	30	16	53	28	.313	.379	.390	.769	209	4	26	2
23	Earle Combs	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	149	709	626	118	194	33	21	7	56	11	8	77	33	.310	.387	.463	.851	290	2	4	0
24	Sammy Hale	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	88	336	314	38	97	20	9	4	58	2	0	9	21	.309	.334	.468	.803	147	3	10	0
25	Willie Kamm	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	155	655	552	70	170	30	12	1	84	17	9	73	22	.308	.391	.411	.802	227	2	28	1
26	Charlie Jamieson*	35	CLE	Maj	CLE	112	501	433	63	133	18	4	1	37	3	12	56	20	.307	.388	.374	.762	162	1	11	0
27	Joe Judge*	34	WS1	Maj	WSH	153	646	542	78	166	31	10	3	93	16	4	80	19	.306	.397	.417	.814	226	1	23	3
28	Ossie Orwoll*	27	PHA	Maj	PHA	64	191	170	28	52	13	2	0	22	3	1	16	24	.306	.366	.406	.772	69	0	5	0
29	Red Barnes	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	114	485	417	82	127	22	15	6	51	7	3	55	38	.305	.391	.472	.863	197	4	9	0
30	Alex Metzler	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	139	567	464	71	141	18	14	3	55	15	8	77	30	.304	.410	.422	.832	196	6	20	3
31	Bobby Reeves	24	WS1	Maj	WSH	102	392	353	44	107	16	8	3	42	4	8	24	47	.303	.351	.419	.770	148	2	13	1
32	Ken Williams	38	BOS	Maj	BOS	133	515	462	59	140	25	1	8	67	4	9	37	15	.303	.356	.413	.769	191	1	15	1
33	Harry Rice	26	DET	Maj	DET	131	573	510	87	154	21	12	6	81	20	12	44	27	.302	.360	.426	.785	217	2	17	0
34	Sam West*	23	WS1	Maj	WSH	125	405	378	59	114	30	7	3	40	5	6	20	23	.302	.338	.442	.780	167	1	6	0
35	Doug Taitt	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	143	537	482	51	144	28	14	3	61	13	6	36	32	.299	.350	.434	.784	209	2	17	2
36	Ossie Bluege	27	WS1	Maj	WSH	146	588	518	78	154	33	7	2	75	18	6	46	27	.297	.364	.400	.763	207	8	16	1
37	Bob Meusel	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	131	577	518	77	154	45	5	11	113	6	9	39	56	.297	.349	.467	.816	242	2	18	0
38	Bill Hunnefield	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	94	368	333	42	98	8	3	2	24	16	6	26	24	.294	.351	.354	.705	118	3	6	3
39	Carl Lind	24	CLE	Maj	CLE	154	713	650	102	191	42	4	1	54	8	3	36	48	.294	.331	.375	.706	244	0	27	0
40	Mickey Cochrane	25	PHA	Maj	PHA	131	568	468	92	137	26	12	10	57	7	5	76	25	.293	.395	.464	.859	217	3	21	3
41	Gene Robertson	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	83	276	251	29	73	9	0	1	36	2	4	14	6	.291	.328	.339	.667	85	0	11	0
42	Bibb Falk*	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	98	321	286	42	83	18	4	1	37	5	1	25	16	.290	.347	.392	.739	112	0	10	3
43	Ira Flagstead	34	BOS	Maj	BOS	140	587	510	84	148	41	4	1	39	12	9	60	23	.290	.366	.392	.758	200	1	16	1
44	Marty McManus	28	DET	Maj	DET	139	565	500	77	144	37	5	8	73	11	13	51	32	.288	.355	.430	.785	215	1	13	1
45	Wally Schang	38	SLA	Maj	SLB	91	325	245	41	70	10	5	3	39	8	2	68	26	.286	.448	.404	.852	99	4	8	6
46	Fred Schulte	27	SLA	Maj	SLB	146	629	556	90	159	44	6	7	85	6	5	51	60	.286	.347	.425	.772	236	1	21	1
47	Al Wingo	30	DET	Maj	DET	87	287	242	30	69	13	2	2	30	2	2	40	17	.285	.389	.380	.769	92	1	4	2
48	Homer Summa	29	CLE	Maj	CLE	134	553	504	60	143	26	3	3	57	4	2	20	15	.284	.319	.365	.684	184	6	23	0
49	Larry Bettencourt	22	SLA	Maj	SLB	67	188	159	30	45	9	4	4	24	2	1	22	19	.283	.377	.465	.842	74	2	5	0
50	Lu Blue*	31	SLA	Maj	SLB	154	678	549	116	154	32	11	14	80	12	7	105	43	.281	.400	.455	.855	250	4	20	0
51	Mule Haas	24	PHA	Maj	PHA	91	365	332	41	93	21	4	6	39	2	3	23	20	.280	.331	.422	.752	140	2	8	0
52	Bill Barrett	28	CHA	Maj	CHW	76	252	235	34	65	11	2	3	26	8	4	14	30	.277	.320	.379	.699	89	1	2	0
53	Jimmy Dykes	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	85	286	242	39	67	11	0	5	30	2	1	27	21	.277	.361	.384	.746	93	5	12	4
54	Joe Dugan	31	NYA	Maj	NYY	94	339	312	33	86	15	0	6	34	1	0	16	15	.276	.317	.381	.699	119	3	8	2
55	Sam Langford	28	CLE	Maj	CLE	110	461	427	50	118	17	8	4	50	3	8	21	35	.276	.312	.382	.694	163	1	12	1
56	Pinky Hargrave	32	DET	Maj	DET	121	359	320	38	88	13	5	10	63	4	1	32	28	.275	.343	.441	.783	141	1	6	1
57	Red Kress	23	SLA	Maj	SLB	150	635	560	78	153	26	10	3	81	4	4	48	70	.273	.332	.371	.703	208	1	26	2
58	Bud Clancy*	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	130	560	487	64	132	19	11	2	37	6	9	42	25	.271	.332	.368	.699	179	2	29	3
59	Leo Durocher	22	NYA	Maj	NYY	102	328	296	46	80	8	6	0	31	1	4	22	52	.270	.327	.338	.665	100	3	7	0
60	Johnny Mostil	32	CHA	Maj	CHW	133	589	503	69	136	19	8	0	51	23	20	66	54	.270	.360	.340	.700	171	4	16	2
61	Luke Sewell	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	122	457	411	52	111	16	9	3	52	4	4	26	27	.270	.318	.375	.693	154	3	17	5
62	Benny Bengough	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	58	170	161	12	43	3	1	0	9	0	0	7	8	.267	.302	.298	.600	48	1	1	1
63	Jack Rothrock	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	117	384	344	52	92	9	4	3	22	12	6	33	40	.267	.333	.343	.676	118	1	6	0
64	Tris Speaker*	40	PHA	Maj	PHA	64	212	191	28	51	22	2	3	30	5	1	10	5	.267	.310	.450	.761	86	2	9	0
65	Joe Boley	31	PHA	Maj	PHA	132	479	425	49	112	20	3	0	49	5	1	32	11	.264	.317	.325	.641	138	1	21	1
66	Bill Regan	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	138	555	511	53	135	30	6	7	75	9	6	21	40	.264	.296	.388	.683	198	2	21	1
67	Frank O'Rourke	36	SLA	Maj	SLB	99	438	391	54	103	24	3	1	62	10	2	21	19	.263	.303	.348	.651	136	1	25	0
68	Charlie Berry	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	80	202	177	18	46	7	3	1	19	1	1	21	19	.260	.342	.350	.692	62	1	3	2
69	Bill Cissell	24	CHA	Maj	CHW	125	484	443	66	115	22	3	1	60	18	6	29	41	.260	.307	.330	.636	146	1	11	0
70	Joe Hauser*	29	PHA	Maj	PHA	95	366	300	61	78	19	5	16	59	4	2	52	45	.260	.369	.517	.886	155	0	14	1
71	Johnnie Heving	32	BOS	Maj	BOS	82	174	158	11	41	7	2	0	11	1	1	11	10	.260	.308	.329	.637	52	0	5	1
72	Jackie Tavener	30	DET	Maj	DET	132	529	473	59	123	24	15	5	52	13	8	33	51	.260	.314	.406	.720	192	4	19	0
73	Jackie Hayes	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	60	222	210	30	54	7	3	0	22	3	0	5	10	.257	.274	.319	.593	67	0	7	0
74	Muddy Ruel	32	WS1	Maj	WSH	108	404	350	31	90	18	2	0	55	12	10	44	14	.257	.342	.320	.662	112	1	9	3
75	George Burns	35	CLE,NYA	Maj	CLE-NYY	86	242	213	30	54	12	1	5	30	2	3	17	12	.254	.326	.390	.716	83	6	6	5
76	Buck Crouse	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	78	239	218	17	55	5	2	2	20	3	4	19	14	.252	.315	.321	.636	70	1	1	3
77	Bill Sweeney	23	DET	Maj	DET	89	329	309	48	78	15	5	0	19	12	8	15	28	.252	.287	.333	.620	103	0	5	0
78	Phil Todt*	26	BOS	Maj	BOS	144	599	539	61	136	31	8	12	73	6	5	26	47	.252	.291	.406	.697	219	3	31	0
79	Moe Berg	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	76	255	224	25	55	16	0	0	29	3	1	14	25	.246	.302	.317	.619	71	4	13	2
80	Otis Brannan	29	SLA	Maj	SLB	135	569	483	68	118	18	3	10	66	3	9	60	19	.244	.333	.356	.689	172	4	22	1
81	Joe Cronin	21	WS1	Maj	WSH	63	259	227	23	55	10	4	0	25	4	0	22	27	.242	.309	.322	.631	73	0	10	0
82	Johnny Grabowski	28	NYA	Maj	NYY	75	215	202	21	48	7	1	1	21	0	0	10	21	.238	.274	.297	.571	60	0	3	2
83	Earl McNeely	30	SLA	Maj	SLB	127	552	496	66	117	27	7	0	44	8	6	37	39	.236	.299	.319	.618	158	8	11	0
84	Buck Redfern	26	CHA	Maj	CHW	86	285	261	22	61	6	3	0	35	8	4	12	19	.234	.267	.280	.547	73	0	12	0
85	Billy Rogell	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	102	339	296	33	69	10	4	0	29	2	6	22	47	.233	.295	.294	.589	87	4	17	0
86	Fred Hofmann	34	BOS	Maj	BOS	78	213	199	14	45	8	1	0	16	0	1	11	25	.226	.270	.276	.547	55	1	2	0
87	Clyde Manion	31	SLA	Maj	SLB	76	266	243	25	55	5	1	2	31	3	0	15	18	.226	.274	.280	.554	68	1	7	0
88	Wally Gerber	36	BOS,SLA	Maj	BOS-SLB	110	363	318	22	69	7	1	0	28	6	1	33	34	.217	.291	.245	.536	78	0	12	0
89	Jack Warner	24	DET	Maj	DET	75	229	206	34	44	4	4	0	13	4	5	16	15	.214	.274	.272	.545	56	1	6	0
90	Larry Woodall	33	DET	Maj	DET	65	216	186	19	39	7	1	0	13	3	1	24	10	.210	.300	.258	.558	48	0	6	2
91	Bucky Harris	31	WS1	Maj	WSH	99	397	358	34	73	11	5	0	28	5	2	27	26	.204	.264	.263	.526	94	2	10	0