1952 National League Batting Leaders

1951 Season 1953 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 618 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	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1	Mel Clark	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	47	167	155	20	52	6	4	1	15	2	1	6	13	.336	.364	.445	.809	69	4	1	5	0
2	Stan Musial*	31	SLN	Maj	STL	154	676	578	105	194	42	6	21	91	7	7	96	29	.336	.432	.538	.970	311	11	2	0	27
3	Frank Baumholtz*	33	CHN	Maj	CHC	103	446	409	59	133	17	4	4	35	5	7	27	27	.325	.371	.416	.787	170	5	3	7	0
4	Ted Kluszewski*	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	135	549	497	62	159	24	11	16	86	3	3	47	28	.320	.383	.509	.892	253	13	4	1	15
5	Jackie Robinson	33	BRO	Maj	BRO	149	636	510	104	157	17	3	19	75	24	7	106	40	.308	.440	.465	.904	237	16	14	6	8
6	George Shuba	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	94	294	256	40	78	12	1	9	40	1	3	38	29	.305	.395	.465	.859	119	8	0	0	3
7	Red Schoendienst	29	SLN	Maj	STL	152	673	620	91	188	40	7	7	67	9	6	42	30	.303	.347	.424	.772	263	17	0	11	1
8	Duke Snider	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	144	598	534	80	162	25	7	21	92	7	4	55	77	.303	.368	.494	.863	264	17	0	9	9
9	Tommy Brown	24	CHN,PHI	Maj	CHC-PHI	79	242	225	26	68	12	0	4	26	1	2	16	27	.302	.349	.409	.757	92	5	0	1	1
10	Al Dark	30	NY1	Maj	NYG	151	649	589	92	177	29	3	14	73	6	6	47	39	.301	.357	.431	.789	254	10	5	8	5
11	Dee Fondy*	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	145	587	554	69	166	21	9	10	67	13	11	28	60	.300	.335	.424	.759	235	14	1	4	4
12	Enos Slaughter	36	SLN	Maj	STL	140	587	510	73	153	17	12	11	101	6	1	70	25	.300	.386	.445	.831	227	11	1	6	9
13	Smoky Burgess	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	110	424	371	49	110	27	2	6	56	3	1	49	21	.297	.380	.429	.809	159	4	1	3	1
14	Bob Addis	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	93	317	292	38	86	13	2	1	20	4	4	23	30	.295	.346	.363	.709	106	5	0	2	3
15	Toby Atwell	28	CHN	Maj	CHC	107	405	362	36	105	16	3	2	31	2	1	40	22	.290	.362	.367	.730	133	11	1	2	4
16	Whitey Lockman	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	154	686	606	99	176	17	4	13	58	2	4	67	52	.290	.363	.396	.759	240	8	2	11	1
17	Del Ennis	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	151	644	592	90	171	30	10	20	107	6	4	47	65	.289	.341	.475	.816	281	17	0	5	9
18	Sid Gordon	34	BSN	Maj	BSN	144	606	522	69	151	22	2	25	75	0	4	77	49	.289	.384	.483	.867	252	10	3	4	3
19	Eddie Waitkus*	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	146	568	499	51	144	29	4	2	49	2	2	64	23	.289	.371	.375	.745	187	6	1	4	8
20	Hal Rice	28	SLN	Maj	STL	98	312	295	37	85	14	5	7	45	1	3	16	26	.288	.325	.441	.766	130	9	0	1	2
21	Andy Pafko	31	BRO	Maj	BRO	150	624	551	76	158	17	5	19	85	4	3	64	48	.287	.366	.439	.805	242	14	5	4	7
22	Peanuts Lowrey	34	SLN	Maj	STL	132	417	374	48	107	18	2	1	48	3	2	34	13	.286	.352	.353	.705	132	10	4	5	0
23	Dick Groat	21	PIT	Maj	PIT	95	415	384	38	109	6	1	1	29	2	4	19	27	.284	.319	.313	.632	120	18	1	11	0
24	Bob Ramazzotti	35	CHN	Maj	CHC	50	198	183	26	52	5	3	1	12	3	1	14	14	.284	.338	.361	.699	66	7	1	0	1
25	Bobby Adams	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	154	694	637	85	180	25	4	6	48	11	9	49	67	.283	.334	.363	.696	231	15	0	8	0
26	Hank Edwards*	33	CIN	Maj	CIN	74	203	184	24	52	7	6	6	28	0	3	19	22	.283	.350	.484	.834	89	2	0	0	1
27	Johnny Logan	26	BSN	Maj	BSN	117	500	456	56	129	21	3	4	42	1	2	31	33	.283	.334	.368	.702	168	10	4	9	1
28	Richie Ashburn	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	154	701	613	93	173	31	6	1	42	16	11	75	30	.282	.362	.357	.720	219	7	2	11	5
29	Don Mueller	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	126	496	456	61	128	14	7	12	49	2	1	34	24	.281	.333	.421	.754	192	8	2	4	6
30	Joe Adcock	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	117	403	378	43	105	22	4	13	52	1	4	23	38	.278	.321	.460	.781	174	10	1	1	0
31	Granny Hamner	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	151	640	596	74	164	30	5	17	87	7	3	27	51	.275	.307	.428	.735	255	18	0	17	1
32	Cal Abrams*	28	CIN,BRO	Maj	CIN-BRO	81	189	168	24	46	9	2	2	13	1	0	21	29	.274	.355	.387	.741	65	1	0	0	3
33	Stan Lopata	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	57	217	179	25	49	9	1	4	27	1	1	36	33	.274	.395	.402	.798	72	5	0	2	3
34	Bill Serena	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	122	435	390	49	107	21	5	15	61	1	0	39	83	.274	.345	.469	.814	183	14	3	3	6
35	Joe Garagiola	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	118	396	344	35	94	15	4	8	54	0	1	50	24	.273	.369	.410	.779	141	7	2	0	8
36	Pee Wee Reese	33	BRO	Maj	BRO	149	660	559	94	152	18	8	6	58	30	5	86	59	.272	.369	.365	.734	204	16	0	15	0
37	George Metkovich*	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	125	414	373	41	101	18	3	7	41	5	2	32	29	.271	.335	.391	.726	146	9	4	5	1
38	Hank Sauer	35	CHN	Maj	CHC	151	649	567	89	153	31	3	37	121	1	2	77	92	.270	.361	.531	.892	301	14	4	1	9
39	Bobby Thomson	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	153	666	608	89	164	29	14	24	108	5	2	52	74	.270	.331	.482	.813	293	16	4	2	2
40	Roy Campanella	30	BRO	Maj	BRO	128	533	468	73	126	18	1	22	97	8	4	57	59	.269	.352	.453	.805	212	22	3	5	12
41	Solly Hemus	29	SLN	Maj	STL	151	690	570	105	153	28	8	15	52	1	5	96	55	.268	.392	.425	.817	242	11	20	4	0
42	Pete Castiglione	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	67	235	214	27	57	9	1	4	18	3	3	17	8	.266	.323	.374	.697	80	2	1	3	0
43	Johnny Wyrostek	32	PHI,CIN	Maj	PHI-CIN	128	496	427	57	113	17	6	2	47	2	9	62	33	.265	.359	.347	.706	148	12	1	6	7
44	Clem Koshorek	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	98	356	322	27	84	17	0	0	15	4	7	26	39	.261	.320	.314	.634	101	3	2	6	0
45	Willard Marshall	31	CIN,BSN	Maj	CIN-BSN	128	513	463	57	121	27	2	10	57	0	1	41	25	.261	.324	.393	.717	182	12	2	7	3
46	Hank Thompson	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	128	484	423	67	110	13	9	17	67	4	4	50	38	.260	.344	.454	.798	192	7	4	7	2
47	Bob Thorpe	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	81	302	292	20	76	8	2	3	26	3	1	5	42	.260	.275	.332	.607	97	7	1	4	0
48	Billy Cox	32	BRO	Maj	BRO	116	490	455	56	118	12	3	6	34	10	12	25	32	.259	.301	.339	.639	154	13	2	8	2
49	Del Rice	29	SLN	Maj	STL	147	537	495	43	128	27	2	11	65	0	1	33	38	.259	.313	.388	.701	192	12	6	3	8
50	George Crowe*	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	73	240	217	25	56	13	1	4	20	0	1	18	25	.258	.329	.383	.712	83	5	5	0	0
51	Andy Seminick	31	CIN	Maj	CIN	108	374	336	38	86	16	1	14	50	1	3	35	65	.256	.330	.435	.764	146	7	2	1	3
52	Dick Sisler	31	SLN,CIN	Maj	STL-CIN	130	480	445	51	114	15	6	13	64	3	3	32	40	.256	.309	.405	.714	180	8	2	1	7
53	Gene Hermanski	32	CHN	Maj	CHC	99	310	275	28	70	6	0	4	34	2	0	29	32	.255	.330	.320	.650	88	4	2	4	2
54	Gil Hodges	28	BRO	Maj	BRO	153	619	508	87	129	27	1	32	102	2	4	107	90	.254	.386	.500	.886	254	9	2	2	16
55	Davey Williams	24	NY1	Maj	NYG	138	605	540	70	137	26	3	13	55	2	3	48	63	.254	.324	.385	.709	208	6	8	9	2
56	Bob Borkowski	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	126	404	377	42	95	11	4	4	24	1	3	26	53	.252	.300	.334	.634	126	3	0	1	1
57	Billy Johnson	33	SLN	Maj	STL	94	320	282	23	71	10	2	2	34	1	0	34	21	.252	.339	.323	.661	91	9	3	1	5
58	Gus Bell	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	131	510	468	53	117	21	5	16	59	1	4	36	72	.250	.306	.419	.725	196	6	2	4	4
59	Willie Jones	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	147	611	541	60	135	12	3	18	72	5	3	53	36	.250	.323	.383	.706	207	14	6	11	11
60	Dusty Rhodes	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	67	200	176	34	44	8	1	10	36	1	0	23	33	.250	.340	.477	.817	84	5	1	0	2
61	Carl Furillo	30	BRO	Maj	BRO	134	462	425	52	105	18	1	8	59	1	4	31	33	.247	.304	.351	.655	149	16	4	2	4
62	Jack Merson	30	PIT	Maj	PIT	111	424	398	41	98	20	2	5	38	1	1	22	38	.246	.287	.344	.632	137	11	1	3	3
63	Ralph Kiner	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	149	633	516	90	126	17	2	37	87	3	0	110	77	.244	.384	.500	.884	258	6	7	0	13
64	Roy McMillan	22	CIN	Maj	CIN	154	590	540	60	132	32	2	7	57	4	5	45	81	.244	.306	.350	.656	189	13	3	2	3
65	Eddie Mathews	20	BSN	Maj	BSN	145	593	528	80	128	23	5	25	58	6	4	59	115	.242	.320	.447	.767	236	9	1	5	3
66	Tommy Glaviano	28	SLN	Maj	STL	80	194	162	30	39	5	1	3	19	0	0	27	26	.241	.366	.340	.706	55	7	5	0	0
67	Connie Ryan	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	154	656	577	81	139	24	6	12	49	13	5	69	72	.241	.327	.366	.693	211	13	5	5	1
68	Bobby Morgan	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	67	242	191	36	45	8	0	7	16	2	2	46	35	.236	.392	.387	.779	74	5	3	2	1
69	Walker Cooper	37	BSN	Maj	BSN	102	375	349	33	82	12	1	10	55	1	0	22	32	.235	.282	.361	.643	126	7	1	3	1
70	Clyde McCullough	35	PIT	Maj	PIT	66	189	172	10	40	5	1	1	15	0	1	10	18	.233	.283	.291	.573	50	3	2	5	1
71	Randy Jackson	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	116	409	379	44	88	8	5	9	34	6	5	27	42	.232	.285	.351	.636	133	12	1	2	2
72	Sam Jethroe	35	BSN	Maj	BSN	151	688	608	79	141	23	7	13	58	28	9	68	112	.232	.318	.357	.675	217	8	9	3	7
73	Eddie Miksis	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	93	407	383	44	89	20	1	2	19	4	4	20	32	.232	.272	.306	.578	117	7	1	3	2
74	Earl Torgeson*	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	122	471	382	49	88	17	0	5	34	11	7	81	38	.230	.366	.314	.681	120	8	1	7	2
75	Bob Elliott	35	NY1	Maj	NYG	98	313	272	33	62	6	2	10	35	1	0	36	20	.228	.323	.375	.698	102	7	2	3	0
76	Roy Smalley	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	87	293	261	36	58	14	1	5	30	0	0	29	58	.222	.305	.341	.646	89	5	2	1	4
77	Wes Westrum	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	114	403	322	47	71	11	0	14	43	1	2	76	68	.221	.374	.385	.759	124	5	3	2	10
78	Tony Bartirome*	20	PIT	Maj	PIT	124	386	355	32	78	10	3	0	16	3	3	26	37	.220	.273	.265	.538	94	0	0	5	2
79	Paul Burris	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	55	178	168	14	37	4	0	2	21	0	0	7	19	.220	.256	.280	.536	47	9	1	2	0
80	Hal Jeffcoat	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	102	320	297	29	65	17	2	4	30	7	2	15	40	.219	.259	.330	.589	98	17	1	7	1
81	Bobby Del Greco	19	PIT	Maj	PIT	99	385	341	34	74	14	2	1	20	6	5	38	70	.217	.301	.279	.580	95	9	3	3	0
82	Grady Hatton	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	128	506	433	48	92	14	1	9	57	5	4	66	60	.213	.319	.312	.631	135	5	2	5	6
83	Sibby Sisti	31	BSN	Maj	BSN	90	269	245	19	52	10	1	4	24	2	0	14	43	.212	.255	.310	.565	76	9	0	10	1
84	Wally Westlake	31	CIN,SLN	Maj	CIN-STL	80	300	257	36	53	7	0	3	24	1	3	39	40	.206	.315	.269	.584	69	13	2	2	0
85	Jack Dittmer	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	93	355	326	26	63	7	2	7	41	1	0	26	26	.193	.255	.291	.546	95	9	1	2	4
86	Jack Daniels*	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	106	256	219	31	41	5	1	2	14	3	3	28	30	.187	.288	.247	.535	54	1	3	6	2
87	George Strickland	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	76	256	232	17	41	6	2	5	22	4	2	21	45	.177	.248	.285	.533	66	5	1	2	2