1982 American League Batting Leaders

1981 Season 1983 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 1,135 games, 14 teams, approx. 162 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	SF	IBB
1	Wade Boggs	24	BOS	Maj	BOS	104	381	338	51	118	14	1	5	44	1	0	35	21	.349	.406	.441	.847	149	9	0	4	4	4
2	Willie Wilson	26	KCA	Maj	KCR	136	621	585	87	194	19	15	3	46	37	11	26	81	.332	.365	.431	.796	252	4	6	2	2	2
3	Robin Yount	26	MIL	Maj	MIL	156	704	635	129	210	46	12	29	114	14	3	54	63	.331	.379	.578	.957	367	19	1	4	10	2
4	John Lowenstein	35	BAL	Maj	BAL	122	384	322	69	103	15	2	24	66	7	6	54	59	.320	.415	.603	1.017	194	6	1	3	4	10
5	Rod Carew	36	CAL	Maj	CAL	138	612	523	88	167	25	5	3	44	10	17	67	49	.319	.396	.403	.799	211	9	2	16	4	5
6	Rudy Law*	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	121	363	336	55	107	15	8	3	32	36	10	23	41	.319	.361	.438	.799	147	5	0	3	1	0
7	Eddie Murray	26	BAL	Maj	BAL	151	627	550	87	174	30	1	32	110	7	2	70	82	.316	.391	.549	.940	302	17	1	0	6	18
8	Cecil Cooper*	32	MIL	Maj	MIL	155	696	654	104	205	38	3	32	121	2	3	32	53	.314	.343	.528	.870	345	4	0	4	6	7
9	Tom Paciorek	35	CHA	Maj	CHW	104	422	382	49	119	27	4	11	55	3	3	24	53	.312	.361	.490	.851	187	6	9	1	6	3
10	Dámaso García	25	TOR	Maj	TOR	147	629	597	89	185	32	3	5	42	54	20	21	44	.310	.338	.399	.737	238	7	5	5	1	1
11	Jim Rice	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	145	638	573	86	177	24	5	24	97	0	1	55	98	.309	.375	.494	.869	283	29	7	0	3	6
12	Hal McRae	36	KCA	Maj	KCR	159	676	613	91	189	46	8	27	133	4	4	55	61	.308	.369	.542	.911	332	8	5	1	2	7
13	Lou Piniella	38	NYA	Maj	NYY	102	283	261	33	80	17	1	6	37	0	1	18	18	.307	.352	.448	.801	117	12	1	2	1	6
14	Toby Harrah	33	CLE	Maj	CLE	162	708	602	100	183	29	4	25	78	17	3	84	52	.304	.398	.490	.888	295	13	12	7	3	7
15	Paul Molitor	25	MIL	Maj	MIL	160	751	666	136	201	26	8	19	71	41	9	69	93	.302	.366	.451	.816	300	9	1	10	5	1
16	Reid Nichols	23	BOS	Maj	BOS	92	265	245	35	74	16	1	7	33	5	3	14	28	.302	.341	.461	.802	113	3	1	4	1	1
17	George Brett	29	KCA	Maj	KCR	144	629	552	101	166	32	9	21	82	6	1	71	51	.301	.378	.505	.884	279	12	1	0	5	14
18	Doug DeCinces	31	CAL	Maj	CAL	153	655	575	94	173	42	5	30	97	7	5	66	80	.301	.369	.548	.917	315	18	1	4	9	7
19	Kent Hrbek	22	MIN	Maj	MIN	140	591	532	82	160	21	4	23	92	3	1	54	80	.301	.363	.485	.848	258	17	0	1	4	12
20	Carney Lansford	25	BOS	Maj	BOS	128	539	482	65	145	28	4	11	63	9	4	46	48	.301	.359	.444	.803	214	15	2	1	8	2
21	John Wockenfuss	33	DET	Maj	DET	70	224	193	28	58	9	0	8	32	0	0	29	21	.301	.388	.472	.860	91	3	0	0	2	2
22	Jerry Mumphrey	29	NYA	Maj	NYY	123	533	477	76	143	24	10	9	68	11	3	50	66	.300	.364	.449	.813	214	17	0	3	3	4
23	Fred Lynn*	30	CAL	Maj	CAL	138	545	472	89	141	38	1	21	86	7	8	58	72	.299	.374	.517	.891	244	9	3	5	7	4
24	Frank White	31	KCA	Maj	KCR	145	554	524	71	156	45	6	11	56	10	7	16	65	.298	.318	.470	.788	246	12	2	7	5	1
25	Bruce Bochte*	31	SEA	Maj	SEA	144	586	509	58	151	21	0	12	70	8	5	67	71	.297	.380	.409	.788	208	17	3	4	3	5
26	Buddy Bell	30	TEX	Maj	TEX	148	614	537	62	159	27	2	13	67	5	4	70	50	.296	.376	.426	.803	229	13	2	0	5	8
27	Jim Gantner	29	MIL	Maj	MIL	132	485	447	48	132	17	2	4	43	6	3	26	36	.295	.335	.369	.704	165	6	2	7	3	3
28	Barry Bonnell	28	TOR	Maj	TOR	140	478	437	59	128	26	3	6	49	14	2	32	51	.293	.342	.407	.750	178	8	3	2	4	4
29	Dwight Evans	30	BOS	Maj	BOS	162	727	609	122	178	37	7	32	98	3	2	112	125	.292	.402	.534	.936	325	17	1	3	2	1
30	Larry Herndon	28	DET	Maj	DET	157	659	614	92	179	21	13	23	88	12	9	38	92	.292	.332	.481	.812	295	20	1	2	4	3
31	Greg Luzinski	31	CHA	Maj	CHW	159	686	583	87	170	37	1	18	102	1	1	89	120	.292	.386	.451	.837	263	19	6	0	8	11
32	Glenn Wilson	23	DET	Maj	DET	84	342	322	39	94	15	1	12	34	2	3	15	51	.292	.322	.457	.778	147	8	0	3	2	0
33	Richie Zisk	33	SEA	Maj	SEA	131	556	503	61	147	28	1	21	62	2	1	49	89	.292	.354	.477	.831	240	9	1	0	3	4
34	Gary Ward	28	MIN	Maj	MIN	152	616	570	85	165	33	7	28	91	13	1	37	105	.290	.330	.519	.849	296	16	1	1	7	4
35	Ron LeFlore	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	91	357	334	58	96	15	4	4	25	28	14	22	91	.287	.331	.392	.723	131	4	0	0	1	1
36	Steve Kemp*	27	CHA	Maj	CHW	160	679	580	91	166	23	1	19	98	7	7	89	83	.286	.381	.428	.808	248	8	3	1	6	8
37	Amos Otis	35	KCA	Maj	KCR	125	524	475	73	136	25	3	11	88	9	5	37	65	.286	.335	.421	.756	200	17	2	1	9	3
38	U L Washington	28	KCA	Maj	KCR	119	487	437	64	125	19	3	10	60	23	7	38	48	.286	.338	.412	.750	180	4	0	5	7	0
39	Lou Whitaker	25	DET	Maj	DET	152	619	560	76	160	22	8	15	65	11	3	48	58	.286	.341	.434	.775	243	8	1	6	4	4
40	Garth Iorg	27	TOR	Maj	TOR	129	442	417	45	119	20	5	1	36	3	2	12	38	.285	.307	.365	.671	152	6	4	2	7	2
41	Don Money	35	MIL	Maj	MIL	96	313	275	40	78	14	3	16	55	0	2	32	38	.284	.360	.531	.891	146	4	1	5	0	2
42	Lance Parrish	26	DET	Maj	DET	133	529	486	75	138	19	2	32	87	3	4	40	99	.284	.338	.529	.867	257	5	1	0	2	5
43	Willie Aikens	27	KCA	Maj	KCR	134	519	466	50	131	29	1	17	74	0	1	45	70	.281	.345	.457	.802	213	19	3	0	5	7
44	Brian Downing	31	CAL	Maj	CAL	158	725	623	109	175	37	2	28	84	2	1	86	58	.281	.368	.482	.850	300	14	5	3	8	1
45	Vance Law	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	114	398	359	40	101	20	1	5	54	4	2	26	46	.281	.327	.384	.712	138	10	1	7	5	1
46	Rich Dauer	29	BAL	Maj	BAL	158	626	558	75	156	24	2	8	57	0	1	50	34	.280	.337	.373	.709	208	15	1	11	6	1
47	Willie Randolph	27	NYA	Maj	NYY	144	643	553	85	155	21	4	3	36	16	9	75	35	.280	.368	.349	.717	193	13	3	10	2	3
48	Jerry Remy	29	BOS	Maj	BOS	155	716	636	89	178	22	3	0	47	16	9	55	77	.280	.337	.324	.661	206	14	2	18	5	1
49	Dave Winfield	30	NYA	Maj	NYY	140	597	539	84	151	24	8	37	106	5	3	45	64	.280	.331	.560	.891	302	20	0	5	8	7
50	Johnny Grubb	33	TEX	Maj	TEX	103	358	308	35	86	13	3	3	26	0	3	39	37	.279	.368	.370	.738	114	5	6	2	3	2
51	Kirk Gibson*	25	DET	Maj	DET	69	294	266	34	74	16	2	8	35	9	7	25	41	.278	.341	.444	.785	118	2	1	1	1	2
52	Jeff Burroughs	31	OAK	Maj	OAK	113	334	285	42	79	13	2	16	48	1	3	45	61	.277	.372	.505	.878	144	8	0	1	3	0
53	Ken Griffey*	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	127	527	484	70	134	23	2	12	54	10	4	39	58	.277	.329	.407	.736	197	10	0	1	3	1
54	Reggie Jackson*	36	CAL	Maj	CAL	153	621	530	92	146	17	1	39	101	4	5	85	156	.276	.375	.532	.907	282	10	2	0	4	12
55	Hosken Powell*	27	TOR	Maj	TOR	112	280	265	43	73	13	4	3	26	4	4	12	23	.276	.304	.389	.692	103	4	0	0	3	2
56	Carl Yastrzemski	42	BOS	Maj	BOS	131	523	459	53	126	22	1	16	72	0	1	59	50	.275	.358	.431	.789	198	12	2	0	3	1
57	Richie Hebner	34	DET	Maj	DET	68	205	179	25	49	6	0	8	18	1	1	25	21	.274	.361	.441	.802	79	1	0	0	1	2
58	Andre Thornton	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	161	708	589	90	161	26	1	32	116	6	7	109	81	.273	.386	.484	.870	285	21	2	3	5	18
59	Tom Brunansky	21	MIN	Maj	MIN	127	545	463	77	126	30	1	20	46	1	2	71	101	.272	.377	.471	.848	218	12	8	1	2	0
60	Oscar Gamble	32	NYA	Maj	NYY	108	382	316	49	86	21	2	18	57	6	3	58	47	.272	.387	.522	.910	165	4	4	0	4	2
61	Harold Baines*	23	CHA	Maj	CHW	161	668	608	89	165	29	8	25	105	10	3	49	95	.271	.321	.469	.790	285	12	0	2	9	10
62	Mike Hargrove*	32	CLE	Maj	CLE	160	705	591	67	160	26	1	4	65	2	2	101	58	.271	.377	.338	.715	200	22	3	4	6	3
63	Rick Manning	27	CLE	Maj	CLE	152	619	562	71	152	18	2	8	44	12	8	54	60	.271	.334	.352	.686	198	11	0	2	1	5
64	Ron Washington	30	MIN	Maj	MIN	119	470	451	48	122	17	6	5	39	3	3	14	79	.271	.291	.368	.659	166	11	0	2	3	0
65	Al Cowens	30	SEA	Maj	SEA	146	611	560	72	151	39	8	20	78	11	7	46	81	.270	.325	.475	.800	266	12	1	1	3	3
66	Gary Roenicke	27	BAL	Maj	BAL	137	477	393	58	106	25	1	21	74	6	7	70	73	.270	.392	.499	.891	196	7	9	5	0	2
67	John Wathan	32	KCA	Maj	KCR	121	502	448	79	121	11	3	3	51	36	9	48	46	.270	.343	.328	.671	147	26	2	3	1	0
68	Ted Simmons	32	MIL	Maj	MIL	137	581	539	73	145	29	0	23	97	0	0	32	40	.269	.309	.451	.759	243	20	2	1	7	5
69	Mike Fischlin	26	CLE	Maj	CLE	112	322	276	34	74	12	1	0	21	9	5	34	36	.268	.351	.319	.670	88	3	2	9	1	0
70	Alan Bannister	30	CLE	Maj	CLE	101	398	348	40	93	16	1	4	41	18	5	42	41	.267	.347	.353	.700	123	4	1	6	1	1
71	Carlton Fisk	34	CHA	Maj	CHW	135	536	476	66	127	17	3	14	65	17	2	46	60	.267	.337	.403	.740	192	12	6	4	4	7
72	Rickey Henderson*	23	OAK	Maj	OAK	149	656	536	119	143	24	4	10	51	130	42	116	94	.267	.398	.383	.780	205	5	2	0	2	1
73	Mike Squires*	30	CHA	Maj	CHW	116	213	195	33	52	9	3	1	21	3	3	14	13	.267	.316	.359	.675	70	4	0	4	0	3
74	Willie Upshaw*	25	TOR	Maj	TOR	160	646	580	77	155	25	7	21	75	8	8	52	91	.267	.327	.443	.770	257	11	1	10	3	8
75	Butch Wynegar	26	NYA,MIN	Maj	NYY-MIN	87	338	277	36	74	12	1	4	28	0	1	50	33	.267	.378	.361	.739	100	9	1	7	3	2
76	Chet Lemon	27	DET	Maj	DET	125	512	436	75	116	20	1	19	52	1	4	56	69	.266	.368	.447	.815	195	13	15	4	1	2
77	Jerry Martin	33	KCA	Maj	KCR	147	565	519	52	138	22	1	15	65	1	1	38	138	.266	.316	.399	.715	207	8	2	2	4	0
78	Jesús Vega	26	MIN	Maj	MIN	71	212	199	23	53	6	0	5	29	6	1	8	19	.266	.289	.372	.661	74	5	0	1	4	1
79	Juan Beníquez	32	CAL	Maj	CAL	112	228	196	25	52	11	2	3	24	3	0	15	21	.265	.321	.388	.709	76	4	1	16	0	1
80	Larry Parrish	28	TEX	Maj	TEX	128	478	440	59	116	15	0	17	62	5	2	30	84	.264	.314	.414	.727	182	12	4	0	4	0
81	Cal Ripken Jr.	21	BAL	Maj	BAL	160	655	598	90	158	32	5	28	93	3	3	46	95	.264	.317	.475	.792	284	16	3	2	6	3
82	Dave Stapleton	28	BOS	Maj	BOS	150	581	538	66	142	28	1	14	65	2	4	31	40	.264	.305	.398	.703	214	24	3	4	5	5
83	George Wright	23	TEX	Maj	TEX	150	599	557	69	147	20	5	11	50	3	7	30	78	.264	.305	.377	.682	210	11	3	8	1	4
84	Don Baylor	33	CAL	Maj	CAL	157	680	608	80	160	24	1	24	93	10	4	57	69	.263	.329	.424	.754	258	18	7	0	8	7
85	Al Bumbry	35	BAL	Maj	BAL	150	618	562	77	147	20	4	5	40	10	5	44	77	.262	.314	.338	.652	190	12	0	10	2	4
86	Enos Cabell	32	DET	Maj	DET	125	484	464	45	121	17	3	2	37	15	6	15	48	.261	.284	.323	.608	150	10	1	2	2	2
87	Bobby Grich	33	CAL	Maj	CAL	145	605	506	74	132	28	5	19	65	3	3	82	109	.261	.371	.449	.819	227	13	8	6	3	3
88	Billy Sample	27	TEX	Maj	TEX	97	398	360	56	94	14	2	10	29	10	2	27	35	.261	.318	.394	.712	142	4	3	8	0	0
89	Ernie Whitt	30	TOR	Maj	TOR	105	316	284	28	74	14	2	11	42	3	1	26	34	.261	.318	.440	.758	125	5	0	1	5	5
90	Roy Howell	28	MIL	Maj	MIL	98	326	300	31	78	11	2	4	38	0	2	21	39	.260	.305	.350	.655	105	2	0	1	4	2
91	Tony Pérez	40	BOS	Maj	BOS	69	215	196	18	51	14	2	6	31	0	1	19	48	.260	.326	.444	.770	87	6	0	0	0	3
92	Lenn Sakata	28	BAL	Maj	BAL	136	389	343	40	89	18	1	6	31	7	4	30	39	.260	.323	.370	.693	127	7	4	8	4	2
93	Lamar Johnson	31	TEX	Maj	TEX	105	358	324	37	84	11	0	7	38	3	5	31	40	.259	.326	.358	.684	116	13	1	2	0	0
94	Alan Trammell	24	DET	Maj	DET	157	556	489	66	126	34	3	9	57	19	8	52	47	.258	.325	.395	.720	193	5	0	9	6	0
95	Bill Almon	29	CHA	Maj	CHW	111	336	308	40	79	10	4	4	26	10	8	25	49	.257	.313	.354	.667	109	4	1	1	1	0
96	Manny Castillo	25	SEA	Maj	SEA	138	541	506	49	130	29	1	3	49	2	8	22	35	.257	.286	.336	.622	170	11	2	2	9	2
97	Gary Gray	29	SEA	Maj	SEA	80	295	269	26	69	14	2	7	29	1	1	24	59	.257	.322	.402	.724	108	4	2	0	0	0
98	Larry Milbourne	31	CLE,MIN,NYA	Maj	CLE-MIN-NYY	125	453	416	40	107	13	5	2	26	3	7	20	32	.257	.289	.327	.616	136	15	2	7	8	0
99	Joe Simpson*	30	SEA	Maj	SEA	105	324	296	39	76	14	4	2	23	8	14	22	48	.257	.312	.351	.663	104	1	2	3	1	4
100	Tony Bernazard	25	CHA	Maj	CHW	137	630	540	90	138	25	9	11	56	11	0	67	88	.256	.337	.396	.733	214	9	2	16	5	0