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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	BA	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1	Joe Schmidt	21	DUL	NORL	D	.441	STL	120		440		194	29	9	31							.759		334
2	Woody Wheaton	24	HZL	ISLG	C	.428		101		432		185	17	16	1							.549		237
3	Harold Fehrenbacher	20	TRA	ALFL	D	.423	CLE	36		142		60	12	1	14							.817		116
4	David Whatley	24	HG,CB	NN2,NAL	Maj	.420	HG-CBR	31	126	119	26	50	8	4	1	20	3		4		.439	.580	1.019	69		0
5	Warren Huffman	22	STN	VIRL	D	.415		97		369		153	29	14	5							.610		225
6	Pete Hughes	24	OGD	PION	C	.409	CIN	122		477		195	40	5	41							.771		368
7	David Kelly	29	SUN	ISLG	C	.404		103		403		163	25	6	14							.600		242
8	Tony Robello	26	PCT	PION	C	.404	STL	124		507		205	33	7	58							.840		426
9	Don Padgett	27	SLN	NL	Maj	.399	STL	92	257	233	38	93	15	3	5	53	1	0	18	11	.444	.554	.998	129	11	1	5	5
10	Josh Gibson	27	HG	NN2	Maj	.398	HG	29	127	108	36	43	5	3	12	42	3		15		.476	.833	1.309	90		1
11	Oscar Judd	31	DEC,SAC	IIIL,PCL	B,AA	.398	STL	52	114	103	28	41	4	3	3	12	2		10	12	.451	.583	1.034	60		0	1
12	Henry Redmond	21	HAM	PONY	D	.397	STL	103		418		166	32	10	10							.593		248
13	Hank Edwards	20	MFL	OHSL	D	.395	CLE	130		529	135	209	41	14	18	129	35					.628		332			6
14	Sam Gentile	22	DSC	BIST	D	.392	BOS	113		508		199	54	8	9							.583		296
15	Sammy Hale	42	MDL	WTNM	D	.392		75		293		115	25	1	8							.567		166
16	Gordon Nell	31	PAM	WTNM	D	.392		135		528		207	60	8	44							.786		415
17	Ted Mueller	25	THM	NCSL	D	.391		108		412		161	34	10	10							.595		245
18	Hooper Triplett	19	GST	TARH	D	.391	STL	105		379		148	33	4	27							.712		270
19	Cecil Payne	31	LDS	BIST	D	.389	CLE	114		455		177	38	12	12							.604		275
20	William Belcher	--	GVL	CSTL	C	.387	BRO	39	168	155	32	60	11	5	2	23	0		9	15	.421	.561	.982	87		0	4
21	Hugh Todd	23	JCK	SALL	B	.384		103	454	378	85	145	23	2	4	64	3		65	31	.479	.487	.966	184		4	7
22	Red Barnes	35	DSC	BIST	D	.382	BOS	96		325		124	25	2	14							.600		195
23	Tommie West	31	DYB	FLOR	D	.382	BRO	122		487		186	35	11	4							.524		255
24	Curt Davis	35	SLN	NL	Maj	.381	STL	63	115	105	10	40	5	0	1	17	0	0	3	22	.398	.457	.855	48	2	0	7	0
25	Joe DiMaggio	24	NYA	AL	Maj	.381	NYY	120	524	462	108	176	32	6	30	126	3	0	52	20	.448	.671	1.119	310	11	4	6	9
26	Jay Kirke	26	PCT,SAC	PION,PCL	C,AA	.381	STL	123		533		203	46	13	26							.662		353
27	Holt Milner	39	TRA	ALFL	D	.381	CLE	112		428		163	29	7	12							.565		242
28	Bernard Hartman	--	HZL	ISLG	C	.380		34		137		52	9	4	3							.569		78
29	Charles Gillespie	24	JHN,SPL,CAN	PASA,MATL	D,C	.378	PHI-CLE-BOS	43		148		56	12	4	4							.595		88
30	Lou Novikoff	23	TUL,LOS,MLW	TL,PCL,AA	A1,AA	.376	CHC	157	649	596	114	224	41	13	23	117	10	2	45	21	.422	.604	1.026	360		3	5
31	Joseph McNamee	20	TWF	PION	C	.375		83		288		108	24	2	18							.660		190
32	Joe Mowry	31	WPG	NORL	D	.375		122		435		163	40	2	20							.614		267
33	Arthur Strott	26	NFL	PONY	D	.375	CLE	77		293		110	17	10	17							.676		198
34	Bill Hoskins	25	BEG	NN2	Maj	.374	BEG	30	123	107	23	40	6	2	2	25	1		14		.451	.523	.974	56		1
35	Elmer Valo	18	FED	ESHL	D	.374	PHA	34		115		43	9	2	3							.565		65
36	John Larrieu	18	SLC	PION	C	.372		124		521		194	32	10	13							.547		285
37	Walter Sessi	20	WLM,CBS	MTNS,SALL	D,B	.372	STL	126		465		173	32	10	21							.619		288
38	Jim Guinn	24	SHL,CHR	TARH,PIED	D,B	.371	WSH	100		434		161	30	7	10							.541		235
39	Emory Culbreth	31	SPB,KAN	SALL,NCSL	B,D	.370	CLE	71	269	243	22	90	22	2	2	21	1		16	6	.409	.502	.911	122		0	10
40	Red Moore	22	ABC,BEG	NAL,NN2	Maj	.370	IAB-BEG	28	120	100	17	37	6	2	0	14	2		12		.447	.470	.917	47		2
41	Henry Turner	25	CB	NAL	Maj	.370	CBR	28	109	100	11	37	5	5	1	21	1		9		.422	.550	.972	55		0
42	Al Unser	26	GST	TARH	D	.370	STL	99		349		129	31	7	12							.602		210
43	Steve Carter	22	HSP	CSTL	C	.369	DET	136	596	518	117	191	32	6	4	132	24		66	36	.444	.477	.921	247		4	8
44	Charles Marsella	27	CHR,SPB,SAV	PIED,SALL	B	.369	WSH-CLE	59	127	122	16	45	6	2	4	29	2		0	3	.369	.549	.918	67		0	5
45	Eddie Sawyer	28	AMS	CAML	C	.369	NYY	122	506	458	96	169	53	3	16	103	4		26	7	.408	.603	1.010	276		4	18
46	Wild Bill Wright	25	BEG	NN2	Maj	.369	BEG	29	120	111	24	41	6	2	2	27	6		4		.402	.514	.915	57		2
47	Dom Dallessandro	25	SDG	PCL	AA	.368		157	638	541	101	199	50	9	18	98	12		92		.460	.593	1.053	321			5
48	James Gruzdis	25	LDS	BIST	D	.368	CLE	115		424		156	42	4	17							.606		257
49	Harry Wickel	28	WLM	MTNS	D	.368	STL	126		446		164	36	6	23							.630		281
50	Billy Capps	20	BIG	WTNM	D	.367	NYY	138		490		180	36	10	20							.604		296
51	Vance Dinges	24	HBG,MTA	VIRL,BIST	D	.367		87		300		110	22	7	4							.527		158
52	Hugh Gustafson	24	WPG	NORL	D	.367		111		406		149	27	3	11							.530		215
53	Martin Steinmann	22	MFD,SBY	ESHL,NCSL	D	.367	NYG	116		466		171	43	6	17							.594		277
54	Mule Suttles	38	NE	NN2	Maj	.367	NE	39	160	139	38	51	10	3	9	37	3		20		.450	.676	1.126	94		1
55	William Skelley	20	WEN	WINT	B	.366	NYY	143	648	569	133	208	48	2	28	117	10	7	63	67	.430	.605	1.034	344		1	15
56	Wade Wilson	--	ABL	WTNM	D	.366		48		194		71	14	3	1							.485		94
57	Howard Connors	21	SXF	WL	D	.365	CHC	82		362		132	16	7	3							.472		171
58	Birch Douglass	25	LEN	TARH	D	.365		107		430		157	30	3	21							.595		256
59	Muscle Shoals	22	JOH	APPY	D	.365	STL	106		373		136	22	14	16							.627		234
60	Buck Leonard	31	HG	NN2	Maj	.364	HG	33	144	121	36	44	11	1	11	48	2		20		.454	.744	1.198	90		0
61	Bill Shewey	22	WLM,PMO,CBS	MTNS,MATL,SALL	D,C,B	.364	STL	122	509	503	7	183	38	12	8	6	3		5	6	.370	.535	.905	269		0	1
62	Occar Martin	24	BLD	MTNS	D	.363		34		102		37	5	1	4							.549		56
63	John Wehmeyer	20	LIM	OHSL	D	.363		71		262	45	95	20	3	5	47	2					.519		136			2
64	Huck Geary	22	DLD	FLOR	D	.362		87		334		121	21	13	2							.521		174
65	Delbert Jones	21	CDR	IIIL	B	.362	CLE	117	552	464	120	168	26	10	7	77	39		72	33	.449	.506	.955	235		1	15
66	Alfred Littrell	--	ABL	WTNM	D	.362		45		185		67	13	5	1							.503		93
67	Edward Wernet	22	SXF	WL	D	.362	CHC	94		354		128	24	9	13							.590		209
68	Ox Eckhardt	37	MEM	SOUA	A1	.361		124	511	482	61	174	26	4	2	80	6	4	23	26	.390	.444	.834	214		0	6
69	Sammy Holbrook	28	FED	ESHL	D	.361	PHA	98		305		110	17	2	20							.626		191
70	Vern Stephens	18	MYF	KITL	D	.361	SLB	122		485		175	44	7	30							.666		323
71	John Carey	24	COO	NCSL	D	.360		48		125		45	10	3	4							.584		73
72	Worthington Day	17	ASH	MTNS	D	.360		31		114		41	5	0	5							.535		61
73	Dom DiMaggio	22	SFR	PCL	AA	.360		170	744	664	165	239	48	18	14	82	39		72		.423	.550	.972	365			8
74	Jimmie Foxx	31	BOS	AL	Maj	.360	BOS	124	563	467	130	168	31	10	35	105	4	3	89	72	.464	.694	1.158	324	17	2	5	6
75	Wilbur Roussarie	25	AMA	WTNM	D	.360		30		125		45	8	2	3							.528		66
76	Walter Zwatty	21	OTT	CAML	C	.360		45	132	125	22	45	7	1	5	26	1		4	15	.385	.552	.937	69		1	2
77	Thomas Gwin	21	HUN	MTNS	D	.359	BRO	92		359		129	13	8	11							.532		191
78	Maury Jungman	25	JAC	SEAL	B	.359		134	570	502	98	180	33	10	11	104	24		58	26	.426	.530	.956	266		1	9
79	Michael Scott	18	LBG	VIRL	D	.359		98		376		135	26	10	5							.521		196
80	Stanley Stencel	22	HOP	KITL	D	.359	CHC	125		512		184	28	24	10							.566		290
81	Ernie Wingard	38	DOT	ALFL	D	.359		127		501		180	34	14	18							.591		296
82	Buzz Arlitt	27	CGE	ARMO	D	.358	PIT	115		413		148	28	4	15							.554		229
83	Willard Brown	24	KCM	NAL	Maj	.358	KCM	45	187	179	36	64	15	7	4	44	9		8		.385	.587	.972	105		0
84	Cyril Pfeifer	22	HSP,DHM	CSTL,PIED	C,B	.358	DET-CIN	135	591	489	109	175	37	12	0	78	9		84	17	.454	.483	.937	236		2	16
85	Daniel Rich	22	RME	CAML	C	.358		111	465	400	84	143	23	4	18	73	8		57	31	.440	.570	1.010	228		2	6
86	John Rowe	22	HLA,BIR	CSTL,SOUA	C,A1	.358	CIN	139	656	565	133	202	30	18	2	52	35		69	50	.441	.485	.926	274		15	7
87	Michael Surgent	23	PNG	APPY	D	.358	SLB	110		402		144	13	14	5							.498		200
88	Herb Woodten	25	LIM,TRE	OHSL,ISLG	D,C	.358		116		424	89	152	27	12	22	99	29					.634		269			13
89	Babe Young	23	KNX,NY1	SOUA,NL	A1,Maj	.358	PIT-NYG	178	769	688	128	246	54	13	24	151	8	5	60	49	.415	.578	.993	398	0	7	14	0
90	James Harrison	21	CVS	WTNM	D	.357		119		479		171	40	6	11							.534		256
91	Mike Powers	33	HUN	MTNS	D	.357	BRO	119		414		148	31	5	16							.572		237
92	Dewey Stover	40	MFL	OHSL	D	.357	CLE	81		311	76	111	28	7	0	40	16					.492		153			3
93	Steve Urick	21	ASH	MTNS	D	.357		54		221		79	17	3	3							.502		111
94	Edd Hartness	21	AMR	GAFL	D	.356	BRO	129		491		175	27	9	1							.454		223
95	Ted Mayer	32	ELP	AZTX	D	.356	NYY	69		202		72	9	6	2							.490		99
96	Bill Mongiello	24	DSC	BIST	D	.356	BOS	114		438		156	24	8	1							.454		199
97	Ken Moore	22	SRK	VIRL	D	.356		90		371		132	23	7	9							.528		196
98	Ed Stone	29	NE	NN2	Maj	.356	NE	36	151	135	36	48	7	2	7	31	3		13		.424	.593	1.016	80		3
99	Fred Wilson	30	NE,PS	NN2	Maj	.356	NE-PS	42	152	135	27	48	5	2	3	28	1		13		.416	.489	.905	66		1
100	John Dantonio	20	CTH,NIB	NEAR,EVAN	D	.355	STL	111		406		144	25	10	3							.488		198

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1939 Register Batting Leaders

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