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1946 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Monte Irvin led all of MLB in batting average in 1946 with .369, 3 points ahead of Stan Musial (.365).

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Monte Irvin Led all of MLB in 1946 Monte Irvin Newark Eagles
.369 Batting Average .003 clear of Stan Musial
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Monte Irvin Monte Irvin NE .369 57 217 80 .443
2 Stan Musial Stan Musial SLN .365 156 624 228 .434
3 Larry Doby Larry Doby NE .363 59 234 85 .436
4 Henry Kimbro BEG .357 63 235 84 .449
5 Mickey Vernon Mickey Vernon WS1 .353 148 587 207 .403
6 Ted Williams Ted Williams BOS .342 150 514 176 .497
7 Johnny Pesky Johnny Pesky BOS .335 153 621 208 .401
8 Johnny Hopp Johnny Hopp BSN .333 129 445 148 .386
9 Buck Leonard HG .331 50 169 56 .459
10 Johnny Davis NE .329 62 231 76 .404
11 Frank Austin PS .325 63 237 77 .394
12 George Kell George Kell DET +1 .323 131 521 168 .372
13 Lennie Pearson NE .321 60 234 75 .374
14 Gene Benson PS .320 61 244 78 .378
15 Dixie Walker Dixie Walker BRO .319 150 576 184 .391
16 Dom DiMaggio Dom DiMaggio BOS .317 142 534 169 .393
17 Silvio GarcĂ­a NYC .316 46 177 56 .367
18 Josh Gibson HG .316 48 171 54 .371
19 Tommy Butts BEG .315 64 238 75 .387
20 Del Ennis Del Ennis PHI .313 141 540 169 .364
21 Tommy Holmes Tommy Holmes BSN .310 149 568 176 .377
22 Luke Appling Luke Appling CHA .309 149 582 180 .384
23 Bus Clarkson PS .309 42 152 47 .393
24 Doc Dennis PS .309 59 217 67 .362
25 Pat Patterson NE .307 48 192 59 .376
26 Vern Stephens Vern Stephens SLA .307 115 450 138 .357
27 Hank Edwards Hank Edwards CLE .301 124 458 138 .361
28 Whitey Kurowski Whitey Kurowski SLN .301 142 519 156 .391
29 Enos Slaughter Enos Slaughter SLN .301 156 609 183 .374
30 Dave Thomas NYC .298 46 181 54 .335
31 Billy Herman Billy Herman BSN +1 .298 122 436 130 .395
32 Phil Cavarretta Phil Cavarretta CHN .294 139 510 150 .401
33 Sid Gordon Sid Gordon NY1 .293 135 450 132 .380
34 Lou Boudreau Lou Boudreau CLE .293 140 515 151 .345
35 Willie Wells BEG +1 .293 62 229 67 .355
36 Stan Spence Stan Spence WS1 .292 152 578 169 .365
37 Buddy Lewis Buddy Lewis WS1 .292 150 582 170 .359
38 Joe DiMaggio Joe DiMaggio NYA .290 132 503 146 .367
39 Felix McLaurin NBY .290 34 131 38 .363
40 Thurman Tucker Thurman Tucker CHA .288 121 438 126 .367
41 Bill Hoskins BEG +1 .287 53 181 52 .365
42 Pee Wee Reese Pee Wee Reese BRO .284 152 542 154 .384
43 Frank McCormick Frank McCormick PHI .284 135 504 143 .333
44 Johnny Washington BEG .283 63 237 67 .315
45 Willard Marshall Willard Marshall NY1 .282 131 510 144 .327
46 Pete Suder Pete Suder PHA .281 128 455 128 .309
47 Bill Cash PS .281 54 178 50 .350
48 Johnny Wyrostek Johnny Wyrostek PHI .281 145 545 153 .366
49 Red Schoendienst Red Schoendienst SLN .281 142 606 170 .322
50 Don Kolloway Don Kolloway CHA .280 123 482 135 .293
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