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1955 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Al Kaline led all of MLB in batting average in 1955 with .340, 2 points ahead of Richie Ashburn (.338).

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Al Kaline Led all of MLB in 1955 Al Kaline Detroit Tigers
.340 Batting Average .002 clear of Richie Ashburn
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Al Kaline Al Kaline DET .340 152 588 200 .421
2 Richie Ashburn Richie Ashburn PHI .338 140 533 180 .449
3 Willie Mays Willie Mays NY1 .319 152 580 185 .400
4 Vic Power Vic Power KC1 .319 147 596 190 .354
5 Stan Musial Stan Musial SLN .319 154 562 179 .408
6 Roy Campanella Roy Campanella BRO .318 123 446 142 .395
7 Hank Aaron Hank Aaron ML1 .314 153 602 189 .366
8 Ted Kluszewski Ted Kluszewski CIN .314 153 612 192 .382
9 Carl Furillo Carl Furillo BRO .314 140 523 164 .371
10 George Kell George Kell CHA .312 128 429 134 .389
11 Nellie Fox Nellie Fox CHA .311 154 636 198 .364
12 Wally Post Wally Post CIN .310 154 601 186 .372
13 Duke Snider Duke Snider BRO .309 148 538 166 .418
14 Gus Bell Gus Bell CIN .308 154 610 188 .361
15 Harvey Kuenn Harvey Kuenn DET .307 145 620 190 .347
16 Al Smith Al Smith CLE .306 154 607 186 .407
17 Don Mueller Don Mueller NY1 .306 147 605 185 .327
18 Mickey Mantle Mickey Mantle NYA .306 147 517 158 .431
19 Mickey Vernon Mickey Vernon WS1 .301 150 538 162 .384
20 Smoky Burgess Smoky Burgess CIN +1 .301 123 442 133 .369
21 Johnny Logan Johnny Logan ML1 .298 154 595 177 .360
22 Del Ennis Del Ennis PHI .296 146 564 167 .346
23 Ernie Banks Ernie Banks CHN .295 154 596 176 .345
24 Wally Moon Wally Moon SLN .295 152 593 175 .349
25 Billy Goodman Billy Goodman BOS .294 149 599 176 .394
26 Larry Doby Larry Doby CLE .291 131 491 143 .369
27 Dale Long Dale Long PIT .291 131 419 122 .362
28 Hector Lopez Hector Lopez KC1 .290 128 483 140 .337
29 Gil Hodges Gil Hodges BRO .289 150 546 158 .377
30 Eddie Mathews Eddie Mathews ML1 .289 141 499 144 .413
31 Minnie Miñoso Minnie Miñoso CHA .288 139 517 149 .387
32 Gil McDougald Gil McDougald NYA .285 141 533 152 .361
33 Pete Runnels Pete Runnels WS1 .284 134 503 143 .354
34 Ray Boone Ray Boone DET .284 135 500 142 .346
35 Jim Piersall Jim Piersall BOS .284 149 515 146 .364
36 Billy Klaus Billy Klaus BOS .283 135 541 153 .352
37 Pee Wee Reese Pee Wee Reese BRO .282 145 553 156 .371
38 Al Dark Al Dark NY1 .282 115 475 134 .319
39 Bill Virdon Bill Virdon SLN .281 144 534 150 .322
40 Johnny Temple Johnny Temple CIN .281 150 588 165 .365
41 Walt Dropo Walt Dropo CHA .280 141 453 127 .343
42 Bill Tuttle Bill Tuttle DET .279 154 603 168 .358
43 Hank Bauer Hank Bauer NYA .279 139 492 137 .360
44 Earl Torgeson Earl Torgeson DET +1 .278 136 450 125 .396
45 Gus Triandos Gus Triandos BAL .277 140 481 133 .333
46 Jackie Jensen Jackie Jensen BOS .275 152 574 158 .369
47 Bill Bruton Bill Bruton ML1 .275 149 636 175 .325
48 Whitey Lockman Whitey Lockman NY1 .273 147 576 157 .321
49 Bobby Avila Bobby Avila CLE .272 141 537 146 .368
50 Yogi Berra Yogi Berra NYA .272 147 541 147 .349
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