League Leaders

1938 Batting Average Leaders

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Showing players with at least 162 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players

# Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Buck Leonard HG 43 153 42 64 12 5 9 53 25 0 1 .418 .500 .739 1.239
2 Harry Williams PC 37 141 35 54 12 4 4 32 13 0 3 .383 .435 .610 1.045
3 Josh Gibson HG 47 168 54 61 11 4 13 54 30 0 3 .363 .462 .708 1.171
4 Jimmie Foxx Jimmie Foxx BOS 149 565 139 197 33 9 50 175 119 76 5 .349 .462 .704 1.166
5 Jeff Heath Jeff Heath CLE 126 502 104 172 31 18 21 112 33 55 3 .343 .383 .602 .985
6 Ernie Lombardi Ernie Lombardi CIN 129 489 60 167 30 1 19 95 40 14 0 .342 .391 .524 .915
7 Ben Chapman Ben Chapman BOS 127 480 92 163 40 8 6 80 65 33 13 .340 .418 .494 .912
8 Johnny Mize Johnny Mize SLN 149 531 85 179 34 16 27 102 74 47 0 .337 .422 .614 1.036
9 Buddy Myer Buddy Myer WS1 127 437 79 147 22 8 6 71 93 32 9 .336 .454 .465 .918
10 Cecil Travis Cecil Travis WS1 146 567 96 190 30 5 5 67 58 22 6 .335 .401 .432 .833
11 Hal Trosky Hal Trosky CLE 150 554 106 185 40 9 19 110 67 40 5 .334 .407 .542 .948
12 Rip Radcliff Rip Radcliff CHA 129 503 64 166 23 6 5 81 36 17 5 .330 .376 .429 .805
13 Earl Averill Earl Averill CLE 134 482 101 159 27 15 14 93 81 48 5 .330 .429 .535 .965
14 Frank McCormick Frank McCormick CIN 151 640 89 209 40 4 5 106 18 17 1 .327 .348 .425 .773
15 Joe Cronin Joe Cronin BOS 143 530 98 172 51 5 17 94 91 60 7 .325 .428 .536 .964
16 George McQuinn George McQuinn SLA 148 602 100 195 42 7 12 82 58 49 4 .324 .384 .477 .861
17 Joe DiMaggio Joe DiMaggio NYA 145 599 129 194 32 13 32 140 59 21 6 .324 .386 .581 .967
18 Joe Vosmik Joe Vosmik BOS 146 621 121 201 37 6 9 86 59 26 0 .324 .384 .446 .830
19 Joe Medwick Joe Medwick SLN 146 590 100 190 47 8 21 122 42 41 0 .322 .369 .536 .905
20 Arky Vaughan Arky Vaughan PIT 148 541 88 174 35 5 7 68 104 21 14 .322 .433 .444 .876
21 Stan Hack Stan Hack CHN 152 609 109 195 34 11 4 67 94 39 16 .320 .411 .432 .843
22 Jim West BEG 35 132 24 42 12 1 5 30 15 0 0 .318 .396 .538 .934
23 Dave Campbell NBY 30 110 17 35 6 3 0 13 9 1 3 .318 .370 .427 .797
24 Hank Greenberg Hank Greenberg DET 155 556 144 175 23 4 58 146 119 92 7 .315 .438 .684 1.122
25 Lloyd Waner Lloyd Waner PIT 147 619 79 194 25 7 5 57 28 11 5 .313 .343 .401 .744
26 Bill Dickey Bill Dickey NYA 132 454 84 142 27 4 27 115 75 22 3 .313 .412 .568 .981
27 Bob Johnson Bob Johnson PHA 152 563 114 176 27 9 30 113 87 73 9 .313 .406 .552 .959
28 Mel Ott Mel Ott NY1 150 527 116 164 23 6 36 116 118 47 2 .311 .442 .583 1.024
29 Mel Almada Mel Almada SLA +1 149 633 101 197 29 6 4 52 46 38 13 .311 .362 .395 .757
30 Red Rolfe Red Rolfe NYA 151 631 132 196 36 8 10 80 74 44 13 .311 .386 .441 .826
31 Mint Jones JRC 16 71 8 22 1 0 0 13 3 1 0 .310 .338 .324 .662
32 Bill Perkins PS 60 197 36 61 9 1 7 44 29 0 3 .310 .398 .472 .870
33 Jerry Benjamin HG 42 165 42 51 3 5 6 26 24 1 4 .309 .397 .497 .894
34 Dixie Walker Dixie Walker DET 127 454 84 140 27 6 6 43 65 32 5 .308 .396 .434 .830
35 Wally Moses Wally Moses PHA 142 589 86 181 29 8 8 49 58 31 15 .307 .369 .424 .794
36 Marvin Barker NBY 31 124 19 38 6 2 0 6 9 0 2 .307 .353 .387 .741
37 Charlie Gehringer Charlie Gehringer DET 152 568 133 174 32 5 20 107 113 21 14 .306 .425 .486 .911
38 Chester Williams PC 39 147 23 45 7 5 0 17 11 0 2 .306 .354 .422 .776
39 Harry Danning Harry Danning NY1 120 448 59 137 26 3 9 60 23 40 1 .306 .345 .438 .783
40 Gee Walker Gee Walker CHA 120 442 69 135 23 6 16 87 38 32 9 .305 .360 .493 .854
41 George Case George Case WS1 107 433 69 132 27 3 2 40 39 28 11 .305 .362 .395 .757
42 Sam West WS1 +1 136 509 68 155 27 7 6 74 47 30 2 .305 .363 .420 .784
43 Pinky Higgins Pinky Higgins BOS 139 524 77 159 29 5 5 106 71 55 10 .303 .388 .407 .794
44 Jo-Jo Moore Jo-Jo Moore NY1 125 506 76 153 23 6 11 56 22 27 2 .302 .335 .437 .772
45 Red Kress Red Kress SLA 150 566 74 171 33 3 7 79 69 47 5 .302 .378 .408 .786
46 Al Simmons Al Simmons WS1 125 470 79 142 23 6 21 95 38 40 2 .302 .357 .511 .868
47 Clyde Spearman PS 65 245 41 74 10 5 1 28 29 0 2 .302 .378 .396 .774
48 Carl Reynolds Carl Reynolds CHN 125 497 59 150 28 10 3 67 22 32 9 .302 .335 .417 .752
49 Vic Harris HG 44 176 43 53 7 5 2 26 16 1 0 .301 .363 .432 .795
50 Doc Cramer Doc Cramer BOS 148 658 116 198 36 8 0 71 51 19 4 .301 .354 .380 .734
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