League Leaders

1981 Batting Average Leaders

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Showing players with at least 320 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 Bill Madlock Bill Madlock PIT 82 279 35 95 23 1 6 45 34 17 18 .341 .413 .495 .907
2 Carney Lansford Carney Lansford BOS 102 399 61 134 23 3 4 52 34 28 15 .336 .389 .439 .828
3 Tom Paciorek Tom Paciorek SEA 104 405 50 132 28 2 14 66 35 50 13 .326 .379 .509 .888
4 Pete Rose Pete Rose PHI 107 431 73 140 18 5 0 33 46 26 4 .325 .391 .390 .781
5 Dusty Baker Dusty Baker LAN 103 400 48 128 17 3 9 49 29 43 10 .320 .363 .445 .808
6 Cecil Cooper Cecil Cooper ML4 106 416 70 133 35 1 12 60 28 30 5 .320 .363 .495 .858
7 Rickey Henderson Rickey Henderson OAK 108 423 89 135 18 7 6 35 64 68 56 .319 .408 .437 .845
8 Mike Hargrove Mike Hargrove CLE 94 322 43 102 21 0 2 49 60 16 5 .317 .424 .401 .825
9 Mike Schmidt Mike Schmidt PHI 102 354 78 112 19 2 31 91 73 71 12 .316 .436 .644 1.080
10 George Brett George Brett KCA 89 347 42 109 27 7 6 43 27 23 14 .314 .362 .484 .846
11 Bill Buckner Bill Buckner CHN 106 421 45 131 35 3 10 75 26 16 5 .311 .349 .480 .829
12 Richie Zisk Richie Zisk SEA 94 357 42 111 12 1 16 43 28 63 0 .311 .366 .485 .851
13 Ken Griffey Ken Griffey CIN 101 396 65 123 21 6 2 34 39 42 12 .311 .371 .409 .780
14 Milt May Milt May SFN 97 316 20 98 17 0 2 33 34 29 1 .310 .376 .383 .759
15 Al Oliver Al Oliver TEX 102 421 53 130 29 1 4 55 24 28 3 .309 .348 .411 .759
16 Hubie Brooks Hubie Brooks NYN 98 358 34 110 21 2 4 38 23 65 9 .307 .345 .411 .756
17 Jerry Remy Jerry Remy BOS 88 358 55 110 9 1 0 31 36 30 9 .307 .368 .338 .706
18 Jerry Mumphrey Jerry Mumphrey NYA 80 319 44 98 11 5 6 32 24 27 14 .307 .354 .430 .783
19 Dave Concepcion Dave Concepcion CIN 106 421 57 129 28 0 5 67 37 61 4 .306 .358 .409 .767
20 Keith Hernandez Keith Hernandez SLN 103 376 65 115 27 4 8 48 61 45 12 .306 .401 .463 .864
21 Rod Carew Rod Carew CAL 93 364 57 111 17 1 2 21 45 45 16 .305 .380 .374 .753
22 Warren Cromartie Warren Cromartie MON 99 358 41 109 19 2 6 42 39 27 2 .305 .370 .419 .789
23 Bobby Grich Bobby Grich CAL 100 352 56 107 14 2 22 61 40 71 2 .304 .378 .543 .921
24 Tim Raines Tim Raines MON 88 313 61 95 13 7 5 37 45 31 71 .304 .391 .438 .829
25 Willie Wilson Willie Wilson KCA 102 439 54 133 10 7 1 32 18 42 34 .303 .336 .365 .700
26 Luis Salazar Luis Salazar SDN 109 400 37 121 19 6 3 38 16 72 11 .303 .329 .403 .732
27 Andre Dawson Andre Dawson MON 103 394 71 119 21 3 24 64 35 50 26 .302 .365 .553 .918
28 Chet Lemon Chet Lemon CHA 94 328 50 99 23 6 9 50 33 48 5 .302 .384 .491 .875
29 Terry Kennedy Terry Kennedy SDN 101 382 32 115 24 1 2 41 22 53 0 .301 .341 .385 .726
30 Bill Almon Bill Almon CHA 103 349 46 105 10 2 4 41 21 60 16 .301 .341 .375 .717
31 Gary Matthews Gary Matthews PHI 101 359 62 108 21 3 9 67 59 42 15 .301 .398 .451 .849
32 Pedro Guerrero Pedro Guerrero LAN 98 347 46 104 17 2 12 48 34 57 5 .300 .365 .464 .829
33 Art Howe Art Howe HOU 103 361 43 107 22 4 3 36 41 23 1 .296 .365 .404 .770
34 Dwight Evans Dwight Evans BOS 108 412 84 122 19 4 22 71 85 85 3 .296 .415 .522 .937
35 George Foster George Foster CIN 108 414 64 122 23 2 22 90 51 75 4 .295 .373 .519 .892
36 Buddy Bell Buddy Bell TEX 97 360 44 106 16 1 10 64 42 30 3 .294 .364 .428 .792
37 Dave Winfield Dave Winfield NYA 105 388 52 114 25 1 13 68 43 41 11 .294 .360 .464 .824
38 Eddie Murray Eddie Murray BAL 99 378 57 111 21 2 22 78 40 43 2 .294 .360 .534 .895
39 Rick Burleson Rick Burleson CAL 109 430 53 126 17 1 5 33 42 38 4 .293 .357 .372 .729
40 Steve Henderson CHN 82 287 32 84 9 5 5 35 42 61 5 .293 .382 .411 .793
41 Ken Oberkfell Ken Oberkfell SLN 102 376 43 110 12 6 2 45 37 28 13 .293 .353 .372 .725
42 Rick Miller Rick Miller BOS 97 316 38 92 17 2 2 33 28 36 3 .291 .349 .377 .725
43 Toby Harrah Toby Harrah CLE 103 361 64 105 12 4 5 44 57 44 12 .291 .382 .388 .770
44 Claudell Washington Claudell Washington ATL 85 320 37 93 22 3 5 37 15 47 12 .291 .328 .425 .753
45 Juan Bonilla Juan Bonilla SDN 99 369 30 107 13 2 1 25 25 23 4 .290 .337 .344 .681
46 Leon Durham Leon Durham CHN 87 328 42 95 14 6 10 35 27 53 25 .290 .344 .460 .804
47 Larry Herndon SFN 96 364 48 105 15 8 5 41 20 55 15 .289 .325 .415 .740
48 Ron Cey Ron Cey LAN 85 312 42 90 15 2 13 50 40 55 0 .289 .372 .474 .846
49 Garry Templeton Garry Templeton SLN 80 333 47 96 16 8 1 33 14 55 8 .288 .315 .393 .709
50 Gene Richards Gene Richards SDN 104 393 47 113 14 12 3 42 53 44 20 .288 .373 .407 .780
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