1939 AL Batting Average Leaders
Hits per at bat
Joe DiMaggio led the AL in batting average in 1939 with .381, 21 points ahead of Jimmie Foxx (.360). It was one of 2 times Joe DiMaggio led in batting average.
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Led the AL in 1939
Joe DiMaggio
New York Yankees
.381
Batting Average
.021 clear of Jimmie Foxx
Showing Batting Average and the stats that give it context
Full stat line
| # | Player | Team | AVG | G | AB | H | OBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Joe DiMaggio
|
NYA | .381 | 120 | 462 | 176 | .448 |
| 2 |
 Jimmie Foxx
|
BOS | .360 | 124 | 467 | 168 | .464 |
| 3 |
 Bob Johnson
|
PHA | .338 | 150 | 544 | 184 | .440 |
| 4 |
 Hal Trosky
|
CLE | .335 | 122 | 448 | 150 | .405 |
| 5 |
 Charlie Keller
|
NYA | .334 | 111 | 398 | 133 | .447 |
| 6 |
 Red Rolfe
|
NYA | .329 | 152 | 648 | 213 | .404 |
| 7 |
 Ted Williams
|
BOS | .327 | 149 | 565 | 185 | .436 |
| 8 |
 Ken Keltner
|
CLE | .325 | 154 | 587 | 191 | .379 |
| 9 |
 Charlie Gehringer
|
DET | .325 | 118 | 406 | 132 | .423 |
| 10 | Eric McNair | CHA | .324 | 129 | 479 | 155 | .375 |
| 11 |
 Mike Kreevich
|
CHA | .324 | 145 | 541 | 175 | .390 |
| 12 |
 Buddy Lewis
|
WS1 | .319 | 140 | 536 | 171 | .402 |
| 13 |
 Bobby Doerr
|
BOS | .318 | 127 | 525 | 167 | .365 |
| 14 |
 George McQuinn
|
SLA | .316 | 154 | 617 | 195 | .383 |
| 15 |
 Luke Appling
|
CHA | .314 | 148 | 516 | 162 | .430 |
| 16 |
 Hank Greenberg
|
DET | .312 | 138 | 500 | 156 | .420 |
| 17 | Barney McCosky | DET | .311 | 147 | 611 | 190 | .384 |
| 18 |
 Doc Cramer
|
BOS | .311 | 137 | 589 | 183 | .353 |
| 19 |
 Taffy Wright
|
WS1 | .309 | 129 | 499 | 154 | .359 |
| 20 |
 Joe Cronin
|
BOS | .308 | 143 | 520 | 160 | .407 |
| 21 |
 Wally Moses
|
PHA | .307 | 115 | 437 | 134 | .370 |
| 22 |
 George Selkirk
|
NYA | .306 | 128 | 418 | 128 | .452 |
| 23 |
 Bill Dickey
|
NYA | .302 | 128 | 480 | 145 | .403 |
| 24 |
 George Case
|
WS1 | .302 | 128 | 530 | 160 | .369 |
| 25 |
 Joe Kuhel
|
CHA | .300 | 139 | 546 | 164 | .376 |
| 26 |
 Pete Fox
|
DET | .295 | 141 | 519 | 153 | .342 |
| 27 |
 Myril Hoag
|
SLA | .295 | 129 | 482 | 142 | .329 |
| 28 |
 Cecil Travis
|
WS1 | .292 | 130 | 476 | 139 | .342 |
| 29 |
 Gee Walker
|
CHA | .291 | 149 | 598 | 174 | .330 |
| 30 |
 Ben Chapman
|
CLE | .290 | 149 | 545 | 158 | .390 |
| 31 |
 Jim Tabor
|
BOS | .289 | 149 | 577 | 167 | .337 |
| 32 | Bruce Campbell | CLE | .287 | 130 | 450 | 129 | .383 |
| 33 |
 Joe Gordon
|
NYA | .284 | 151 | 567 | 161 | .370 |
| 34 |
 Frankie Hayes
|
PHA | .283 | 124 | 431 | 122 | .348 |
| 35 |
 Joe Vosmik
|
BOS | .276 | 145 | 554 | 153 | .356 |
| 36 |
 Pinky Higgins
|
DET | .276 | 132 | 489 | 135 | .353 |
| 37 |
 Harlond Clift
|
SLA | .270 | 151 | 526 | 142 | .402 |
| 38 |
 Sam Chapman
|
PHA | .269 | 140 | 498 | 134 | .338 |
| 39 | Johnny Berardino | SLA | .256 | 126 | 468 | 120 | .314 |
| 40 |
 Babe Dahlgren
|
NYA | .235 | 144 | 531 | 125 | .312 |
| 41 |
 Frankie Crosetti
|
NYA | .233 | 152 | 656 | 153 | .315 |