1948 NL Batting Average Leaders

Stan Musial led the NL in batting average with .376 in 1948, 43 points ahead of Richie Ashburn (.333). It was one of 7 times Stan Musial led in batting average.

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Led the NL in 1948 Stan Musial St. Louis Cardinals

.376 Batting Average .043 clear of Richie Ashburn

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#	Player	Team	AVG	G	AB	H	OBP
1	Stan Musial	SLN	.376	155	611	230	.450
2	Richie Ashburn	PHI	.333	117	463	154	.410
3	Tommy Holmes	BSN	.325	139	585	190	.375
4	Al Dark	BSN	.322	137	543	175	.353
5	Enos Slaughter	SLN	.321	146	549	176	.409
6	Andy Pafko	CHN	.312	142	548	171	.375
7	Sid Gordon	NY1	.299	142	521	156	.390
8	Jackie Robinson	BRO	.296	147	574	170	.367
9	Eddie Waitkus	CHN	.295	139	562	166	.348
10	Del Ennis	PHI	.290	152	589	171	.345
11	Stan Rojek	PIT	.290	156	641	186	.355
12	Danny Murtaugh	PIT	.290	146	514	149	.365
13	Johnny Mize	NY1	.289	152	560	162	.395
14	Whitey Lockman	NY1	.286	146	584	167	.361
15	Bob Elliott	BSN	.283	151	540	153	.423
16	Hal Jeffcoat	CHN	.279	134	473	132	.315
17	Pee Wee Reese	BRO	.274	151	566	155	.363
18	Dick Sisler	PHI	.274	121	446	122	.344
19	Johnny Wyrostek	CIN	.273	136	512	140	.344
20	Willard Marshall	NY1	.272	143	537	146	.350
21	Frankie Gustine	PIT	.267	131	449	120	.333
22	Ralph Kiner	PIT	.265	156	555	147	.391
23	BN Bill Nicholson	CHN	.261	143	494	129	.371
24	Hank Sauer	CIN	.260	145	530	138	.340
25	Nippy Jones	SLN	.254	132	481	122	.307
26	Earl Torgeson	BSN	.253	134	438	111	.372
27	Marty Marion	SLN	.252	144	567	143	.298
28	Gil Hodges	BRO	.249	134	481	120	.311
29	Bobby Thomson	NY1	.248	138	471	117	.296
30	Eddie Miller	PHI	.246	130	468	115	.281
31	Grady Hatton	CIN	.240	133	458	110	.343
32	Buddy Kerr	NY1	.240	144	496	119	.317
33	Virgil Stallcup	CIN	.228	149	539	123	.253