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2026 AL Batting Average Leaders

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Yordan Alvarez leads the AL in batting average in 2026 with .311, 1 point ahead of Chandler Simpson (.311). The 2026 season is still being played: this is the board through September 17, about 153 games into 162.

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Yordan Alvarez Leads the AL in 2026 through September 17 Yordan Alvarez Houston Astros
.311 Batting Average .001 clear of Chandler Simpson

The 2026 Batting Average race

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.269 .292 .316 .339 .362 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep
  1. Yordan Alvarez .311
  2. Chandler Simpson .311
  3. Yandy Diaz .295
  4. Chase DeLauter .289
  5. Riley Greene .284
Each line is a season total on every night that player was in the top ten, from March 25 to September 17.
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Yordan Alvarez Yordan Alvarez HOU .311 149 533 166 .429
2 Chandler Simpson TBA .311 144 544 169 .339
3 Yandy Diaz Yandy Diaz TBA .295 147 587 173 .359
4 Chase DeLauter CLE .289 125 464 134 .362
5 Riley Greene DET .284 132 483 137 .370
6 Ceddanne Rafaela BOS .282 135 535 151 .318
7 Luke Keaschall MIN .279 144 499 139 .371
8 Jonathan Aranda Jonathan Aranda TBA .278 147 554 154 .362
9 Randy Arozarena Randy Arozarena SEA .278 145 540 150 .375
10 Junior Caminero TBA .277 152 581 161 .363
11 Steven Kwan Steven Kwan CLE .277 143 509 141 .375
12 Jac Caglianone KCA .277 136 484 134 .328
13 Bobby Witt KCA .276 134 521 144 .359
14 Willson Contreras Willson Contreras BOS .276 129 446 123 .387
15 Cody Bellinger Cody Bellinger NYA .276 125 468 129 .351
16 Kevin McGonigle DET .275 148 570 157 .377
17 Josh Naylor Josh Naylor SEA .272 143 562 153 .327
18 Chase Meidroth CHA .271 147 543 147 .345
19 Sam Antonacci CHA .271 132 451 122 .367
20 Ezequiel Duran TEX .268 144 507 136 .329
21 Ernie Clement Ernie Clement TOR .268 149 560 150 .294
22 Jeff McNeil Jeff McNeil ATH .268 135 448 120 .316
23 Pete Alonso Pete Alonso BAL .267 153 573 153 .361
24 Ben Rice NYA .262 145 542 142 .360
25 Vladimir Guerrero Vladimir Guerrero TOR .262 138 520 136 .335
26 Brandon Nimmo Brandon Nimmo TEX .261 147 563 147 .325
27 Dominic Canzone SEA .257 137 443 114 .327
28 Isaac Paredes HOU .257 146 529 136 .355
29 Wilyer Abreu BOS .254 149 567 144 .333
30 George Springer George Springer TOR .253 119 438 111 .329
31 Josh Bell Josh Bell MIN .252 146 539 136 .315
32 Travis Bazzana CLE .249 115 417 104 .342
33 Brooks Lee MIN .248 147 548 136 .298
34 Caleb Durbin BOS .248 145 480 119 .333
35 Miguel Vargas CHA .248 151 561 139 .356
36 Brayan Rocchio CLE .248 146 509 126 .309
37 Cole Young SEA .247 152 551 136 .309
38 Andres Gimenez Andres Gimenez TOR .243 141 448 109 .288
39 Julio Rodriguez SEA .243 142 564 137 .304
40 Jose Altuve Jose Altuve HOU .243 126 486 118 .303
41 Dillon Dingler DET .242 139 529 128 .301
42 Kody Clemens MIN .242 136 501 121 .304
43 Mike Trout Mike Trout LAA .241 134 485 117 .379
44 Zach Neto LAA .241 148 589 142 .323
45 Jo Adell Jo Adell LAA +1 .239 150 568 136 .295
46 Carter Jensen KCA .235 142 498 117 .322
47 Kazuma Okamoto TOR .235 147 537 126 .310
48 Jake Burger Jake Burger TEX .233 146 524 122 .305
49 Jazz Chisholm Jazz Chisholm NYA .232 134 461 107 .312
50 Lawrence Butler ATH .231 145 438 101 .319
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