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1937 National League Batting Leaders

1936 Season 1938 Season

Classification: Major League

Overall: 616 games, 8 teams, approx. 154 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1	Joe Medwick	25	SLN	Maj	STL	156	677	633	111	237	56	10	31	154	4	5	41	50	.374	.414	.641	1.056	406	11	2	1	13
2	Johnny Mize	24	SLN	Maj	STL	145	621	560	103	204	40	7	25	113	2	1	56	57	.364	.427	.595	1.021	333	5	5	0	6
3	Gabby Hartnett	36	CHN	Maj	CHC	110	405	356	47	126	21	6	12	82	0	3	43	19	.354	.424	.548	.971	195	8	0	6	13
4	Paul Waner*	34	PIT	Maj	PIT	154	690	619	94	219	30	9	2	74	4	3	63	34	.354	.414	.441	.855	273	11	0	8	5
5	Pinky Whitney	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	138	542	487	56	166	19	4	8	79	6	10	43	44	.341	.396	.446	.841	217	19	1	11	3
6	Dolph Camilli*	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	131	570	475	101	161	23	7	27	80	6	11	90	82	.339	.446	.587	1.034	279	3	2	3	7
7	Billy Herman	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	138	632	564	106	189	35	11	8	65	2	2	56	22	.335	.396	.479	.875	270	7	1	11	1
8	Ernie Lombardi	29	CIN	Maj	CIN	120	384	368	41	123	22	1	9	59	1	0	14	17	.334	.362	.473	.835	174	12	2	0	7
9	Heinie Manush*	35	BRO	Maj	BRO	132	516	466	57	155	25	7	4	73	6	4	40	24	.333	.389	.442	.831	206	7	3	7	4
10	Lloyd Waner	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	129	582	537	80	177	23	4	1	45	3	1	34	12	.330	.370	.393	.762	211	7	0	11	0
11	Chuck Klein	32	PHI	Maj	PHI	115	449	406	74	132	20	2	15	57	3	4	39	21	.325	.386	.495	.881	201	6	1	3	2
12	Frank Demaree	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	154	687	615	104	199	36	6	17	115	6	10	57	31	.324	.382	.485	.867	298	23	1	14	3
13	Arky Vaughan	25	PIT	Maj	PIT	126	531	469	71	151	17	17	5	72	7	8	54	22	.322	.394	.463	.857	217	6	2	6	3
14	Johnny Moore	35	PHI	Maj	PHI	96	330	307	46	98	16	2	9	59	2	2	18	18	.319	.357	.472	.829	145	5	0	5	1
15	Jimmy Ripple	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	121	466	426	70	135	23	3	5	66	3	5	29	20	.317	.362	.420	.782	179	10	1	10	2
16	Don Padgett	25	SLN	Maj	STL	123	477	446	62	140	22	6	10	74	4	2	30	43	.314	.357	.457	.815	204	5	0	1	5
17	Babe Phelps	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	121	442	409	42	128	37	3	7	58	2	0	25	28	.313	.357	.469	.826	192	12	3	5	11
18	Jo-Jo Moore	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	142	633	580	89	180	37	10	6	57	7	7	46	37	.310	.364	.440	.804	255	9	3	4	1
19	Sam Leslie*	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	72	213	191	25	59	7	2	3	30	1	0	20	12	.309	.380	.414	.794	79	8	2	0	4
20	Al Todd	35	PIT	Maj	PIT	133	534	514	51	158	18	10	8	86	2	2	16	36	.307	.330	.428	.758	220	16	1	3	9
21	Dick Bartell	29	NY1	Maj	NYG	128	580	516	91	158	38	2	14	62	5	6	40	38	.306	.368	.469	.837	242	9	10	14	2
22	Buddy Hassett*	25	BRO	Maj	BRO	137	595	556	71	169	31	6	1	53	13	11	20	19	.304	.334	.387	.721	215	13	5	14	0
23	Pepper Martin	33	SLN	Maj	STL	98	373	339	60	103	27	8	5	38	9	5	33	50	.304	.366	.475	.841	161	3	0	1	2
24	Ken O'Dea	24	CHN	Maj	CHC	83	247	219	31	66	7	5	4	32	1	1	24	26	.301	.370	.434	.804	95	1	0	4	1
25	Billy Jurges	29	CHN	Maj	CHC	129	506	450	53	134	18	10	1	65	2	3	42	41	.298	.366	.389	.754	175	12	6	8	3
26	Stan Hack	27	CHN	Maj	CHC	154	678	582	106	173	27	6	2	63	16	19	83	42	.297	.388	.375	.762	218	6	3	10	1
27	Hank Leiber	26	NY1	Maj	NYG	51	202	184	24	54	7	3	4	32	1	1	15	27	.294	.347	.429	.776	79	9	0	3	4
28	Mel Ott	28	NY1	Maj	NYG	151	654	545	99	160	28	2	31	95	7	7	102	69	.294	.408	.523	.931	285	4	3	4	9
29	Frenchy Bordagaray	27	SLN	Maj	STL	96	321	300	43	88	11	4	1	37	11	7	15	25	.293	.331	.367	.698	110	5	2	4	1
30	Johnny Cooney*	36	BRO	Maj	BRO	120	458	430	61	126	18	5	0	37	5	5	22	10	.293	.327	.358	.686	154	12	0	6	1
31	Earl Browne*	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	105	360	332	42	97	19	3	6	52	4	3	21	41	.292	.342	.422	.763	140	9	4	3	0
32	Morrie Arnovich	26	PHI	Maj	PHI	117	449	410	60	119	27	4	10	60	5	6	34	32	.290	.349	.449	.798	184	14	3	2	1
33	Gil English	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	79	295	269	25	78	5	2	2	37	3	2	23	27	.290	.348	.346	.694	93	11	1	2	1
34	Joe Marty	23	CHN	Maj	CHC	88	324	290	41	84	17	2	5	44	3	2	28	30	.290	.356	.414	.770	120	15	2	4	6
35	Harry Danning	25	NY1	Maj	NYG	93	312	292	30	84	12	4	8	51	0	1	18	20	.288	.331	.438	.770	128	8	1	1	11
36	Phil Cavarretta*	20	CHN	Maj	CHC	106	366	329	43	94	18	7	5	56	7	5	32	35	.286	.349	.429	.778	141	8	0	5	4
37	Burgess Whitehead	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	152	613	574	64	164	15	6	5	52	7	10	28	20	.286	.323	.359	.682	206	11	4	7	2
38	Wally Berger	31	NY1,BSN	Maj	NYG-BSN	89	347	312	54	89	20	3	17	65	3	4	29	63	.285	.354	.532	.886	166	6	4	2	0
39	Hersh Martin	27	PHI	Maj	PHI	141	654	579	102	164	35	7	8	49	11	9	69	66	.283	.362	.409	.771	237	6	2	4	0
40	Gene Moore*	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	148	631	561	88	159	29	10	16	70	11	5	61	73	.283	.358	.456	.814	256	9	4	5	10
41	Cookie Lavagetto	24	BRO	Maj	BRO	149	587	503	64	142	26	6	8	70	13	5	74	41	.282	.375	.406	.781	204	17	1	9	4
42	Buck Jordan	30	CIN,BSN	Maj	CIN-BSN	106	353	324	46	91	14	3	1	28	6	2	25	14	.281	.332	.352	.684	114	7	0	4	1
43	Woody Jensen*	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	124	536	509	77	142	23	9	5	45	2	3	15	29	.279	.301	.389	.690	198	13	1	11	1
44	Gus Mancuso	31	NY1	Maj	NYG	86	307	287	30	80	17	1	4	39	1	0	17	20	.279	.319	.387	.706	111	4	0	3	2
45	Johnny McCarthy*	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	114	455	420	53	117	19	3	10	65	2	3	24	37	.279	.322	.410	.732	172	9	3	8	3
46	Lonny Frey	26	CHN	Maj	CHC	78	238	198	33	55	9	3	1	22	6	5	33	15	.278	.381	.369	.750	73	4	0	7	4
47	Gus Suhr	31	PIT	Maj	PIT	151	667	575	69	160	28	14	5	97	2	3	83	42	.278	.369	.402	.771	231	9	0	9	14
48	Roy Johnson	34	BSN	Maj	BSN	85	299	260	24	72	8	3	3	22	5	2	38	29	.277	.369	.365	.735	95	6	0	1	3
49	Jimmy Brown	27	SLN	Maj	STL	138	579	525	86	145	20	9	2	53	10	14	27	29	.276	.313	.360	.673	189	16	1	26	1
50	Gibby Brack	29	BRO	Maj	BRO	112	419	372	60	102	27	9	5	38	9	12	44	93	.274	.351	.436	.787	162	6	0	3	3
51	Ripper Collins*	33	CHN	Maj	CHC	115	503	456	77	125	16	5	16	71	2	4	32	46	.274	.329	.436	.765	199	14	5	10	2
52	Phil Weintraub*	29	CIN,NY1	Maj	CIN-NYG	55	208	186	30	51	12	4	3	21	1	4	20	26	.274	.348	.430	.778	80	7	1	1	0
53	Ival Goodman	28	CIN	Maj	CIN	147	618	549	86	150	25	12	12	55	10	18	55	58	.273	.347	.428	.775	235	10	7	7	4
54	Jimmy Outlaw	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	49	170	165	18	45	7	3	0	11	2	7	3	31	.273	.290	.352	.641	58	1	1	1	0
55	Tony Cuccinello	29	BSN	Maj	BSN	152	647	575	77	156	36	4	11	80	2	1	61	40	.271	.341	.405	.746	233	11	0	11	7
56	Kiki Cuyler	38	CIN	Maj	CIN	117	449	406	48	110	12	4	0	32	10	10	36	50	.271	.333	.320	.654	130	15	2	5	0
57	Don Gutteridge	25	SLN	Maj	STL	119	473	447	66	121	26	10	7	61	12	16	25	66	.271	.311	.421	.731	188	6	1	0	0
58	Virgil Davis	32	CIN	Maj	CIN	76	232	209	19	56	10	1	3	33	0	0	23	15	.268	.341	.368	.709	77	7	0	0	1
59	Terry Moore	25	SLN	Maj	STL	115	500	461	76	123	17	3	5	43	13	5	32	41	.267	.317	.349	.666	161	8	2	5	0
60	Chick Hafey	34	CIN	Maj	CIN	89	284	257	39	67	11	5	9	41	2	4	23	42	.261	.324	.448	.771	115	6	1	3	4
61	Stu Martin	24	SLN	Maj	STL	90	260	223	34	58	6	1	1	17	3	3	32	18	.260	.353	.309	.662	69	7	0	5	1
62	Pep Young	29	PIT	Maj	PIT	113	442	408	43	106	20	3	9	54	4	2	26	63	.260	.306	.390	.695	159	8	1	7	5
63	Kiddo Davis	35	CIN,NY1	Maj	CIN-NYG	96	244	212	39	55	16	0	1	14	2	3	26	13	.259	.346	.349	.695	74	6	2	4	0
64	Debs Garms	30	BSN	Maj	BSN	125	521	478	60	124	15	8	2	37	2	6	37	33	.259	.317	.337	.653	161	4	3	3	6
65	Leo Norris	29	PHI	Maj	PHI	116	411	381	45	98	24	3	9	36	3	6	21	53	.257	.296	.407	.703	155	3	0	9	2
66	Vince DiMaggio	24	BSN	Maj	BSN	132	539	493	56	126	18	4	13	69	8	5	39	111	.256	.311	.387	.699	191	9	1	6	3
67	Bill Brubaker	26	PIT	Maj	PIT	120	472	413	57	105	20	4	6	48	2	2	47	51	.254	.335	.366	.700	151	13	3	9	8
68	Johnny Dickshot	27	PIT	Maj	PIT	82	297	264	42	67	8	4	3	33	0	4	26	36	.254	.323	.349	.672	92	11	1	6	1
69	Jim Bucher	26	BRO	Maj	BRO	125	411	380	44	96	11	2	4	37	5	6	20	18	.253	.295	.324	.619	123	6	3	8	0
70	Augie Galan	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	147	695	611	104	154	24	10	18	78	23	19	79	48	.252	.339	.412	.751	252	7	1	4	1
71	Ray Mueller	25	BSN	Maj	BSN	64	210	187	21	47	9	2	2	26	1	2	18	36	.251	.317	.353	.670	66	7	0	5	2
72	Billy Myers	26	CIN	Maj	CIN	124	388	335	35	84	13	3	7	43	0	3	44	57	.251	.340	.370	.710	124	5	1	8	7
73	Lee Handley	23	PIT	Maj	PIT	127	522	480	59	120	21	12	3	37	5	6	37	40	.250	.305	.363	.668	174	7	1	4	3
74	Alex Kampouris	24	CIN	Maj	CIN	146	526	458	62	114	21	4	17	71	2	4	60	65	.249	.342	.424	.766	194	17	5	3	0
75	Hub Walker	30	CIN	Maj	CIN	78	258	221	33	55	9	4	1	19	7	3	34	24	.249	.349	.339	.688	75	6	0	3	0
76	Elbie Fletcher*	21	BSN	Maj	BSN	148	605	539	56	133	22	4	1	38	3	3	56	64	.247	.321	.308	.629	166	14	3	7	13
77	Les Scarsella*	23	CIN	Maj	CIN	110	354	329	35	81	11	4	3	34	5	7	17	26	.246	.285	.331	.617	109	10	1	7	0
78	Bill Atwood	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	87	313	279	27	68	15	1	2	32	3	4	30	27	.244	.317	.326	.643	91	1	0	4	0
79	Joe Stripp	34	BRO	Maj	BRO	90	331	300	37	73	10	2	1	26	1	3	20	18	.243	.291	.300	.591	90	12	0	11	3
80	Lew Riggs	27	CIN	Maj	CIN	122	411	384	43	93	17	5	6	45	4	3	24	17	.242	.289	.359	.648	138	7	1	2	2
81	George Scharein	22	PHI	Maj	PHI	146	560	511	44	123	20	1	0	57	13	11	36	47	.241	.293	.284	.577	145	11	2	11	2
82	Woody English	31	BRO	Maj	BRO	129	446	378	45	90	16	2	1	42	4	8	65	55	.238	.350	.299	.649	113	14	0	3	2
83	Tom Winsett	27	BRO	Maj	BRO	118	400	350	32	83	15	5	5	42	3	7	45	64	.237	.329	.351	.681	123	6	3	2	9
84	Bruce Ogrodowski	25	SLN	Maj	STL	90	299	279	37	65	10	3	3	31	2	2	11	17	.233	.267	.323	.590	90	12	2	7	2
85	Lou Chiozza	27	NY1	Maj	NYG	117	468	439	49	102	11	2	4	29	6	6	20	30	.232	.266	.294	.560	129	2	0	9	3
86	Mickey Owen	21	SLN	Maj	STL	80	253	234	17	54	4	2	0	20	1	2	15	13	.231	.277	.265	.542	62	8	0	4	4
87	Tuck Stainback	25	CHN	Maj	CHC	72	171	160	18	37	7	1	0	14	3	2	7	16	.231	.268	.288	.555	46	5	1	3	1
88	Eddie Mayo	27	BSN	Maj	BSN	65	199	172	19	39	6	1	1	18	1	2	15	20	.227	.293	.291	.583	50	7	1	11	0
89	Rabbit Warstler	33	BSN	Maj	BSN	149	630	555	57	124	20	0	3	36	4	5	51	62	.223	.291	.276	.567	153	12	2	22	0
90	Earl Grace	30	PHI	Maj	PHI	80	258	223	19	47	10	1	6	29	0	1	33	15	.211	.313	.345	.658	77	7	0	2	7
91	Al Lopez	28	BSN	Maj	BSN	105	378	334	31	68	11	1	3	38	3	1	35	57	.204	.281	.270	.551	90	15	1	8	8
92	Leo Durocher	31	SLN	Maj	STL	135	520	477	46	97	11	3	1	47	6	3	38	36	.203	.262	.245	.507	117	17	0	5	5
93	Del Young	25	PHI	Maj	PHI	109	386	360	36	70	9	2	0	24	6	4	18	55	.194	.235	.231	.465	83	8	1	7	0