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1901 AL Batting Average Leaders

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Nap Lajoie led the AL in batting average in 1901 with .426, 86 points ahead of Mike Donlin (.340). It was one of 4 times Nap Lajoie led in batting average.

Showing players with at least 425 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players

Nap Lajoie Led the AL in 1901 Nap Lajoie Philadelphia Athletics
.426 Batting Average .086 clear of Mike Donlin
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Nap Lajoie Nap Lajoie PHA .426 131 544 232 .463
2 Mike Donlin Mike Donlin BLA .340 121 476 162 .409
3 Buck Freeman Buck Freeman BOS .339 129 490 166 .400
4 Socks Seybold Socks Seybold PHA .334 114 449 150 .397
5 Jimmy Collins Jimmy Collins BOS .332 138 564 187 .375
6 John Anderson John Anderson MLA .330 138 576 190 .360
7 Bill Keister Bill Keister BLA .328 115 442 145 .365
8 Lave Cross Lave Cross PHA .328 100 424 139 .358
9 Sam Dungan WS1 .320 138 559 179 .368
10 Jimmy Williams Jimmy Williams BLA .317 130 501 159 .388
11 Irv Waldron WS1 +1 .311 141 598 186 .356
12 Fielder Jones Fielder Jones CHA .311 133 521 162 .412
13 Ollie Pickering Ollie Pickering CLE .309 137 547 169 .383
14 Fred Hartman Fred Hartman CHA .309 120 473 146 .355
15 Kid Elberfeld Kid Elberfeld DET .308 121 432 133 .397
16 Harry Davis Harry Davis PHA .306 117 496 152 .340
17 Freddy Parent Freddy Parent BOS .306 138 517 158 .367
18 Cy Seymour Cy Seymour BLA .303 134 547 166 .337
19 George LaChance George LaChance CLE .303 133 548 166 .314
20 Chick Stahl Chick Stahl BOS .303 131 515 156 .377
21 Ducky Holmes Ducky Holmes DET .294 131 537 158 .347
22 Billy Hoy Billy Hoy CHA .294 132 527 155 .407
23 Jimmy Barrett Jimmy Barrett DET .293 135 542 159 .385
24 Bill Bradley Bill Bradley CLE .293 133 516 151 .336
25 Dave Fultz Dave Fultz PHA .292 132 561 164 .334
26 Erve Beck Erve Beck CLE .289 135 539 156 .320
27 James Casey James Casey DET .283 128 540 153 .335
28 William Nance DET .280 132 461 129 .355
29 William Clarke William Clarke WS1 .280 110 422 118 .335
30 Clarence Foster WS1 +1 .279 115 427 119 .353
31 Sam Mertes Sam Mertes CHA .277 137 545 151 .347
32 Herm McFarland Herm McFarland CHA .275 132 473 130 .384
33 Bill Coughlin Bill Coughlin WS1 .275 137 506 139 .317
34 Kid Gleason Kid Gleason DET .274 135 547 150 .327
35 John Farrell WS1 .272 135 555 151 .336
36 Jack O'Brien Jack O'Brien CLE +1 .271 103 420 114 .320
37 Billy Gilbert Billy Gilbert MLA .270 127 492 133 .320
38 Tommy Dowd Tommy Dowd BOS .268 138 594 159 .315
39 Charlie Hemphill Charlie Hemphill BOS .261 136 545 142 .312
40 Frank Isbell Frank Isbell CHA .257 137 556 143 .311
41 Wid Conroy Wid Conroy MLA .256 131 503 129 .316
42 Frank Shugart Frank Shugart CHA .251 107 415 104 .301
43 Doc Powers Doc Powers PHA .251 116 431 108 .292
44 Hobe Ferris Hobe Ferris BOS .250 138 523 131 .290
45 Bill Hallman MLA .246 139 549 135 .301
46 Billy Clingman Billy Clingman WS1 .242 137 480 116 .308
47 Jimmy Burke Jimmy Burke MLA +2 .225 120 432 97 .287