1901 AL Batting Average Leaders
Hits per at bat
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
Led the AL in 1901
Nap Lajoie
Philadelphia Athletics
.426
Batting Average
.086 clear of Mike Donlin
Showing Batting Average and the stats that give it context
Full stat line
| # | Player | Team | AVG | G | AB | H | OBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
PHA | .426 | 131 | 544 | 232 | .463 |
| 2 |
|
BLA | .340 | 121 | 476 | 162 | .409 |
| 3 |
|
BOS | .339 | 129 | 490 | 166 | .400 |
| 4 |
|
PHA | .334 | 114 | 449 | 150 | .397 |
| 5 |
|
BOS | .332 | 138 | 564 | 187 | .375 |
| 6 |
|
MLA | .330 | 138 | 576 | 190 | .360 |
| 7 |
|
BLA | .328 | 115 | 442 | 145 | .365 |
| 8 |
|
PHA | .328 | 100 | 424 | 139 | .358 |
| 9 | Sam Dungan | WS1 | .320 | 138 | 559 | 179 | .368 |
| 10 |
|
BLA | .317 | 130 | 501 | 159 | .388 |
| 11 | Irv Waldron | WS1 +1 | .311 | 141 | 598 | 186 | .356 |
| 12 |
|
CHA | .311 | 133 | 521 | 162 | .412 |
| 13 |
|
CLE | .309 | 137 | 547 | 169 | .383 |
| 14 |
|
CHA | .309 | 120 | 473 | 146 | .355 |
| 15 |
|
DET | .308 | 121 | 432 | 133 | .397 |
| 16 |
|
PHA | .306 | 117 | 496 | 152 | .340 |
| 17 |
|
BOS | .306 | 138 | 517 | 158 | .367 |
| 18 |
|
BLA | .303 | 134 | 547 | 166 | .337 |
| 19 |
|
CLE | .303 | 133 | 548 | 166 | .314 |
| 20 |
|
BOS | .303 | 131 | 515 | 156 | .377 |
| 21 |
|
DET | .294 | 131 | 537 | 158 | .347 |
| 22 |
|
CHA | .294 | 132 | 527 | 155 | .407 |
| 23 |
|
DET | .293 | 135 | 542 | 159 | .385 |
| 24 |
|
CLE | .293 | 133 | 516 | 151 | .336 |
| 25 |
|
PHA | .292 | 132 | 561 | 164 | .334 |
| 26 |
|
CLE | .289 | 135 | 539 | 156 | .320 |
| 27 |
|
DET | .283 | 128 | 540 | 153 | .335 |
| 28 | William Nance | DET | .280 | 132 | 461 | 129 | .355 |
| 29 |
|
WS1 | .280 | 110 | 422 | 118 | .335 |
| 30 | Clarence Foster | WS1 +1 | .279 | 115 | 427 | 119 | .353 |
| 31 |
|
CHA | .277 | 137 | 545 | 151 | .347 |
| 32 |
|
CHA | .275 | 132 | 473 | 130 | .384 |
| 33 |
|
WS1 | .275 | 137 | 506 | 139 | .317 |
| 34 |
|
DET | .274 | 135 | 547 | 150 | .327 |
| 35 | John Farrell | WS1 | .272 | 135 | 555 | 151 | .336 |
| 36 |
|
CLE +1 | .271 | 103 | 420 | 114 | .320 |
| 37 |
|
MLA | .270 | 127 | 492 | 133 | .320 |
| 38 |
|
BOS | .268 | 138 | 594 | 159 | .315 |
| 39 |
|
BOS | .261 | 136 | 545 | 142 | .312 |
| 40 |
|
CHA | .257 | 137 | 556 | 143 | .311 |
| 41 |
|
MLA | .256 | 131 | 503 | 129 | .316 |
| 42 |
|
CHA | .251 | 107 | 415 | 104 | .301 |
| 43 |
|
PHA | .251 | 116 | 431 | 108 | .292 |
| 44 |
|
BOS | .250 | 138 | 523 | 131 | .290 |
| 45 | Bill Hallman | MLA | .246 | 139 | 549 | 135 | .301 |
| 46 |
|
WS1 | .242 | 137 | 480 | 116 | .308 |
| 47 |
|
MLA +2 | .225 | 120 | 432 | 97 | .287 |