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1938 Eastern League Batting Leaders

1939 Season

Classification: A

Overall: 556 games, 8 teams, approx. 139 games in season

Attendance: 1,099,243 (1,977/game)

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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	HBP	SH
1	Tommy Holmes*	21	BNG	A	NYY	135	622	543	110	200	41	9	6	62	14	3	64	28	.368	.441	.510	.952	277	7	8
2	Nick Tremark*	25	HFD	A	BSN	65	277	223	47	79	17	4	2	33	4	5	47	6	.354	.469	.493	.962	110	1	6
3	Charles Bauder?	24	HZL	A	BOS	141	596	546	61	183	39	5	0	93	6	4	38	41	.335	.380	.425	.804	232	1	11
4	Tony Fiarito	24	WKB	A		126	525	440	67	147	17	12	4	51	15	8	77	31	.334	.438	.455	.892	200	4	4
5	Ralph McLeod*	21	HFD	A	BSN	132	558	474	66	157	33	6	1	60	16	7	71	46	.331	.419	.433	.852	205	1	12
6	Ed Levy	21	BNG	A	NYY	134	564	509	81	162	35	14	12	81	23	8	49	52	.318	.379	.513	.892	261	1	5
7	Len Kahny?	27	HZL	A	BOS	126	516	425	68	134	16	7	0	67	11	10	68	41	.315	.415	.386	.800	164	4	19
8	Art Mahan*	25	HZL	A	BOS	141	611	496	105	155	30	14	3	81	22	9	92	54	.313	.423	.448	.871	222	3	20
9	Stan Sperry	24	WPT	A	PHA	90	407	369	71	115	19	13	1	28	6	5	37	39	.312	.376	.442	.818	163	1	0
10	Jack Burman?	21	ALB	A	CIN	134	592	533	87	165	20	8	1	60	16	10	52	25	.310	.373	.383	.756	204	2	5
11	Archie Allen	25	BNG	A	NYY	132	560	495	85	152	31	10	3	71	9	5	51	64	.307	.376	.428	.805	212	4	10
12	Bill Jackson	27	ALB	A	CIN	108	453	373	77	114	19	17	10	73	13	2	76	40	.306	.426	.528	.954	197	2	2
13	Kermit Lewis	24	ALB	A	CIN	137	579	504	94	154	24	8	13	108	28	9	70	70	.306	.395	.462	.857	233	4	1
14	Stan Andrews	21	HFD	A	BSN	120	486	457	50	139	27	6	3	80	3	1	23	39	.304	.340	.409	.749	187	2	4
15	George Cisar	27	ELM	A	BRO	122	532	478	71	145	20	8	5	58	35	10	42	66	.303	.365	.410	.775	196	4	8
16	Dario Lodigiani	22	WPT	A	PHA	42	171	145	25	44	12	4	2	21	2	0	22	20	.303	.406	.483	.889	70	3	1
17	Babe Barna	23	WPT	A	PHA	114	481	414	64	125	20	5	9	70	3	2	60	41	.302	.392	.440	.831	182	1	6
18	Johnny Gerlach	21	WKB	A		66	285	258	29	78	13	3	0	28	2	2	15	18	.302	.341	.376	.717	97	0	12
19	Johnny Barrett*	22	HZL	A	BOS	135	585	521	111	157	23	20	5	58	28	14	60	72	.301	.377	.451	.828	235	3	1
20	Bill Nicholson	23	WPT	A	PHA	137	561	511	96	154	26	17	22	96	7	7	43	97	.301	.361	.548	.909	280	5	2
21	Irv Bartling	24	WPT	A	PHA	121	513	464	80	139	24	12	3	62	3	5	41	62	.300	.358	.422	.780	196	1	7
22	Eddie Sawyer	27	BNG	A	NYY	99	416	385	56	115	21	2	4	63	4	1	17	30	.299	.330	.395	.725	152	1	13
23	Walter Walsh?	22	WKB	A		55	236	194	30	58	16	1	10	43	1	0	40	33	.299	.419	.546	.965	106	0	2
24	Hubie FitzGerald?	33	WKB	A		116	512	443	78	132	18	9	0	33	9	10	60	21	.298	.390	.379	.769	168	7	2
25	Mel Preibisch	23	ALB	A	CIN	77	297	264	45	78	7	6	7	42	3	8	24	18	.296	.361	.447	.808	118	3	6
26	Sammy Liberto?	22	HZL	A	BOS	136	574	530	86	156	31	6	4	82	11	11	29	34	.294	.337	.398	.735	211	5	10
27	Lee Heller?	25	HFD	A	BSN	100	452	416	68	122	16	6	1	28	12	4	28	26	.293	.341	.368	.709	153	2	6
28	Sibby Sisti	17	HFD	A	BSN	82	332	287	56	84	14	4	3	47	14	6	35	60	.293	.372	.401	.772	115	1	9
29	Marvin Pelton?	26	ELM	A	BRO	123	514	476	60	137	25	6	3	61	7	6	26	23	.288	.325	.385	.709	183	0	12
30	Ignatius Walters*	25	ALB	A	CIN	140	593	510	78	147	28	4	1	66	9	13	71	27	.288	.376	.365	.741	186	1	11
31	Hank Camelli	23	WPT	A	PHA	93	335	293	43	84	14	5	5	42	1	2	39	38	.287	.372	.420	.792	123	1	2
32	Jake Daniel*	27	ELM	A	BRO	56	227	196	24	56	11	7	2	30	5	0	28	29	.286	.375	.444	.819	87	0	3
33	Gene Handley	23	ALB	A	CIN	121	481	408	81	116	15	9	4	37	10	14	59	37	.284	.379	.395	.773	161	3	11
34	Fred Vaughn	19	BNG	A	NYY	132	552	479	93	135	17	11	17	99	10	6	56	84	.282	.365	.470	.835	225	7	10
35	Lloyd Russell	25	ALB	A	CIN	57	228	199	24	56	7	5	1	22	8	0	21	30	.281	.353	.382	.735	76	1	7
36	Alex Sparra?	23	TRE	A	WSH	99	410	352	55	99	9	8	1	34	13	6	45	40	.281	.369	.361	.730	127	4	9
37	Hal Sieling?	22	HZL	A	BOS	84	318	275	57	77	11	7	3	37	7	3	31	37	.280	.359	.404	.763	111	3	9
38	Dan Curtis	26	HFD	A	BSN	61	259	237	42	66	7	5	1	35	10	4	16	25	.279	.329	.363	.692	86	2	4
39	Johnny Welaj	24	TRE	A	WSH	98	406	355	61	99	19	8	2	52	21	4	39	43	.279	.352	.394	.746	140	1	11
40	Elmer Klumpp	31	ELM	A	BRO	62	207	180	23	50	4	1	1	23	0	0	22	23	.278	.356	.328	.684	59	0	5
41	Bill McGhee*	29	ELM	A	BRO	71	284	266	35	74	16	5	1	27	4	3	12	14	.278	.309	.387	.697	103	0	6
42	Bill Sodd	23	WKB	A		73	305	277	46	77	17	4	15	51	2	0	22	45	.278	.340	.531	.871	147	4	2
43	John Sosh?	20	HZL	A	BOS	78	269	245	20	68	10	2	1	40	1	0	18	19	.278	.327	.347	.674	85	0	6
44	Pete Suder	22	BNG	A	NYY	135	569	539	73	150	23	5	10	97	9	10	15	53	.278	.299	.395	.694	213	1	14
45	Packy Rogers	25	ELM	A	BRO	70	311	278	40	77	11	9	6	43	6	1	25	23	.277	.341	.446	.787	124	2	6
46	Jimmy Adair	31	WKB	A		84	363	320	43	88	11	6	2	31	2	2	35	27	.275	.350	.366	.716	117	2	6
47	Steve Barath	25	ELM	A	BRO	58	235	200	25	55	8	2	6	35	0	0	27	21	.275	.367	.425	.792	85	2	6
48	Tony Cotelle*	33	ALB	A	CIN	121	473	436	63	120	23	8	2	63	16	15	29	13	.275	.331	.378	.709	165	7	1
49	Harold Blackstock?	20	ALB	A	CIN	122	475	440	57	120	19	2	4	66	5	4	27	29	.273	.318	.352	.670	155	2	6
50	Harry Chozen	22	ALB	A	CIN	107	371	352	31	96	13	2	5	48	0	1	11	11	.273	.303	.364	.666	128	4	4
51	Milt Gray	24	WPT	A	PHA	65	217	195	25	52	6	2	1	20	3	1	17	10	.267	.335	.333	.668	65	3	2
52	Tony DePhillips	25	BNG	A	NYY	102	379	323	53	86	20	0	1	40	2	2	41	27	.266	.351	.338	.688	109	1	14
53	Art Funk	32	WPT	A	PHA	132	564	528	71	140	17	5	0	50	8	6	31	19	.265	.308	.316	.625	167	2	3
54	Fred Chapman	21	TRE	A	WSH	141	631	587	77	155	16	4	1	27	23	7	38	56	.264	.309	.310	.619	182	0	6
55	Ben Geraghty	25	TRE	A	WSH	120	514	444	63	117	12	3	0	38	18	7	63	44	.264	.358	.304	.662	135	2	5
56	Pat Colgan	23	HZL	A	BOS	70	227	196	25	51	5	1	1	20	0	2	27	32	.260	.350	.311	.661	61	0	4
57	Bill Fuchs?	21	WKB	A		134	539	475	60	122	25	9	8	74	9	3	53	93	.257	.337	.398	.734	189	4	7
58	Mercer Harris	29	WKB	A		49	204	179	29	46	9	3	0	14	6	3	21	18	.257	.335	.341	.676	61	0	4
59	George Fallon	23	ELM	A	BRO	78	325	281	45	72	17	4	1	30	6	5	34	28	.256	.345	.356	.701	100	4	6
60	Garton Del Savio	24	BNG	A	NYY	135	580	513	72	131	24	4	0	41	13	4	43	38	.255	.314	.318	.632	163	1	23
61	Eddie Popowski	24	HZL	A	BOS	141	604	518	84	131	15	6	0	50	23	5	65	32	.253	.343	.305	.648	158	6	15
62	Woody Wheaton*	23	ELM	A	BRO	66	264	237	27	60	7	8	1	22	5	5	20	13	.253	.311	.363	.674	86	0	7
63	George Savino	28	WKB	A		48	175	164	16	41	12	0	1	21	0	0	8	7	.250	.285	.342	.626	56	0	3
64	Leo Schoppmeyer?	21	HFD	A	BSN	44	169	147	15	36	7	1	0	13	7	0	13	17	.245	.323	.306	.629	45	4	5
65	Wallace Goodwin?	24	HFD	A	BSN	129	520	470	48	114	6	2	0	39	9	3	38	23	.243	.305	.264	.569	124	4	8
66	Anthony Dueker?	26	WKB	A		39	152	141	17	34	7	1	1	15	2	0	6	14	.241	.277	.326	.603	46	1	4
67	George Nix?	22	TRE	A	WSH	128	502	468	45	112	16	6	1	51	7	1	25	49	.239	.279	.306	.585	143	1	8
68	John Chandler?	26	WKB	A		58	217	179	25	42	8	2	1	19	2	1	34	31	.235	.363	.318	.681	57	2	2
69	Tom Kane	31	HFD	A	BSN	58	203	179	22	41	7	0	0	18	1	1	22	15	.229	.313	.268	.582	48	0	2
70	Girard Corrado?	21	TRE	A	WSH	136	557	495	49	113	20	8	4	54	2	3	57	84	.228	.308	.325	.633	161	0	5
71	Sid Gautreaux	26	ELM	A	BRO	58	224	180	27	41	5	6	2	28	0	0	41	12	.228	.374	.356	.730	64	1	2
72	Chet Ross	21	HFD	A	BSN	56	164	151	19	34	8	1	5	19	1	0	11	36	.225	.278	.391	.669	59	0	2
73	Frank Zubik?	26	WKB	A		51	154	147	12	33	6	2	1	20	1	1	6	26	.225	.260	.313	.573	46	1	0
74	Edward Williford?	28	ELM	A	BRO	55	200	183	16	41	6	2	1	19	2	0	12	12	.224	.272	.295	.567	54	0	5
75	Mickey Livingston	23	TRE	A	WSH	98	325	278	31	62	10	7	3	39	0	2	41	53	.223	.333	.342	.675	95	5	1
76	Mack Myers?	22	HFD	A	BSN	94	342	274	36	58	8	4	0	33	1	2	51	46	.212	.359	.270	.629	74	12	5