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1900 American League Batting Leaders

Classification: A

Overall: 549 games, 8 teams, approx. 137 games in season

Attendance: 927,000 (1,688/game)

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League Player Batting

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	BA	SLG	TB	SH
1	Charlie Atherton	26	BFL	A	49	193	38	65	12	4	6	7	.337	.534	103	4
2	Sam Dungan?	33	KCY	A	117	469	63	158	28	7	1	6	.337	.433	203	5
3	Dick Harley	27	DTR	A	123	486	77	158	15	5	0	47	.325	.377	183	15
4	Ollie Pickering	30	CLV	A	140	599	117	194	29	4	0	49	.324	.386	231	9
5	Phil Geier	23	INA	A	80	326	39	105	12	6	1	14	.322	.405	132	7
6	Charlie Hemphill*	24	KCY	A	131	517	113	165	15	15	1	26	.319	.412	213	4
7	Perry Werden	38	MNE	A	127	511	64	161	39	6	9	13	.315	.468	239	4
8	John Anderson	26	MLW	A	134	542	94	168	32	9	2	63	.310	.413	224	3
9	Billy Clingman	30	KCY	A	41	155	18	48	4	1	0	5	.310	.348	54	7
10	George Magoon	25	INA	A	120	449	81	139	17	8	1	36	.310	.390	175	20
11	Sport McAllister	25	DTR	A	111	392	65	120	10	7	2	40	.306	.383	150	13
12	Socks Seybold	29	INA	A	115	444	72	135	27	6	9	7	.304	.453	201	7
13	George LaChance	30	CLV	A	116	457	60	138	22	10	1	29	.302	.400	183	4
14	Topsy Hartsel*	26	INA	A	104	406	86	122	11	13	5	31	.301	.429	174	8
15	Zaza Harvey*	21	MNE	A	51	193	33	58	10	4	0	5	.301	.394	76	1
16	Dave Fultz	25	MLW	A	114	430	85	128	16	13	4	36	.298	.423	182	16
17	Jake Gettman*	24	BFL	A	121	516	82	154	26	12	2	35	.298	.407	210	7
18	Jack O'Brien	27	KCY	A	140	573	81	171	35	11	0	26	.298	.398	228	19
19	Doc Powers	29	INA	A	110	416	42	124	17	5	1	0	.298	.370	154	18
20	Irv Waldron	28	MLW	A	139	579	92	170	29	8	1	34	.294	.377	218	23
21	Frank Genins	33	CLV	A	140	566	84	166	28	4	0	21	.293	.357	202	22
22	Frank Dillon	26	DTR	A	123	470	57	137	21	7	2	25	.292	.379	178	12
23	Parke Wilson	32	KCY	A	42	154	17	45	5	1	0	7	.292	.338	52	7
24	Ducky Holmes	31	DTR	A	113	433	64	126	11	5	2	29	.291	.353	153	15
25	Joe Sugden	29	CHI	A	121	459	47	133	23	4	0	15	.290	.357	164	21
26	Dick Padden	29	CHI	A	130	482	84	137	24	5	1	36	.284	.361	174	23
27	Frank Shugart	33	CHI	A	98	377	54	107	21	1	5	16	.284	.385	145	7
28	Lefty Davis*	25	MNE	A	101	418	82	118	14	10	1	22	.282	.371	155	3
29	Ossee Schrecongost	25	BFL	A	125	503	71	142	23	9	1	14	.282	.370	186	11
30	Bill Hallman	33	BFL	A	100	397	53	111	23	5	0	11	.280	.363	144	9
31	Dale Gear	28	KCY	A	79	252	47	70	11	3	2	5	.278	.369	93	8
32	Fred Hartman	35	CHI	A	116	450	71	124	21	6	1	15	.276	.356	160	4
33	Butts Wagner	28	KCY	A	76	312	58	86	17	7	0	14	.276	.375	117	9
34	Jocko Halligan?	31	BFL	A	129	534	82	147	28	14	1	13	.275	.386	206	6
35	George Carey	29	BFL	A	135	543	66	147	31	9	3	13	.271	.378	205	9
36	John Farrell	23	KCY	A	125	478	88	129	21	7	1	28	.270	.349	167	19
37	William Nance	23	MNE	A	129	489	69	131	25	7	2	14	.268	.360	176	31
38	Walt Wilmot	36	MNE	A	129	511	76	136	21	6	2	42	.266	.343	175	25
39	Art Madison	29	INA	A	98	378	51	100	11	6	1	8	.265	.333	126	12
40	Ike Fisher	29	MNE	A	118	401	57	106	17	1	1	15	.264	.319	128	10
41	Bill Gray?	29	DTR,INA	A	38	144	18	38	4	0	0	4	.264	.292	42	2
42	Bill Coughlin	21	KCY	A	130	510	60	134	20	7	1	20	.263	.335	171	21
43	Kid Elberfeld	25	DTR	A	109	396	61	104	11	5	0	28	.263	.316	125	12
44	Steve Brodie	31	CHI	A	64	229	41	60	6	3	0	8	.262	.314	72	28
45	James Casey	30	DTR	A	115	469	75	122	6	8	0	37	.260	.307	144	9
46	Harry Smith	25	MLW	A	80	273	25	71	6	7	2	10	.260	.355	97	11
47	Al Shaw	27	DTR	A	88	294	60	76	10	3	1	4	.259	.323	95	2
48	George Nicol*	29	DTR	A	73	283	31	73	8	5	3	10	.258	.353	100	8
49	Jack Ryan	31	DTR	A	126	462	71	119	20	6	1	15	.258	.333	154	17
50	Germany Smith	41	MNE	A	129	492	65	127	15	5	2	13	.258	.321	158	8
51	Germany Schaefer	24	KCY	A	110	398	62	102	15	8	1	30	.256	.342	136	9
52	Art Nichols	28	MNE	A	44	165	15	42	8	0	0	14	.255	.303	50	2
53	Pat Crisham?	23	CLV	A	95	354	31	90	12	2	2	8	.254	.316	112	5
54	Billy Hoy	38	CHI	A	137	547	115	139	16	6	1	32	.254	.311	170	12
55	Red Ehret	31	MNE	A	44	139	14	35	8	0	0	1	.252	.309	43	3
56	George Hogreiver	31	INA	A	138	524	116	132	25	6	2	46	.252	.334	175	17
57	George Stallings	32	DTR	A	42	147	17	37	5	3	1	7	.252	.347	51	2
58	Doc Andrews	26	BFL	A	122	456	51	114	21	9	1	15	.250	.342	156	11
59	Mike Heydon	25	INA	A	61	208	32	52	4	5	3	1	.250	.361	75	13
60	Frank Isbell	24	CHI	A	109	399	49	99	14	7	1	22	.248	.326	130	12
61	Jimmy Burke	25	MLW	A	127	456	47	112	14	4	1	23	.246	.300	137	14
62	Eddie Hickey?	27	INA	A	126	454	62	111	16	4	0	30	.245	.297	135	14
63	Herm McFarland	30	CHI	A	121	460	81	111	23	7	3	31	.241	.341	157	15
64	Wid Conroy	23	MLW	A	116	431	58	101	17	5	1	42	.234	.304	131	14
65	George Speer?	28	BFL	A	57	192	21	45	6	0	0	3	.234	.266	51	5
66	Matt Broderick	22	BFL	A	45	146	12	34	5	0	0	2	.233	.267	39	6
67	Charlie Frisbee	26	CLV	A	60	233	33	54	3	5	1	12	.232	.300	70	10
68	Fred Ketchum	24	MLW	A	73	316	42	73	7	2	0	12	.231	.266	84	8
69	Wyatt Lee*	20	KCY	A	50	150	15	34	7	0	0	0	.227	.273	41	3
70	Danny Shay	23	CLV	A	61	219	29	49	12	5	0	7	.224	.324	71	5
71	Rony Viox?	30	CLV	A	49	168	20	37	5	2	0	2	.220	.274	46	5
72	Jimmy Hart?	24	BFL	A	34	146	17	32	1	3	0	14	.219	.267	39	1
73	George Flynn?	29	INA	A	53	175	29	38	9	1	0	13	.217	.280	49	16
74	Joe Yeager	24	DTR	A	45	141	16	30	0	4	1	5	.213	.291	41	4
75	Mike Kelley	24	INA	A	108	418	52	86	11	7	1	11	.206	.273	114	8
76	Dick Buckley	41	CHI	A	40	139	10	28	6	0	0	0	.201	.245	34	0
77	Jack Cronin	26	DTR	A	46	141	21	28	6	4	3	2	.199	.362	51	3
78	Johnny Gonding?	27	KCY	A	73	246	18	46	4	1	0	4	.187	.211	52	9
79	Ace Stewart	31	KCY,INA	A	55	193	21	35	5	1	0	13	.181	.218	42