1957 was a great year for New York Yankee star Mickey Mantle. He won the MVP award and his batting average was .365. For people not familiar with Baseball, that batting average is outstanding. To look at it in another mathematical way, it meant that for every 10 times at bat, he made a hit more than 3 out of 10 times. In any given 9 inning game, his team could almost count on Mickey getting a hit, on average once a game. This is an approximation.
Jimmie Foxx won the 1938 American League batting title with a .349 batting Average.
In 2009 Joe Mauer led the American League in batting with a .365 average
in 1939 Joe DiMaggio led the American league in batting with a .381 average.
Rod Carew won the 1972 American League batting title with a .318 batting Average.
Joe Mauer won the 2009 American League batting title with a .365 batting Average.
.262 The American League's average was .266 and the National League's average was .258.
Chipper Jones won the 2008 National League Batting title with a .364 batting average, and Joe Mauerwon the 2008 American League batting title with a .328 batting Average.
Hanley Ramirez won the 2009 National League Batting title with a .342 batting average, and Joe Mauer won the 2009 American League batting title with a .365 batting Average.
In 2005 Derrek Lee led the National League in batting with a .335 average, and Michael Young led the American League with a .331 average.
In 1968, Carl Yastrzemski led the American League with a .301 average.
Ted Williams won the 1941 American League batting title with a .406 batting Average.
In 1901, the American League Triple Crown winner was Nap Lajoie. His batting average that year was .426, which is a very high hitting average, both then and now.