Willie McGee won the NL batting title in 1990 although he finished the season with the Oakland A's of the AL West. He played the first 5 months with the St. Louis Cardinals of the NL East before being traded to Oakland on Aug. 30, 1990.
The New York Giants were playing in the National League in 1903. The Giants have always been a National League team.
The only time a National League team can use a DH is when they are playing against an American League in their stadium (so the National League team would be visitors). The opposite is true for the American League.. if they are playing a National League team in their stadium (so the American League would be visitors) they are required to have their pitcher bat
No Yankees player has ever won the National League batting championship as the Yankees play in the American League.
Pitchers have always taken their turn at bat in the national league. Only the American league has a "designated hitter". - bill
.262 The American League's average was .266 and the National League's average was .258.
According to Baseball Reference, through games played on June 19, 2008 the National League batting average was .259 and the American League batting average was .263. The National All-time average is .260.
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.
Bill Madlock won the 1976 National League Batting title with a .339 batting average, and George Brett won the 1976 American League batting title with a .333 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.
National. The National League began play as a major league in 1876 and the American League began play as a major league in 1901.
The American League West with 4. The American League East, American League Central, National League East, and National League West have 5. The National League Central has 6.