In 1948, the A.L. Batting Champion was Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, with a .369 average. The N.L. Batting Champion was Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals with a .376 average. In 1949, George Kell of the Detroit Tigers won the A.L. Batting Title with a .343 average.
That was Don Mattingly.
Don Mattingly of the Yankees won the A.L. Batting title in 1984 with a .343 average.
That player was Don Mattingly of the New York Yankees.
The last Yankees hitter to win an American League batting title was Bernie Williams, who had a .339 average in 1998. Paul O'Neill won a title by hitting .359 during the 1994 season. And Don Mattingly led the A.L. in batting with a .343 average in 1984.
Edgar Martinez of the Seattle Mariners at .343.
Don Mattingly 1984 AL Batting TitleDon Mattingly finished the 1984 season with a .343 batting average to win the American League batting title. Mattingly and teammate Dave Winfield went head to head going into the last week of the season. Don Mattingly got 4 hits in 5 at bats in the last game of the season to beat out Dave Winfield who finished with a .340 batting average.
In 1948, Mike McCormick played in 115 games, all for the Boston Braves, and batting in all of them. He had 343 at bats, getting 104 hits, for a .303 batting average, with 8 sacrifice hits, 0 sacrifice flies, and 39 runs batted in. He was walked 32 times. He struck out 34 times. He hit 22 doubles, 7 triples, and 1 home run.
Jeff Heath of the Cleveland Indians at .343 ... Jimmie Foxx of the Red Sox led the AL at .349.
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In 1874, Bill Craver played in 55 games, batting in all of them. He had 265 at bats, getting 91 hits, for a .343 batting average, with 56 runs batted in. He was walked 4 times. He struck out 2 times. He hit 19 doubles, 11 triples, and 0 home runs.
In 1988, Rod Booker played in 18 games, batting in all of them. He had 35 at bats, getting 12 hits, for a .343 batting average, with 3 runs batted in. He was walked 4 times. He struck out 3 times. He hit 3 doubles, 0 triples, and 0 home runs.