Derrek Lee of the Chicago Cubs won the batting title with a .335 average. It was the first time that a member of the Cubs had captured a batting title since Bill Buckner did it in 1980.
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.
The 2005 National League batting championship was won by Derrek Lee of the Chicago Cubs, who posted a .335batting average.
The Brewers began playing in the National League in the 1998 season
Clemente hit .357 for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1967, his highest batting average in any one season during his career. Incidently, the Pirates finished 6th in the 10 team National League that season with an 81-81 record.
Because the National League has been in existence longer than the American League ... the National League's first season as a major league was 1876 and the American League's first season as a major league was 1901.
The National Basketball Association does not have a batting champion..it is a basketball league.
No Yankees player has ever won the National League batting championship as the Yankees play in the American League.
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Derrek Lee of the Chicago Cubs at .335.
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.
The 2005 National League batting championship was won by Derrek Lee of the Chicago Cubs, who posted a .335batting average.
Chipper Jones won the 2008 National League Batting title with a .364 batting average, and Joe Mauer won the 2008 American League batting title with a .328 batting Average.
That was 1949 when he hit .342. He was named National League MVP that season.
Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez led the American League in batting average in 2007 at .363. The Colorado Rockies's Matt Holliday led the National League at .340.
After the 1997 season the American League team, Milwaukee Brewers, were moved to the National League.
The Brewers began playing in the National League in the 1998 season