Jimmie Foxx had the best batting average in the AL in 1938, with an average of .349.

Interpreted as:

best avg with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player in the al in 1938

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.349	1938	BSA	149	565	139	197	33	9	50	175	119	0	76	5	4	685	398	92	1	.462	.704	1.166	178	91.7	.508	173	74.2
2	Jeff Heath J. Heath	.343	1938	CLE	126	502	104	172	31	18	21	112	33	0	55	3	1	538	302	70	3	.383	.602	.985	108	40.3	.436	137	29.3
3	Ben Chapman B. Chapman	.340	1938	BSA	127	480	92	163	40	8	6	80	65	0	33	13	6	553	237	54	8	.418	.494	.912	103	33.5	.418	124	19.3
4	Buddy Myer B. Myer	.336	1938	WSH	127	437	79	147	22	8	6	71	93	1	32	9	5	534	203	36	3	.454	.465	.918	104	37.1	.429	137	28.8
5	Cecil Travis C. Travis	.335	1938	WSH	146	567	96	190	30	5	5	67	58	4	22	6	5	642	245	40	13	.401	.432	.833	104	23.2	.388	114	13.2
6	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	.334	1938	CLE	150	554	106	185	40	9	19	110	67	1	40	5	1	626	300	68	4	.407	.542	.948	121	42.9	.428	133	30
7	Rip Radcliff R. Radcliff	.330	1938	CWS	129	503	64	166	23	6	5	81	36	1	17	5	7	545	216	34	5	.376	.429	.805	81	12.8	.372	101	0.9
8	Earl Averill E. Averill	.330	1938	CLE	134	482	101	159	27	15	14	93	81	3	48	5	2	567	258	56	1	.429	.535	.965	114	43.2	.437	138	31.5
9	Joe Cronin J. Cronin	.325	1938	BSA	143	530	98	172	51	5	17	94	91	5	60	7	5	637	284	73	11	.428	.536	.964	129	48.6	.437	134	32.3
10	George McQuinn G. McQuinn	.324	1938	SLA	148	602	100	195	42	7	12	82	58	1	49	4	5	674	287	61	13	.384	.477	.861	112	27.4	.394	109	8.5
11	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.324	1938	NYY	145	599	129	194	32	13	32	140	59	2	21	6	1	660	348	77	0	.386	.581	.967	129	46.5	.430	136	35.4
12	Joe Vosmik J. Vosmik	.324	1938	BSA	146	621	121	201	37	6	9	86	59	2	26	0	3	689	277	52	7	.384	.446	.830	109	22.2	.383	105	4.6
13	Hank Greenberg H. Greenberg	.315	1938	DET	155	556	143	175	23	4	58	147	119	3	92	7	5	681	380	85	3	.438	.683	1.122	166	80.3	.489	162	62
14	Bill Dickey B. Dickey	.313	1938	NYY	132	454	84	142	27	4	27	115	75	2	22	3	0	532	258	58	1	.412	.568	.981	108	41.5	.440	142	32.5
15	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	.313	1938	PHA	152	563	114	176	27	9	30	113	87	2	73	9	8	652	311	66	0	.406	.552	.959	128	46.3	.431	133	31.3
16	Mel Almada M. Almada	.311	1938	TOT	149	633	101	197	29	6	4	52	46	4	38	13	6	689	250	39	6	.362	.395	.757	91	4.9	.353	88	-11.8
17	Red Rolfe R. Rolfe	.311	1938	NYY	151	631	132	196	36	8	10	80	74	3	44	13	1	714	278	54	6	.386	.441	.826	112	22.6	.382	110	10.6
18	Dixie Walker D. Walker	.308	1938	DET	127	454	84	140	27	6	6	43	65	1	32	5	4	526	197	39	6	.396	.434	.830	84	18.3	.386	105	4.2
19	Wally Moses W. Moses	.307	1938	PHA	142	589	86	181	29	8	8	49	58	0	31	15	5	650	250	45	3	.369	.424	.794	94	12.6	.367	97	-2.4
20	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	.306	1938	DET	152	568	133	174	32	5	20	107	113	4	21	14	1	688	276	57	3	.425	.486	.911	129	42.7	.420	124	24.3
21	Gee Walker G. Walker	.305	1938	CWS	120	442	69	135	23	6	16	87	38	0	32	9	4	481	218	45	1	.360	.493	.854	77	16.6	.386	109	6.1
22	George Case G. Case	.305	1938	WSH	107	433	69	132	27	3	2	40	39	0	28	11	6	479	171	32	7	.362	.395	.757	64	3.8	.353	95	-3.7
23	Sam West S. West	.305	1938	TOT	136	509	68	155	27	7	6	74	47	0	30	2	1	567	214	40	11	.363	.420	.784	80	8.7	.362	97	-2.4
24	Pinky Higgins P. Higgins	.303	1938	BSA	139	524	77	159	29	5	5	106	71	1	55	10	9	603	213	39	7	.388	.406	.794	90	14.2	.372	99	-1.2
25	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.302	1938	WSH	125	470	79	142	23	6	21	95	38	2	40	2	1	512	240	50	2	.357	.511	.868	84	19.5	.390	115	11.5