Ted Williams had the highest batting average in the AL in 1942, with an average of .356.

Interpreted as:

best avg with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player in the al in 1942

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Ted Williams T. Williams	.356	1942	BSA	150	522	141	186	34	5	36	137	145	4	51	3	2	671	338	75	0	12	.499	.648	1.147	168	96.2	.524	209	86.5
2	Johnny Pesky J. Pesky	.331	1942	BSA	147	620	105	205	29	9	2	51	42	2	36	12	7	686	258	40	22	8	.375	.416	.791	98	24.9	.374	118	15
3	Stan Spence S. Spence	.323	1942	WSH	149	629	94	203	27	15	4	79	62	1	16	5	2	696	272	46	4	7	.384	.432	.817	105	31	.386	129	24
4	Joe Gordon J. Gordon	.322	1942	NYY	147	538	88	173	29	4	18	103	79	1	95	12	6	625	264	51	7	22	.409	.491	.900	111	44.7	.423	152	38.4
5	George Case G. Case	.320	1942	WSH	125	513	101	164	26	2	5	43	44	3	30	44	6	563	209	33	3	8	.377	.407	.784	80	20	.373	121	14.3
6	Wally Judnich W. Judnich	.313	1942	SLA	132	457	78	143	22	6	17	82	74	4	41	3	2	544	228	45	9	7	.413	.499	.912	99	40.9	.428	150	32.5
7	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.305	1942	NYY	154	610	123	186	29	13	21	114	68	2	36	4	2	680	304	63	0	9	.376	.498	.875	114	41.5	.409	143	34.6
8	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	.294	1942	SLA	145	575	84	169	26	6	14	92	41	0	53	1	3	619	249	46	3	15	.341	.433	.774	84	18.1	.364	112	8.5
9	Barney McCosky B. McCosky	.293	1942	DET	154	600	75	176	28	11	7	50	68	0	37	11	5	680	247	46	12	12	.365	.412	.777	94	22	.369	111	9.3
10	Charlie Keller C. Keller	.292	1942	NYY	152	544	106	159	24	9	26	108	114	2	61	14	2	661	279	59	1	5	.417	.513	.930	123	52.9	.435	159	46.2
11	Les Fleming L. Fleming	.292	1942	CLE	156	548	71	160	27	4	14	82	106	6	57	6	8	662	237	45	2	13	.412	.432	.845	109	38.3	.404	144	34.3
12	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	.291	1942	PHA	149	550	78	160	35	7	13	80	82	1	61	3	2	634	248	55	1	16	.384	.451	.835	100	32.3	.395	132	23.8
13	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	.290	1942	BSA	144	545	71	158	35	5	15	102	67	1	55	4	4	625	248	55	12	11	.369	.455	.824	95	29	.388	127	20
14	Ken Keltner K. Keltner	.287	1942	CLE	152	624	72	179	34	4	6	78	20	3	36	4	3	663	239	44	16	16	.312	.383	.695	72	1.9	.327	97	-2
15	Dom DiMaggio D. DiMaggio	.286	1942	BSA	151	622	110	178	36	8	14	48	70	6	52	16	10	702	272	58	4	9	.364	.437	.801	103	27.8	.379	121	17.7
16	Buddy Hassett B. Hassett	.284	1942	NYY	132	538	80	153	16	6	5	48	32	0	16	5	5	581	196	27	11	6	.325	.364	.689	63	1.5	.327	94	-4.4
17	Phil Rizzuto P. Rizzuto	.284	1942	NYY	144	553	79	157	24	7	4	68	44	6	40	22	6	613	207	35	10	13	.343	.374	.718	73	8.3	.342	103	2
18	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	.283	1942	CLE	147	506	57	143	18	10	2	58	75	4	39	7	16	604	187	30	19	12	.379	.370	.749	81	16.5	.362	118	12.9
19	Tony Lupien T. Lupien	.281	1942	BSA	128	463	63	130	25	7	3	70	50	0	20	10	12	525	178	35	12	4	.351	.384	.735	66	10.1	.350	104	2.5
20	Buddy Blair B. Blair	.279	1942	PHA	137	484	48	135	26	8	5	66	30	3	30	1	6	523	192	39	6	14	.325	.397	.722	62	6.4	.340	99	-0.6
21	Jeff Heath J. Heath	.278	1942	CLE	147	568	82	158	37	13	10	76	62	1	66	9	9	634	251	60	3	10	.350	.442	.792	90	22.2	.372	124	18.4
22	Bobby Estalella B. Estalella	.277	1942	WSH	133	429	68	119	24	5	8	65	85	3	42	5	2	517	177	37	0	19	.400	.413	.813	80	24.8	.390	132	19.5
23	Roy Cullenbine R. Cullenbine	.276	1942	TOT	123	427	61	118	33	1	6	66	92	0	40	1	4	524	171	40	5	6	.405	.400	.805	80	24.4	.388	129	18.3
24	Chet Laabs C. Laabs	.275	1942	SLA	144	520	90	143	21	7	27	99	88	0	88	0	3	614	259	55	6	12	.380	.498	.878	104	38.6	.411	140	29.1
25	Harlond Clift H. Clift	.274	1942	SLA	143	541	108	148	39	4	7	55	106	2	48	6	4	656	216	50	7	9	.394	.399	.794	97	27.6	.382	122	17.4