Luke Appling had the best batting average in the AL in 1943, with an average of .328.

Interpreted as:

best avg with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player in the al in 1943

	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	Luke Appling L. Appling	.328	1943	CWS	155	585	63	192	33	2	3	80	90	1	29	27	8	677	238	38	1	13	.419	.407	.825	105	35.6	.398	146	33.3
2	Dick Wakefield D. Wakefield	.316	1943	DET	155	633	91	200	38	8	7	79	62	0	60	4	5	697	275	53	2	23	.377	.434	.811	102	30.7	.386	131	23.3
3	Doc Cramer D. Cramer	.300	1943	DET	140	606	79	182	18	4	1	43	31	1	13	4	3	651	211	23	13	8	.335	.348	.684	69	2.2	.328	93	-4.7
4	George Case G. Case	.294	1943	WSH	141	613	102	180	36	5	1	52	41	3	27	61	14	660	229	42	3	3	.341	.374	.715	76	8.7	.342	110	7.1
5	Guy Curtright G. Curtright	.291	1943	CWS	138	488	67	142	20	7	3	48	69	3	60	13	12	572	185	30	12	11	.382	.379	.761	76	18.2	.368	126	16.2
6	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	.289	1943	SLA	137	512	75	148	27	3	22	91	54	0	73	3	2	571	247	52	5	11	.357	.482	.839	88	29.5	.397	140	24.7
7	Roy Cullenbine R. Cullenbine	.289	1943	CLE	138	488	66	141	24	4	8	56	96	1	58	3	4	598	197	36	13	8	.407	.404	.811	90	29.1	.393	145	28.9
8	Pete Fox P. Fox	.288	1943	BSA	127	489	54	141	24	4	2	44	34	2	40	22	8	543	179	30	18	11	.337	.366	.703	61	5.4	.337	103	1.9
9	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	.286	1943	CLE	152	539	69	154	32	7	3	67	90	0	31	4	7	649	209	42	20	12	.388	.388	.776	90	23.7	.375	134	23.4
10	Billy Johnson B. Johnson	.280	1943	NYY	155	592	70	166	24	6	5	94	53	4	30	3	5	655	217	35	6	27	.344	.367	.710	75	8.7	.342	107	5.2
11	Milt Byrnes M. Byrnes	.280	1943	SLA	129	429	58	120	28	7	4	50	53	2	49	1	4	492	174	39	8	9	.362	.406	.767	65	15.2	.367	121	11.1
12	Pinky Higgins P. Higgins	.277	1943	DET	138	523	63	145	20	1	10	84	57	1	31	2	5	592	197	31	11	17	.349	.377	.726	72	11.4	.351	108	5.2
13	Oris Hockett O. Hockett	.276	1943	CLE	141	601	70	166	33	4	2	51	45	4	45	13	18	657	213	39	7	8	.331	.354	.685	70	3.1	.330	104	2.8
14	Jeff Heath J. Heath	.274	1943	CLE	118	424	58	116	22	6	18	79	63	1	58	5	8	488	204	46	0	4	.369	.481	.850	77	27.1	.402	151	26.9
15	Don Gutteridge D. Gutteridge	.273	1943	SLA	132	538	77	147	35	6	1	36	50	0	46	10	9	592	197	42	4	7	.335	.366	.701	66	5.6	.336	101	0.6
16	Charlie Keller C. Keller	.271	1943	NYY	141	512	97	139	15	11	31	86	106	0	60	7	5	620	269	57	2	7	.396	.525	.922	111	47.8	.434	167	44.5
17	Rudy York R. York	.271	1943	DET	155	571	90	155	22	11	34	118	84	1	88	5	5	661	301	67	5	22	.366	.527	.893	112	44.4	.419	153	37.4
18	Jerry Priddy J. Priddy	.271	1943	WSH	149	560	68	152	31	3	4	62	67	1	76	5	5	635	201	38	7	17	.350	.359	.709	74	9.1	.344	111	7.6
19	Nick Etten N. Etten	.271	1943	NYY	154	583	78	158	35	5	14	107	76	0	31	3	7	665	245	54	6	13	.355	.420	.775	90	22.2	.371	126	18.6
20	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	.270	1943	BSA	155	604	78	163	32	3	16	75	62	1	59	8	8	676	249	51	9	11	.339	.412	.751	86	17.1	.359	117	12.7
21	Mickey Vernon M. Vernon	.268	1943	WSH	145	553	89	148	29	8	7	70	67	10	55	24	8	638	214	44	8	10	.357	.387	.744	81	16.1	.359	121	14.5
22	Stan Spence S. Spence	.267	1943	WSH	149	570	72	152	23	10	12	88	84	5	39	8	1	663	231	45	4	9	.366	.405	.771	90	22.3	.371	129	20.7
23	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	.265	1943	WSH	117	438	65	116	22	8	7	63	64	3	50	11	5	505	175	37	0	11	.362	.400	.762	67	15.4	.367	126	14.2
24	Jake Early J. Early	.258	1943	WSH	126	423	37	109	23	3	5	60	53	4	43	5	3	484	153	31	4	6	.346	.362	.708	56	6.9	.343	111	5.7
25	Irv Hall I. Hall	.256	1943	PHA	151	544	37	139	15	4	0	54	22	6	42	10	7	582	162	19	10	11	.292	.298	.590	44	-15.6	.285	70	-18.7