George Kell had the highest batting average in 1949, with an average of .343.

Interpreted as:

highest average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player in 1949

	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	George Kell G. Kell	.343	1949	DET	134	522	97	179	38	9	3	59	71	3	13	7	5	612	244	50	16	17	.424	.467	.892	108	34.9	.417	134	27.4
2	Ted Williams T. Williams	.343	1949	BSA	155	566	150	194	39	3	43	159	162	2	48	1	1	730	368	85	0	22	.490	.650	1.141	182	95.5	.511	187	82.2
3	Jackie Robinson J. Robinson	.342	1949	BKN	156	593	122	203	38	12	16	124	86	8	27	37		704	313	66	17	22	.432	.528	.960	138	54.1	.442	156	48.6
4	Stan Musial S. Musial	.338	1949	SLN	157	612	128	207	41	13	36	123	107	2	38	3		721	382	90	0	12	.438	.624	1.062	161	75.3	.477	178	69.7
5	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	.336	1949	SLN	151	568	92	191	34	13	13	96	79	1	37	3		654	290	60	6	7	.418	.511	.929	121	43.1	.428	147	38
6	Bob Dillinger B. Dillinger	.324	1949	SLA	137	544	68	176	22	13	1	51	51	3	40	20	14	605	227	36	7	14	.385	.417	.802	87	15.4	.376	106	4.4
7	Carl Furillo C. Furillo	.322	1949	BKN	142	549	95	177	27	10	18	106	37	3	29	4		596	278	55	7	16	.368	.506	.875	97	26.2	.400	129	21.5
8	Dale Mitchell D. Mitchell	.317	1949	CLE	149	640	81	203	16	23	3	56	43	0	11	10	3	685	274	42	2	8	.360	.428	.788	93	11.6	.365	109	8
9	Ralph Kiner R. Kiner	.310	1949	PIT	152	549	116	170	19	5	54	127	117	1	61	6		667	361	78	0	10	.432	.658	1.089	153	73.4	.484	179	65.8
10	Bobby Thomson B. Thomson	.309	1949	NYG	156	641	99	198	35	9	27	109	44	2	45	10		689	332	71	2	15	.355	.518	.873	111	28.8	.397	129	25
11	Ted Kluszewski T. Kluszewski	.309	1949	CIN	136	531	63	164	26	2	8	68	19	0	24	3		550	218	36	0	10	.333	.411	.743	66	0.3	.344	96	-2.7
12	Bobby Doerr B. Doerr	.309	1949	BSA	139	541	91	167	30	9	18	109	75	0	33	2	2	623	269	57	7	31	.393	.497	.890	106	32.2	.410	126	20.9
13	Cass Michaels C. Michaels	.308	1949	CWS	154	561	73	173	27	9	6	83	101	3	50	5	7	672	236	42	7	20	.417	.421	.837	108	28.3	.397	127	23.2
14	Dom DiMaggio D. DiMaggio	.307	1949	BSA	145	605	126	186	34	5	8	60	96	2	55	9	7	706	254	47	3	10	.404	.420	.824	109	25.6	.390	114	12.7
15	Willard Marshall W. Marshall	.307	1949	NYG	141	499	81	153	19	3	12	70	78	1	20	4		581	214	34	3	10	.401	.429	.830	91	21.9	.392	126	18.8
16	Johnny Pesky J. Pesky	.306	1949	BSA	148	604	111	185	27	7	2	69	100	4	19	8	4	713	232	36	5	12	.408	.384	.792	105	20.6	.380	108	7.5
17	Roy Sievers R. Sievers	.306	1949	SLA	140	471	84	144	28	1	16	91	70	2	75	1	5	545	222	45	2	15	.398	.471	.869	91	25.9	.404	123	16
18	Vic Wertz V. Wertz	.304	1949	DET	155	608	96	185	26	6	20	133	80	0	61	2	3	695	283	52	7	19	.385	.465	.851	110	27.9	.395	121	19.4
19	Hoot Evers H. Evers	.303	1949	DET	132	432	68	131	21	6	7	72	70	2	38	6	7	508	185	34	4	16	.403	.428	.831	80	19.3	.392	120	13
20	Del Ennis D. Ennis	.302	1949	PHN	154	610	92	184	39	11	25	110	59	4	61	2		674	320	75	1	10	.367	.525	.892	113	32.6	.405	137	31.3
21	Whitey Lockman W. Lockman	.301	1949	NYG	151	617	97	186	32	7	11	65	62	3	31	12		685	265	50	3	8	.368	.429	.798	97	15.4	.372	114	11.6
22	Luke Appling L. Appling	.301	1949	CWS	142	492	82	148	21	5	5	58	121	0	24	7	12	619	194	31	6	23	.439	.394	.833	102	28.6	.403	130	24
23	Harry Walker H. Walker	.300	1949	TOT	128	473	73	142	21	5	2	37	45	0	23	6		525	179	28	7	8	.361	.378	.739	65	2.5	.350	100	-0.1
24	Billy Goodman B. Goodman	.298	1949	BSA	122	443	54	132	23	3	0	56	58	2	21	2	0	509	161	26	6	14	.382	.363	.745	66	5.6	.358	94	-3.7
25	Red Schoendienst R. Schoendienst	.297	1949	SLN	151	640	102	190	25	2	3	54	51	2	18	8		702	228	30	9	10	.351	.356	.707	79	-4.2	.336	89	-9.7

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Twins	58	61	.487	4.0
Royals	49	70	.412	13.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 8/11	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Wed 8/12	CLE	@	DET	6:40 PM
Thu 8/13	CLE	@	DET	1:10 PM
Fri 8/14	CWS	@	DET	6:40 PM
Sat 8/15	CWS	@	DET	1:10 PM

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K/BB Leaders

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Braves	71	47	.602
Phillies	63	56	.529	8.5
Marlins	60	59	.504	11.5
Nationals	59	61	.492	13.0
Mets	52	67	.437	19.5
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Brewers	74	44	.627
Cubs	69	50	.580	5.5
Cardinals	59	59	.500	15.0
Pirates	58	62	.483	17.0
Reds	56	61	.479	17.5
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Dodgers	70	48	.593
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Padres	62	57	.521	8.5
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Twins	58	61	.487	4.0
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