Stan Musial had the highest batting average in 1946, with an average of .365.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player 1946

	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	Stan Musial S. Musial	.365	1946	SLN	156	624	124	228	50	20	16	103	73	3	31	7		702	366	86	2	7	.434	.587	1.021	145	71.3	.468	187	67.3
2	Mickey Vernon M. Vernon	.353	1946	WSH	148	587	88	207	51	8	8	85	49	0	64	14	10	638	298	67	2	12	.403	.508	.910	110	43.6	.423	156	40.5
3	Ted Williams T. Williams	.342	1946	BSA	150	514	142	176	37	8	38	123	156	2	44	0	0	672	343	83	0	12	.497	.667	1.164	166	95.8	.525	214	87.5
4	Johnny Pesky J. Pesky	.335	1946	BSA	153	621	115	208	43	4	2	55	65	3	29	9	8	703	265	49	14	8	.401	.427	.827	105	31.9	.391	129	23.3
5	Johnny Hopp J. Hopp	.333	1946	BSN	129	445	71	148	23	8	3	48	34	5	34	21		492	196	34	8	7	.386	.440	.827	73	21.4	.388	135	19
6	George Kell G. Kell	.322	1946	TOT	131	521	69	168	25	10	4	52	40	1	20	3	2	577	225	39	15	12	.372	.432	.804	81	20.3	.377	121	14.1
7	Dixie Walker D. Walker	.319	1946	BKN	150	576	80	184	29	9	9	116	67	1	28	14		646	258	47	2	9	.391	.448	.839	99	30.9	.394	137	26.6
8	Dom DiMaggio D. DiMaggio	.316	1946	BSA	142	534	85	169	24	7	7	73	66	1	58	10	6	610	228	38	9	16	.393	.427	.820	90	26.1	.387	127	18.7
9	Del Ennis D. Ennis	.313	1946	PHN	141	540	70	169	30	6	17	73	39	4	65	5		583	262	53	0	8	.364	.485	.849	89	28.2	.395	140	25.5
10	Tommy Holmes T. Holmes	.310	1946	BSN	149	568	80	176	35	6	6	79	58	3	14	7		642	241	47	13	15	.377	.424	.801	90	23	.378	128	20
11	Luke Appling L. Appling	.309	1946	CWS	149	582	59	180	27	5	1	55	71	0	41	6	4	659	220	33	6	15	.384	.378	.762	86	17.2	.364	117	12.6
12	Vern Stephens V. Stephens	.307	1946	SLA	115	450	67	138	19	4	14	64	35	0	49	0	1	488	207	37	3	12	.357	.460	.817	70	18.9	.382	121	11.9
13	Hank Edwards H. Edwards	.301	1946	CLE	124	458	62	138	33	16	10	54	43	0	48	1	3	502	233	59	1	3	.361	.509	.870	79	26.4	.401	142	24
14	Whitey Kurowski W. Kurowski	.301	1946	SLN	142	519	76	156	32	5	14	89	72	5	47	2		601	240	51	5	10	.391	.462	.853	95	31.7	.401	142	28.2
15	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	.300	1946	SLN	156	609	100	183	30	8	18	130	69	2	41	9		685	283	56	5	7	.374	.465	.838	103	31.8	.392	137	27.8
16	Billy Herman B. Herman	.298	1946	TOT	122	436	56	130	31	5	3	50	69	1	23	3		512	180	39	6	14	.395	.413	.808	74	20.7	.384	132	17.9
17	Phil Cavarretta P. Cavarretta	.294	1946	CHC	139	510	89	150	28	10	8	78	88	3	54	2		602	222	46	1	16	.401	.435	.836	92	29.4	.396	142	27.8
18	Sid Gordon S. Gordon	.293	1946	NYG	135	450	64	132	15	4	5	45	60	3	27	1		520	170	24	7	15	.380	.378	.758	68	13.2	.363	116	9.1
19	Lou Boudreau L. Boudreau	.293	1946	CLE	140	515	51	151	30	6	6	62	40	1	14	6	7	571	211	42	15	11	.345	.410	.755	71	11	.355	113	8.2
20	Stan Spence S. Spence	.292	1946	WSH	152	578	83	169	50	10	16	87	62	4	31	1	7	652	287	76	8	14	.365	.497	.861	102	33.6	.399	141	30.4
21	Buddy Lewis B. Lewis	.292	1946	WSH	150	582	82	170	28	13	7	45	59	2	26	5	3	656	245	48	13	10	.359	.421	.780	87	18.3	.367	120	15.1
22	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.290	1946	NYY	132	503	81	146	20	8	25	95	59	2	24	1	0	567	257	53	3	13	.367	.511	.878	92	32.4	.407	142	27.3
23	Thurman Tucker T. Tucker	.288	1946	CWS	121	438	62	126	20	3	1	36	54	1	45	9	10	497	155	24	4	2	.367	.354	.721	59	6.6	.347	106	3.1
24	Pee Wee Reese P. Wee Reese	.284	1946	BKN	152	542	79	154	16	10	5	60	87	1	71	10		644	205	31	14	10	.384	.378	.762	85	17.5	.366	118	13.1
25	Frank McCormick F. McCormick	.284	1946	PHN	135	504	46	143	20	2	11	66	36	1	21	2		543	200	33	2	11	.333	.397	.730	63	6.2	.344	106	3.7