what hitter had the best batting average in the 1942 season

Ted Williams had the best batting average in a season in 1942, with an average of .356.

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	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	Enos Slaughter E. Slaughter	.318	1942	SLN	152	591	100	188	31	17	13	98	88	6	30	9		687	292	61	2	6	.412	.494	.906	123	49.7	.425	161	46.1
7	Stan Musial S. Musial	.315	1942	SLN	140	467	87	147	32	10	10	72	62	2	25	6		536	229	52	5	3	.397	.490	.888	92	35.4	.416	155	32.6
8	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
9	Pete Reiser P. Reiser	.310	1942	BKN	125	480	89	149	33	5	10	64	48	2	45	20		537	222	48	7	0	.375	.463	.838	84	27.2	.394	141	24.3
10	Johnny Mize J. Mize	.305	1942	NYG	142	541	97	165	25	7	26	110	60	5	39	3		607	282	58	1	8	.380	.521	.901	107	42	.420	158	38.8
11	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
12	Lou Novikoff L. Novikoff	.300	1942	CHC	128	483	48	145	25	5	7	64	24	3	28	3		514	201	37	4	15	.337	.416	.753	66	11.5	.355	119	11
13	Stan Hack S. Hack	.300	1942	CHC	140	553	91	166	36	3	6	39	94	0	40	9		657	226	45	10	2	.402	.409	.811	101	30.6	.389	142	29.9
14	Joe Medwick J. Medwick	.300	1942	BKN	142	553	69	166	37	4	4	96	32	0	25	2		587	223	45	2	15	.338	.403	.742	74	11.1	.350	112	7.9
15	Bob Elliott B. Elliott	.296	1942	PIT	143	560	75	166	26	7	9	89	52	2	35	2		621	233	42	7	12	.358	.416	.774	85	19.3	.367	123	16
16	Mel Ott M. Ott	.295	1942	NYG	152	549	118	162	21	0	30	93	109	3	61	6		664	273	51	3	8	.415	.497	.912	121	50.6	.430	165	47
17	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	.294	1942	CHC	152	588	83	173	22	11	21	78	76	8	80	8		673	280	54	1	7	.382	.476	.859	110	38.8	.404	152	38.1
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Elbie Fletcher E. Fletcher	.289	1942	PIT	145	506	86	146	22	5	7	57	105	6	60	0		623	199	34	6	4	.417	.393	.810	97	30.8	.392	140	27.4
25	Terry Moore T. Moore	.288	1942	SLN	130	489	80	141	26	3	6	49	56	2	26	10		559	191	35	12	10	.364	.391	.754	74	14.9	.361	119	11.9

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