who led the al in batting average in 1929

Lew Fonseca had the best batting average in the AL in a season in 1929, with an average of .369.

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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	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Lew Fonseca L. Fonseca	.369	1929	CLE	148	566	97	209	44	15	6	103	50	7	23	19	11	643	301	65	20	.427	.532	.959	128	43.3	.432	144	38.2
2	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.365	1929	PHA	143	581	114	212	41	9	34	157	31	1	38	4	3	629	373	84	16	.398	.642	1.040	137	53.9	.454	160	51.4
3	Heinie Manush H. Manush	.355	1929	SLA	142	574	85	204	45	10	6	81	43	1	24	9	9	635	287	61	17	.401	.500	.901	113	29.4	.408	127	23.5
4	Tony Lazzeri T. Lazzeri	.354	1929	NYY	147	545	101	193	37	11	18	106	68	4	45	9	10	635	306	66	18	.429	.561	.991	132	48.5	.443	158	50.2
5	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.354	1929	PHA	149	517	123	183	23	9	33	118	103	2	70	9	7	638	323	65	16	.463	.625	1.088	153	68.6	.480	176	66.1
6	Earle Combs E. Combs	.345	1929	NYY	142	586	119	202	33	15	3	65	69	0	32	12	7	666	274	51	11	.414	.468	.881	117	28.7	.404	134	30.5
7	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.345	1929	NYY	135	499	121	172	26	6	46	154	72	3	60	5	3	587	348	78	13	.430	.697	1.128	144	66.1	.486	185	67.7
8	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.344	1929	DET	125	453	86	156	41	7	15	120	50	2	39	5	6	519	256	63	14	.412	.565	.977	105	35.9	.435	145	31.8
9	Dale Alexander D. Alexander	.343	1929	DET	155	626	110	215	43	15	25	137	56	0	63	5	9	700	363	83	18	.397	.580	.977	139	46.4	.431	143	40.9
10	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	.339	1929	DET	155	634	131	215	45	19	13	106	64	6	19	27	10	715	337	77	11	.405	.532	.936	135	40.2	.419	136	34.6
11	Earl Averill E. Averill	.332	1929	CLE	152	597	110	198	43	13	18	96	63	3	53	13	14	680	321	74	17	.398	.538	.936	127	37.3	.418	135	32
12	Bing Miller B. Miller	.331	1929	PHA	147	556	84	184	32	16	8	93	40	4	25	24	10	613	272	56	13	.380	.489	.869	101	20	.392	121	17.6
13	Mickey Cochrane M. Cochrane	.331	1929	PHA	135	514	113	170	37	8	7	95	69	2	8	7	7	606	244	52	21	.412	.475	.887	107	27.1	.406	130	24.7
14	Jimmy Dykes J. Dykes	.327	1929	PHA	119	401	76	131	34	6	13	79	51	7	25	8	3	476	216	53	17	.412	.539	.950	92	29.4	.426	143	27.6
15	Sam Rice S. Rice	.323	1929	WSH	150	616	119	199	39	10	1	62	55	4	9	16	8	694	261	50	19	.382	.424	.806	103	11.1	.372	110	9.3
16	Carl Reynolds C. Reynolds	.317	1929	CWS	131	517	81	164	24	12	11	67	20	4	37	19	9	559	245	47	18	.348	.474	.821	81	7.1	.368	107	5.6
17	Joe Judge J. Judge	.315	1929	WSH	143	543	83	171	35	8	6	71	73	1	33	12	5	638	240	49	21	.397	.442	.839	103	18.3	.387	119	16.7
18	Joe Sewell J. Sewell	.315	1929	CLE	152	578	90	182	38	3	7	73	48	5	4	6	6	672	247	48	41	.372	.427	.800	97	8.5	.368	103	3.2
19	Roy Johnson R. Johnson	.314	1929	DET	148	640	128	201	45	14	10	69	67	0	60	20	16	713	304	69	6	.379	.475	.854	115	20.2	.386	115	14.6
20	Mule Haas M. Haas	.313	1929	PHA	139	578	115	181	41	9	16	82	34	4	38	0	4	656	288	66	40	.356	.498	.854	102	15.6	.381	115	13
21	Bibb Falk B. Falk	.312	1929	CLE	125	426	65	133	30	7	13	93	42	0	14	4	4	488	216	50	20	.374	.507	.881	82	17	.394	120	13.2
22	Fred Schulte F. Schulte	.307	1929	SLA	121	446	63	137	24	5	3	71	59	1	44	8	3	520	180	32	14	.389	.404	.793	77	7.7	.370	104	2.9
23	Red Kress R. Kress	.305	1929	SLA	147	557	82	170	38	4	9	107	52	1	54	5	8	627	243	51	17	.366	.436	.802	90	7.3	.367	102	1.5
24	Harry Rice H. Rice	.304	1929	DET	130	536	97	163	33	7	6	69	61	4	23	6	11	613	228	46	12	.379	.425	.805	91	9.6	.371	106	4.7
25	Jack Rothrock J. Rothrock	.300	1929	BSA	143	473	70	142	19	7	6	59	43	2	47	24	13	531	193	32	13	.361	.408	.769	71	0.8	.355	101	0.8

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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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