who led the al in batting average in 1936

Luke Appling had the highest batting average in the AL in 1936, with an average of .388.

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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	Luke Appling L. Appling	.388	1936	CWS	138	526	111	204	31	7	6	128	85	1	25	10	6	618	267	44	6	.474	.508	.981	135	54.2	.454	142	40
2	Earl Averill E. Averill	.378	1936	CLE	152	614	136	232	39	15	28	126	65	1	35	3	3	682	385	82	2	.438	.627	1.065	160	70.4	.473	153	55.7
3	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	.354	1936	DET	154	641	144	227	60	12	15	116	83	4	13	4	1	731	356	87	3	.431	.555	.987	154	58.5	.445	139	43.7
4	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.354	1936	NYY	155	579	167	205	37	7	49	152	130	7	46	3	4	719	403	93	3	.478	.696	1.174	192	97.6	.512	178	85.8
5	Gee Walker G. Walker	.353	1936	DET	134	550	105	194	55	5	12	93	23	8	30	17	8	589	295	72	8	.387	.536	.924	110	32.6	.416	123	20.7
6	Wally Moses W. Moses	.345	1936	PHA	146	585	98	202	35	11	7	66	62	2	32	12	6	655	280	53	6	.410	.479	.888	118	32.3	.408	117	17.3
7	Beau Bell B. Bell	.344	1936	SLA	155	616	100	212	40	12	11	123	60	1	55	4	1	683	309	63	6	.403	.502	.905	125	35.8	.412	116	16.5
8	Hal Trosky Sr. H. Trosky Sr.	.343	1936	CLE	151	629	124	216	45	9	42	162	36	3	58	6	5	671	405	96	3	.382	.644	1.026	144	55.7	.449	140	41.2
9	John Stone J. Stone	.341	1936	WSH	123	437	95	149	22	11	15	90	60	0	26	8	0	500	238	48	3	.421	.545	.965	102	35.9	.435	135	27.1
10	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.338	1936	BSA	155	585	130	198	32	8	41	143	105	1	119	13	4	693	369	81	2	.440	.631	1.071	162	71.4	.473	151	53.7
11	Rip Radcliff R. Radcliff	.335	1936	CWS	138	618	120	207	31	7	8	82	44	2	12	6	3	665	276	46	1	.381	.447	.828	105	17.7	.381	102	2.5
12	Zeke Bonura Z. Bonura	.330	1936	CWS	148	587	120	194	39	7	12	138	94	4	29	4	2	687	283	58	2	.426	.482	.908	130	40.2	.419	123	24.4
13	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.327	1936	DET	143	568	96	186	38	6	13	112	49	2	35	6	4	620	275	57	1	.383	.484	.867	105	23.6	.395	112	11.1
14	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.323	1936	NYY	138	637	132	206	44	15	29	125	24	4	39	4	0	668	367	88	3	.352	.576	.928	121	33.1	.409	122	22.2
15	Joe Kuhel J. Kuhel	.321	1936	WSH	149	588	107	189	42	8	16	118	64	4	30	15	7	659	295	66	3	.392	.502	.893	118	31.1	.406	119	19.4
16	Red Rolfe R. Rolfe	.319	1936	NYY	135	568	116	181	39	15	10	70	68	0	38	3	0	646	280	64	10	.392	.493	.884	113	28.5	.402	118	17.9
17	Cecil Travis C. Travis	.317	1936	WSH	138	517	77	164	34	10	2	92	39	1	21	4	4	561	224	46	4	.366	.433	.800	82	8.7	.368	99	-1.2
18	Odell Hale O. Hale	.316	1936	CLE	153	620	126	196	50	13	14	87	64	0	43	8	5	693	314	77	9	.380	.506	.887	120	29.4	.400	114	14.5
19	Ben Chapman B. Chapman	.315	1936	TOT	133	540	110	170	50	10	5	81	84	1	38	20	9	628	255	65	3	.408	.472	.880	112	29.3	.405	119	18.4
20	Goose Goslin G. Goslin	.315	1936	DET	147	572	122	180	33	8	24	125	85	0	50	14	4	660	301	65	3	.403	.526	.930	125	38.9	.420	125	25.5
21	George Selkirk G. Selkirk	.308	1936	NYY	137	493	93	152	28	9	18	107	94	1	60	13	7	592	252	55	4	.420	.511	.931	115	37.1	.424	130	27.4
22	Mike Kreevich M. Kreevich	.307	1936	CWS	137	550	99	169	32	11	5	69	61	2	46	10	5	628	238	48	15	.378	.433	.811	96	13.7	.375	99	-0.7
23	Harlond Clift H. Clift	.302	1936	SLA	152	576	145	174	40	11	20	73	115	7	68	12	4	701	296	71	3	.424	.514	.938	138	45.8	.428	124	26.1
24	Lou Finney L. Finney	.302	1936	PHA	151	653	100	197	26	10	1	41	47	3	22	7	9	703	246	37	0	.351	.377	.728	87	-5.1	.341	80	-21.2
25	Jake Powell J. Powell	.299	1936	TOT	140	538	102	161	24	8	8	78	51	2	51	26	11	595	225	40	4	.362	.418	.780	84	5.9	.361	95	-4.1

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Luke Appling had the highest batting average in the AL in 1936, with an average of .388.

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