who led the al in batting average in 1951

Ferris Fain had the best batting average in the AL in 1951, with an average of .344.

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Who led the al in batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game in 1951?

	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	Ferris Fain F. Fain	.344	1951	PHA	117	425	63	146	30	3	6	57	80	3	20	0	3	511	200	39	3	10	.451	.471	.921	97	36.7	.428	150	31.8
2	Minnie Minoso M. Minoso	.326	1951	TOT	146	530	112	173	34	14	10	76	72	16	42	31	10	622	265	58	4	12	.422	.500	.922	115	41.8	.423	150	38.9
3	George Kell G. Kell	.319	1951	DET	147	598	92	191	36	3	2	59	61	4	18	10	3	674	239	41	11	13	.386	.400	.786	96	16.5	.368	112	10.1
4	Ted Williams T. Williams	.318	1951	BSA	148	531	109	169	28	4	30	126	144	0	45	1	1	675	295	62	0	10	.464	.556	1.019	146	66.5	.463	166	55.4
5	Nellie Fox N. Fox	.313	1951	CWS	147	604	93	189	32	12	4	55	43	14	11	9	12	681	257	48	20	7	.372	.425	.798	97	17.3	.369	117	14
6	Johnny Pesky J. Pesky	.313	1951	BSA	131	480	93	150	20	6	3	41	84	2	15	2	2	573	191	29	7	10	.417	.398	.815	89	22	.386	118	12.5
7	Bobby Avila B. Avila	.304	1951	CLE	141	542	76	165	21	3	10	58	60	0	31	14	8	615	222	34	13	16	.374	.410	.783	86	13.6	.365	118	13.6
8	Gil Coan G. Coan	.303	1951	WSH	135	538	85	163	25	7	9	62	39	6	62	8	5	591	229	41	8	6	.357	.426	.782	81	11.2	.361	112	9
9	Elmer Valo E. Valo	.302	1951	PHA	123	444	75	134	27	8	7	55	75	8	20	11	6	530	198	42	3	12	.412	.446	.858	88	25.9	.399	132	20.9
10	Billy Goodman B. Goodman	.297	1951	BSA	141	546	92	162	34	4	0	50	79	2	37	7	4	638	204	38	11	12	.388	.374	.761	87	12	.361	102	1.5
11	Dom DiMaggio D. DiMaggio	.296	1951	BSA	146	639	113	189	34	4	12	72	73	2	53	4	7	718	267	50	4	13	.370	.418	.788	101	16.4	.366	105	4.6
12	Larry Doby L. Doby	.295	1951	CLE	134	447	84	132	27	5	20	69	101	3	81	4	1	551	229	52	0	10	.428	.512	.941	105	40.3	.430	159	40.3
13	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	.294	1951	NYY	141	547	92	161	19	4	27	88	44	3	20	5	4	594	269	50	0	16	.350	.492	.842	91	21.1	.382	127	20.3
14	Mickey Vernon M. Vernon	.293	1951	WSH	141	546	69	160	30	7	9	87	53	2	45	7	6	602	231	46	1	11	.358	.423	.781	82	11.2	.360	112	9.1
15	Dale Mitchell D. Mitchell	.290	1951	CLE	134	510	83	148	21	7	11	62	53	1	16	7	7	570	216	39	6	8	.358	.424	.782	78	10.9	.361	115	10.9
16	Eddie Joost E. Joost	.289	1951	PHA	140	553	107	160	28	5	19	78	106	6	70	10	8	667	255	52	2	6	.409	.461	.870	113	34.8	.403	134	28.5
17	Vic Wertz V. Wertz	.285	1951	DET	138	501	86	143	24	4	27	94	78	1	61	0	3	581	256	55	1	13	.383	.511	.894	100	31.5	.406	136	26
18	Eddie Yost E. Yost	.283	1951	WSH	154	568	109	161	36	4	12	65	126	11	55	6	4	716	241	52	11	7	.423	.424	.847	119	35.2	.399	137	32.6
19	Jim Busby J. Busby	.283	1951	CWS	143	477	59	135	15	2	5	68	40	4	46	26	11	524	169	22	3	15	.344	.354	.698	58	-3.3	.328	91	-5.8
20	Eddie Robinson E. Robinson	.282	1951	CWS	151	564	85	159	23	5	29	117	77	3	54	2	5	649	279	57	5	11	.371	.495	.866	105	29.2	.394	132	26.1
21	Gene Woodling G. Woodling	.281	1951	NYY	120	420	65	118	15	8	15	71	62	0	37	0	4	485	194	38	3	8	.373	.462	.835	75	17.7	.383	128	17.1
22	Ray Coleman R. Coleman	.280	1951	TOT	142	522	62	146	24	12	8	76	39	0	46	5	7	564	218	44	3	15	.330	.418	.747	69	2.5	.342	95	-3.2
23	Irv Noren I. Noren	.279	1951	WSH	129	509	82	142	33	5	8	86	51	0	35	10	7	564	209	46	4	14	.345	.411	.755	72	5.4	.349	105	3.4
24	Sam Mele S. Mele	.274	1951	WSH	143	558	58	153	36	7	5	94	32	1	31	2	3	594	218	48	3	22	.315	.391	.705	64	-5.8	.324	89	-8
25	Phil Rizzuto P. Rizzuto	.274	1951	NYY	144	540	87	148	21	6	2	43	58	5	27	18	3	629	187	29	26	10	.350	.346	.696	71	-3.3	.330	95	-4.1

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