who led the al in batting average in 1955

Al Kaline had the highest batting average in the AL in 1955, with an average of .340.

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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	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Al Kaline A. Kaline	.340	1955	DET	152	588	121	200	24	8	27	102	82	5	57	6	8	681	321	59	0	6	12	13	.421	.546	.967	131	52	.423	156	47.2
2	Vic Power V. Power	.319	1955	KCA	147	596	91	190	34	10	19	76	35	0	27	0	2	639	301	63	3	5	6	12	.354	.505	.859	99	24.7	.376	122	17.3
3	George Kell G. Kell	.312	1955	CWS	128	429	44	134	24	1	8	81	51	6	36	2	2	504	184	33	13	5	2	7	.389	.429	.818	76	17.4	.371	122	13.9
4	Nellie Fox N. Fox	.311	1955	CWS	154	636	100	198	28	7	6	59	38	17	15	7	9	709	258	41	14	4	1	8	.364	.406	.770	95	12.8	.350	109	7.9
5	Harvey Kuenn H. Kuenn	.306	1955	DET	145	620	101	190	38	5	8	62	40	1	27	8	3	666	262	51	0	5	3	7	.347	.423	.769	87	9.1	.344	105	4.5
6	Al Smith A. Smith	.306	1955	CLE	154	607	123	186	27	4	22	77	93	15	77	11	6	725	287	53	3	7	1	4	.407	.473	.880	125	40	.397	139	35
7	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	.306	1955	NYY	147	517	121	158	25	11	37	99	113	3	97	8	1	638	316	73	2	3	6	4	.431	.611	1.042	137	62.8	.451	180	62.8
8	Mickey Vernon M. Vernon	.301	1955	WSH	150	538	74	162	23	8	14	85	74	3	50	0	4	627	243	45	4	8	9	17	.384	.452	.835	95	21.8	.371	124	18.2
9	Billy Goodman B. Goodman	.294	1955	BOS	149	599	100	176	31	2	0	52	99	3	44	5	5	715	211	33	10	4	1	13	.394	.352	.747	96	12.9	.350	101	1.3
10	Larry Doby L. Doby	.291	1955	CLE	131	491	91	143	17	5	26	75	61	2	100	2	0	560	248	48	2	4	8	6	.369	.505	.874	90	25	.383	131	21.1
11	Hector Lopez H. Lopez	.290	1955	KCA	128	483	50	140	15	2	15	68	33	3	58	1	4	527	204	32	4	4	1	15	.337	.422	.759	67	5.8	.341	99	-0.4
12	Minnie Minoso M. Minoso	.288	1955	CWS	139	517	79	149	26	7	10	70	76	10	43	19	8	615	219	43	8	4	3	18	.387	.424	.811	92	20.2	.368	121	15.9
13	Gil McDougald G. McDougald	.285	1955	NYY	141	533	79	152	10	8	13	53	65	2	77	6	4	615	217	31	8	7	2	6	.361	.407	.768	82	10.1	.348	113	10.1
14	Pete Runnels P. Runnels	.284	1955	WSH	134	503	66	143	16	4	2	49	55	1	51	3	9	567	173	22	4	4	2	14	.353	.344	.697	64	-2.3	.322	92	-5.5
15	Ray Boone R. Boone	.284	1955	DET	135	500	61	142	22	7	20	116	50	1	49	1	1	560	238	49	2	7	2	16	.346	.476	.822	81	16	.363	118	12.1
16	Jim Piersall J. Piersall	.283	1955	BOS	149	515	68	146	25	5	13	62	67	2	52	6	1	599	220	43	9	6	7	16	.364	.427	.792	82	12.7	.354	104	3
17	Billy Klaus B. Klaus	.283	1955	BOS	135	541	83	153	26	2	7	60	60	0	44	6	0	610	204	35	4	5	0	4	.351	.377	.729	74	3.3	.334	91	-6.6
18	Walt Dropo W. Dropo	.280	1955	CWS	141	453	55	127	15	2	19	79	42	2	71	0	1	502	203	36	3	2	8	15	.343	.448	.791	67	8.8	.349	109	5.3
19	Bill Tuttle B. Tuttle	.279	1955	DET	154	603	102	168	23	4	14	78	76	1	54	6	3	698	241	41	13	5	2	25	.358	.400	.757	91	9.7	.344	106	4.9
20	Hank Bauer H. Bauer	.278	1955	NYY	139	492	97	137	20	5	20	53	56	8	65	8	4	563	227	45	4	3	1	4	.360	.461	.821	84	18.3	.368	126	18.3
21	Gus Triandos G. Triandos	.277	1955	BAL	140	481	47	133	17	3	12	65	40	2	55	0	0	529	192	32	3	3	4	9	.333	.399	.732	62	0.7	.329	101	0.7
22	Jackie Jensen J. Jensen	.275	1955	BOS	152	574	95	158	27	6	26	116	89	3	63	16	7	681	275	59	3	12	8	20	.369	.479	.848	104	24.8	.373	116	13.7
23	Bobby Avila B. Avila	.272	1955	CLE	141	537	83	146	22	4	13	61	82	2	47	1	4	643	215	39	18	4	1	17	.368	.400	.768	87	12.6	.352	110	8.1
24	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	.272	1955	NYY	147	541	84	147	20	3	27	108	60	7	20	1	0	615	254	50	2	5	6	13	.349	.470	.819	89	17.2	.362	123	17.2
25	Roy Sievers R. Sievers	.271	1955	WSH	144	509	74	138	20	8	25	106	73	4	66	1	2	591	249	53	0	5	3	17	.364	.489	.853	93	23.7	.378	128	20.3

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