who led the al in batting average in 1959

Harvey Kuenn had the best batting average in the AL in 1959, with an average of .353.

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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	Harvey Kuenn H. Kuenn	.353	1959	DET	139	561	99	198	42	7	9	71	48	1	37	7	2	617	281	58	3	4	1	6	.402	.501	.903	109	38.8	.399	145	33.3
2	Al Kaline A. Kaline	.327	1959	DET	136	511	85	167	19	2	27	94	72	4	42	10	4	595	271	48	2	6	12	11	.410	.530	.940	110	41.7	.408	151	36.4
3	Pete Runnels P. Runnels	.314	1959	BOS	147	560	95	176	33	6	6	57	95	1	48	6	5	661	239	45	5	0	1	17	.415	.427	.841	108	32.6	.382	132	25.3
4	Nellie Fox N. Fox	.306	1959	CWS	156	624	84	191	34	6	2	70	71	7	13	5	6	716	243	42	9	5	8	6	.380	.389	.770	97	15.1	.346	115	13
5	Minnie Minoso M. Minoso	.302	1959	CLE	148	570	92	172	32	0	21	92	54	17	46	8	10	650	267	53	6	3	2	11	.377	.468	.846	104	29.5	.377	135	27.5
6	Bobby Richardson B. Richardson	.301	1959	NYY	134	469	53	141	18	6	2	33	26	0	20	5	5	508	177	26	10	3	3	3	.335	.377	.713	58	-0.6	.317	99	-0.4
7	Bill Tuttle B. Tuttle	.300	1959	KCA	126	463	74	139	19	6	7	43	48	4	38	10	6	521	191	32	4	2	2	12	.369	.413	.782	73	13.2	.351	114	8.6
8	Gene Woodling G. Woodling	.300	1959	BAL	140	440	63	132	22	2	14	77	78	0	35	1	1	524	200	38	1	5	4	5	.402	.455	.856	86	25.7	.381	141	25.9
9	Vic Power V. Power	.289	1959	CLE	147	595	102	172	31	6	10	60	40	2	22	9	13	645	245	47	4	4	2	19	.334	.412	.746	80	6.3	.331	106	4.3
10	Bob Cerv B. Cerv	.285	1959	KCA	125	463	61	132	22	4	20	87	35	3	87	3	2	513	222	46	1	11	5	13	.332	.479	.812	72	12.8	.351	113	8.3
11	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	.285	1959	NYY	144	541	104	154	23	4	31	75	93	2	126	21	3	639	278	58	1	2	6	7	.390	.514	.904	112	39	.396	151	39.3
12	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	.284	1959	NYY	131	472	64	134	25	1	19	69	43	4	38	1	2	521	218	45	0	2	5	6	.347	.462	.809	75	15.2	.356	125	15.4
13	Hector Lopez H. Lopez	.283	1959	TOT	147	541	82	153	26	5	22	93	36	7	77	4	1	593	255	53	4	5	1	10	.333	.471	.804	84	16.1	.353	121	15
14	Frank Malzone F. Malzone	.280	1959	BOS	154	604	90	169	34	2	19	92	42	1	58	6	0	660	264	55	3	10	6	15	.323	.437	.760	82	6.6	.331	99	-0.7
15	Tony Kubek T. Kubek	.279	1959	NYY	132	512	67	143	25	7	6	51	24	2	46	3	3	553	200	38	13	2	3	11	.313	.391	.704	60	-3.3	.311	95	-3.1
16	Jim Lemon J. Lemon	.279	1959	WSH	147	531	73	148	18	3	33	100	46	1	99	5	2	584	271	54	0	6	0	9	.334	.510	.844	90	22.9	.369	126	18.4
17	Eddie Yost E. Yost	.278	1959	DET	148	521	115	145	19	0	21	60	135	12	77	9	2	675	227	40	4	3	1	6	.435	.436	.871	119	42	.398	144	36
18	Jackie Jensen J. Jensen	.277	1959	BOS	148	535	101	148	31	0	28	112	88	0	67	20	5	636	263	59	1	12	3	20	.372	.492	.863	102	29.6	.378	130	22.5
19	Roger Maris R. Maris	.273	1959	KCA	122	433	69	118	21	7	16	72	58	3	53	2	1	498	201	44	0	4	5	4	.359	.464	.824	74	16.8	.362	121	12.4
20	Jim Landis J. Landis	.272	1959	CWS	149	515	78	140	26	7	5	60	78	8	68	20	9	623	195	38	13	9	5	5	.370	.379	.749	81	9.6	.338	110	7.7
21	Dick Williams D. Williams	.266	1959	KCA	130	488	72	130	33	1	16	75	28	5	60	4	1	538	213	50	11	6	1	13	.309	.436	.746	66	3.9	.328	99	-0.9
22	Frank Bolling F. Bolling	.266	1959	DET	127	459	56	122	18	3	13	55	45	7	37	2	2	520	185	34	7	2	2	6	.339	.403	.742	65	5.8	.333	102	1.2
23	Sherm Lollar S. Lollar	.265	1959	CWS	140	505	63	134	22	3	22	84	55	9	49	4	3	576	228	47	2	5	6	27	.345	.451	.796	80	14.3	.350	118	12.5
24	Bob Allison B. Allison	.261	1959	WSH	150	570	83	149	18	9	30	85	60	2	92	13	8	639	275	57	5	2	1	22	.333	.482	.815	93	19.9	.358	120	15
25	Rocky Colavito R. Colavito	.257	1959	CLE	154	588	90	151	24	0	42	111	71	2	86	3	3	664	301	66	0	3	8	13	.337	.512	.849	102	25.8	.368	130	23.8

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