who led the al in batting average in 1965

Tony Oliva had the best batting average in the AL in a season in 1965, with an average of .321.

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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	Tony Oliva T. Oliva	.321	1965	MIN	149	576	107	185	40	5	16	98	55	4	64	19	9	647	283	61	2	10	12	8	.378	.491	.870	104	35.3	.377	139	28.6
2	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	.312	1965	BOS	133	494	78	154	45	3	20	72	70	1	58	7	6	571	265	68	2	4	8	16	.395	.536	.932	103	43.2	.406	153	34.3
3	Vic Davalillo V. Davalillo	.301	1965	CLE	142	505	67	152	19	1	5	40	35	0	50	26	7	550	188	25	6	4	9	4	.344	.372	.716	63	4.8	.316	101	0.8
4	Brooks Robinson B. Robinson	.297	1965	BAL	144	559	81	166	25	2	18	80	47	2	47	3	0	616	249	45	4	4	9	15	.351	.445	.797	86	21.1	.350	126	18
5	Leon Wagner L. Wagner	.294	1965	CLE	144	517	91	152	18	1	28	79	60	3	52	12	2	583	256	47	0	3	8	6	.369	.495	.864	94	32.7	.380	143	28.6
6	Frank Howard F. Howard	.289	1965	WSH	149	516	53	149	22	6	21	84	55	2	112	0	0	575	246	49	0	2	2	9	.358	.477	.835	89	28.2	.370	136	23.4
7	Rocky Colavito R. Colavito	.287	1965	CLE	162	592	92	170	25	2	26	108	93	3	63	1	1	695	277	53	0	7	11	14	.383	.468	.851	110	36.3	.374	140	31.4
8	Jimmie Hall J. Hall	.285	1965	MIN	148	522	81	149	25	4	20	86	51	1	79	14	7	580	242	49	0	6	6	6	.347	.464	.810	83	22.2	.356	125	16.2
9	Don Buford D. Buford	.283	1965	CWS	155	586	93	166	22	5	10	47	67	4	76	17	7	668	228	37	6	5	4	6	.358	.389	.747	86	15.5	.336	120	14.9
10	Tom Tresh T. Tresh	.279	1965	NYY	156	602	94	168	29	6	26	74	59	5	92	5	2	668	287	61	2	0	4	10	.348	.477	.825	101	30.4	.365	136	27
11	Jim Fregosi J. Fregosi	.277	1965	CAL	161	602	66	167	19	7	15	64	54	4	107	13	5	683	245	41	15	8	4	10	.337	.407	.744	85	13.2	.330	116	12
12	Felix Mantilla F. Mantilla	.275	1965	BOS	150	534	60	147	17	2	18	92	79	8	84	7	3	629	222	37	3	5	5	24	.374	.416	.790	90	23.5	.355	119	13.7
13	Bill Skowron B. Skowron	.274	1965	CWS	146	559	63	153	24	3	18	78	32	5	77	1	3	605	237	45	4	5	4	22	.316	.424	.740	74	10.2	.327	114	9.7
14	Willie Horton W. Horton	.273	1965	DET	143	512	69	140	20	2	29	104	48	6	101	5	9	572	251	51	2	4	9	12	.340	.490	.831	85	25	.363	131	20.2
15	Zoilo Versalles Z. Versalles	.273	1965	MIN	160	666	126	182	45	12	19	77	41	7	122	27	5	728	308	76	6	8	3	7	.319	.462	.781	97	20.6	.342	116	13.1
16	Lee Thomas L. Thomas	.271	1965	BOS	151	521	74	141	27	4	22	75	72	3	42	6	2	603	242	53	5	2	8	16	.361	.464	.826	91	26.9	.364	126	17.5
17	Danny Cater D. Cater	.270	1965	CWS	142	514	74	139	18	4	14	55	33	3	65	3	3	555	207	36	2	3	0	18	.316	.403	.719	66	7.1	.322	111	6.7
18	Bert Campaneris B. Campaneris	.270	1965	KCA	144	578	67	156	23	12	6	42	41	9	71	51	19	634	221	41	3	3	0	5	.326	.382	.709	73	6.5	.318	101	0.7
19	Bobby Knoop B. Knoop	.269	1965	CAL	142	465	47	125	24	4	7	43	31	0	101	3	2	504	178	35	6	2	5	6	.313	.383	.696	54	1.3	.308	101	0.3
20	Ed Charles E. Charles	.269	1965	KCA	134	480	55	129	19	7	8	56	44	4	72	13	4	535	186	34	2	5	0	10	.332	.388	.720	64	7.4	.323	104	2.5
21	Tony Conigliaro T. Conigliaro	.269	1965	BOS	138	521	82	140	21	5	32	82	51	5	116	4	2	586	267	58	6	3	6	9	.338	.512	.850	91	29.6	.372	131	20.4
22	Norm Cash N. Cash	.266	1965	DET	142	467	79	124	23	1	30	83	77	4	62	6	6	553	239	54	1	4	5	9	.371	.512	.883	93	34.5	.388	148	30
23	Floyd Robinson F. Robinson	.265	1965	CWS	156	577	70	153	15	6	14	66	76	5	51	4	1	671	222	35	6	7	6	10	.352	.385	.737	84	13	.330	116	12.4
24	Ken McMullen K. McMullen	.263	1965	WSH	150	555	75	146	18	6	18	54	47	4	90	2	0	618	230	42	8	4	4	13	.323	.414	.737	76	10.6	.327	108	5.5
25	Wayne Causey W. Causey	.261	1965	KCA	144	513	48	134	17	8	3	34	61	2	48	1	3	587	176	28	9	2	4	7	.341	.343	.684	64	2.3	.310	95	-3.2

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