who led the al in batting average in 1971

Tony Oliva had the best batting average in the AL in 1971, with an average of .337.

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Who led the al in batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game in 1971?

	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	.337	1971	MIN	126	487	73	164	30	3	22	81	25	2	44	4	1	518	266	55	0	4	8	21	.369	.546	.915	89	35.9	.405	154	30.9
2	Bobby Murcer B. Murcer	.331	1971	NYY	146	529	94	175	25	6	25	94	91	0	60	14	8	624	287	56	1	3	13	9	.427	.543	.969	119	54.4	.430	177	52.9
3	Merv Rettenmund M. Rettenmund	.318	1971	BAL	141	491	81	156	23	4	11	75	87	4	60	15	6	589	220	38	4	3	2	13	.422	.448	.870	98	37.6	.398	151	33.1
4	Cesar Tovar C. Tovar	.311	1971	MIN	157	657	94	204	29	3	1	45	45	3	39	18	14	718	242	33	11	2	5	5	.356	.368	.725	84	10.5	.330	105	3.6
5	Rod Carew R. Carew	.307	1971	MIN	147	577	88	177	16	10	2	48	45	1	81	6	7	632	219	28	6	3	1	23	.356	.380	.736	77	11.9	.336	108	5.8
6	Amos Otis A. Otis	.301	1971	KCR	147	555	80	167	26	4	15	79	40	2	74	52	8	607	246	45	2	8	2	18	.345	.443	.789	82	19.8	.355	123	15.1
7	Carlos May C. May	.294	1971	CWS	141	500	64	147	21	7	7	70	62	6	61	16	7	574	203	35	1	5	5	16	.375	.406	.781	78	18.8	.355	119	12.1
8	Roy White R. White	.292	1971	NYY	147	524	86	153	22	7	19	84	86	7	66	14	7	634	246	48	0	17	7	10	.388	.469	.857	98	33.2	.382	145	31.7
9	Don Buford D. Buford	.290	1971	BAL	122	449	99	130	19	4	19	54	89	7	62	15	7	549	214	42	2	2	15	2	.413	.477	.890	91	35	.397	151	30.8
10	Ted Uhlaender T. Uhlaender	.288	1971	CLE	141	500	52	144	20	3	2	47	38	0	44	3	6	541	176	25	0	3	5	7	.336	.352	.688	57	1	.313	91	-5.3
11	Felipe Alou F. Alou	.288	1971	TOT	133	469	52	135	21	6	8	69	32	2	25	5	5	510	192	35	2	5	3	15	.333	.409	.742	61	8.9	.334	114	7.6
12	Norm Cash N. Cash	.283	1971	DET	135	452	72	128	10	3	32	91	59	7	86	1	0	523	240	45	1	4	7	5	.372	.531	.903	89	34.9	.402	152	29.9
13	Reggie Smith R. Smith	.283	1971	BOS	159	618	85	175	33	2	30	96	63	5	82	11	3	692	302	65	1	5	4	15	.352	.489	.840	105	33.9	.377	132	24.4
14	Davey Johnson D. Johnson	.282	1971	BAL	142	510	67	144	26	1	18	72	51	5	55	3	1	574	226	45	4	4	5	15	.351	.443	.794	79	20.1	.358	125	15.7
15	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	.281	1971	BAL	133	455	82	128	16	2	28	99	72	9	62	3	0	545	232	46	1	8	11	22	.384	.510	.894	90	34.1	.396	150	30
16	Frank Howard F. Howard	.279	1971	WSH	153	549	60	153	25	2	26	83	77	2	121	1	0	633	260	53	0	5	20	29	.367	.474	.840	93	27.8	.370	136	24.9
17	Rick Reichardt R. Reichardt	.278	1971	CWS	138	496	53	138	14	2	19	62	37	6	90	5	10	544	213	35	3	2	0	10	.335	.429	.764	71	15.2	.348	115	8.8
18	Dave May D. May	.277	1971	MIL	144	501	74	139	20	3	16	65	50	3	59	15	9	562	213	39	3	5	4	18	.343	.425	.769	73	15.3	.347	118	11
19	Bill Freehan B. Freehan	.277	1971	DET	148	516	57	143	26	4	21	71	54	9	48	2	7	586	240	51	3	4	9	13	.353	.465	.818	84	23.8	.366	128	18.1
20	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	.277	1971	OAK	150	567	87	157	29	3	32	80	63	6	161	16	10	642	288	64	0	6	5	7	.352	.508	.860	101	34.6	.384	147	33.6
21	Ray Fosse R. Fosse	.276	1971	CLE	133	486	53	134	21	1	12	62	36	4	62	4	1	529	193	34	0	3	6	15	.329	.397	.726	61	6.7	.328	101	0.5
22	Paul Schaal P. Schaal	.274	1971	KCR	161	548	80	150	31	6	11	63	103	2	51	7	5	659	226	48	0	6	5	9	.387	.412	.799	94	26.4	.365	129	21.4
23	Brooks Robinson B. Robinson	.272	1971	BAL	156	589	67	160	21	1	20	92	63	3	50	0	0	663	243	42	1	7	8	15	.341	.413	.754	83	14.4	.340	113	9.4
24	Sal Bando S. Bando	.271	1971	OAK	153	538	75	146	23	1	24	94	86	8	55	3	7	643	243	48	6	5	11	14	.377	.452	.828	95	29.4	.373	140	28.4
25	Jim Northrup J. Northrup	.270	1971	DET	136	459	72	124	27	2	16	71	60	2	43	7	4	524	203	45	0	3	9	14	.355	.442	.797	72	18	.357	122	12.9

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