who led the al in batting average in 1972

Rod Carew had the best batting average in the AL in 1972, with an average of .318.

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Who led the al in batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game in 1972?

	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	Rod Carew R. Carew	.318	1972	MIN	142	535	61	170	21	6	0	51	43	2	60	12	6	591	203	27	9	2	9	11	.369	.379	.749	72	14.6	.338	120	12.1
2	Lou Piniella L. Piniella	.312	1972	KCR	151	574	65	179	33	4	11	72	34	8	59	7	2	624	253	48	4	4	9	25	.356	.441	.797	85	24.1	.358	136	22.7
3	Dick Allen D. Allen	.308	1972	CWS	148	506	90	156	28	5	37	113	99	1	126	19	8	609	305	70	0	3	16	13	.420	.603	1.023	123	63.4	.450	199	60.2
4	Carlos May C. May	.308	1972	CWS	148	523	83	161	26	3	12	68	79	9	70	23	14	615	229	41	0	4	14	10	.405	.438	.843	94	33.3	.380	149	30.1
5	Joe Rudi J. Rudi	.305	1972	OAK	147	593	94	181	32	9	19	75	37	2	62	3	4	653	288	60	15	6	6	15	.345	.486	.830	95	31.5	.372	151	33.2
6	Richie Scheinblum R. Scheinblum	.300	1972	KCR	134	450	60	135	21	4	8	66	58	4	40	0	1	518	188	33	3	3	3	19	.383	.418	.800	74	22.9	.366	142	21.7
7	John Mayberry J. Mayberry	.298	1972	KCR	149	503	65	150	24	3	25	100	78	3	74	0	2	588	255	52	1	3	13	12	.394	.507	.900	99	41.1	.402	168	39.8
8	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	.293	1972	BOS	131	457	74	134	28	9	22	61	52	4	83	5	2	514	246	59	1	0	6	11	.370	.538	.909	88	37.6	.407	165	33.4
9	Amos Otis A. Otis	.293	1972	KCR	143	540	75	158	28	2	11	54	50	3	59	28	12	605	223	41	6	6	3	6	.352	.413	.765	78	19.1	.348	129	17.7
10	Bobby Murcer B. Murcer	.292	1972	NYY	153	585	102	171	30	7	33	96	63	2	67	11	9	654	314	70	0	4	7	6	.361	.537	.898	109	45.4	.402	172	47.1
11	Chris Chambliss C. Chambliss	.292	1972	CLE	121	466	51	136	27	2	6	44	26	0	63	3	4	499	185	35	3	4	2	8	.327	.397	.724	57	8.6	.328	110	5.1
12	Thurman Munson T. Munson	.280	1972	NYY	140	511	54	143	16	3	7	46	47	3	58	6	7	567	186	26	4	2	5	13	.343	.364	.707	64	8.1	.324	117	9.6
13	Bobby Grich B. Grich	.278	1972	BAL	133	460	66	128	21	3	12	50	53	7	96	13	6	528	191	36	3	5	3	8	.358	.415	.773	70	18.5	.353	135	18.4
14	Danny Thompson D. Thompson	.276	1972	MIN	144	573	54	158	22	6	4	48	34	2	57	3	4	624	204	32	13	2	1	14	.318	.356	.674	63	2.1	.308	99	-0.5
15	Vada Pinson V. Pinson	.275	1972	CAL	136	484	56	133	24	2	7	49	30	5	54	17	6	527	182	33	4	4	12	7	.321	.376	.697	54	2.7	.311	109	4.6
16	Mike Epstein M. Epstein	.270	1972	OAK	138	455	63	123	18	2	26	70	68	11	68	0	1	537	223	46	0	3	9	7	.376	.490	.866	85	32.9	.390	164	34.3
17	Reggie Smith R. Smith	.270	1972	BOS	131	467	75	126	25	4	21	74	68	4	63	15	4	543	222	50	0	4	12	8	.365	.475	.840	81	27.6	.375	143	23.2
18	Roy White R. White	.270	1972	NYY	155	556	76	150	29	0	10	54	99	5	59	23	7	666	209	39	4	2	10	11	.384	.376	.760	87	21.9	.350	136	23.7
19	Bob Oliver B. Oliver	.269	1972	TOT	150	572	54	154	22	5	20	76	29	3	109	5	3	609	246	47	0	5	8	17	.305	.430	.735	71	11.2	.329	121	13
20	Ken McMullen K. McMullen	.269	1972	CAL	137	472	36	127	18	1	9	34	48	0	59	1	2	523	174	28	1	2	2	12	.335	.369	.704	59	7.6	.324	118	9.5
21	Bobby Darwin B. Darwin	.267	1972	MIN	145	513	48	137	20	2	22	80	38	8	145	2	3	562	227	44	1	2	4	24	.326	.442	.769	73	18.2	.349	128	15.9
22	George Scott G. Scott	.266	1972	MIL	152	578	71	154	24	4	20	88	43	4	130	16	4	629	246	48	2	2	4	19	.321	.426	.746	77	15.8	.339	123	14.4
23	Cesar Tovar C. Tovar	.265	1972	MIN	141	548	86	145	20	6	2	31	39	14	39	21	10	607	183	28	5	1	6	6	.329	.334	.663	60	0.4	.304	96	-2.2
24	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	.265	1972	OAK	135	499	72	132	25	2	25	75	59	8	125	9	8	572	236	52	4	2	7	5	.350	.473	.823	84	27.8	.372	151	29.3
25	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	.264	1972	BOS	125	455	70	120	18	2	12	68	67	4	44	5	4	535	178	32	0	9	3	13	.357	.391	.748	67	14.9	.343	120	10.6

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