who led the al in batting average in 1973

Rod Carew had the best batting average in the AL in a season in 1973, with an average of .350.

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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	Rod Carew R. Carew	.350	1973	MIN	149	580	98	203	30	11	6	62	62	2	55	41	16	657	273	47	7	6	9	16	.411	.471	.881	110	37.2	.393	144	32.5
2	George Scott G. Scott	.306	1973	MIL	158	604	98	185	30	4	24	107	61	2	94	9	5	673	295	58	2	4	6	19	.370	.488	.858	107	32.6	.383	140	30.7
3	Tommy Davis T. Davis	.306	1973	BAL	137	552	53	169	20	3	7	89	30	1	56	11	3	590	216	30	3	4	3	15	.341	.391	.732	70	5.4	.331	109	5.7
4	Bobby Murcer B. Murcer	.304	1973	NYY	160	616	83	187	29	2	22	95	50	3	67	6	7	672	286	53	0	3	6	11	.357	.464	.821	99	24.9	.368	133	25.2
5	Dave May D. May	.303	1973	MIL	156	624	96	189	23	4	25	93	44	5	78	6	7	680	295	52	3	4	6	13	.352	.473	.824	100	25.2	.368	130	23.3
6	Thurman Munson T. Munson	.301	1973	NYY	147	519	80	156	29	4	20	74	48	4	64	4	6	576	253	53	1	4	4	12	.362	.487	.849	90	26.2	.379	141	26.5
7	Amos Otis A. Otis	.300	1973	KCR	148	583	89	175	21	4	26	93	63	1	47	13	9	651	282	51	1	3	5	10	.368	.484	.851	102	30.6	.381	136	26.7
8	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	.296	1973	BOS	152	540	82	160	25	4	19	95	105	0	58	9	7	652	250	48	1	6	13	19	.407	.463	.870	106	34.7	.389	139	28.6
9	Matty Alou M. Alou	.296	1973	NYY	123	497	59	147	22	1	2	28	30	3	43	5	2	538	177	25	6	2	0	18	.338	.356	.694	59	0.1	.319	101	0.4
10	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	.293	1973	OAK	151	539	99	158	28	2	32	117	76	7	111	22	8	629	286	62	0	7	11	13	.383	.531	.914	109	39.6	.402	159	42
11	Tony Oliva T. Oliva	.291	1973	MIN	146	571	63	166	20	0	16	92	45	4	44	2	1	624	234	36	0	4	14	13	.345	.410	.754	77	7.8	.335	105	3.3
12	Orlando Cepeda O. Cepeda	.289	1973	BOS	142	550	51	159	25	0	20	86	50	3	81	0	2	608	244	45	2	3	13	24	.350	.444	.793	82	15.2	.352	114	9.5
13	Sal Bando S. Bando	.287	1973	OAK	162	592	97	170	32	3	29	98	82	4	84	4	2	689	295	64	6	5	5	13	.375	.498	.873	113	37	.390	151	39.6
14	Alex Johnson A. Johnson	.287	1973	TEX	158	624	62	179	26	3	8	68	32	2	82	10	5	663	235	37	1	4	5	17	.322	.377	.698	71	-2.1	.315	96	-3.2
15	Davey Nelson D. Nelson	.286	1973	TEX	142	576	71	165	24	4	7	48	34	0	78	43	16	624	218	35	11	3	3	11	.325	.378	.703	68	-0.4	.318	98	-1.4
16	Bill North B. North	.285	1973	OAK	146	554	98	158	10	5	5	34	78	3	89	53	20	642	193	20	7	0	5	7	.376	.348	.725	80	8.9	.337	116	11.4
17	Don Money D. Money	.284	1973	MIL	145	556	75	158	28	2	11	61	53	3	53	22	5	627	223	41	11	4	3	12	.347	.401	.748	79	10.1	.340	112	8.3
18	Tommy Harper T. Harper	.281	1973	BOS	147	566	92	159	23	3	17	71	61	1	93	54	14	638	239	43	9	1	2	6	.351	.422	.774	86	15.9	.352	114	9.9
19	Paul Blair P. Blair	.280	1973	BAL	146	500	73	140	25	3	10	64	43	0	72	18	8	554	201	38	6	5	4	10	.334	.402	.736	66	5.3	.331	109	5.5
20	Pat Kelly P. Kelly	.280	1973	CWS	144	550	77	154	24	5	1	44	65	2	91	22	15	625	191	30	3	5	1	18	.355	.347	.703	72	3.2	.325	100	0
21	Jeff Burroughs J. Burroughs	.279	1973	TEX	151	526	71	147	17	1	30	85	67	1	88	0	0	605	256	48	0	11	3	8	.355	.487	.842	92	25.6	.375	136	24.6
22	John Mayberry J. Mayberry	.278	1973	KCR	152	510	87	142	20	2	26	100	122	2	79	3	0	638	244	48	0	4	17	5	.417	.478	.895	109	38.7	.399	148	34.8
23	Bill Melton B. Melton	.277	1973	CWS	152	560	83	155	29	1	20	87	75	2	66	4	4	642	246	50	2	3	7	20	.363	.439	.802	91	20.6	.361	124	17.4
24	Cookie Rojas C. Rojas	.276	1973	KCR	139	551	77	152	29	3	6	69	37	1	38	18	4	595	205	38	1	5	1	16	.320	.372	.692	63	-2	.314	92	-5.6
25	Chris Chambliss C. Chambliss	.273	1973	CLE	155	572	70	156	30	2	11	53	58	3	76	4	8	636	223	43	1	2	8	14	.342	.390	.732	76	5.7	.331	104	2.6

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