who led the al in batting average in 1977

Rod Carew had the highest batting average in the AL in 1977, with an average of .388.

Regular season
Min. 3.1 Plate Appearances Per Team Game

	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	.388	1977	MIN	155	616	128	239	38	16	14	100	69	3	55	23	13	694	351	68	1	5	15	6	.449	.570	1.019	145	64.4	.440	175	61.4
2	Lyman Bostock L. Bostock	.336	1977	MIN	153	593	104	199	36	12	14	90	51	6	59	16	7	660	301	62	2	8	5	16	.389	.508	.897	112	35.3	.391	142	32.5
3	Ken Singleton K. Singleton	.328	1977	BAL	152	536	90	176	24	0	24	99	107	2	101	0	1	651	272	48	0	6	13	15	.438	.507	.945	123	46.9	.414	166	50.9
4	Mickey Rivers M. Rivers	.326	1977	NYY	138	565	79	184	18	5	12	69	18	4	45	22	14	594	248	35	5	2	4	2	.350	.439	.789	81	11.4	.348	118	12.3
5	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	.325	1977	DET	154	652	100	212	30	10	16	57	37	4	121	39	19	698	310	56	1	4	1	11	.363	.475	.838	107	25.4	.369	126	21.6
6	Jim Rice J. Rice	.320	1977	BOS	160	644	104	206	29	15	39	114	53	8	120	5	4	710	382	83	0	5	10	21	.376	.593	.969	134	51.2	.414	150	42.4
7	Al Bumbry A. Bumbry	.317	1977	BAL	133	518	74	164	31	3	4	41	45	2	88	19	8	571	213	38	2	4	4	4	.371	.411	.782	78	11.4	.349	122	15
8	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	.315	1977	BOS	152	536	106	169	26	3	26	102	75	9	85	7	6	632	279	55	2	10	3	9	.402	.521	.922	114	40	.403	143	32.1
9	George Brett G. Brett	.312	1977	KCR	139	564	105	176	32	13	22	88	55	2	24	14	12	627	300	67	3	3	9	12	.373	.532	.905	106	33.4	.390	142	31.4
10	Al Cowens A. Cowens	.312	1977	KCR	162	606	98	189	32	14	23	112	41	8	64	16	12	661	318	69	1	5	4	14	.361	.525	.885	109	31.7	.384	138	29.7
11	Bob Bailor B. Bailor	.310	1977	TOR	122	496	62	154	21	5	5	32	17	2	26	15	6	523	200	31	6	2	1	7	.335	.403	.738	63	1.7	.328	97	-1.7
12	Tito Fuentes T. Fuentes	.309	1977	DET	151	615	83	190	19	10	5	51	38	2	61	4	4	673	244	34	13	5	1	11	.348	.397	.745	83	4.9	.333	102	1.3
13	Thurman Munson T. Munson	.308	1977	NYY	149	595	85	183	28	5	18	100	39	2	55	5	6	638	275	51	0	2	8	18	.351	.462	.813	90	16.1	.355	123	17.1
14	Mitchell Page M. Page	.307	1977	OAK	145	501	85	154	28	8	21	75	78	6	95	42	5	592	261	57	4	3	6	7	.405	.521	.926	107	38.1	.404	157	39.7
15	Mike Hargrove M. Hargrove	.305	1977	TEX	153	525	98	160	28	4	18	69	103	6	59	2	5	648	250	50	8	6	7	13	.420	.476	.897	113	37.9	.397	148	36.7
16	Larry Hisle L. Hisle	.302	1977	MIN	141	546	95	165	36	3	28	119	56	6	106	21	10	620	291	67	5	7	5	11	.369	.533	.902	105	33	.390	141	30.3
17	Bruce Bochte B. Bochte	.301	1977	TOT	137	492	64	148	23	1	7	51	47	0	42	6	4	552	194	31	8	5	3	20	.358	.394	.753	70	5.9	.337	108	5.5
18	Ralph Garr R. Garr	.300	1977	CWS	134	543	78	163	29	7	10	54	27	0	44	12	7	574	236	46	3	1	4	7	.333	.435	.767	73	6.1	.337	106	4.3
19	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	.300	1977	MIL	160	643	86	193	31	7	20	78	28	0	110	13	8	679	298	58	1	7	4	13	.326	.463	.789	90	10.6	.343	112	9.3
20	Hal McRae H. McRae	.298	1977	KCR	162	641	104	191	54	11	21	92	59	13	43	18	14	720	330	86	2	5	5	12	.366	.515	.881	118	34.1	.383	137	31.9
21	Carl Yastrzemski C. Yastrzemski	.296	1977	BOS	150	558	99	165	27	3	28	102	73	1	40	11	1	643	282	58	0	11	6	10	.372	.505	.877	104	29.1	.381	128	21.2
22	Rick Burleson R. Burleson	.293	1977	BOS	154	663	80	194	36	7	3	52	47	2	69	13	12	721	253	46	3	6	1	15	.338	.382	.720	83	-0.7	.322	89	-9.6
23	Buddy Bell B. Bell	.292	1977	CLE	129	479	64	140	23	4	11	64	45	1	63	1	8	538	204	38	8	5	5	14	.351	.426	.777	71	8.1	.343	111	7.1
24	Jim Sundberg J. Sundberg	.291	1977	TEX	149	453	61	132	20	3	6	65	53	2	77	2	3	533	176	29	20	5	0	8	.365	.389	.753	69	7.3	.341	110	6.3
25	Paul Dade P. Dade	.291	1977	CLE	134	461	65	134	15	3	3	45	32	2	58	16	8	508	164	21	4	9	4	12	.333	.356	.689	52	-6.7	.307	87	-7.7

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