who led the al in batting average in 1978

Rod Carew had the best batting average in the AL in 1978, with an average of .333.

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Who led the al in batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game in 1978?

	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	.333	1978	MIN	152	564	85	188	26	10	5	70	78	1	62	27	7	651	249	41	2	6	19	18	.411	.441	.853	100	29.7	.378	136	26
2	Al Oliver A. Oliver	.324	1978	TEX	133	525	65	170	35	5	14	89	31	2	41	8	9	568	257	54	1	9	6	7	.358	.490	.848	86	24	.374	135	22.1
3	Jim Rice J. Rice	.315	1978	BOS	163	677	121	213	25	15	46	139	58	5	126	7	5	746	406	86	1	5	7	15	.370	.600	.970	141	60.3	.425	162	52
4	Lou Piniella L. Piniella	.314	1978	NYY	130	472	67	148	34	5	6	69	34	2	36	3	1	513	210	45	4	1	8	12	.361	.445	.806	72	16	.359	128	15.9
5	Ben Oglivie B. Oglivie	.303	1978	MIL	128	469	71	142	29	4	18	72	52	0	69	11	7	527	233	51	3	3	10	10	.370	.497	.867	83	25.7	.383	142	24.5
6	Leon Roberts L. Roberts	.301	1978	SEA	134	472	78	142	21	7	22	92	41	8	52	6	3	528	243	50	3	4	2	7	.364	.515	.879	86	29.2	.391	144	26.2
7	Amos Otis A. Otis	.298	1978	KCR	141	486	74	145	30	7	22	96	66	4	54	32	8	567	255	59	1	10	7	10	.380	.525	.905	95	34	.397	150	31.4
8	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	.298	1978	BOS	150	541	75	161	33	3	22	82	75	1	50	3	6	627	266	58	4	6	11	9	.380	.492	.872	100	32.2	.386	136	25.3
9	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	.297	1978	DET	155	666	126	198	30	3	12	62	65	4	104	68	16	741	270	45	1	5	7	11	.361	.405	.766	96	16.2	.347	113	11.2
10	Thurman Munson T. Munson	.297	1978	NYY	154	617	73	183	27	1	6	71	35	3	70	2	3	666	230	34	1	10	6	20	.332	.373	.705	72	-0.4	.317	99	-0.5
11	Lyman Bostock L. Bostock	.296	1978	CAL	147	568	74	168	24	4	5	71	59	2	36	15	12	637	215	33	4	4	8	26	.362	.379	.740	78	8.6	.336	113	9.2
12	George Brett G. Brett	.294	1978	KCR	128	510	79	150	45	8	9	62	39	1	35	23	7	558	238	62	3	5	6	6	.342	.467	.809	77	16.8	.358	123	14.2
13	Don Money D. Money	.293	1978	MIL	137	518	88	152	30	2	14	54	48	7	70	3	0	588	228	46	14	1	2	10	.361	.440	.801	84	20	.363	128	18.6
14	Ken Singleton K. Singleton	.293	1978	BAL	149	502	67	147	21	2	20	81	98	2	94	0	0	608	232	43	4	2	5	14	.409	.462	.871	101	35.4	.395	154	36.6
15	Robin Yount R. Yount	.293	1978	MIL	127	502	66	147	23	9	9	71	24	1	43	16	5	545	215	41	13	5	1	5	.323	.428	.752	67	7.6	.336	110	6.3
16	Craig Reynolds C. Reynolds	.292	1978	SEA	148	548	57	160	16	7	5	44	36	3	41	9	6	604	205	28	11	6	1	4	.336	.374	.710	68	2.2	.323	98	-1.2
17	Sixto Lezcano S. Lezcano	.292	1978	MIL	132	442	62	129	21	4	15	61	64	1	83	3	3	519	203	40	5	7	6	5	.377	.459	.837	78	21.9	.374	136	20.7
18	Larry Hisle L. Hisle	.290	1978	MIL	142	520	96	151	24	0	34	115	67	5	90	10	6	600	277	58	3	5	3	14	.374	.533	.906	104	38.5	.403	155	37.1
19	Jason Thompson J. Thompson	.287	1978	DET	153	589	79	169	25	3	26	96	74	0	96	0	0	669	278	54	1	5	3	11	.364	.472	.836	102	29	.375	133	24.5
20	Douglas DeCinces D. DeCinces	.286	1978	BAL	142	511	72	146	37	1	28	80	46	2	81	7	7	561	269	66	0	2	2	12	.346	.526	.872	90	29.6	.388	149	30.7
21	Eddie Murray E. Murray	.285	1978	BAL	161	610	85	174	32	3	27	95	70	1	97	6	5	690	293	62	1	8	7	15	.356	.480	.836	103	27.9	.371	138	29.2
22	Sal Bando S. Bando	.285	1978	MIL	152	540	85	154	20	6	17	78	72	6	52	3	2	629	237	43	4	7	4	11	.371	.439	.810	91	22.7	.366	130	21.2
23	Lou Whitaker L. Whitaker	.285	1978	DET	139	484	71	138	12	7	3	58	61	1	65	7	7	567	173	22	13	8	0	9	.361	.357	.718	67	5.9	.332	103	2.1
24	Mitchell Page M. Page	.285	1978	OAK	147	516	62	147	25	7	17	70	53	4	95	23	19	579	237	49	4	2	6	7	.355	.459	.814	83	20.2	.364	132	20.7
25	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	.284	1978	BOS	157	571	94	162	39	5	20	88	71	7	83	7	2	658	271	64	3	6	6	10	.366	.475	.841	100	28.6	.375	129	21.3

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