who led the al in batting average in 1979

Fred Lynn had the highest batting average in the AL in 1979, 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 1979?

	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	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	.333	1979	BOS	147	531	116	177	42	1	39	122	82	4	79	2	2	622	338	82	0	5	4	9	.423	.637	1.059	138	65	.456	174	56.5
2	George Brett G. Brett	.329	1979	KCR	154	645	119	212	42	20	23	107	51	0	36	17	10	701	363	85	1	4	14	8	.376	.563	.939	125	43.6	.402	145	38.9
3	Brian Downing B. Downing	.326	1979	CAL	148	509	87	166	27	3	12	75	77	5	57	3	3	596	235	42	3	2	4	17	.418	.462	.880	103	33.6	.395	145	32.4
4	Jim Rice J. Rice	.325	1979	BOS	158	619	117	201	39	6	39	130	57	4	97	9	4	688	369	84	0	8	4	16	.381	.596	.977	133	53	.421	152	43.7
5	Al Oliver A. Oliver	.323	1979	TEX	136	492	69	159	28	4	12	76	34	4	34	4	5	538	231	44	1	7	8	14	.367	.470	.836	80	17.7	.365	124	16
6	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	.322	1979	MIL	140	584	88	188	27	16	9	62	48	2	48	33	13	645	274	52	6	5	5	9	.372	.469	.842	99	23.8	.371	128	21.8
7	Sixto Lezcano S. Lezcano	.321	1979	MIL	138	473	84	152	29	3	28	101	77	3	74	4	3	566	271	60	6	7	5	11	.414	.573	.987	113	46.6	.428	165	44.9
8	Steve Kemp S. Kemp	.318	1979	DET	134	490	88	156	26	3	26	105	68	2	70	5	6	570	266	55	2	8	2	13	.398	.543	.941	106	39.3	.411	149	34.2
9	Chet Lemon C. Lemon	.318	1979	CWS	148	556	79	177	44	2	17	86	56	13	68	7	11	632	276	63	3	4	6	15	.391	.496	.887	108	33.8	.392	139	30.4
10	Bruce Bochte B. Bochte	.316	1979	SEA	150	554	81	175	38	6	16	100	67	2	64	2	2	636	273	60	3	10	8	27	.385	.493	.878	104	30	.384	132	25.1
11	Willie Wilson W. Wilson	.315	1979	KCR	154	588	113	185	18	13	6	49	28	7	92	83	12	640	247	37	13	4	3	1	.351	.420	.771	84	9.6	.343	107	5.4
12	Lamar Johnson L. Johnson	.309	1979	CWS	133	479	60	148	29	1	12	74	41	2	56	8	2	526	215	42	0	4	1	23	.363	.449	.812	77	15.8	.362	120	13
13	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	.308	1979	MIL	150	590	83	182	44	1	24	106	56	0	77	15	3	660	300	69	6	8	10	14	.364	.508	.872	105	28.3	.378	133	26.3
14	Ken Landreaux K. Landreaux	.305	1979	MIN	151	564	81	172	27	5	15	83	37	4	57	10	3	623	254	47	10	8	4	13	.347	.450	.798	86	13.5	.351	110	7.9
15	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	.300	1979	DET	148	600	110	180	22	10	9	57	52	0	95	78	14	654	249	41	0	2	2	16	.355	.415	.770	87	10.9	.345	106	5
16	Buddy Bell B. Bell	.299	1979	TEX	162	670	89	200	42	3	18	101	30	3	45	5	4	720	302	63	7	10	4	16	.327	.451	.778	93	9.4	.341	108	7.2
17	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	.297	1979	NYY	131	465	78	138	24	2	29	89	65	2	107	9	8	537	253	55	0	5	3	17	.382	.544	.926	97	33.9	.404	150	32.9
18	Don Baylor D. Baylor	.296	1979	CAL	162	628	120	186	33	3	36	139	71	11	51	22	12	722	333	72	0	12	6	10	.371	.530	.901	123	38.6	.392	142	37.2
19	Eddie Murray E. Murray	.295	1979	BAL	159	606	90	179	30	2	25	99	72	2	78	10	2	687	288	57	1	6	9	16	.369	.475	.844	106	25.4	.371	131	25.7
20	Ken Singleton K. Singleton	.295	1979	BAL	159	570	93	168	29	1	35	111	109	1	118	3	1	688	304	65	1	7	16	16	.405	.533	.938	125	44.6	.406	153	44.9
21	Amos Otis A. Otis	.295	1979	KCR	151	577	100	170	28	2	18	90	68	3	92	30	5	660	256	48	7	5	8	12	.369	.444	.813	96	19	.360	118	14.6
22	Al Cowens A. Cowens	.295	1979	KCR	136	516	69	152	18	7	9	73	40	3	44	10	8	568	211	34	2	7	4	12	.345	.409	.753	71	4.9	.335	102	1.1
23	Bobby Grich B. Grich	.294	1979	CAL	153	534	78	157	30	5	30	101	59	2	84	1	0	609	287	65	12	2	10	14	.365	.537	.903	103	32	.390	141	30.9
24	Mickey Rivers M. Rivers	.293	1979	TOT	132	533	72	156	27	8	9	50	22	2	39	10	9	570	226	44	5	8	2	5	.319	.424	.743	68	1.1	.326	100	-0.3
25	Darrell Porter D. Porter	.291	1979	KCR	157	533	101	155	23	10	20	112	121	8	65	3	4	679	258	53	4	13	8	11	.421	.484	.905	120	40.6	.399	143	36.1

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