who led the al in batting average in 1983

Wade Boggs had the best batting average in the AL in a season in 1983, with an average of .361.

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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	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.361	1983	BOS	153	582	100	210	44	7	5	74	92	1	36	3	3	685	283	56	3	7	2	15	.444	.486	.931	129	51.5	.416	155	44.4
2	Rod Carew R. Carew	.339	1983	CAL	129	472	66	160	24	2	2	44	57	1	48	6	7	536	194	28	3	3	9	15	.409	.411	.820	81	20.3	.368	128	17.8
3	Lou Whitaker L. Whitaker	.320	1983	DET	161	643	94	206	40	6	12	72	67	0	70	17	10	720	294	58	2	8	8	9	.380	.457	.837	110	28.5	.370	131	25.9
4	Alan Trammell A. Trammell	.319	1983	DET	142	505	83	161	31	2	14	66	57	0	64	30	10	581	238	47	15	4	2	7	.385	.471	.856	94	28.2	.382	138	26.1
5	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	.318	1983	BAL	162	663	121	211	47	2	27	102	58	0	97	0	4	726	343	76	0	5	0	24	.371	.517	.888	123	41.1	.392	146	39.3
6	Lloyd Moseby L. Moseby	.315	1983	TOR	151	539	104	170	31	7	18	81	51	5	85	27	8	604	269	56	3	6	4	10	.376	.499	.875	99	31	.385	136	25.4
7	Hal McRae H. McRae	.311	1983	KCR	157	589	84	183	41	6	12	82	50	10	68	2	3	654	272	59	0	5	7	18	.372	.462	.833	99	25.1	.368	129	22
8	George Brett G. Brett	.310	1983	KCR	123	464	90	144	38	2	25	93	57	1	39	0	1	525	261	65	0	3	13	9	.385	.563	.947	96	36.2	.408	155	33.7
9	Ted Simmons T. Simmons	.308	1983	MIL	153	600	76	185	39	3	13	108	41	2	51	4	2	650	269	55	0	7	6	23	.351	.448	.799	90	16.8	.352	122	16.7
10	Robin Yount R. Yount	.308	1983	MIL	149	578	102	178	42	10	17	80	72	3	58	12	5	662	291	69	1	8	6	11	.383	.503	.886	110	35.6	.388	145	35.5
11	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	.307	1983	MIL	160	661	106	203	37	3	30	126	37	1	63	2	1	710	336	70	3	8	7	17	.341	.508	.849	108	28	.370	133	27.8
12	Damaso Garcia D. Garcia	.307	1983	TOR	131	525	84	161	23	6	3	38	24	2	34	31	17	561	205	32	5	5	3	10	.336	.390	.727	66	2.1	.324	95	-3.1
13	Eddie Murray E. Murray	.306	1983	BAL	156	582	115	178	30	3	33	111	86	3	90	5	1	680	313	66	0	9	13	13	.393	.538	.930	121	44.5	.403	153	42.8
14	Willie Upshaw W. Upshaw	.306	1983	TOR	160	579	99	177	26	7	27	104	61	5	98	10	7	655	298	60	3	7	8	8	.373	.515	.887	109	34.8	.387	137	28.7
15	Jim Rice J. Rice	.305	1983	BOS	155	626	90	191	34	1	39	126	52	6	102	0	2	689	344	74	0	5	10	31	.361	.550	.911	119	40.8	.395	141	33.7
16	Don Baylor D. Baylor	.303	1983	NYY	144	534	82	162	33	3	21	85	40	13	53	17	7	597	264	57	2	8	11	10	.361	.494	.856	92	24.6	.372	135	24.5
17	Larry Herndon L. Herndon	.302	1983	DET	153	603	88	182	28	9	20	92	46	3	95	9	3	658	288	57	0	6	6	20	.351	.478	.829	97	22.8	.364	126	20.4
18	Kent Hrbek K. Hrbek	.297	1983	MIN	141	515	75	153	41	5	16	84	57	3	71	4	6	582	252	62	0	7	5	12	.366	.489	.855	91	25.4	.375	128	19.4
19	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	.292	1983	OAK	145	513	105	150	25	7	9	48	103	4	80	108	19	622	216	41	1	1	8	11	.414	.421	.835	99	28.4	.378	140	29
20	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	.289	1983	CWS	138	488	85	141	26	4	26	86	46	6	88	9	6	545	253	56	2	3	3	8	.355	.518	.874	89	27.3	.384	137	23.5
21	Mike Hargrove M. Hargrove	.286	1983	CLE	134	469	57	134	21	4	3	57	78	5	40	0	6	566	172	28	7	7	5	11	.388	.367	.755	76	11.6	.345	112	8.3
22	Charlie Moore C. Moore	.284	1983	MIL	151	529	65	150	27	6	2	49	55	4	42	11	4	605	195	35	14	3	5	14	.354	.369	.722	72	3.6	.327	105	3.5
23	Rudy Law R. Law	.283	1983	CWS	141	501	95	142	20	7	3	34	42	2	36	77	12	551	185	30	4	2	2	4	.340	.369	.709	63	0.8	.321	95	-3.1
24	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	.283	1983	NYY	152	598	99	169	26	8	32	116	58	2	77	15	6	664	307	66	0	6	2	30	.345	.513	.858	105	29.4	.376	137	29.3
25	Jim Gantner J. Gantner	.282	1983	MIL	161	603	85	170	23	8	11	74	38	6	46	5	6	662	242	42	11	4	5	10	.329	.401	.730	78	3	.325	104	2.9

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