who led the al in batting average in 1986

Wade Boggs had the highest batting average in the AL in a season in 1986, with an average of .357.

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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	.357	1986	BOS	149	580	107	207	47	2	8	71	105	0	44	0	4	693	282	57	4	4	14	11	.453	.486	.939	131	51.5	.414	154	45.1
2	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	.352	1986	NYY	162	677	117	238	53	2	31	113	53	1	35	0	0	742	388	86	1	10	11	17	.394	.573	.967	141	55.9	.416	160	54.2
3	Kirby Puckett K. Puckett	.328	1986	MIN	161	680	119	223	37	6	31	96	34	7	99	20	12	723	365	74	2	0	4	14	.366	.537	.903	126	42.3	.394	141	35.6
4	Pat Tabler P. Tabler	.326	1986	CLE	130	473	61	154	29	2	6	48	29	3	75	3	1	508	205	37	2	1	3	11	.368	.433	.801	73	14.3	.356	118	10.8
5	Jim Rice J. Rice	.324	1986	BOS	157	618	98	200	39	2	20	110	62	4	78	0	1	693	303	61	0	9	5	19	.384	.490	.874	114	34.4	.383	133	28
6	Robin Yount R. Yount	.312	1986	MIL	140	522	82	163	31	7	9	46	62	4	73	14	5	595	235	47	5	2	7	9	.388	.450	.838	92	23.8	.371	127	19.7
7	Tony Fernandez T. Fernandez	.310	1986	TOR	163	687	91	213	33	9	10	65	27	4	52	25	12	727	294	52	5	4	0	8	.338	.428	.766	95	10.9	.339	107	5.9
8	Phil Bradley P. Bradley	.310	1986	SEA	143	526	88	163	27	4	12	50	77	8	134	21	12	614	234	43	1	2	1	9	.405	.445	.849	101	30	.382	133	24.4
9	George Bell G. Bell	.309	1986	TOR	159	641	101	198	38	6	31	108	41	2	62	7	8	690	341	75	0	6	3	15	.349	.532	.881	113	33.7	.382	135	28.9
10	Julio Franco J. Franco	.306	1986	CLE	149	599	80	183	30	5	10	74	32	0	66	10	7	636	253	45	0	5	1	28	.338	.422	.760	82	8.2	.337	105	3.8
11	Eddie Murray E. Murray	.305	1986	BAL	137	495	61	151	25	1	17	84	78	0	49	3	0	578	229	43	0	5	7	17	.396	.463	.859	94	27	.380	136	25
12	Mike Easler M. Easler	.302	1986	NYY	146	490	64	148	26	2	14	78	49	0	87	3	2	546	220	42	2	5	13	17	.362	.449	.811	77	13.6	.352	119	12.4
13	Joe Carter J. Carter	.302	1986	CLE	162	663	108	200	36	9	29	121	32	5	95	29	7	709	341	74	1	8	3	8	.335	.514	.849	108	26.5	.368	125	21.6
14	Tony Bernazard T. Bernazard	.301	1986	CLE	146	562	88	169	28	4	17	73	53	6	77	17	8	636	256	49	7	8	5	6	.362	.456	.818	93	19.8	.360	120	15.4
15	Scott Fletcher S. Fletcher	.300	1986	TEX	147	530	82	159	34	5	3	50	47	4	59	12	11	594	212	42	10	3	0	10	.360	.400	.760	79	10.1	.342	107	5.3
16	Harold Baines H. Baines	.296	1986	CWS	145	570	72	169	29	2	21	88	38	2	89	2	1	618	265	52	0	8	9	14	.338	.465	.803	85	13.4	.348	110	7.7
17	Pete O'Brien P. O'Brien	.290	1986	TEX	156	551	86	160	23	3	23	90	87	0	66	4	4	641	258	49	0	3	11	19	.385	.468	.854	102	27.7	.375	129	22.5
18	George Brett G. Brett	.290	1986	KCR	124	441	70	128	28	4	16	73	80	4	45	1	2	529	212	48	0	4	18	6	.401	.481	.881	86	25.4	.381	134	21.7
19	Wally Joyner W. Joyner	.290	1986	CAL	154	593	82	172	27	3	22	100	57	2	58	5	2	674	271	52	10	12	8	11	.348	.457	.805	94	16	.350	117	13.6
20	Jesse Barfield J. Barfield	.289	1986	TOR	158	589	107	170	35	2	40	108	69	8	146	8	8	671	329	77	0	5	5	9	.368	.559	.927	120	42.5	.401	147	37.8
21	Brook Jacoby B. Jacoby	.288	1986	CLE	158	583	83	168	30	4	17	80	56	0	137	2	1	641	257	51	1	1	5	15	.350	.441	.791	89	14.8	.350	113	10.4
22	Lonnie Smith L. Smith	.287	1986	KCR	134	508	80	146	25	7	8	44	46	10	78	26	9	568	209	40	2	2	0	10	.357	.411	.768	77	11.3	.346	111	7.4
23	Lee Lacy L. Lacy	.287	1986	BAL	130	491	77	141	18	0	11	47	37	0	71	4	6	537	192	29	4	5	2	12	.334	.391	.725	63	1.4	.324	99	-0.5
24	Gary Gaetti G. Gaetti	.287	1986	MIN	157	596	91	171	34	1	34	108	52	6	108	14	15	661	309	69	1	6	4	18	.347	.518	.865	105	29.1	.376	129	22.9
25	Marty Barrett M. Barrett	.286	1986	BOS	158	625	94	179	39	4	4	60	65	1	31	15	7	713	238	47	18	4	0	13	.353	.381	.733	89	6.4	.332	100	-0.2

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