who led the nl in batting average in 1929

Lefty O'Doul had the highest batting average in the NL in 1929, with an average of .398.

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	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Lefty O'Doul L. O'Doul	.398	1929	PHN	154	638	152	254	35	6	32	122	76	4	19	2	731	397	73	13	.465	.622	1.087	178	80.8	.483	158	62.3
2	Babe Herman B. Herman	.381	1929	BKN	146	569	105	217	42	13	21	113	55	0	45	21	637	348	76	13	.436	.612	1.047	144	59.7	.463	155	51.1
3	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.380	1929	CHC	156	602	156	229	47	8	39	149	87	1	65	2	712	409	94	22	.459	.679	1.139	181	86.8	.497	174	77.3
4	Bill Terry B. Terry	.372	1929	NYG	150	607	103	226	39	5	14	117	48	0	35	10	673	317	58	18	.418	.522	.941	130	41.1	.425	133	33
5	Riggs Stephenson R. Stephenson	.362	1929	CHC	136	495	91	179	36	6	17	110	67	7	21	10	582	278	59	13	.445	.562	1.006	126	48.8	.452	148	41
6	Kiki Cuyler K. Cuyler	.360	1929	CHC	139	509	111	183	29	7	15	102	66	5	56	43	596	271	51	16	.438	.532	.970	122	43.4	.439	140	35.5
7	Pie Traynor P. Traynor	.356	1929	PIT	130	540	94	192	27	12	4	108	30	3	7	13	597	255	43	24	.393	.472	.865	99	20.4	.393	112	10.8
8	Chuck Klein C. Klein	.356	1929	PHN	149	616	126	219	45	6	43	145	54	0	61	5	679	405	94	9	.407	.657	1.065	153	63.4	.463	146	46.2
9	Lloyd Waner L. Waner	.353	1929	PIT	151	662	134	234	28	20	5	74	37	9	20	6	726	317	53	18	.395	.479	.874	123	27.1	.397	115	15.5
10	Hack Wilson H. Wilson	.345	1929	CHC	150	574	135	198	30	5	39	159	78	2	83	3	670	355	74	16	.425	.618	1.044	149	60	.459	152	51.1
11	Chick Hafey C. Hafey	.338	1929	SLN	134	517	101	175	47	9	29	125	45	2	42	7	572	327	85	8	.394	.632	1.026	121	45.4	.447	143	36.2
12	Taylor Douthit T. Douthit	.336	1929	SLN	150	613	128	206	42	7	9	62	79	5	49	8	708	289	58	11	.416	.471	.888	126	32.6	.407	120	21.2
13	Paul Waner P. Waner	.336	1929	PIT	151	596	131	200	43	15	15	100	89	3	24	15	703	318	73	15	.424	.534	.958	139	46.4	.431	134	35.1
14	Frankie Frisch F. Frisch	.334	1929	SLN	138	527	93	176	40	12	5	74	53	2	12	24	599	255	57	17	.397	.484	.881	103	23.7	.400	116	14.1
15	Mel Ott M. Ott	.328	1929	NYG	150	545	138	179	37	2	42	151	113	6	38	6	674	346	81	10	.449	.635	1.084	159	69.6	.475	162	61.5
16	Johnny Frederick J. Frederick	.328	1929	BKN	148	628	127	206	52	6	24	75	39	5	34	6	682	342	82	10	.372	.545	.917	121	30.8	.406	122	21.6
17	Pinky Whitney P. Whitney	.327	1929	PHN	154	612	89	200	43	14	8	115	61	2	35	7	697	295	65	22	.390	.482	.872	117	24.7	.395	107	7.1
18	George Sisler G. Sisler	.326	1929	BSN	154	629	67	205	40	8	2	79	33	4	17	6	686	267	50	20	.363	.424	.788	95	4.5	.361	97	-2.9
19	Edd Roush E. Roush	.324	1929	NYG	115	450	76	146	19	7	8	52	45	3	16	6	509	203	34	11	.390	.451	.841	81	13.9	.385	110	7.8
20	Fresco Thompson F. Thompson	.324	1929	PHN	148	623	115	202	41	3	4	53	75	1	34	16	715	261	48	16	.398	.419	.817	111	16.4	.380	98	-1.7
21	Adam Comorosky A. Comorosky	.321	1929	PIT	127	473	86	152	26	11	6	97	40	2	22	19	533	218	43	18	.377	.461	.838	83	12.4	.380	105	3.9
22	Freddie Lindstrom F. Lindstrom	.319	1929	NYG	130	549	99	175	23	6	15	91	30	0	28	10	600	255	44	21	.354	.464	.819	87	8.1	.369	101	0.8
23	Rube Bressler R. Bressler	.318	1929	BKN	136	456	72	145	22	8	9	77	67	1	27	4	539	210	39	15	.406	.461	.867	92	20.6	.398	117	13.4
24	Jim Bottomley J. Bottomley	.314	1929	SLN	146	560	108	176	31	12	29	137	70	1	54	3	648	318	72	17	.391	.568	.959	124	38.6	.423	130	28.2
25	Curt Walker C. Walker	.313	1929	CIN	141	492	76	154	28	15	7	83	85	2	17	17	601	233	50	22	.416	.474	.890	107	27.8	.407	125	22.1

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