who led the nl in batting average in 1944

Dixie Walker had the highest batting average in the NL in 1944, 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	PA	TB	XBH	SH	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Dixie Walker D. Walker	.357	1944	BKN	147	535	77	191	37	8	13	91	72	1	27	6	611	283	58	3	6	.434	.529	.963	120	54.2	.447	168	48.8
2	Stan Musial S. Musial	.347	1944	SLN	146	568	112	197	51	14	12	94	90	5	28	7	667	312	77	4	7	.440	.549	.990	136	63.8	.457	174	58
3	Joe Medwick J. Medwick	.337	1944	NYG	128	490	64	165	24	3	7	85	38	1	24	2	535	216	34	6	12	.386	.441	.826	82	24.5	.389	130	18.7
4	Johnny Hopp J. Hopp	.336	1944	SLN	139	527	106	177	35	9	11	72	58	2	47	15	591	263	55	4	6	.404	.499	.903	105	40.7	.420	151	35.5
5	Phil Cavarretta P. Cavarretta	.321	1944	CHC	152	614	106	197	35	15	5	82	67	3	42	4	692	277	55	8	10	.390	.451	.841	110	34.7	.394	138	30.8
6	Augie Galan A. Galan	.318	1944	BKN	151	547	96	174	43	9	12	93	101	2	23	4	654	271	64	4	8	.426	.495	.922	121	50	.431	158	44.3
7	Jim Russell J. Russell	.312	1944	PIT	152	580	109	181	34	14	8	66	79	5	63	6	664	267	56	0	8	.399	.460	.859	109	37.5	.403	138	29.5
8	Tommy Holmes T. Holmes	.309	1944	BSN	155	631	93	195	42	6	13	73	61	2	11	4	705	288	61	11	7	.372	.456	.828	108	31.8	.388	130	24.9
9	Frank McCormick F. McCormick	.305	1944	CIN	153	581	85	177	37	3	20	102	57	4	17	7	645	280	60	3	19	.371	.482	.853	104	33.9	.398	139	29.6
10	Eric Tipton E. Tipton	.301	1944	CIN	140	479	62	144	28	3	3	36	59	2	32	5	547	187	34	7	18	.380	.390	.770	76	16.5	.367	120	12.9
11	Bob Elliott B. Elliott	.297	1944	PIT	143	538	85	160	28	16	10	108	75	0	42	9	617	250	54	4	8	.383	.465	.848	98	31.7	.396	134	24.3
12	Ray Sanders R. Sanders	.295	1944	SLN	154	601	87	177	34	9	12	102	71	2	50	2	683	265	55	9	12	.371	.441	.812	102	27.8	.381	127	21.8
13	Babe Dahlgren B. Dahlgren	.289	1944	PIT	158	599	67	173	28	7	12	101	47	6	56	2	659	251	47	7	20	.347	.419	.766	88	16.6	.360	111	8.6
14	Mel Ott M. Ott	.288	1944	NYG	120	399	91	115	16	4	26	82	90	3	47	2	494	217	46	2	3	.423	.544	.967	97	43.8	.447	167	38.4
15	Ron Northey R. Northey	.288	1944	PHN	152	570	72	164	35	9	22	104	67	4	51	1	645	283	66	4	7	.367	.496	.863	105	35.3	.401	141	31
16	Bill Nicholson B. Nicholson	.287	1944	CHC	156	582	116	167	35	8	33	122	93	6	71	3	686	317	76	5	3	.391	.545	.935	127	52.9	.431	161	49.1
17	Roy Hughes R. Hughes	.287	1944	CHC	126	478	86	137	16	6	1	28	35	1	30	16	531	168	23	17	7	.337	.351	.688	58	0.6	.327	96	-2.3
18	Ray Mueller R. Mueller	.286	1944	CIN	155	555	54	159	24	4	10	73	53	4	47	4	618	221	38	6	12	.353	.398	.751	81	13.6	.356	113	9.6
19	Tony Lupien T. Lupien	.283	1944	PHN	153	597	82	169	23	9	5	52	56	2	29	18	667	225	37	12	4	.347	.377	.723	81	8.6	.343	105	4.2
20	Buster Adams B. Adams	.283	1944	PHN	151	584	86	165	35	3	17	64	74	7	74	2	682	257	55	17	11	.370	.440	.810	102	28	.382	129	23.5
21	Frenchy Bordagaray F. Bordagaray	.281	1944	BKN	130	501	85	141	26	4	6	51	36	1	22	3	548	193	36	10	10	.331	.385	.716	64	4.9	.338	100	0.1
22	Gee Walker G. Walker	.278	1944	CIN	121	478	56	133	21	3	5	62	23	5	48	7	511	175	29	5	15	.318	.366	.684	54	-0.8	.323	93	-4.2
23	Don Johnson D. Johnson	.278	1944	CHC	154	608	50	169	37	1	2	71	28	1	48	8	644	214	40	7	11	.311	.352	.663	64	-6	.313	87	-9.5
24	Jimmy Wasdell J. Wasdell	.277	1944	PHN	133	451	47	125	20	3	3	40	45	1	17	0	509	160	26	12	14	.344	.355	.699	58	3.2	.334	100	-0.2
25	Mickey Owen M. Owen	.273	1944	BKN	130	461	43	126	20	3	1	42	36	0	17	4	503	155	24	6	18	.326	.336	.662	51	-3.5	.316	87	-7.9

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