who led the nl in batting average in 1958

Richie Ashburn had the best batting average in the NL in 1958, with an average of .350.

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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	Richie Ashburn R. Ashburn	.350	1958	PHI	152	615	98	215	24	13	2	33	97	4	48	30	12	725	271	39	7	2	7	8	.440	.441	.881	124	42.7	.395	138	34.1
2	Willie Mays W. Mays	.347	1958	SFG	152	600	121	208	33	11	29	96	78	1	56	31	6	685	350	73	0	6	12	11	.419	.583	1.002	137	59.7	.431	162	53
3	Stan Musial S. Musial	.337	1958	STL	135	472	64	159	35	2	17	62	72	1	26	0	0	549	249	54	0	4	26	19	.423	.528	.950	98	36.5	.405	141	28.1
4	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	.326	1958	MIL	153	601	109	196	34	4	30	95	59	1	49	4	1	664	328	68	0	3	16	21	.386	.546	.931	117	42.1	.401	149	40.1
5	Bob Skinner B. Skinner	.321	1958	PIT	144	529	93	170	33	9	13	70	58	2	55	12	4	596	260	55	2	5	7	11	.387	.491	.879	97	29.9	.384	133	24.1
6	Ernie Banks E. Banks	.313	1958	CHC	154	617	119	193	23	11	47	129	52	4	87	4	4	682	379	81	1	8	12	14	.366	.614	.980	128	51.5	.416	151	43.3
7	Orlando Cepeda O. Cepeda	.312	1958	SFG	148	603	88	188	38	4	25	96	29	3	84	15	11	644	309	67	0	9	7	18	.342	.512	.854	97	24.5	.369	123	18.2
8	Ken Boyer K. Boyer	.307	1958	STL	150	570	101	175	21	9	23	90	49	3	53	11	6	631	283	53	1	8	8	15	.360	.496	.857	96	25.5	.372	120	15.8
9	Johnny Temple J. Temple	.306	1958	CIN	141	542	82	166	31	6	3	47	91	0	41	15	8	652	218	40	17	2	0	8	.405	.402	.807	98	24.3	.368	117	13.6
10	Lee Walls L. Walls	.304	1958	CHC	136	513	80	156	19	3	24	72	47	8	62	4	4	576	253	46	6	2	0	10	.370	.493	.863	93	28.1	.382	130	21.3
11	Harry Anderson H. Anderson	.301	1958	PHI	140	515	80	155	34	6	23	97	59	3	95	0	2	585	270	63	3	5	10	12	.373	.524	.897	97	30.8	.387	133	23.8
12	Dick Groat D. Groat	.300	1958	PIT	151	584	67	175	36	9	3	66	23	4	32	2	2	622	238	48	6	5	7	21	.328	.408	.735	71	0.8	.322	93	-5.2
13	Alvin Dark A. Dark	.295	1958	TOT	132	528	61	156	16	4	4	48	31	5	29	1	1	572	192	24	2	6	1	16	.337	.364	.700	62	-2.2	.315	87	-9.3
14	Roberto Clemente R. Clemente	.289	1958	PIT	140	519	69	150	24	10	6	50	31	0	41	8	2	556	212	40	3	3	1	15	.327	.408	.736	65	2.7	.326	96	-2.7
15	Bobby Thomson B. Thomson	.283	1958	CHC	152	547	67	155	27	5	21	82	56	4	76	0	2	615	255	53	2	6	7	16	.351	.466	.817	87	17.9	.357	114	10.5
16	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	.281	1958	PIT	149	562	89	158	26	4	35	109	42	7	79	0	1	620	297	65	1	8	2	19	.334	.528	.863	96	26.3	.374	126	20.2
17	Gene Green G. Green	.281	1958	STL	137	442	47	124	18	3	13	55	37	1	48	2	1	489	187	34	2	7	4	24	.333	.423	.756	60	4.7	.332	95	-2.8
18	Bill Mazeroski B. Mazeroski	.275	1958	PIT	152	567	69	156	24	6	19	68	25	3	71	1	1	607	249	49	9	3	3	15	.308	.439	.747	72	3.5	.327	97	-2.4
19	Don Blasingame D. Blasingame	.274	1958	STL	143	547	71	150	19	10	2	36	57	1	47	20	5	608	195	31	2	1	2	14	.343	.356	.700	67	-1.3	.317	86	-10.6
20	Del Crandall D. Crandall	.272	1958	MIL	131	427	50	116	23	1	18	63	48	4	38	4	1	485	195	42	2	4	18	14	.348	.457	.805	64	9	.344	113	7.6
21	Dale Long D. Long	.271	1958	CHC	142	480	68	130	26	4	20	75	66	2	64	2	0	554	224	50	0	6	9	15	.357	.467	.824	79	17	.359	115	10.4
22	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	.269	1958	CIN	148	554	90	149	25	6	31	83	62	7	80	10	1	623	279	62	0	0	5	13	.350	.504	.854	96	26.2	.374	121	15.9
23	Bill Virdon B. Virdon	.267	1958	PIT	144	604	75	161	24	11	9	46	52	1	70	5	3	662	234	44	2	3	5	5	.324	.387	.712	72	-2.1	.316	90	-8.5
24	Walt Moryn W. Moryn	.264	1958	CHC	143	512	77	135	26	7	26	77	62	8	83	1	2	587	253	59	2	3	7	7	.350	.494	.845	88	22	.368	121	15
25	Don Zimmer D. Zimmer	.262	1958	LAD	127	455	52	119	15	2	17	60	28	1	92	14	2	495	189	34	9	2	1	17	.305	.415	.720	55	-0.4	.319	85	-9.1

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