who led the nl in batting average in 1959

Hank Aaron had the highest batting average in the NL in a season in 1959, with an average of .355.

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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	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	.355	1959	MIL	154	629	116	223	46	7	39	123	51	4	54	8	0	693	400	92	0	9	17	19	.401	.636	1.037	145	66.1	.440	175	65.4
2	Joe Cunningham J. Cunningham	.345	1959	STL	144	458	65	158	28	6	7	60	88	5	47	2	6	556	219	41	2	3	9	9	.453	.478	.931	105	41.4	.414	145	31.3
3	Orlando Cepeda O. Cepeda	.317	1959	SFG	151	605	92	192	35	4	27	105	33	5	100	23	9	647	316	66	0	4	10	10	.355	.522	.878	105	30.9	.379	131	25.1
4	Vada Pinson V. Pinson	.316	1959	CIN	154	648	131	205	47	9	20	84	55	1	98	21	6	706	330	76	2	0	3	9	.371	.509	.880	118	37.5	.386	130	26.3
5	Willie Mays W. Mays	.313	1959	SFG	151	575	125	180	43	5	34	104	65	2	58	27	4	648	335	82	0	6	9	11	.381	.583	.964	122	48.2	.413	152	42.4
6	Frank Robinson F. Robinson	.311	1959	CIN	146	540	106	168	31	4	36	125	69	8	93	18	8	626	315	71	0	9	9	16	.391	.583	.975	120	48.6	.418	149	38.7
7	Johnny Temple J. Temple	.311	1959	CIN	149	598	102	186	35	6	8	67	72	2	40	14	3	696	257	49	11	13	2	11	.380	.430	.809	102	22.6	.360	113	11.6
8	Ken Boyer K. Boyer	.309	1959	STL	149	563	86	174	18	5	28	94	67	2	77	12	6	633	286	51	0	1	7	7	.384	.508	.892	109	36	.391	131	24.5
9	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	.306	1959	MIL	148	594	118	182	16	8	46	114	80	3	71	2	1	682	352	70	3	2	2	6	.390	.593	.983	136	57.5	.426	166	56.9
10	Ernie Banks E. Banks	.304	1959	CHC	155	589	97	179	25	6	45	143	64	7	72	2	4	671	351	76	2	9	20	18	.374	.596	.970	125	47.6	.409	147	40.1
11	Wally Moon W. Moon	.302	1959	LAD	145	543	93	164	26	11	19	74	81	3	64	15	6	637	269	56	8	2	1	9	.394	.495	.890	111	37.5	.394	133	26.7
12	Bill White B. White	.302	1959	STL	138	517	77	156	33	9	12	72	34	2	61	15	10	561	243	54	3	5	1	5	.344	.470	.814	81	17	.357	110	6.8
13	Don Hoak D. Hoak	.294	1959	PIT	155	564	60	166	29	3	8	65	71	4	75	9	2	651	225	40	6	6	4	18	.374	.399	.773	89	14.7	.348	111	8.9
14	Gus Bell G. Bell	.293	1959	CIN	148	580	59	170	27	2	19	115	29	2	44	2	3	620	258	48	1	8	1	13	.325	.445	.770	81	9.5	.338	100	-0.3
15	Johnny Logan J. Logan	.291	1959	MIL	138	470	59	137	17	0	13	50	57	3	45	1	3	540	193	30	6	4	9	12	.369	.411	.780	73	11.6	.346	116	11.1
16	Don Blasingame D. Blasingame	.289	1959	STL	150	615	90	178	26	7	1	24	67	2	42	15	15	691	221	34	7	0	2	3	.361	.359	.720	85	5.3	.329	92	-7.2
17	Bill Bruton B. Bruton	.289	1959	MIL	133	478	72	138	22	6	6	41	35	1	54	13	5	522	190	34	7	1	2	9	.338	.397	.735	64	3.9	.328	105	3.4
18	Charlie Neal C. Neal	.287	1959	LAD	151	616	103	177	30	11	19	83	43	4	86	17	6	685	286	60	21	1	2	22	.337	.464	.802	97	18.5	.353	108	6.8
19	Ed Bouchee E. Bouchee	.285	1959	PHI	136	499	75	142	29	4	15	74	70	5	74	0	4	581	224	48	2	5	4	13	.375	.449	.824	88	21.4	.366	120	14.9
20	Jim Gilliam J. Gilliam	.282	1959	LAD	145	553	91	156	18	4	3	34	96	0	25	23	10	655	191	25	3	3	4	3	.387	.345	.732	85	9.9	.338	98	-1.2
21	Tony Taylor T. Taylor	.280	1959	CHC	150	624	96	175	30	8	8	38	45	6	86	23	9	688	245	46	6	7	0	8	.331	.393	.724	82	2.8	.324	94	-5
22	Bob Skinner B. Skinner	.280	1959	PIT	143	547	78	153	18	4	13	61	67	0	65	10	7	617	218	35	1	2	8	6	.357	.399	.756	80	8.9	.337	104	3.4
23	Gino Cimoli G. Cimoli	.279	1959	STL	143	519	61	145	40	7	8	72	37	2	83	7	0	569	223	55	7	4	2	19	.327	.430	.757	72	6.7	.334	95	-3.6
24	Dick Groat D. Groat	.275	1959	PIT	147	593	74	163	22	7	5	51	32	2	35	0	2	640	214	34	9	4	2	21	.312	.361	.673	64	-9.1	.301	82	-14.8
25	Willie Kirkland W. Kirkland	.272	1959	SFG	126	463	64	126	22	3	22	68	42	3	84	5	3	511	220	47	0	3	3	6	.335	.475	.810	73	14.5	.355	115	10

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