American League Batting Champions

Awarded annually to the player with the best batting average.

• Al Simmons

  Baseball player.

  • 1930-31 American League Batting Champion
• Al Kaline

  Baseball player.

  • 1955 American League Batting Champion
• Alex Johnson

  Baseball player.

  • 1970 American League Batting Champion
• Billy Goodman

  Baseball player.

  • 1950 American League Batting Champion
• Bobby Avila

  Baseball player.

  • 1954 American League Batting Champion
• Buddy Myer

  Baseball player.

  • 1935 American League Batting Champion
• Carl ''Yaz'' Yastrzemski

  American baseball player.

  • 1963, 1967-68 American League Batting Champion
• Carney Lansford

  Baseball player.

  • 1981 American League Batting Champion
• Charlie Gehringer

  Baseball player.

  • 1937 American League Batting Champion
• Dale Alexander

  Baseball player.

  • 1932 American League Batting Champion
• Don Mattingly

  Baseball player.

  • 1984 American League Batting Champion
• Ed Delahanty

  Baseball player.

  • 1902 American League Batting Champion
• Edgar Martinez

  Baseball player.

  • 1992, 1995 American League Batting Champion
• Elmer H. Flick

  Baseball player.

  • 1905 American League Batting Champion
• Ferris Fain

  Baseball player.

  • 1951-52 American League Batting Champion
• Frank Thomas

  Baseball player.

  • 1997 American League Batting Champion
• Fred Lynn

  American baseball player.

  • 1979 American League Batting Champion
• George Kell

  Baseball player.

  • 1949 American League Batting Champion
• George Stone

  Baseball player.

  • 1906 American League Batting Champion
• George Sisler

  Baseball player.

  • 1920, 1922 American League Batting Champion
• George ''Babe'' Ruth (born 1895, died 1948)

  Perhaps the most famous baseball player of all time.

  • 1924 American League Batting Champion
• Leon Allen ''Goose'' Goslin (born 1900, died 1971)

  Baseball player.

  • 1928 American League Batting Champion
• Harry Heilmann

  Baseball player.

  • 1921, 1923, 1925, 1927 American League Batting Champion
• Harvey Kuenn

  Baseball player.

  • 1959 American League Batting Champion
• Hnery Manush

  Baseball player.

  • 1926 American League Batting Champion
• Jimmie Foxx

  Baseball player.

  • 1933, 1938 American League Batting Champion
• John Olerud

  Baseball player.

  • 1993 American League Batting Champion
• Julio Franco

  Baseball player.

  • 1991 American League Batting Champion
• Kirby Puckett

  Baseball player.

  • 1989 American League Batting Champion
• Lew Fonseca

  Baseball player.

  • 1929 American League Batting Champion
• Lou Gehrig (born 1903, died 1941)

  Baseball player who set a record for consecutive games played (2,130) that stood for more than 50 years. Gehrig was struck down in his prime by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a rare disease now more commonly known as Lou Gherig's Disease.

  • 1934 American League Batting Champion
• Lou Boudreau

  Baseball player.

  • 1944 American League Batting Champion
• Luke Appling

  Baseball player.

  • 1936, 1943 American League Batting Champion
• Mickey Vernon

  Baseball player.

  • 1946, 1953 American League Batting Champion
• Mickey Mantle

  American baseball player.

  • 1956 American League Batting Champion
• Nap Lajoie

  Baseball player.

  • 1901, 1903-04 American League Batting Champion
• Norm Cash

  Baseball player.

  • 1961 American League Batting Champion
• Paul O'Neill

  Baseball player.

  • 1994 American League Batting Champion
• Pete Runnels

  Baseball player.

  • 1960, 1962 American League Batting Champion
• Ted Williams

  American baseball player and manager known as ''the Splendid Splinter'' for his batting prowess.

  • 1941-41, 1947-48, 1957-58 American League Batting Champion
• Tony Oliva

  Baseball player.

  • 1964-65, 1971 American League Batting Champion
• Tris Speaker

  Baseball player.

  • 1916 American League Batting Champion
• Ty Cobb (born 1886, died 1961)

  Legendary baseball player and manager known as the

  • 1907-15, 1917-19 American League Batting Champion
• Wade Boggs

  Baseball player.

  • 1983, 1985-88 American League Batting Champion
• Willie Wilson

  Baseball player.

  • 1982 American League Batting Champion
• George Brett (born 1953)

  American baseball player.

  • 1976, 1980, 1990 American League Batting Champion
• Rod Carew (born 1945)

  Baseball player.

  • 1969, 1972-75, 1977-78 American League Batting Champion
• Joe DiMaggio (born 1914, died 1999)

  ''Joltin' Joe,'' one of baseball's most loved and respected figures.

  • 1939-40 American League Batting Champion
• Alex Rodriguez

  Baseball player.

  • 1996 American League batting champion