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In MLB, a player in each league wins the "batting title" each season for having the highest batting average that year. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The American League (AL) winner is known as the " Rod Carew American League Batting Champion ", while the National League (NL) leader is designated the " Tony Gwynn National League Batting Champion ".
Leading either the American League or the National League in a particular category is referred to as a title. The following lists describe which players hold the most titles in a career for a particular category. Listed are players with four or more titles in a category. Active players are highlighted.
National League hitting Triple Crown winners (6 P) Pages in category "National League batting champions" The following 87 pages are in this category, out of 87 total.
Rico Carty, who won the 1970 NL batting title when he hit a major league-best .366 for the Atlanta Braves, has died. Major League Baseball, the players’ association and the Braves paid tribute ...
He was the 1978 NL MVP, won the 1977 and ’78 NL batting titles, and was a seven-time All-Star and three-time Gold Glove right fielder. ... Allen was seven-time All-Star who was voted the 1964 NL ...
List of Major League Baseball titles leaders; List of Major League Baseball career games started leaders; List of Major League Baseball career games played leaders; List of Major League Baseball career WAR leaders; List of Major League Baseball consecutive games played leaders; List of Major League Baseball longest winning streaks
The year after he won the batting title, McNeil's average dropped from .326 to .270, and he played the final few weeks of the season with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his left elbow.
The NL was advised to adopt 400 at-bats for the 1945 season, but National League President Ford Frick refused, feeling that 100 games should stand for the benefit of catchers and injured players. (Taffy Wright is often erroneously said to have been cheated out of the 1938 batting title; he batted .350 in exactly 100 games, with 263 ABs.