List of Major League Baseball batting champions

Table columns:
Year
Winner
AVG
Team(s)
Runner-up
2nd AVG
Ref

Table rows:
cells: 1901
Nap Lajoie†
.426
Philadelphia Athletics
Mike Donlin
.340
[168]
cells: 1902
Disputed[1902b]
Disputed[1902b]
Disputed[1902b]
Disputed[1902b]
Disputed[1902b]
—
cells: 1903
Nap Lajoie†
.344
Cleveland Naps
Sam Crawford†
.335
[169]
cells: 1904
Nap Lajoie†
.376
Cleveland Naps
Willie Keeler†
.343
[170]
cells: 1905
Elmer Flick†
.308
Cleveland Naps
Willie Keeler†
.302
[171]
cells: 1906
George Stone
.358
St. Louis Browns
Nap Lajoie†
.355
[172]
cells: 1907
Ty Cobb†
.350
Detroit Tigers
Sam Crawford†
.323
[173]
cells: 1908
Ty Cobb†
.324
Detroit Tigers
Sam Crawford†
.311
[174]
cells: 1909
Ty Cobb†
.377
Detroit Tigers
Eddie Collins†
.347
[175]
cells: 1910
Ty Cobb†
—
cells: 1911
Ty Cobb†
.420
Detroit Tigers
Shoeless Joe Jackson
.408
[176]
cells: 1912
Ty Cobb†
.409
Detroit Tigers
Shoeless Joe Jackson
.395
[177]
cells: 1913
Ty Cobb†
.390
Detroit Tigers
Shoeless Joe Jackson
.373
[178]
cells: 1914
Ty Cobb†
.368
Detroit Tigers
Eddie Collins†
.344
[179]
cells: 1915
Ty Cobb†
.369
Detroit Tigers
Eddie Collins†
.332
[180]
cells: 1916
Tris Speaker†
.386
Cleveland Indians
Ty Cobb†
.371
[181]
cells: 1917
Ty Cobb†
.383
Detroit Tigers
George Sisler†
.353
[182]
cells: 1918
Ty Cobb†
.382
Detroit Tigers
George Burns
.352
[183]
cells: 1919
Ty Cobb†
.384
Detroit Tigers
Bobby Veach
.355
[184]
cells: 1920
George Sisler†
.407
St. Louis Browns
Tris Speaker†
.388
[185]
cells: 1921
Harry Heilmann†
.394
Detroit Tigers
Ty Cobb†
.389
[186]
cells: 1922
George Sisler†
.420
St. Louis Browns
Ty Cobb†
.401
[187]
cells: 1923
Harry Heilmann†
.403
Detroit Tigers
Babe Ruth†
.393
[188]
cells: 1924
Babe Ruth†
.378
New York Yankees
Charlie Jamieson
.359
[189]
cells: 1925
Harry Heilmann†
.393
Detroit Tigers
Tris Speaker†
.389
[190]
cells: 1926
Heinie Manush†
.378
Detroit Tigers
Babe Ruth†
.372
[191]
cells: 1927
Harry Heilmann†
.398
Detroit Tigers
Al Simmons†
.392
[192]
cells: 1928
Goose Goslin†
.379
Washington Senators
Heinie Manush†
.378
[193]
cells: 1929
Lew Fonseca
.369
Cleveland Indians
Al Simmons†
.365
[194]
cells: 1930
Al Simmons†
.381
Philadelphia Athletics
Lou Gehrig†
.379
[195]
cells: 1931
Al Simmons†
.390
Philadelphia Athletics
Babe Ruth†
.373
[196]
cells: 1932
Dale Alexander
.367
Detroit TigersBoston Red Sox
Jimmie Foxx†
.364
[197]
cells: 1933
Jimmie Foxx†
.356
Philadelphia Athletics
Heinie Manush†
.336
[198]
cells: 1934
Lou Gehrig†
.363
New York Yankees
Charlie Gehringer†
.356
[199]
cells: 1935
Buddy Myer
.349
Washington Senators
Joe Vosmik
.348
[200]
cells: 1936
Luke Appling†
.388
Chicago White Sox
Earl Averill†
.378
[201]
cells: 1937
Charlie Gehringer†
.371
Detroit Tigers
Lou Gehrig†
.351
[202]
cells: 1938
Jimmie Foxx†
.349
Boston Red Sox
Jeff Heath
.343
[203]
cells: 1939
Joe DiMaggio†
.381
New York Yankees
Jimmie Foxx†
.360
[204]
cells: 1940
Joe DiMaggio†
.352
New York Yankees
Luke Appling†
.348
[205]
cells: 1941
Ted Williams†
.406
Boston Red Sox
Cecil Travis
.359
[206]
cells: 1942
Ted Williams†
.356
Boston Red Sox
Johnny Pesky
.331
[207]
cells: 1943
Luke Appling†
.328
Chicago White Sox
Dick Wakefield
.316
[208]
cells: 1944
Lou Boudreau†
.327
Cleveland Indians
Bobby Doerr†
.325
[209]
cells: 1945
Snuffy Stirnweiss
.309
New York Yankees
Tony Cuccinello
.308
[24]
cells: 1946
Mickey Vernon
.353
Washington Senators
Ted Williams†
.342
[210]
cells: 1947
Ted Williams†
.343
Boston Red Sox
Barney McCosky
.328
[211]
cells: 1948
Ted Williams†
.369
Boston Red Sox
Lou Boudreau†
.355
[212]
cells: 1949
George Kell†
.343
Detroit Tigers
Ted Williams†
.343
[213]
cells: 1950
Billy Goodman
.354
Boston Red Sox
George Kell†
.340
[214]
cells: 1951
Ferris Fain
.344
Philadelphia Athletics
Minnie Miñoso
.326
[215]
cells: 1952
Ferris Fain
.327
Philadelphia Athletics
Dale Mitchell
.323
[216]
cells: 1953
Mickey Vernon
.337
Washington Senators
Al Rosen
.336
[217]
cells: 1954
Bobby Ávila
.341
Cleveland Indians
Ted Williams†
.345[1954]
[218]
cells: 1955
Al Kaline†
.340
Detroit Tigers
Vic Power
.319
[219]
cells: 1956
Mickey Mantle†
.353
New York Yankees
Ted Williams†
.345
[220]
cells: 1957
Ted Williams†
.388
Boston Red Sox
Mickey Mantle†
.365
[221]
cells: 1958
Ted Williams†
.328
Boston Red Sox
Pete Runnels
.322
[222]
cells: 1959
Harvey Kuenn
.353
Detroit Tigers
Al Kaline†
.327
[223]
cells: 1960
Pete Runnels
.320
Boston Red Sox
Al Smith
.315
[224]
cells: 1961
Norm Cash
.361
Detroit Tigers
Al Kaline†
.324
[225]
cells: 1962
Pete Runnels
.326
Boston Red Sox
Mickey Mantle†
.321
[226]
cells: 1963
Carl Yastrzemski†
.321
Boston Red Sox
Al Kaline†
.312
[227]
cells: 1964
Tony Oliva
.323
Minnesota Twins
Brooks Robinson†
.317
[228]
cells: 1965
Tony Oliva
.321
Minnesota Twins
Carl Yastrzemski†
.312
[229]
cells: 1966
Frank Robinson†
.316
Baltimore Orioles
Tony Oliva
.307
[230]
cells: 1967
Carl Yastrzemski†
.326
Boston Red Sox
Frank Robinson†
.311
[231]
cells: 1968
Carl Yastrzemski†
.301
Boston Red Sox
Danny Cater
.290
[232]
cells: 1969
Rod Carew†
.332
Minnesota Twins
Reggie Smith
.309
[233]
cells: 1970
Alex Johnson
.329
California Angels
Carl Yastrzemski†
.329
[234]
cells: 1971
Tony Oliva
.337
Minnesota Twins
Bobby Murcer
.331
[235]
cells: 1972
Rod Carew†
.318
Minnesota Twins
Lou Piniella
.312
[236]
cells: 1973
Rod Carew†
.350
Minnesota Twins
George Scott
.306
[237]
cells: 1974
Rod Carew†
.364
Minnesota Twins
Jorge Orta
.316
[238]
cells: 1975
Rod Carew†
.359
Minnesota Twins
Fred Lynn
.331
[239]
cells: 1976
George Brett†
.333
Kansas City Royals
Hal McRae
.332
[240]
cells: 1977
Rod Carew†
.388
Minnesota Twins
Lyman Bostock
.336
[241]
cells: 1978
Rod Carew†
.333
Minnesota Twins
Al Oliver
.324
[242]
cells: 1979
Fred Lynn
.333
Boston Red Sox
George Brett†
.329
[243]
cells: 1980
George Brett†
.390
Kansas City Royals
Cecil Cooper
.352
[244]
cells: 1981
Carney Lansford
.336
Boston Red Sox
Tom Paciorek
.326
[245]
cells: 1982
Willie Wilson
.332
Kansas City Royals
Robin Yount†
.331
[246]
cells: 1983
Wade Boggs†
.361
Boston Red Sox
Rod Carew†
.339
[247]
cells: 1984
Don Mattingly
.343
New York Yankees
Dave Winfield†
.340
[248]
cells: 1985
Wade Boggs†
.368
Boston Red Sox
George Brett†
.335
[249]
cells: 1986
Wade Boggs†
.357
Boston Red Sox
Don Mattingly
.352
[250]
cells: 1987
Wade Boggs†
.363
Boston Red Sox
Paul Molitor†
.353
[251]
cells: 1988
Wade Boggs†
.366
Boston Red Sox
Kirby Puckett†
.356
[252]
cells: 1989
Kirby Puckett†
.339
Minnesota Twins
Carney Lansford
.336
[253]
cells: 1990
George Brett†
.329
Kansas City Royals
Rickey Henderson†
.325
[254]
cells: 1991
Julio Franco
.341
Texas Rangers
Wade Boggs†
.332
[255]
cells: 1992
Edgar Martínez
.343
Seattle Mariners
Kirby Puckett†
.329
[256]
cells: 1993
John Olerud
.363
Toronto Blue Jays
Paul Molitor†
.332
[257]
cells: 1994
Paul O'Neill
.359
New York Yankees
Albert Belle
.357
[258]
cells: 1995
Edgar Martínez
.356
Seattle Mariners
Chuck Knoblauch
.333
[259]
cells: 1996
Alex Rodriguez
.358
Seattle Mariners
Frank Thomas†
.349
[260]
cells: 1997
Frank Thomas†
.347
Chicago White Sox
Edgar Martínez
.330
[261]
cells: 1998
Bernie Williams
.339
New York Yankees
Mo Vaughn
.337
[262]
cells: 1999
Nomar Garciaparra
.357
Boston Red Sox
Derek Jeter
.349
[263]
cells: 2000
Nomar Garciaparra
.372
Boston Red Sox
Darin Erstad
.355
[264]
cells: 2001
Ichiro Suzuki
.350
Seattle Mariners
Jason Giambi
.342
[265]
cells: 2002
Manny Ramirez
.349
Boston Red Sox
Mike Sweeney
.340
[266]
cells: 2003
Bill Mueller
.326
Boston Red Sox
Manny Ramirez
.325
[267]
cells: 2004
Ichiro Suzuki
.372
Seattle Mariners
Melvin Mora
.340
[268]
cells: 2005
Michael Young
.331
Texas Rangers
Alex Rodriguez
.321
[269]
cells: 2006
Joe Mauer
.347
Minnesota Twins
Derek Jeter
.344
[270]
cells: 2007
Magglio Ordóñez
.363
Detroit Tigers
Ichiro Suzuki
.351
[271]
cells: 2008
Joe Mauer
.328
Minnesota Twins
Dustin Pedroia
.326
[272]
cells: 2009
Joe Mauer
.365
Minnesota Twins
Ichiro Suzuki
.352
[273]
cells: 2010
Josh Hamilton
.359
Texas Rangers
Miguel Cabrera
.328
[274]
cells: 2011
Miguel Cabrera
.344
Detroit Tigers
Michael Young
.338
[275]
cells: 2012
Miguel Cabrera
.330
Detroit Tigers
Mike Trout
.326
[276]
cells: 2013
Miguel Cabrera
.348
Detroit Tigers
Joe Mauer
.324
[277]
cells: 2014
José Altuve
.341
Houston Astros
Victor Martinez
.335
[278]
cells: 2015
Miguel Cabrera
.338
Detroit Tigers
Xander Bogaerts
.320
[279]
cells: 2016
José Altuve
.338
Houston Astros
Mookie Betts
.318
[280]
cells: 2017
José Altuve
.346
Houston Astros
Avisail García
.330
[281]

Questions about this table:
originalText: who was the last red sox player to win a batting title
answer: answerTexts: Bill Mueller