Stay up to date this MLB Season with the daily Baseball Reference Newsletter.

1936 Western League Batting Leaders

1935 Season 1937 Season

Classification: A

Overall: 381 games, 6 teams, approx. 127 games in season

Attendance: 186,414 (489/game)

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

League Player Batting

Sort By:
Minimum 127 AB's to appear on leaderboard

League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1	Joe Prerost	30	DAV	A	BRO	96	412	390	65	133	35	7	4	87	14	22	.341	.376	.497	.874	194	0
2	Dutch Prather*	29	OMA	A		126	518	435	102	140	20	6	22	101	8	79	.322	.426	.547	.973	238	4
3	Hal Luby	23	SXC	A		120	534	486	91	155	19	7	11	62	40	40	.319	.371	.455	.825	221	8
4	Dave Goodman*	25	OMA	A		126	553	478	101	152	33	14	11	92	30	68	.318	.403	.515	.918	246	7
5	Goldie Howard	23	CDR	A	STL	127	532	489	90	154	31	7	13	96	14	37	.315	.363	.487	.850	238	6
6	James Smilgoff?	25	SXC	A		76	293	264	34	81	15	2	1	29	3	27	.307	.371	.390	.761	103	2
7	Russ Scarritt	33	OMA	A		113	477	434	75	131	21	9	7	75	4	39	.302	.359	.440	.800	191	4
8	Phil Seghi?	27	SXC	A		125	530	509	72	153	21	4	14	104	8	16	.301	.322	.440	.762	224	5
9	Lee Riley	29	DAV	A	BRO	123	500	431	79	129	24	6	12	85	9	64	.299	.390	.466	.856	201	5
10	Al Van Camp	32	DMO	A		125	523	497	74	148	20	14	6	79	6	20	.298	.325	.431	.756	214	6
11	Otto Denning	23	DAV	A	BRO	114	466	432	73	128	34	3	5	74	9	27	.296	.338	.424	.761	183	7
12	Jiggs Gasaway?	20	CDR	A	STL	118	536	489	92	144	26	11	7	37	17	43	.295	.352	.436	.787	213	4
13	Skeeter Webb	26	CDR	A	STL	128	563	510	97	149	24	8	11	72	25	45	.292	.350	.435	.785	222	8
14	Edward Williford?	26	OMA	A		123	514	479	68	139	34	11	4	84	6	31	.290	.333	.432	.766	207	4
15	Jake Plummer	27	WLO	A		129	540	485	78	140	26	10	12	76	7	51	.289	.356	.458	.814	222	4
16	Stan Keyes	37	DMO	A		124	500	477	78	137	18	9	20	81	7	17	.287	.312	.489	.800	233	6
17	Jim Asbell	22	DMO	A		90	357	345	60	98	25	9	13	66	1	10	.284	.304	.522	.826	180	2
18	Russ DeForest?	22	CDR	A	STL	125	513	467	66	132	19	10	2	74	23	38	.283	.337	.379	.716	177	8
19	Ed Hall	30	DAV	A	BRO	80	324	290	51	82	16	2	6	46	8	28	.283	.346	.414	.760	120	6
20	Keith Clark?	35	OMA	A		85	315	286	40	80	15	5	0	35	2	28	.280	.344	.367	.711	105	1
21	Ray White?	24	DAV	A	BRO	125	512	481	59	134	17	4	0	55	2	24	.279	.313	.331	.644	159	7
22	Nick Polly	19	DAV	A	BRO	114	496	437	82	121	26	7	4	50	4	52	.277	.354	.396	.750	173	7
23	Ben Catchings	24	DMO	A		126	538	485	81	134	15	13	2	46	21	46	.276	.339	.373	.712	181	7
24	John Schinski?	30	SXC	A		120	544	481	93	132	21	4	6	53	17	58	.274	.353	.372	.725	179	5
25	Frank Piet?	23	DMO	A		113	425	400	60	109	32	1	7	47	5	22	.273	.310	.410	.720	164	3
26	Hal Cosbey	23	WLO	A		124	532	474	80	129	20	5	8	52	16	51	.272	.343	.386	.729	183	7
27	Walter Menke?	21	DMO	A		123	511	485	79	132	20	4	7	56	14	13	.272	.291	.373	.664	181	13
28	Pid Purdy	32	OMA	A		46	195	169	32	46	10	1	2	16	1	24	.272	.363	.379	.741	64	2
29	Oliver Blakeney	24	SXC	A		125	522	483	53	131	15	5	5	64	11	32	.271	.317	.354	.671	171	7
30	Pete Monahan*	34	SXC	A		123	500	450	58	122	18	1	10	61	4	47	.271	.340	.382	.722	172	3
31	Mel Preibisch	21	WLO	A		90	384	354	47	96	16	9	2	32	11	26	.271	.321	.384	.705	136	4
32	William Wilson?	30	DMO	A		128	500	472	39	126	25	10	5	56	2	25	.267	.304	.394	.698	186	3
33	Frank Hall?	24	DAV	A	BRO	122	567	479	84	127	17	3	0	49	6	78	.265	.368	.313	.681	150	10
34	Frank Leach?	23	SXC	A		121	518	457	95	121	17	12	9	74	11	58	.265	.348	.414	.761	189	3
35	Gene Rye	29	DAV	A	BRO	120	520	465	79	123	22	13	8	66	5	44	.265	.328	.419	.748	195	11
36	Joe Spadafore?	25	OMA	A		119	508	460	69	122	22	5	8	69	8	36	.265	.319	.387	.706	178	12
37	Bill Swinger	21	OMA	A		42	176	159	16	42	8	1	2	15	4	15	.264	.328	.365	.692	58	2
38	Harry Whitehouse?	28	SXC	A		96	403	376	50	99	17	7	5	62	7	24	.263	.308	.386	.693	145	3
39	Wayne McCue?	23	CDR	A	STL	73	290	268	32	70	16	4	0	30	0	19	.261	.310	.351	.661	94	3
40	Carl Beason	--	DAV	A	BRO	33	139	127	16	33	7	3	0	12	1	11	.260	.319	.362	.681	46	1
41	Ray Thomas	25	CDR	A	STL	78	296	262	40	68	15	1	5	32	7	30	.260	.336	.382	.717	100	4
42	Clarence Crossley?	34	CDR	A	STL	106	421	359	65	91	15	3	2	36	14	59	.254	.359	.329	.688	118	3
43	Alex Filbert?	21	CDR	A	STL	127	500	471	47	117	11	5	1	50	12	22	.248	.282	.299	.581	141	7
44	Pete Falk	24	DMO	A		97	362	342	36	83	10	7	2	37	5	17	.243	.279	.330	.609	113	3
45	Auggie Luther	24	WLO	A		67	264	251	33	60	11	6	7	37	8	11	.239	.271	.414	.685	104	2
46	Johnny Berger	34	WLO	A		60	211	173	24	40	8	0	1	19	2	35	.231	.361	.295	.655	51	3
47	Howard Taylor	26	CDR	A	STL	54	152	139	19	32	4	1	2	23	2	11	.230	.287	.317	.603	44	2
48	Victor Shiell	32	WLO	A		129	511	468	64	107	22	4	5	52	2	37	.229	.285	.325	.610	152	6
49	Frank Czarnecki?	19	DAV	A	BRO	63	237	215	22	49	5	4	4	34	0	21	.228	.297	.344	.641	74	1
50	Joseph Mahan?	--	WLO	A		33	137	128	11	29	0	1	0	7	2	2	.227	.239	.242	.481	31	7
51	Verne Richards	20	WLO	A		76	280	262	24	55	8	2	2	18	0	12	.210	.245	.279	.523	73	6
52	Charles Clements*	27	CDR	A	STL	37	170	149	20	30	5	0	2	15	0	19	.201	.292	.275	.567	41	2