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Single Season Batting Average
Bold denotes league record

Year Player Team Average
1901 Jack Hulseman Shreveport 0.392
1902 Jack Hulseman Shreveport 0.360
1903 James Smith New Orleans/Shreveport 0.354
1904 John Gilbert Little Rock 0.327
1905 Carleton Molesworth Montgomery 0.312
1906 Sid Smith Atlanta 0.326
1907 Buttermilk Meek Birmingham 0.340
1908 Tris Speaker Little Rock 0.350
1909 Bill McGilvray Birmingham 0.291
1910 Joe Jackson New Orleans  0.354
1911 Derrill Pratt Montgomery 0.316
1912 Harry Welchonce Atlanta 0.325
1913 Harry Welchonce Atlanta 0.338
1914 Moose McCormick Chattanooga 0.332
1915 Elmer Miller Mobile 0.326
1916 Bill Jacobson Little Rock 0.346
1917 Ham Hyatt Chattanooga 0.334
1918 Ira Flagstead Chattanooga 0.381
1919 Larry Gilbert New Orleans 0.349
1920 Harry Harper Little Rock 0.346
1921 Ike Boone New Orleans 0.389
1922 Dutch Scheibner Little Rock 0.354
1923 Emil Huhn Mobile 0.345
1924 Carlyle Smith Atlanta 0.379
1925 Wilbur Good Atlanta 0.379
1926 Tommy Taylor Memphis 0.383
1927 Wilbur Davis New Orleans 0.376
1928 Elliott Bigdelow Birmingham 0.395
1929 Art Weiss Birmingham 0.345
1930 Joe Hutcheson Memphis 0.380
1931 Moose Clabaugh Nashville 0.378
1932 Moose Clabaugh Nashville 0.382
1933 Frank Waddey Knoxville 0.361
1934 Phil Weintraub Nashville 0.401
1935 Doug Taitt Nashville 0.355
1936 Fred Sington Chattanooga 0.384
1937 Coaker Triplett Memphis 0.356
1938 Johnny Hill Atlanta 0.338
1939 Bert Haas Nashville 0.365
1940 Mike Dejan Chattanooga/Birmingham 0.371
1941 Les Fleming Nashville 0.414
1942 Charles English Nashville 0.341
1943 Ed Sauer Nashville 0.368
1944 Rene Monteagudo Chattanooga 0.370
1945 Gil Coan Chattonooga 0.372
1946 Tom Neill Birmingham 0.374
1947 Ted Kluszewski Memphis 0.377
1948 Smoky Burgess Nashville 0.384
1949 Bob Borkowski Nashville 0.376
1950 Pat Haggarty Little Rock 0.346
1951 Babe Barna Nashville 0.358
1952 Rance Pless Nashville 0.364
1953 William Taylor Nashville 0.350
1954 Bob Lennon Nashville 0.345
1955 Charles Williams Nashville 0.368
1956 Stan Roseboro Chattanooga 0.340
1957 Stan Palys Nashville 0.359
1958 Jim Fridley Nashville 0.348
1959 Gordy Coleman Mobile 0.353
1960 Stan Palys Birmingham 0.37
1961 Don Saner Little Rock 0.349

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