10. Andrés Giménez (Cleveland Guardians)
Andrés Giménéz is a shortstop and a second baseman player for the Cleveland Guardians. He is of Venezuelan nationality.
Giminez debuted with New York Mets in 2015 but was later traded to the Guardians on January 7, 2021. He has been playing for two seasons now.
The 2022 season was a breakthrough for the Venezuelan shortstop, batting at a .297 average with 17 home runs and 69 RBIs. He developed as a clutch hitter striking 181% better than the other average hitters.
Andres has been part of the All-Stars game as a second baseman and has won the Golden Glove Award during the same season. Recently, Giminez signed a contract extension with the Guardians.
9. Steven Kwan ( Cleveland Guardians)
Steven Kwan is an outfielder for the Cleveland Guardians. He made his MLB debut in 2022.
Kwan is an American professional baseball player raised in San Francisco.
The Guardians drafted him in the 2018 MLB draft, played for the minor leagues for four years, and later became a right fielder of Cleveland's opening-day lineup in 2022.
During the 2022 season, he maintained his batting average of.298 with six home runs, 19 stolen bases, and 60 strikeouts over 147 games. He was also awarded Rookie of the Month for April and September.
8. Jose Altuve (Houston Astros)
Jose Altuve is a Venezuelan international player currently playing for the Houston Astros. He was signed as a free agent by the Astros.
Altuve has been selected for the MLB All-Star team eight times in his career, holding the record for the most selections as an Astros player.
Jose appeared in his 1500th career game on July 3, 2022. He touched the batting average of .300 mark for the first time since 2018.
The Astros second baseman has won his sixth Slugger Award and first since 2018. Further, he was in the Astros winning squad during the World Series, where he won his second World Series title.
7. Nathaniel Lowe ( Texas Rangers)
Nathaniel Lowe is a first baseman for the Texas Rangers. Tampa Bay drafted him in the 2016 MLB draft.
Lowe was traded to the Rangers in 2020 and has been playing till now. In his previous season, he hit an average of .264 with 18 home runs.
During his 2022 season, Nathaniel became the first to strike out in two immaculate innings in a single game. He finished his 2022 season with a .302 batting average with 27 home runs and 76 RBIs.
The MLB first baseman also won the American League Silver Slugger Award for a first baseman. Recently he signed a one-year contract with the Rangers keeping him till the 2023 season.
6. Andrew Benintendi ( New York Yankees/ Kansas City Royals)
Andrew Benintendi has a batting average of .304 in the 2022 season. Benintendi plays as an outfielder for the Chicago White Sox.
Andrew made his first MLB debut in 2016 with the Red Sox. He played for the two clubs in the 2022 season following the transfer from the Royals to the Yankees.
Benintendi was selected as the single Royal's representative for the 2022 MLB All-Star roaster. He struck 17 home runs and 73 RBIs in 134 games played.
On January 03, 2023, he signed a five-year contract with the Chicago White Sox worth $75 million.
5. Jose Abreu ( Chicago White Sox )
Jose Abreu maintained his batting average of .304 in his 2022 season. He is a Cuban-born first baseman for the Astros.
Jose has his 2022 season better than his previous season as he batted .304/.378/.446 with 4.2 WAR and 15 home runs in 157 games played.
He has won the Silver Slugger Award three times and the American League's Most Valuable Player Award in 2020.
Later Abreu signed a three-year contract worth $58.5 million with the Astros on November 28, 2022.
4. Yordan Alvarez ( Houston Astros)
Yordan Alvarez had a .306 batting average in the 2022 season. Yordan is a Cuban-born professional left fielder.
He debuted in 2019 for the Astros when he was awarded American League Rookie of the Year with a .655 slugging percentage.
Alvarez's 11th home run against Washington created a new career best in fewer games to reach the total, beating 11 home runs in 30 games.
In 2022, he was selected for the All-Star team and won the second World Series title with the Astros.
Throughout the season, he batted .306/.406/.613 with his career-high home runs (37), producing a 187 adjusted OPS+, the second-highest in club history.
3. Xander Bogaerts (Boston Red Sox)
Xander Bogaerts is the third player in terms of batting average during the 2022 season in American League. He has a batting average of .307.
He played for the Red Sox before joining San Diego Padres on December 9, 2022.
In 2022, Bogaerts played as a primary shortstop for the Red Sox. He was selected for the 2022 All-Star Game roster as a reserve player.
His season concludes with a .307 batting average with 15 home runs and 73 RBIs in 150 games.
2. Aaron Judge (New York Yankees)
Aaron Judge has the second-highest batting average of .311 in the 2022 season. He is an outfielder for the Yankees.
Judge was selected as the American League Rookie of the Year in 2017 and was second for the Most Valuable Player Award the same year.
In the 2022 season, he led the chart for most home runs scored in a season with 62 and also won the Most Valuable Player Award. He came second in terms of batting average behind Luis Arraez.
1. Luis Arraez (Miami Marlins)
Luis Arraez has the highest batting average of .316 in the American League during the 2022 season. He plays as an infielder for the Miami Marlins.
During his 2022 season, he played for the Minnesota Twins, being selected in an All-Star team.
He won the American League batting title with his highest batting average in the league and the Silver Slugger Award.
He batted .316 with 50 walks and 43 strikeouts in the 547 bats he played. He has the highest conversion ratio of 94.1 % with the pitches thrown at him.
Later he got traded to Miami Marlins for the 2023 season with an annual salary of $6.1 million.
Who has the highest batting average in the MLB 2022?
Jeff McNeil had the highest batting average in the MLB in 2022. He has a batting average of .326.
McNeil is an American utility player for the New York Mets in MLB. He won the MLB batting title batting at a .3265 average throughout the season.
Before the 2021 season, Jeff was ranked the second-best second baseman in MLB with seven home runs and 35 RBIs.
He has his second All-Star selection in the 2022 season, becoming the first Mets player to start an All-Star game. McNeil won the National League batting title, becoming the first Met to lead MLB in batting average since Jose Reyes in 2011.
He later signed a contract renewal with the Mets with a four-year extension, including a fifth-year term option.
