LeMahieu wins National League batting title

DENVER — DJ LeMahieu added his name to the impressive list of National League batting champions who have represented the Rockies.

LeMahieu finished the year with a .348 (192-for-552) batting average — a point ahead of the Nationals’ Daniel Murphy (184-for-531, .347) — to give the club its 10th such title.

Andres Galarraga won with a .370 average in the Rockies’ expansion year of 1993. Larry Walker won three (1998, 1999, 2001), and other winners were Todd Helton (2000), Matt Holliday (2007), Carlos Gonzalez (2010), Michael Cuddyer (2013) and Justin Morneau (2014).

“It’s a good place to hit, obviously,” LeMahieu said. “There are a lot of good names that have done it in the past. It’s pretty cool.”

LeMahieu’s 2016 average led the Majors, was the eighth-highest in club history and was the highest since Helton batted .358 and finished a point behind the Cardinals’ Albert Pujols in 2003. It’s the highest average for an NL batting champ since the Braves’ Chipper Jones hit .364 in 2008.

“I wouldn’t have said it wasn’t possible, but I would have been surprised if someone would’ve told me that three or four years ago, when I was breaking into the big leagues,” said …

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