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Below is a chart of the leading high school baseball hitters in the Muskegon area, through April 27. The hitters are ranked by batting average. and must have played at least five games with 15 at bats to qualify for the leader board.
Next week’s LSJ leader board will have area softball pitching and hitting leaders.
MINIMUM 5 GAMES, 15 AT BATS
| Name | School | GP | AB | Hits | HR | RBI | AVG |
| Logan Nelson | Fremont | 14 | 46 | 26 | 1 | 14 | .565 |
| Payton Mansfield | Fremont | 14 | 41 | 22 | 4 | 30 | .537 |
| Troy Atwood | Kent City | 6 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 2 | .530 |
| Logan Claeys | Shelby | 7 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 5 | .529 |
| Tommy Kartes | MCC | 7 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .526 |
| Charlie Branch | N. Muskegon | 7 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 8 | .526 |
| Alec Cutter | N. Muskegon | 11 | 31 | 16 | 1 | 11 | .516 |
| Adian Poling | Holton | 9 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 2 | .500 |
| Max Price | MCC | 7 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 13 | .500 |
| Navarre Klint | MCC | 7 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 7 | .476 |
| Ty Coletta | Oakridge | 5 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .471 |
| Owen Swanson | Orchard View | 8 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 6 | .471 |
| Aiden Raymond | Whitehall | 5 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .462 |
| Sam Kartes | MCC | 7 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .450 |
| Webb Longcore | Kent City | 6 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 8 | .440 |
| Troy McManus | N. Muskegon | 11 | 40 | 17 | 0 | 13 | .425 |
| Brad Mesyar | Ludington | 11 | 34 | 14 | 0 | 14 | .412 |
| Diego Pena | Mona Shores | 11 | 34 | 14 | 1 | 13 | .412 |
| Samual VanOrman | WMC | 7 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .412 |
| Cody Nash | Fruitport | 10 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 6 | .407 |
| Joe Duplissis | N. Muskegon | 11 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 6 | .405 |
| Chase Albright | Holton | 9 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .400 |
| Mason Brunworth | Mona Shores | 11 | 30 | 12 | 0 | 5 | .400 |
| Kaden Edwards | RP | 6 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 6 | .400 |
| Denny Belmonte | N. Muskegon | 10 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 9 | .393 |
| Jacob Irelan | Ludington | 11 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 3 | .391 |
| Cayden Ritchie | Whitehall | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .385 |
| Micah TerHaar | WMC | 7 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 4 | .381 |
| Stephen Weinert | Ludington | 11 | 32 | 12 | 0 | 2 | .375 |
| Cole Crabtree | WMC | 6 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| Cody Matuz | Fruitport | 10 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 10 | .367 |
| Mayson Whitlow | Fruitport | 9 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 2 | .360 |
| Gabe Hogenson | Ludington | 11 | 28 | 10 | 0 | 4 | .357 |
| Aaron Sander | Fruitport | 9 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 4 | .333 |
| Ethan Miller | Oakridge | 6 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Sam Liggett | WMC | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | .333 |
| Mason Westbrook | Kent City | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 7 | .330 |
| Sam Sipe | WMC | 7 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | .320 |
| Dewey Modaff | MCC | 7 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .316 |
| Jason Anderson | Mona Shores | 11 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 7 | .310 |
| Michael Baden | Fremont | 13 | 33 | 10 | 0 | 7 | .303 |
| Drew DeBlake | Fremont | 14 | 43 | 13 | 0 | 13 | .302 |
| Jeremy Ardshahi | RP | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
