MLB Baseball Career Batting Leaders - Major League Baseball

MLB Single-Season Batting Leaders

Statistics: Batting | Pitching
Type: Career | Single-Season (Post-1900) | Single-Season
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MLB Single-Season Batting Leaders - Batting Average
	PLAYER	YR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
1	Charles Smith	1929	66	246	86	111	29	4	22	81	48	0	16	0	.451
2	Hugh Duffy	1894	125	539	160	237	51	16	18	0	66	15	48	0	.440
3	Tip O'Neill	1887	124	517	167	225	52	19	14	0	50	0	30	0	.435
4	Charles Blackwell	1921	64	236	74	102	17	10	10	74	26	1	25	0	.432
5	Ross Barnes	1876	66	322	126	138	21	14	1	0	20	8	0	0	.429
6	Nap Lajoie	1901	131	544	145	232	48	14	14	0	24	0	27	0	.426
7	George Suttles	1926	89	358	90	152	28	19	32	130	31	0	15	0	.425
8	Rogers Hornsby	1924	143	536	121	227	43	14	25	94	89	32	5	12	.424
	Willie Keeler	1897	129	564	145	239	27	19	0	0	35	0	64	0	.424
10	Ernest Wilson	1927	67	249	65	105	30	6	9	65	30	0	20	0	.422
	PLAYER	YR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	Roy Parnell	1927	87	334	86	141	24	10	11	75	25	0	19	0	.422
12	Ty Cobb	1911	146	591	147	248	47	24	8	0	44	0	83	0	.420
	George Sisler	1922	142	586	134	246	42	18	8	105	49	14	51	19	.420
14	Tuck Turner	1894	80	339	91	141	21	9	1	0	23	13	11	0	.416
15	Herbert Dixon	1929	76	277	77	115	23	7	16	92	33	0	22	0	.415
16	Willie Wells	1930	91	339	113	140	35	3	17	116	53	0	18	0	.413
17	Fred Dunlap	1884	101	449	160	185	39	8	13	0	29	0	0	0	.412
18	Jesse Burkett	1896	133	586	160	240	27	16	6	0	49	19	34	0	.410
	Ed Delahanty	1899	146	581	135	238	55	9	9	0	55	0	30	0	.410
20	Jesse Burkett	1895	131	550	153	225	22	13	5	0	74	31	41	0	.409
	PLAYER	YR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	Ty Cobb	1912	140	553	120	226	30	23	7	0	43	0	61	0	.409
22	Joe Jackson	1911	147	571	126	233	45	19	7	0	56	0	41	0	.408
23	Sam Thompson	1894	99	437	108	178	29	27	13	0	40	13	24	0	.407
	Ed Delahanty	1894	114	489	147	199	39	18	4	0	60	16	21	0	.407
	George Sisler	1920	154	631	137	257	49	18	19	122	46	19	42	17	.407
26	Ted Williams	1941	143	456	135	185	33	3	37	120	145	27	2	4	.406
	Oscar Johnson	1922	68	239	45	97	19	11	11	64	15	1	9	0	.406
	Oscar Johnson	1923	98	374	91	152	32	13	20	120	38	0	17	0	.406
29	Ed Delahanty	1895	116	480	149	194	49	10	11	0	86	31	46	0	.404
	Billy Hamilton	1894	129	544	192	220	25	15	4	0	126	17	98	0	.404
	PLAYER	YR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	Ernest Wilson	1929	76	280	77	113	23	4	10	75	44	0	21	0	.404
	Edgar Wesley	1925	60	228	58	92	12	4	17	73	28	0	10	0	.404
33	Harry Heilmann	1923	144	524	121	211	44	11	18	115	74	40	9	7	.403
	Rogers Hornsby	1925	138	504	133	203	41	10	39	143	83	39	5	3	.403
35	Pete Browning	1887	134	547	137	220	35	16	4	0	55	0	103	0	.402
36	Bill Terry	1930	154	633	139	254	39	15	23	129	57	33	8	0	.401
	Ty Cobb	1922	137	526	99	211	42	16	4	99	55	24	9	13	.401
	Rogers Hornsby	1922	154	623	141	250	46	14	42	152	65	50	17	12	.401
	Hughie Jennings	1896	130	521	125	209	27	9	0	0	19	11	70	0	.401
	Herbert Dixon	1928	59	217	52	87	14	7	13	53	34	2	15	0	.401
	PLAYER	YR	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
41	Cap Anson	1881	84	343	67	137	21	7	1	0	26	4	0	0	.399
	Don Padgett	1939	92	233	38	93	15	3	5	53	18	11	1	0	.399
43	Harry Heilmann	1927	141	505	106	201	50	9	14	120	72	16	11	5	.398
	Lefty O'doul	1929	154	638	152	254	35	6	32	122	76	19	2	0	.398
45	Ed Delahanty	1896	123	499	131	198	44	17	13	0	62	22	37	0	.397
	Rogers Hornsby	1921	154	592	131	235	44	18	21	126	60	48	13	13	.397
47	Jesse Burkett	1899	141	558	116	221	21	8	7	0	67	0	25	0	.396
	Walter Davis	1927	84	323	60	128	21	9	3	68	24	0	14	0	.396
49	Joe Jackson	1912	154	572	121	226	44	26	3	0	54	0	35	0	.395
50	Tony Gwynn	1994	110	419	79	165	35	1	12	64	48	19	5	0	.394

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