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Single-Season Batting Average
Leaderboard
 
* - Indicates Hall of Fame
+ - indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet 502PA requirement.
Rank    Player Batting Average PA Year Career Leaderboard
1.    Joe Jackson .4457 697 1911  
2.    Joe Jackson .4142 681 1914  
3.    Joe Jackson .4073 662 1913  
4.    Joe Jackson .4052 662 1916  
5.    Joe Jackson .4014 659 1912  
6.    Chino Smith .4007 673 1924  
7.    Honus Wagner * .3963 682 1905  
8.    Nap Lajoie * .3918 583 1902  
9.    Joe Jackson .3915 637 1918  
10.    Hank Hulvey .3882 682 1926  
11.    Hank Hulvey .3880 681 1924  
12.    Homer Smoot * .3845 621 1905  
13.    Honus Wagner * .3824 587 1901  
14.    Mike Donlin * .3812 647 1905  
15.    Joe Jackson .3769 668 1917  
16.    Joe Jackson .3762 605 1921  
17.    Willie Keeler * .3729 644 1904  
18.    Hank Hulvey .3728 711 1925  
19.    Joe Jackson .3723 583 1925  
20.    Fred Clarke .3720 574 1903  
21.    Joe Jackson .3719 652 1915  
22.    Ed Delahanty * .3704 602 1901  
23.    George Van Haltren .3698 553 1902  
24.    Ty Cobb * .3680 655 1913  
25.    Ray Rohwer .3676+ 495 1924  
26.    Ty Cobb * .3665 611 1909  
27.    Johnny Bassler .3663 544 1920  
28.    Amby McConnell .3643 585 1921  
29.    Homer Smoot * .3642 694 1912  
30.    George Sisler .3639 654 1925  
31.    Dutch Zwilling .3631 581 1921  
32.    Ed Hock .3630+ 492 1924  
33.    Mike Donlin * .3630 613 1906  
34.    Nap Lajoie * .3628 619 1905  
35.    Mike Donlin * .3627 561 1904  
36.    Oscar Charleston .3624 627 1920  
37.    Joe Jackson .3601 618 1922  
38.    Cy Seymour .3598 576 1903  
39.    Lefty O'Doul .3596+ 498 1923  
40.    Homer Smoot * .3596 558 1903  
41.    Eusebio Gonzalez .3596+ 481 1923  
42.    Nap Lajoie * .3581 643 1904  
43.    Oscar Charleston .3571 629 1921  
  Curt Walker .3571 542 1921  
  Frank Chance * .3571 649 1904  
46.    Ed Delahanty * .3566 609 1902  
47.    Ginger Beaumont * .3562 620 1905  
48.    Elmer Flick * .3562 628 1903  
49.    John Anderson .3558 558 1901  
50.    Louis Santop .3554 583 1923  
51.    Hank Hulvey .3552 594 1927  
52.    Nap Lajoie * .3551 619 1907  
53.    George Bone .3550 597 1905  
54.    Elmer Smith .3545 633 1921  
55.    Roger Bresnahan .3545 572 1905  
56.    Mike Donlin * .3535 580 1902  
57.    Ty Cobb * .3532 659 1912  
58.    Hank Hulvey .3531 635 1928  
59.    Sam Crawford * .3529 628 1908  
60.    Johnny Bassler .3527+ 492 1918  
61.    Bill Keister .3522 591 1903  
62.    Roy Grimes .3522 579 1924  
63.    Roy Thomas .3519 594 1902  
64.    Chick Stahl .3517 587 1903  
65.    Claude Ritchey .3517 672 1904  
66.    Ray Blades .3516 531 1923  
67.    Roger Peckinpaugh .3510 632 1922  
68.    Chino Smith .3499 660 1926  
69.    George Sisler .3499 615 1921  
70.    Sam Rice .3495 639 1916  
71.    George Sisler .3495 633 1920  
72.    Oscar Charleston .3495 613 1923  
73.    Oscar Charleston .3494 600 1919  
74.    Babe Herman .3492 614 1926  
75.    Jack McCarthy .3490 538 1903  
76.    Emmet Heidrick * .3489 574 1903  
77.    Charlie Hickman .3487 622 1904  
78.    Frank Welch .3485 555 1926  
79.    Bob Meusel .3485 583 1922  
80.    Gene Demontreville .3485 539 1902  
81.    Ty Cobb * .3481 666 1911  
82.    Bill Mellor .3480 613 1904  
83.    Riggs Stephenson .3477 618 1921  
84.    Jay Kirke .3474 509 1920  
85.    Danny Green .3471 619 1905  
86.    Buck Freeman .3471 575 1901  
87.    Roger Peckinpaugh .3470 646 1924  
88.    Ginger Beaumont * .3469 568 1908  
89.    Rogers Hornsby .3469 628 1921  
90.    Roy Thomas .3468 634 1903  
91.    Elmer Smith .3468 663 1922  
  Doc Miller .3468 633 1912  
93.    Amby McConnell .3463 580 1922  
94.    Fred Clarke .3463 631 1904  
95.    Sam Crawford * .3462 653 1910  
96.    John Beckwith .3457 632 1923  
97.    Patsy Dougherty .3455 571 1903  
98.    Sam Crawford * .3452 654 1912  
99.    Oscar Charleston .3452 669 1925  
100.    Bucky Harris .3449 631 1921  
 
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