MLB All-Time Batting Average Leaders


All Time MLB Records
Single Season MLB Records
Career BA Leaders Highest BA in a Season
Career Hits Leaders Most Hits in a Season
Career HR Leaders Most HRs in a Season
Career RBI Leaders Most RBIs in a Season
Career Runs Leaders Most Runs in a Season
Career SB Leaders Most SBs in a Season
Career Wins Leaders Most Saves in a Season
Career Saves Leaders Most Strikeout in a Season
Career Strikeout Leaders Lowest ERA in a Season
Career ERA Leaders  

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300 Wins Club 3000 Hits Club
3000 Strikeouts Club Triple Crown Winners

Highest Career MLB Batting Average
Rk. Player Team(s)
Average
GMs
1Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers (1905 - 1926)
Philadelphia Athletics (1927 - 1927)
.366
3035
2Rogers HornsbySt. Louis Cardinals (1915 - 1926)
New York Giants (1927)
Boston Braves (1928)
Chicago Cubs (1929 - 1932)
St. Louis Cardinals (1933)
St. Louis Browns (1933 - 1937)
.359
2259
3Joe Jackson  Philadelphia Athletics (1908 - 1909)
Cleveland Naps (1910 - 1914)
Cleveland Indians (1915)
Chicago White Sox (1916 - 1920)
.356
1332
4Lefty O'Doul New York Yankees (1919 - 1922)
Boston Red Sox (1923)
New York Giants (1928)
Philadelphia Phillies (1929 - 1930)
Brooklyn Robins (1931)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1932 - 1933)
New York Giants (1933 - 1934)
.349
970
5Ed DelahantyPhiladelphia Quakers (1888 - 1889)
Cleveland Infants (1890)
Philadelphia Phillies (1891 - 1901)
Washington Senators (1902 - 1903)
.346
1835
6Tris SpeakerBoston Americans (1907)
Boston Red Sox (1908 - 1915)
Cleveland Indians (1916 - 1926)
Washington Senators (1927)
Philadelphia Athletics (1928)
.345
2789
7Ted WilliamsBoston Red Sox (1939 - 1960)
.344
2292
8Billy HamiltonKansas City Cowboys (1888 - 1889)
Philadelphia Phillies (1890 - 1895)
Boston Beaneaters (1896 - 1901)
.344
1591
T9Dan BrouthersTroy Trojans (1879 - 1880)
Buffalo Bisons (1881 - 1885)
Detroit Wolverines (1886 - 1888)
Boston Beaneaters (1889)
Boston Reds (1890 - 1891)
Brooklyn Grooms (1892 - 1893)
.342
1673
T9Babe RuthBoston Red Sox (1914 - 1919)
New York Yankees (1920 - 1934)
Boston Braves (1935)
.342
2530
11Dave Orr  New York Metropolitans (1883)
New York Giants (1883)
New York Metropolitans (1884 - 1887)
Brooklyn Bridegrooms (1888)
Columnbus Solons (1889)
Brooklyn Ward's Wonders (1890)
.342
791
12Harry HeilmannDetroit Tigers (1914 - 1929)
Cincinnati Reds (1930, 1932)
.342
2142
13Pete Browning  Louisville Eclipse (1882 - 1885)
Louisville Colonels (1886 - 1889)
Cleveland Infants (1890)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1891)
Cincinnati Reds (1891 - 1892)
Louisville Colonels (1892 - 1893)
St. Louis Cardinals (1894)
Brooklyn Grooms (1894)
.342
1183
14Willie KeelerNew York Giants (1892 - 1893)
Brooklyn Grooms (1893)
Baltimore Orioles (1894 - 1898)
Brooklyn Superbas (1899 - 1902)
New York Yankees (1903 - 1909)
New York Giants (1910)
.341
2123
15Bill Terry New York Giants (1923 - 1936)
.341
1721
16George SislerSt. Louis Browns (1915 - 1927)
Washington Senators (1928)
Boston Braves 91928 - 1930)
.340
2055
17Lou GehrigNew York Yankees (1923 - 1939)
.340
2164
18Jake Stenzel  Chicago Colts (1890)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1892 - 1896)
Batlimore Orioles (1897 - 1898)
St. Louis Cardinals (1898 - 1899)
Cincinnati Reds (1899)
.339
766
19Jesse BurkettNew York Giants (1890)
Cleveland Spiders (1891 - 1898)
St. Louis Cardinals (1899 - 1901)
St. Louis Browns (1902 - 1904)
Boston Americans (1905)
.338
2066
20Tony GwynnSan Diego Padres (1982 - 2001)
.338
2440
21Nap LajoiePhiladelphia Phillies (1896 - 1900)
Philadelphia Athletics (1901 - 1992)
Cleveland Naps (1903 - 1914)
Philadelphia Athletics (1915 - 1916)
.338
2480
22Riggs Stephenson  Cleveland Indians (1921 - 1925)
Chicago Cubs (1926 - 1934)
.336
1310
23 Al SimmonsPhiladelphia Athletics (1924 - 1932)
Chicago White Sox (1933 - 1934)
Detroit Tigers (1936)
Washington Senators (1937 - 1938)
Boston Bees (1939)
Cincinnatii Reds (1939)
Philadelphia Athletics (1940 - 1941)
Boston Red Sox (1943)
Philadelphia Athletics (1944)
.334
2215
24 John McGraw Baltimore Orioles (1891 - 1899)
St. Louis Cardinals (1900)
Baltimore Orioles (1901 - 1902)
New York Giants (1902 - 1906)
.334
1099
T25 Eddie CollinsPhiladelphia Athletics (1906 - 1914)
Chicago White Sox (1915 - 1926)
Philadelphia Athletics (1927 - 1930)
.333
2826
T25 Paul WanerPittsburgh Pirates (1926 - 1940)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1941)
Boston Braves (1941 - 1942)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1943 - 1944)
New York Yankees (1944 - 1945)
.333
2549
T25Cap AnsonRockford Forest Citys (1971)
Philadelphia Athletics (1872 - 1875)
Chicago White Stockings (1876 - 1889)
Chicago Colts (1989 - 1897)
.333
2523
T25Mike Donlin St. Louis Perfectos (1899 - 1900)
Baltimore Orioles (1901)
Cincinnati Reds (1902 - 1904)
New York Giants (1904 - 1906, 08, 11)
Boston Rustlers (1911)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1912)
New York Giants (1914)

.333
1049
T29 Stan MusialSt. Louis Cardinals (1941 - 1963)
.331
3026
T29 Sam Thompson Detroit Wolverines (1885 - 1887)
Philadelphia Quakers (1889)
Philadelphia Phillies (1890 - 1898, 1906)
.331
1407
T31 Bill Lange  Chicago Colts (1893 - 1897)
Chicago Orphans (1898 - 1899)
.330
811
T31 Heinie Manush Detroit Tigers (1923 - 1927)
St. Louis Browns (1928 - 1930)
Washington Senators (1930 - 1935)
Boston Red Sox (1936)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1937 - 1938)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1938 - 1939)
.330
2008
33 * Albert Pujols  St. Louis Cardinals (2001 - present)
.328
1705
35 Wade BoggsBoston Red Sox (1982 - 1992)
New York Yankees (1993 - 1997)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998 - 1999)
.328
2440
36 Rod CarewMinnesota Twins (1967 - 1978)
California Angels (1979 - 1985)
.328
2469
37 Honus WagnerLouisville Colonels (1897 - 1899)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1900 - 1917)
.327
2792
38 * Ichiro Suzuki Seattle Mariners (2001 - present)
.326
1749
39Tip O'Neill  New York Giants (1883)
St. Louis Browns (1884 - 1889)
Chicago Pirates (1890)
St. Louis Browns (1891)
Cincinnati Reds (1892)
.326
1054
40Bob Fothergill  Detroit Tigers (1922 - 1930)
Chicago White Sox (1930 - 1932)
Boston Red Sox (1933)
.326
1106
41Jimmie FoxxPhiladelphia Athletics (1925 - 1935)
Boston Red Sox (1936 - 1942)
Chicago Cubs (1942, 1944)
Philadelphia Phillies (1944)
.325
2317
42Earle Combs New York Yankees (1924 - 1935)
.325
1455
43Joe DiMaggioNew York Yankees (1936 - 1942)
New York Yankees (1946 - 1951)
.325
1736
44Babe Herman Brooklyn Robins (1926 - 1931)
Cincinnati Reds (1932)
Chicago Cubs (1933 - 1934)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1935)
Cincinnati Reds (1935 - 1936)
Detroit Tigers (1937)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1945)
.325
1552
45Hugh Duffy Chicago White Stockings (1888 - 1890)
Boston Reds (1891)
Boston Beaneaters (1892 - 1900)
Milwaukee Brewers (1901)
Philadelphia Phillies (1904 - 1906)
.324
1737
46 * Joe Mauer Minnesota Twins ( 2004 - present)
.323
918
47Joe Medwick St. Louis Cardinals (1932 - 1940)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1940 - 1943)
New York Giants 91943 - 1945)
Boston Braves (1945)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1946)
St. Louis Cardinals (1947 - 1948)
.324
1984
48 * Todd Helton Colorado Rockies (1997 - present)
.323
2054
49Edd Roush Chicago White Sox (1913)
Indianapolis Hoosiers (1914)
Newark Pepper (1915)
New York Giants (1916)
Cincinnati Reds (1916 - 1926)
New York Giants (1927 - 1929)
Cincinnati Reds (1932)
.323
1967
T50Sam RiceWashington Senators (1915 - 1933)
Cleveland Indians (1934)
.322
2404
T50Ross Youngs New York Giants (1917 - 1926)
.322
1211
52Kiki Cuyler Pittsburgh Pirates (1921 - 1927)
Chicago Cubs (1928 - 1935)
Cincinnati Reds (1935 - 1937)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1938)
.321
1879
53Charlie GehringerDetroit Tigers (1924 - 1942)
.320
2323
T54Chuck Klein Philadelphia Phillies (1928 - 1933)
Chicago Cubs (1934 - 1936)
Philadelphia Phillies (1936 - 1939)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1939)
Philadelphia Phillies (1940 - 1944)
.320
1753
T54Mickey Cochrane Philadelphia Athletics (1925 - 1933)
Detroit Tigers (1934 - 1937)
.320
1482
T54Pie Traynor Pittsburgh Pirates (1920 - 1937)
.320
1941)

* Denotes active player
Updated: Oct. 19th 2011

Sources:
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