MLB All-Time Batting Average Leaders
Highest Career MLB Batting Average
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| Rk. | Player | Team(s) | Average |
GMs |
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| 1 | Ty Cobb | Detroit Tigers (1905 - 1926) Philadelphia Athletics (1927 - 1927) |
.366 |
3035 |
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| 2 | Rogers Hornsby | St. 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 |
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| 3 | Joe Jackson | Philadelphia Athletics (1908 - 1909) Cleveland Naps (1910 - 1914) Cleveland Indians (1915) Chicago White Sox (1916 - 1920) |
.356 |
1332 |
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| 4 | Lefty 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 |
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| 5 | Ed Delahanty | Philadelphia Quakers (1888 - 1889) Cleveland Infants (1890) Philadelphia Phillies (1891 - 1901) Washington Senators (1902 - 1903) |
.346 |
1835 |
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| 6 | Tris Speaker | Boston Americans (1907) Boston Red Sox (1908 - 1915) Cleveland Indians (1916 - 1926) Washington Senators (1927) Philadelphia Athletics (1928) |
.345 |
2789 |
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| 7 | Ted Williams | Boston Red Sox (1939 - 1960) | .344 |
2292 |
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| 8 | Billy Hamilton | Kansas City Cowboys (1888 - 1889) Philadelphia Phillies (1890 - 1895) Boston Beaneaters (1896 - 1901) |
.344 |
1591 |
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| T9 | Dan Brouthers | Troy Trojans (1879 - 1880) Buffalo Bisons (1881 - 1885) Detroit Wolverines (1886 - 1888) Boston Beaneaters (1889) Boston Reds (1890 - 1891) Brooklyn Grooms (1892 - 1893) |
.342 |
1673 |
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| T9 | Babe Ruth | Boston Red Sox (1914 - 1919) New York Yankees (1920 - 1934) Boston Braves (1935) |
.342 |
2530 |
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| 11 | Dave 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 |
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| 12 | Harry Heilmann | Detroit Tigers (1914 - 1929) Cincinnati Reds (1930, 1932) |
.342 |
2142 |
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| 13 | Pete 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 |
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| 14 | Willie Keeler | New 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 |
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| 15 | Bill Terry | New York Giants (1923 - 1936) | .341 |
1721 |
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| 16 | George Sisler | St. Louis Browns (1915 - 1927) Washington Senators (1928) Boston Braves 91928 - 1930) |
.340 |
2055 |
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| 17 | Lou Gehrig | New York Yankees (1923 - 1939) | .340 |
2164 |
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| 18 | Jake Stenzel | Chicago Colts (1890) Pittsburgh Pirates (1892 - 1896) Batlimore Orioles (1897 - 1898) St. Louis Cardinals (1898 - 1899) Cincinnati Reds (1899) |
.339 |
766 |
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| 19 | Jesse Burkett | New York Giants (1890) Cleveland Spiders (1891 - 1898) St. Louis Cardinals (1899 - 1901) St. Louis Browns (1902 - 1904) Boston Americans (1905) |
.338 |
2066 |
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| 20 | Tony Gwynn | San Diego Padres (1982 - 2001) | .338 |
2440 |
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| 21 | Nap Lajoie | Philadelphia Phillies (1896 - 1900) Philadelphia Athletics (1901 - 1992) Cleveland Naps (1903 - 1914) Philadelphia Athletics (1915 - 1916) |
.338 |
2480 |
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| 22 | Riggs Stephenson | Cleveland Indians (1921 - 1925) Chicago Cubs (1926 - 1934) |
.336 |
1310 |
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| 23 | * Albert Pujols | St. Louis Cardinals (2001 - present) | .334 |
1399 |
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| 24 | Al Simmons | Philadelphia 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 |
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| 25 | John McGraw | Baltimore Orioles (1891 - 1899) St. Louis Cardinals (1900) Baltimore Orioles (1901 - 1902) New York Giants (1902 - 1906) |
.334 |
1099 |
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| T26 | Eddie Collins | Philadelphia Athletics (1906 - 1914) Chicago White Sox (1915 - 1926) Philadelphia Athletics (1927 - 1930) |
.333 |
2826 |
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| T26 | Paul Waner | Pittsburgh Pirates (1926 - 1940) Brooklyn Dodgers (1941) Boston Braves (1941 - 1942) Brooklyn Dodgers (1943 - 1944) New York Yankees (1944 - 1945) |
.333 |
2549 |
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| T28 | Cap Anson | Rockford Forest Citys (1971) Philadelphia Athletics (1872 - 1875) Chicago White Stockings (1876 - 1889) Chicago Colts (1989 - 1897) |
.333 |
2523 |
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| T28 | Mike 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 |
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| T28 | * Ichiro Suzuki | Seattle Mariners (2001 - present) | .333 |
1426 |
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| T31 | Stan Musial | St. Louis Cardinals (1941 - 1963) | .331 |
3026 |
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| T31 | Sam Thompson | Detroit Wolverines (1885 - 1887) Philadelphia Quakers (1889) Philadelphia Phillies (1890 - 1898, 1906) |
.331 |
1407 |
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| 33 | Bill Lange | Chicago Colts (1893 - 1897) Chicago Orphans (1898 - 1899) |
.330 |
811 |
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| 34 | 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 |
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| 35 | * Todd Helton | Colorado Rockies (1997 - present) | .328 |
1661 |
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| 36 | Wade Boggs | Boston Red Sox (1982 - 1992) New York Yankees (1993 - 1997) Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998 - 1999) |
.328 |
2440 |
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| 37 | Rod Carew | Minnesota Twins (1967 - 1978) California Angels (1979 - 1985) |
.328 |
2469 |
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| 38 | Honus Wagner | Louisville Colonels (1897 - 1899) Pittsburgh Pirates (1900 - 1917) |
.327 |
2792 |
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| 39 | Tip O'Neill | New York Giants (1883) St. Louis Browns (1884 - 1889) Chicago Pirates (1890) St. Louis Browns (1891) Cincinnati Reds (1892) |
.326 |
1054 |
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| 40 | Bob Fothergill | Detroit Tigers (1922 - 1930) Chicago White Sox (1930 - 1932) Boston Red Sox (1933) |
.326 |
1106 |
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| 41 | Jimmie Foxx | Philadelphia Athletics (1925 - 1935) Boston Red Sox (1936 - 1942) Chicago Cubs (1942, 1944) Philadelphia Phillies (1944) |
.325 |
2317 |
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| 42 | Earle Combs | New York Yankees (1924 - 1935) | .325 |
1455 |
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| 43 | Joe DiMaggio | New York Yankees (1936 - 1942) New York Yankees (1946 - 1951) |
.325 |
1736 |
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| 44 | Babe 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 |
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| 45 | Hugh Duffy | Chicago White Stockings (1888 - 1890) Boston Reds (1891) Boston Beaneaters (1892 - 1900) Milwaukee Brewers (1901) Philadelphia Phillies (1904 - 1906) |
.324 |
1737 |
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| 46 | Joe 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 |
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| 47 | Edd 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 |
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| 48 | Sam Rice | Washington Senators (1915 - 1933) Cleveland Indians (1934) |
.322 |
2404 |
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| 49 | Ross Youngs | New York Giants (1917 - 1926) | .322 |
1211 |
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| T50 | * Vladimir Guerrero | Montreal Expos (1996 - 2003) Anaheim Angels (2004) Los Angels Angels (2005 - present) |
.321 |
1850 |
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| T50 | Kiki Cuyler | Pittsburgh Pirates (1921 - 1927) Chicago Cubs (1928 - 1935) Cincinnati Reds (1935 - 1937) Brooklyn Dodgers (1938) |
.321 |
1879 |
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| 52 | Charlie Gehringer | Detroit Tigers (1924 - 1942) | .320 |
2323 |
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| T54 | Chuck Klein | Philadelphia Phillies (1928 - 1933) Chicago Cubs (1934 - 1936) Philadelphia Phillies (1936 - 1939) Pittsburgh Pirates (1939) Philadelphia Phillies (1940 - 1944) |
.320 |
1753 |
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| T54 | Mickey Cochrane | Philadelphia Athletics (1925 - 1933) Detroit Tigers (1934 - 1937) |
.320 |
1482 |
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| T54 | Pie Traynor | Pittsburgh Pirates (1920 - 1937) | .320 |
1941) |
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* Denotes active player
Updated: Oct. 15th 2009
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