For single seasons, From 1901 to 2012, For age 39, (requiring Qualified for league batting title), sorted by greatest Batting Average: Results
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Rk | Player | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | ||||
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1 | Barry Bonds | .362 | 2004 | 39 | SFG | NL | 147 | 617 | 373 | 129 | 135 | 27 | 3 | 45 | 101 | 232 | 120 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | .609 | .812 | 1.422 | *7/D |
2 | Eddie Collins | .344 | 1926 | 39 | CHW | AL | 106 | 455 | 375 | 66 | 129 | 32 | 4 | 1 | 62 | 62 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 8 | .441 | .459 | .900 | *4 | |||
3 | Paul Molitor | .341 | 1996 | 39 | MIN | AL | 161 | 729 | 660 | 99 | 225 | 41 | 8 | 9 | 113 | 56 | 10 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 6 | .390 | .468 | .858 | *D3 |
4 | Ted Williams | .328 | 1958 | 39 | BOS | AL | 129 | 517 | 411 | 81 | 135 | 23 | 2 | 26 | 85 | 98 | 12 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .458 | .584 | 1.042 | *7 |
5 | Tris Speaker | .327 | 1927 | 39 | WSH | AL | 141 | 596 | 523 | 71 | 171 | 43 | 6 | 2 | 73 | 55 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 8 | .395 | .444 | .839 | *83/9 | |||
6 | Eddie Murray | .323 | 1995 | 39 | CLE | AL | 113 | 480 | 436 | 68 | 141 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 82 | 39 | 5 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | .375 | .516 | .891 | *D3 |
7 | Sam Rice | .323 | 1929 | 39 | WSH | AL | 150 | 689 | 616 | 119 | 199 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 62 | 55 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 8 | .382 | .424 | .806 | *9 | |||
8 | Jimmy Ryan | .320 | 1902 | 39 | WSH | AL | 120 | 540 | 484 | 92 | 155 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 44 | 43 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | .384 | .448 | .832 | *89/7 | ||||
9 | Johnny Cooney | .318 | 1940 | 39 | BSN | NL | 108 | 404 | 365 | 40 | 116 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | .363 | .373 | .736 | *8/39 | |||
10 | Luke Appling | .309 | 1946 | 39 | CHW | AL | 149 | 659 | 582 | 59 | 180 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 55 | 71 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 4 | .384 | .378 | .762 | *6 | ||
11 | Jeff Kent | .302 | 2007 | 39 | LAD | NL | 136 | 562 | 494 | 78 | 149 | 36 | 1 | 20 | 79 | 57 | 4 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 3 | .375 | .500 | .875 | *4 |
12 | Andres Galarraga | .302 | 2000 | 39 | ATL | NL | 141 | 548 | 494 | 67 | 149 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 100 | 36 | 5 | 126 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 5 | .369 | .526 | .895 | *3/D |
13 | Kenny Lofton | .301 | 2006 | 39 | LAD | NL | 129 | 522 | 469 | 79 | 141 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 41 | 45 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 32 | 5 | .360 | .403 | .763 | *8/D |
14 | Honus Wagner | .300 | 1913 | 39 | PIT | NL | 114 | 454 | 413 | 51 | 124 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 56 | 26 | 40 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 11 | .349 | .385 | .734 | *6 | |||
15 | Omar Vizquel | .295 | 2006 | 39 | SFG | NL | 153 | 659 | 579 | 88 | 171 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 58 | 56 | 3 | 51 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 24 | 7 | .361 | .389 | .749 | *6 |
16 | Dummy Hoy | .294 | 1901 | 39 | CHW | AL | 132 | 641 | 527 | 112 | 155 | 28 | 11 | 2 | 60 | 86 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 27 | .407 | .400 | .807 | *8 | ||||
17 | Jake Daubert | .292 | 1923 | 39 | CIN | NL | 125 | 556 | 500 | 63 | 146 | 27 | 10 | 2 | 54 | 40 | 20 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 12 | .349 | .398 | .747 | *3 | |||
18 | Willie Mays | .291 | 1970 | 39 | SFG | NL | 139 | 566 | 478 | 94 | 139 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 83 | 79 | 3 | 90 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | .390 | .506 | .897 | *8/3 |
19 | Dave Parker | .289 | 1990 | 39 | MIL | AL | 157 | 669 | 610 | 71 | 176 | 30 | 3 | 21 | 92 | 41 | 11 | 102 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 7 | .330 | .451 | .781 | *D/3 |
20 | Babe Ruth | .288 | 1934 | 39 | NYY | AL | 125 | 471 | 365 | 78 | 105 | 17 | 4 | 22 | 84 | 104 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .448 | .537 | .985 | *97 | |||
21 | George Brett | .285 | 1992 | 39 | KCR | AL | 152 | 638 | 592 | 55 | 169 | 35 | 5 | 7 | 61 | 35 | 6 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 6 | .330 | .397 | .727 | *D3/5 |
22 | Joe Kuhel | .285 | 1945 | 39 | WSH | AL | 142 | 615 | 533 | 73 | 152 | 29 | 13 | 2 | 75 | 79 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 5 | .378 | .400 | .778 | *3 | ||
23 | Pete Rose | .282 | 1980 | 39 | PHI | NL | 162 | 739 | 655 | 95 | 185 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 64 | 66 | 5 | 33 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | .352 | .354 | .706 | *3 |
24 | Rod Carew | .280 | 1985 | 39 | CAL | AL | 127 | 518 | 443 | 69 | 124 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 39 | 64 | 9 | 47 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | .371 | .345 | .717 | *3 |
25 | Willie McCovey | .280 | 1977 | 39 | SFG | NL | 141 | 548 | 478 | 54 | 134 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 86 | 67 | 16 | 106 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .367 | .500 | .867 | *3 |
Rk | Player | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | ||||
26 | Bob Johnson | .280 | 1945 | 39 | BOS | AL | 143 | 593 | 529 | 71 | 148 | 27 | 7 | 12 | 74 | 63 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | .358 | .425 | .783 | *7/8 | ||
27 | Luis Gonzalez | .278 | 2007 | 39 | LAD | NL | 139 | 526 | 464 | 70 | 129 | 23 | 2 | 15 | 68 | 56 | 4 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | .359 | .433 | .793 | *7/D |
28 | Frank Thomas | .277 | 2007 | 39 | TOR | AL | 155 | 624 | 531 | 63 | 147 | 30 | 0 | 26 | 95 | 81 | 3 | 94 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | .377 | .480 | .857 | *D |
29 | Chipper Jones | .275 | 2011 | 39 | ATL | NL | 126 | 512 | 455 | 56 | 125 | 33 | 1 | 18 | 70 | 51 | 10 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | .344 | .470 | .814 | *5/D |
30 | Doc Cramer | .275 | 1945 | 39 | DET | AL | 141 | 594 | 541 | 62 | 149 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 58 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 9 | .324 | .379 | .703 | *8 | ||
31 | Cy Williams | .274 | 1927 | 39 | PHI | NL | 131 | 569 | 492 | 86 | 135 | 18 | 2 | 30 | 98 | 61 | 57 | 9 | 8 | 0 | .365 | .502 | .867 | *9 | ||||
32 | Steve Finley | .271 | 2004 | 39 | TOT | NL | 162 | 706 | 628 | 92 | 170 | 28 | 1 | 36 | 94 | 61 | 1 | 82 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 7 | .333 | .490 | .823 | *8/D |
33 | Luis Aparicio | .271 | 1973 | 39 | BOS | AL | 132 | 561 | 499 | 56 | 135 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 43 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 1 | .324 | .309 | .633 | *6 |
34 | Carl Yastrzemski | .270 | 1979 | 39 | BOS | AL | 147 | 590 | 518 | 69 | 140 | 28 | 1 | 21 | 87 | 62 | 8 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 3 | .346 | .450 | .796 | D37/8 |
35 | Chili Davis | .269 | 1999 | 39 | NYY | AL | 146 | 554 | 476 | 59 | 128 | 25 | 1 | 19 | 78 | 73 | 7 | 100 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 1 | .366 | .445 | .812 | *D |
36 | Jimmy Dykes | .267 | 1936 | 39 | CHW | AL | 127 | 512 | 435 | 62 | 116 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 60 | 61 | 36 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 3 | .362 | .366 | .728 | *5 | |||
37 | Lave Cross | .266 | 1905 | 39 | PHA | AL | 147 | 630 | 587 | 69 | 156 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 77 | 26 | 12 | 2 | 15 | 8 | .299 | .332 | .631 | *5 | ||||
38 | Craig Biggio | .264 | 2005 | 39 | HOU | NL | 155 | 651 | 590 | 94 | 156 | 40 | 1 | 26 | 69 | 37 | 2 | 90 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 1 | .325 | .468 | .792 | *4/D |
39 | Fred Tenney | .263 | 1911 | 39 | BSN | NL | 102 | 432 | 369 | 52 | 97 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 50 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 5 | .352 | .328 | .680 | *3/89 | ||||
40 | Ozzie Smith | .262 | 1994 | 39 | STL | NL | 98 | 433 | 381 | 51 | 100 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 38 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | .326 | .349 | .675 | *6 |
41 | Dave Winfield | .262 | 1991 | 39 | CAL | AL | 150 | 633 | 568 | 75 | 149 | 27 | 4 | 28 | 86 | 56 | 4 | 109 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 2 | .326 | .472 | .798 | *9D |
42 | Al Kaline | .262 | 1974 | 39 | DET | AL | 147 | 630 | 558 | 71 | 146 | 28 | 2 | 13 | 64 | 65 | 2 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 2 | .337 | .389 | .726 | *D |
43 | Bones Ely | .262 | 1902 | 39 | WSH | AL | 105 | 417 | 381 | 39 | 100 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 62 | 21 | 23 | 0 | 15 | 3 | .301 | .310 | .611 | *6 | ||||
44 | Rabbit Maranville | .260 | 1931 | 39 | BSN | NL | 145 | 636 | 562 | 69 | 146 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 33 | 56 | 34 | 2 | 16 | 9 | .329 | .317 | .646 | *64 | ||||
45 | Rafael Palmeiro | .258 | 2004 | 39 | BAL | AL | 154 | 651 | 550 | 68 | 142 | 29 | 0 | 23 | 88 | 86 | 15 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .359 | .436 | .796 | *3D |
46 | Paul Waner | .258 | 1942 | 39 | BSN | NL | 114 | 404 | 333 | 43 | 86 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 62 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | .376 | .324 | .701 | *9 | |||
47 | Nap Lajoie | .258 | 1914 | 39 | CLE | AL | 121 | 468 | 419 | 37 | 108 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 50 | 32 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 15 | .313 | .305 | .619 | *43 | |||
48 | Carlton Fisk | .256 | 1987 | 39 | CHW | AL | 135 | 508 | 454 | 68 | 116 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 71 | 39 | 8 | 72 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 4 | .321 | .460 | .782 | *2/3D7 |
49 | Rico Carty | .256 | 1979 | 39 | TOR | AL | 132 | 512 | 461 | 48 | 118 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 55 | 46 | 4 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 1 | .322 | .390 | .713 | *D |
50 | Reggie Jackson | .252 | 1985 | 39 | CAL | AL | 143 | 541 | 460 | 64 | 116 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 85 | 78 | 12 | 138 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 2 | .360 | .487 | .847 | *9D |
Rk | Player | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | ||||
51 | Tony Perez | .252 | 1981 | 39 | BOS | AL | 84 | 336 | 306 | 35 | 77 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 39 | 27 | 0 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .395 | .705 | *3D |
52 | Raul Ibanez | .245 | 2011 | 39 | PHI | NL | 144 | 575 | 535 | 65 | 131 | 31 | 1 | 20 | 84 | 33 | 3 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | .289 | .419 | .707 | *7/D |
53 | Darrell Evans | .241 | 1986 | 39 | DET | AL | 151 | 601 | 507 | 78 | 122 | 15 | 0 | 29 | 85 | 91 | 5 | 105 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | .356 | .442 | .798 | *3D/5 |
54 | Jimmy Austin | .237 | 1919 | 39 | SLB | AL | 106 | 452 | 396 | 54 | 94 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 42 | 31 | 2 | 10 | 8 | .314 | .313 | .627 | *5/6 | ||||
55 | Rickey Henderson | .236 | 1998 | 39 | OAK | AL | 152 | 670 | 542 | 101 | 128 | 16 | 1 | 14 | 57 | 118 | 0 | 114 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 66 | 13 | .376 | .347 | .723 | *78 |
56 | Joe Morgan | .230 | 1983 | 39 | PHI | NL | 123 | 504 | 404 | 72 | 93 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 59 | 89 | 1 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 2 | .370 | .403 | .773 | *4 |
57 | Patsy Donovan | .229 | 1904 | 39 | WSH | AL | 125 | 479 | 436 | 30 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 40 | 1 | 18 | 17 | .271 | .243 | .514 | *9/8 | ||||
58 | Kid Gleason | .227 | 1906 | 39 | PHI | NL | 135 | 562 | 494 | 47 | 112 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 36 | 28 | 1 | 31 | 17 | .281 | .269 | .550 | *4 |
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