1874 MLB Batting Average Leaders

Levi Meyerle led all of MLB in batting average in 1874 with .394, 35 points ahead of Cal McVey (.359). It stands 81st among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 2 times Levi Meyerle led in batting average.

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#	Player	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	LM Levi Meyerle	CH2	53	254	65	100	19	1	1	45	3	4	3	.394	.401	.488	.889
2	Cal McVey	BS1	70	343	91	123	21	6	3	71	1	3	5	.359	.361	.481	.842
3	LP Lip Pike	HR1	52	234	58	83	22	5	1	50	5	1	4	.355	.368	.504	.873
4	Jack Manning	BL1 +1	43	179	33	62	8	2	0	18	2	2	0	.346	.354	.413	.767
5	JM John McMullin	PH1	55	260	61	90	10	2	2	32	8	13	4	.346	.366	.423	.789
6	Bill Craver	PH2	55	265	68	91	19	11	0	56	4	2	11	.343	.353	.498	.851
7	JH Jim Holdsworth	PH2	57	285	60	97	8	9	0	37	1	0	1	.340	.343	.432	.774
8	Ross Barnes	BS1	51	259	72	88	12	4	0	39	8	2	8	.340	.360	.417	.777
9	Cap Anson	PH1	55	260	51	87	8	3	0	37	4	1	6	.335	.345	.389	.733
10	George Wright	BS1	60	313	76	103	10	15	2	44	5	6	2	.329	.340	.476	.816
11	Al Spalding	BS1	71	362	80	119	13	1	0	54	3	0	2	.329	.334	.370	.704
12	WF Wes Fisler	PH1	37	180	26	59	12	1	0	22	0	1	2	.328	.328	.406	.733
13	SH Scott Hastings	HR1	52	247	60	80	11	2	0	30	4	3	10	.324	.335	.385	.719
14	MM Mike McGeary	PH1	54	271	61	87	10	2	0	22	1	2	10	.321	.324	.373	.696
15	Dave Eggler	PH2	58	299	70	95	13	8	0	31	5	1	5	.318	.329	.415	.744
16	Jim O'Rourke	BS1	70	331	82	104	15	8	5	61	4	5	11	.314	.322	.453	.776
17	Joe Start	NY2	63	306	67	96	13	3	2	46	4	0	5	.314	.323	.395	.718
18	DF Davy Force	CH2	59	294	61	92	9	0	0	26	3	1	4	.313	.320	.344	.663
19	Andy Leonard	BS1	71	339	68	106	18	4	0	50	2	2	11	.313	.317	.389	.706
20	Jim Tipper	HR1	45	197	36	60	8	0	0	19	1	7	0	.305	.308	.345	.653
21	Deacon White	BS1	70	352	75	106	5	7	3	52	5	0	1	.301	.311	.381	.692
22	Paul Hines	CH2	59	271	47	80	10	2	0	34	4	4	4	.295	.306	.347	.652
23	DP Dickey Pearce	BR2	56	255	48	75	1	0	0	26	6	1	1	.294	.310	.298	.608
24	Ezra Sutton	PH1	55	243	54	71	10	3	0	28	0	2	6	.292	.292	.358	.650
25	JP John Peters	CH2	55	239	39	69	10	0	1	25	2	11	2	.289	.295	.343	.638
26	George Hall	BS1	47	222	58	64	10	8	1	34	1	0	2	.288	.292	.419	.710
27	TC Tom Carey	NY2	64	287	56	82	10	3	1	38	2	4	3	.286	.291	.352	.643
28	Jim Devlin	CH2	45	203	26	58	5	0	0	26	2	9	2	.286	.293	.310	.603
29	Doug Allison	NY2	65	318	68	90	7	5	0	28	6	5	1	.283	.296	.337	.633
30	Everett Mills	HR1	53	244	39	69	6	1	0	19	4	2	1	.283	.294	.316	.610
31	JG John Glenn	CH2	55	237	33	67	9	0	0	32	5	4	2	.283	.298	.321	.618
32	Charles Fulmer	PH2	57	258	49	72	3	2	0	37	2	5	0	.279	.285	.306	.591
33	Count Gedney	PH1	54	222	49	61	4	1	1	34	7	11	2	.275	.297	.315	.612
34	Jack Burdock	NY2	61	273	45	75	11	4	1	26	1	5	4	.275	.277	.355	.633
35	NH Nat Hicks	PH2	58	266	51	73	8	1	0	30	5	4	3	.274	.288	.312	.600
36	WW Warren White	BL1	45	211	21	57	1	0	0	17	2	2	1	.270	.277	.275	.552
37	Ned Cuthbert	CH2	58	295	65	79	6	1	2	24	5	5	8	.268	.280	.315	.595
38	Harry Schafer	BS1	71	327	69	87	10	2	1	45	1	5	2	.266	.268	.318	.586
39	JC Jack Chapman	BR2	53	242	32	64	10	2	0	24	4	11	2	.265	.276	.322	.599
40	DH Dick Higham	NY2	65	333	58	87	14	3	1	38	4	0	5	.261	.270	.330	.600
41	Bob Ferguson	BR2	56	245	34	64	4	0	0	19	2	7	5	.261	.267	.278	.545
42	EB Eddie Booth	BR2	44	185	24	47	4	3	1	16	3	3	0	.254	.266	.324	.590
43	FM Fergy Malone	CH2	47	223	33	56	5	0	0	28	4	0	2	.251	.264	.274	.538
44	Tom York	PH2	50	224	36	56	4	7	0	37	5	4	1	.250	.266	.330	.597
45	Harry Deane	BL1	47	203	29	50	8	1	0	13	4	3	2	.246	.261	.296	.557
46	Candy Nelson	NY2	65	297	55	73	7	5	0	31	9	5	6	.246	.268	.303	.571
47	Bobby Mathews	NY2	65	298	46	72	6	1	0	30	3	4	2	.242	.249	.269	.518
48	Oscar Bielaski	BL1	43	187	24	45	0	0	0	8	2	4	3	.241	.249	.241	.489
49	Asa Brainard	BL1	47	196	19	47	3	0	0	8	2	3	0	.240	.248	.255	.503
50	Bob Addy	HR1	50	213	25	51	9	2	0	22	1	1	4	.239	.243	.301	.544

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