League Leaders Who Led?

1898 Batting Average Leaders

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Showing players with at least 475 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players

# Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Willie Keeler Willie Keeler BLN 129 561 126 216 7 2 1 44 31 4 28 .385 .420 .410 .830
2 Billy Hamilton Billy Hamilton BSN 110 417 110 154 16 5 3 50 87 30 54 .369 .480 .453 .933
3 John McGraw John McGraw BLN 143 515 143 176 8 10 0 53 112 13 43 .342 .475 .396 .871
4 Elmer Smith Elmer Smith CIN 123 486 79 166 21 10 1 66 69 17 20 .342 .426 .432 .858
5 Jesse Burkett Jesse Burkett CL4 150 624 114 213 18 9 0 42 69 30 19 .341 .415 .399 .814
6 Ed Delahanty Ed Delahanty PHI 144 548 115 183 36 9 4 92 77 29 58 .334 .426 .454 .881
7 Jimmy Collins Jimmy Collins BSN 152 597 107 196 35 5 15 111 40 18 12 .328 .377 .479 .856
8 Gene DeMontreville Gene DeMontreville BLN 151 567 93 186 19 2 0 86 52 25 49 .328 .394 .369 .763
9 Fred Tenney Fred Tenney BSN 117 488 106 160 25 5 0 62 33 23 23 .328 .370 .400 .770
10 Hughie Jennings Hughie Jennings BLN 143 534 135 175 25 11 1 87 78 20 28 .328 .454 .421 .876
11 Nap Lajoie Nap Lajoie PHI 147 608 113 197 43 11 6 127 21 23 25 .324 .354 .461 .814
12 Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan CHN 144 572 122 185 32 13 4 79 73 24 29 .323 .405 .446 .850
13 Joe Kelley Joe Kelley BLN 124 464 71 149 18 15 2 110 56 24 24 .321 .398 .438 .835
14 Bill Lange Bill Lange CHN 113 442 79 141 16 11 5 69 36 17 22 .319 .377 .439 .816
15 Bill Everitt CHN 149 596 102 190 15 6 0 69 53 43 28 .319 .377 .364 .741
16 Lave Cross Lave Cross SLN 151 602 71 191 28 8 3 79 28 8 14 .317 .348 .405 .753
17 George Van Haltren George Van Haltren NY1 156 654 129 204 28 16 2 68 59 40 36 .312 .372 .413 .785
18 Duff Cooley Duff Cooley PHI 149 629 123 196 24 12 4 55 48 38 17 .312 .364 .407 .771
19 Chick Stahl Chick Stahl BSN 125 467 72 144 21 8 3 52 46 25 6 .308 .375 .407 .782
20 Fred Clarke Fred Clarke LS3 149 599 116 184 23 12 3 47 48 21 40 .307 .373 .401 .774
21 George Davis George Davis NY1 121 486 80 149 20 5 2 86 32 15 26 .307 .351 .381 .731
22 Billy Hoy Billy Hoy LS3 148 582 104 177 15 16 6 66 49 33 37 .304 .367 .416 .783
23 Fielder Jones Fielder Jones BRO 146 596 89 181 15 9 1 69 46 36 36 .304 .362 .364 .726
24 Kip Selbach WAS 132 515 88 156 28 11 3 60 64 21 25 .303 .383 .418 .801
25 Henry Reitz WAS 132 489 62 148 20 2 2 47 32 15 11 .303 .357 .364 .721
26 Algie McBride CIN 120 486 94 147 14 12 2 43 51 36 16 .303 .383 .393 .776
27 Elmer Flick Elmer Flick PHI 134 453 84 137 16 13 8 81 86 36 23 .302 .430 .448 .878
28 Patsy Donovan Patsy Donovan PIT 147 610 112 184 16 9 0 37 34 33 41 .302 .346 .357 .703
29 Dan McGann Dan McGann BLN 145 535 99 161 18 8 5 106 53 30 33 .301 .404 .393 .796
30 Mike Griffin Mike Griffin BRO 134 537 88 161 18 6 2 40 60 13 15 .300 .379 .367 .745
31 Honus Wagner Honus Wagner LS3 151 588 80 176 29 3 10 105 31 20 27 .299 .341 .410 .751
32 Dusty Miller Dusty Miller CIN 152 586 99 175 24 12 3 90 38 28 32 .299 .351 .396 .747
33 Hugh Duffy Hugh Duffy BSN 152 568 97 169 13 3 8 108 59 13 29 .298 .365 .373 .738
34 John Anderson John Anderson WAS +1 135 520 82 153 33 22 9 81 29 26 20 .294 .348 .494 .842
35 Jake Beckley Jake Beckley CIN 118 459 86 135 20 12 4 72 28 27 6 .294 .348 .416 .764
36 Jack Doyle NY1 +1 125 474 68 138 17 5 3 69 19 13 23 .291 .324 .367 .691
37 Bill Dahlen Bill Dahlen CHN 142 521 96 151 35 8 1 79 58 41 27 .290 .385 .394 .779
38 Jack McCarthy Jack McCarthy PIT 137 537 75 155 13 12 4 78 34 24 7 .289 .336 .380 .716
39 Cupid Childs Cupid Childs CL4 110 413 90 119 9 4 1 31 69 29 9 .288 .395 .337 .732
40 Ed McKean Ed McKean CL4 151 604 89 172 23 1 9 94 56 18 11 .285 .346 .371 .717
41 Ed McFarland Ed McFarland PHI 121 429 65 121 21 5 3 71 44 23 4 .282 .352 .375 .727
42 Jake Gettman WAS 142 567 75 157 16 5 5 47 29 60 32 .277 .319 .349 .668
43 Ducky Holmes BLN +1 136 543 63 150 11 10 1 64 25 52 29 .276 .320 .339 .659
44 Jake Stenzel Jake Stenzel SLN +1 143 542 97 149 20 13 1 55 53 13 25 .275 .360 .365 .725
45 Bobby Lowe Bobby Lowe BSN 147 559 65 152 11 7 4 94 29 26 12 .272 .311 .338 .649
46 Fred Hartman Fred Hartman NY1 123 475 57 129 16 11 2 88 25 24 11 .272 .314 .364 .678
47 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace CL4 154 593 81 160 25 13 3 99 63 14 7 .270 .344 .371 .715
48 Deacon McGuire Deacon McGuire WAS 131 489 59 131 18 3 1 57 24 19 10 .268 .310 .323 .633
49 Herman Long Herman Long BSN 144 589 99 156 21 10 6 99 39 24 20 .265 .311 .365 .676
50 Tommy Tucker Tommy Tucker BRO +1 145 535 53 139 16 6 1 54 30 31 2 .260 .322 .318 .640
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