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1879 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Paul Hines led all of MLB in batting average in 1879 with .357, 9 points ahead of Jim O'Rourke (.348). It was one of 2 times Paul Hines led in batting average.

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Paul Hines Led all of MLB in 1879 Paul Hines Providence Grays
.357 Batting Average .009 clear of Jim O'Rourke
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO .357 85 409 146 .369
2 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke PRO .348 81 362 126 .371
3 King Kelly King Kelly CN1 .348 77 345 120 .363
4 John O'Rourke BSN .341 72 317 108 .357
5 Deacon White Deacon White CN1 .330 78 333 110 .342
6 Joe Start Joe Start PRO .319 66 317 101 .333
7 Charley Jones Charley Jones BSN .316 83 355 112 .367
8 Tom York Tom York PRO .310 81 342 106 .346
9 Orator Shafer CHN .304 73 316 96 .317
10 Cal McVey Cal McVey CN1 .297 81 354 105 .312
11 Jack Farrell Jack Farrell SR1 +1 .295 66 292 86 .302
12 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN .294 80 320 94 .343
13 Buttercup Dickerson Buttercup Dickerson CN1 .291 81 350 102 .298
14 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple CHN .291 71 333 97 .300
15 Bill Crowley Bill Crowley BFN .287 60 261 75 .303
16 John Ward John Ward PRO .286 83 364 104 .299
17 Silver Flint Silver Flint CHN .284 79 324 92 .297
18 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BFN .283 79 336 95 .315
19 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .282 84 348 98 .309
20 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling CN1 .279 81 369 103 .302
21 George Wright George Wright PRO .276 85 388 107 .299
22 Mike McGeary PRO .275 85 374 103 .285
23 Oscar Walker BFN .275 72 287 79 .295
24 Charlie Eden CL2 .272 81 353 96 .284
25 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips CL2 .271 81 365 99 .275
26 Charles Fulmer Charles Fulmer BFN .268 76 306 82 .280
27 Sadie Houck BSN .267 80 356 95 .275
28 Mike Dorgan SR1 .267 59 270 72 .277
29 Joe Hornung BFN .267 78 319 85 .271
30 Ross Barnes Ross Barnes CN1 .266 77 323 86 .301
31 John Clapp John Clapp BFN .264 70 292 77 .290
32 George Gore George Gore CHN .263 63 266 70 .285
33 Al Hall Al Hall TRN .258 67 306 79 .265
34 Ed Caskin Ed Caskin TRN .257 70 304 78 .261
35 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell SR1 +1 .254 75 327 83 .261
36 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin BFN .249 67 265 66 .252
37 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN .248 84 339 84 .252
38 George Bradley George Bradley TRN .247 63 251 62 .250
39 John Peters CHN .245 83 379 93 .247
40 Fred Warner CL2 .244 76 316 77 .248
41 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond BSN .241 65 257 62 .259
42 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock BSN .240 84 359 86 .258
43 Tom Carey CL2 .239 80 335 80 .250
44 Pop Snyder Pop Snyder BSN .237 81 329 78 .249
45 Jake Evans TRN .232 72 280 65 .246
46 Harry McCormick SR1 .222 57 230 51 .222
47 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CL2 .220 75 282 62 .223
48 Mike Mansell Mike Mansell SR1 .215 67 242 52 .231
49 John Richmond SR1 .213 62 254 54 .225
50 Jimmy Macullar Jimmy Macullar SR1 .211 64 246 52 .221
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