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1885 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Roger Connor led all of MLB in batting average in 1885 with .371, 10 points ahead of Pete Browning (.362).

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Roger Connor Led all of MLB in 1885 Roger Connor New York Giants
.371 Batting Average .010 clear of Pete Browning
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Roger Connor Roger Connor NY1 .371 110 455 169 .435
2 Pete Browning Pete Browning LS2 .362 112 481 174 .393
3 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers BFN .359 98 407 146 .408
4 Dave Orr Dave Orr NY4 .342 107 444 152 .358
5 Henry Larkin Henry Larkin PH4 .329 108 453 149 .373
6 Mike Dorgan NY1 .326 89 347 113 .346
7 Charley Jones Charley Jones CN2 .322 112 487 157 .362
8 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BFN .319 96 426 136 .350
9 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey PH4 .315 112 486 153 .371
10 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN .313 110 457 143 .338
11 George Gore George Gore CHN .313 109 441 138 .405
12 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN .310 112 464 144 .357
13 Tom Brown Tom Brown PT1 .307 108 437 134 .366
14 Buck Ewing Buck Ewing NY1 .304 81 342 104 .330
15 Ned Hanlon Ned Hanlon DTN .302 105 424 128 .372
16 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips BR3 .302 99 391 118 .364
17 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke NY1 .300 112 477 143 .354
18 John Coleman John Coleman PH4 .299 96 398 119 .345
19 John Reilly John Reilly CN2 .297 111 482 143 .322
20 Steve Brady Steve Brady NY4 .295 108 434 128 .342
21 Alex McKinnon Alex McKinnon SL5 .294 100 411 121 .308
22 Patrick Gillespie Patrick Gillespie NY1 .293 102 420 123 .317
23 Deacon White Deacon White BFN .292 98 404 118 .313
24 Chicken Wolf Chicken Wolf LS2 .292 112 483 141 .309
25 George Wood George Wood DTN .290 82 362 105 .315
26 Jack Rowe Jack Rowe BFN .290 98 421 122 .311
27 King Kelly King Kelly CHN .288 107 438 126 .355
28 Sam Wise BSN .283 107 424 120 .323
29 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock SL5 .280 111 446 125 .324
30 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell PH4 +1 .279 87 391 109 .317
31 James Roseman James Roseman NY4 .278 101 410 114 .335
32 George Pinkney George Pinkney BR3 .277 110 447 124 .329
33 Hick Carpenter Hick Carpenter CN2 .277 112 473 131 .295
34 Joe Start Joe Start PRO .275 101 374 103 .344
35 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple CHN .274 113 492 135 .336
36 Frank Fennelly CN2 .273 112 454 124 .333
37 Tom Burns Tom Burns CHN .272 111 445 121 .297
38 Curt Welch Curt Welch SL4 .271 112 432 117 .318
39 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO .270 98 411 111 .302
40 Fred Dunlap Fred Dunlap SL5 .270 106 423 114 .334
41 Charlie Bennett DTN .269 91 349 94 .356
42 Joe Mulvey Joe Mulvey PHI .269 107 443 119 .274
43 Sam Barkley Sam Barkley SL4 .268 106 418 112 .312
44 Bill McClellan Bill McClellan BR3 .267 112 464 124 .317
45 Ed Andrews Ed Andrews PHI .266 103 421 112 .318
46 Ed Swartwood Ed Swartwood BR3 .266 99 399 106 .334
47 Bid McPhee Bid McPhee CN2 .265 110 431 114 .306
48 Germany Smith Germany Smith BR3 .258 108 419 108 .275
49 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling BR3 .257 94 370 95 .350
50 Dude Esterbrook NY1 .256 88 359 92 .265
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