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1889 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Dan Brouthers led all of MLB in batting average in 1889 with .373, 1 point ahead of Tommy Tucker (.372). It was one of 5 times Dan Brouthers led in batting average.

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Dan Brouthers Led all of MLB in 1889 Dan Brouthers Boston Beaneaters
.373 Batting Average .001 clear of Tommy Tucker
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers BSN .373 126 485 181 .462
2 Tommy Tucker Tommy Tucker BL2 .372 134 527 196 .450
3 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock IN3 .352 134 582 205 .390
4 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN .342 134 518 177 .440
5 Tip O'Neill Tip O'Neill SL4 .335 134 534 179 .419
6 Mike Tiernan Mike Tiernan NY1 .335 122 499 167 .447
7 Denny Lyons Denny Lyons PH4 .329 131 510 168 .426
8 Dave Orr Dave Orr CL6 .327 134 560 183 .340
9 Buck Ewing Buck Ewing NY1 .327 99 407 133 .383
10 Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan CHN .325 135 576 187 .403
11 George Van Haltren George Van Haltren CHN .322 134 543 175 .416
12 Bug Holliday Bug Holliday CN2 .322 135 563 181 .372
13 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke NY1 .321 128 502 161 .372
14 Ed McKean Ed McKean CL4 .318 123 500 159 .376
15 Henry Larkin Henry Larkin PH4 .318 133 516 164 .428
16 Roger Connor Roger Connor NY1 .317 131 496 157 .426
17 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell PH4 .316 129 507 160 .383
18 Billy Shindle Billy Shindle BL2 .314 138 567 178 .369
19 Emmett Seery Emmett Seery IN3 .314 127 526 165 .401
20 Hugh Duffy Hugh Duffy CHN .312 136 584 182 .364
21 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey PH4 .308 137 556 171 .393
22 Lefty Marr Lefty Marr CL6 .306 139 546 167 .407
23 George Gore George Gore NY1 .305 120 488 149 .416
24 Paul Hines Paul Hines IN3 .305 121 486 148 .374
25 Lou Bierbauer Lou Bierbauer PH4 .304 130 549 167 .344
26 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BSN .304 132 536 163 .367
27 Jim Burns Jim Burns KC2 .304 134 579 176 .335
28 Thomas Burns Thomas Burns BR3 .304 131 504 153 .391
29 Billy Hamilton Billy Hamilton KC2 .302 137 534 161 .413
30 Jake Beckley Jake Beckley PIT .301 123 522 157 .345
31 Darby O'Brien Darby O'Brien BR3 .300 136 567 170 .384
32 John Ward John Ward NY1 .299 114 479 143 .339
33 Sam Thompson Sam Thompson PHI .296 128 533 158 .348
34 King Kelly King Kelly BSN .294 125 507 149 .376
35 Connie Mack Connie Mack WS8 .293 98 386 113 .333
36 Tommy McCarthy Tommy McCarthy SL4 .291 140 604 176 .348
37 Chicken Wolf Chicken Wolf LS2 .291 130 546 159 .333
38 Farmer Weaver LS2 .291 124 499 145 .352
39 Walt Wilmot Walt Wilmot WS8 .289 108 432 125 .367
40 Joe Mulvey Joe Mulvey PHI .289 129 544 157 .319
41 Charlie Comiskey Charlie Comiskey SL4 .286 137 587 168 .312
42 Dan Stearns Dan Stearns KC2 .286 139 560 160 .351
43 Ollie Beard Ollie Beard CN2 .285 141 558 159 .328
44 Spud Johnson Spud Johnson CL6 .283 116 459 130 .355
45 Patsy Tebeau Patsy Tebeau CL4 .282 136 521 147 .332
46 Jerry Denny Jerry Denny IN3 .282 133 578 163 .314
47 Danny Richardson Danny Richardson NY1 .280 125 497 139 .342
48 Mike Griffin Mike Griffin BL2 .279 137 531 148 .387
49 Jim McTamany Jim McTamany CL6 .276 139 529 146 .407
50 Herman Long Herman Long KC2 .275 136 574 158 .358
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