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1904 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Nap Lajoie led all of MLB in batting average in 1904 with .376, 27 points ahead of Honus Wagner (.349). It was one of 4 times Nap Lajoie led in batting average.

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Nap Lajoie Led all of MLB in 1904 Nap Lajoie Cleveland Naps
.376 Batting Average .027 clear of Honus Wagner
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Nap Lajoie Nap Lajoie CLE .376 140 553 208 .413
2 Honus Wagner Honus Wagner PIT .349 132 490 171 .423
3 Willie Keeler Willie Keeler NYA .343 143 543 186 .390
4 Jake Beckley Jake Beckley SLN .325 142 551 179 .375
5 Cy Seymour Cy Seymour CIN .313 131 531 166 .352
6 Frank Chance Frank Chance CHN .310 124 451 140 .382
7 Elmer Flick Elmer Flick CLE .306 150 579 177 .371
8 Ginger Beaumont Ginger Beaumont PIT .301 153 615 185 .339
9 Bill Bradley Bill Bradley CLE .301 154 609 183 .334
10 John Titus John Titus PHI .294 146 504 148 .362
11 Socks Seybold Socks Seybold PHA .292 143 510 149 .351
12 Freddy Parent BOS .291 155 591 172 .330
13 Roy Thomas PHI .290 139 496 144 .416
14 Lave Cross Lave Cross PHA .290 155 607 176 .310
15 Chick Stahl Chick Stahl BOS .290 157 587 170 .366
16 Danny Murphy Danny Murphy PHA .287 150 557 160 .320
17 Dan McGann Dan McGann NY1 .286 141 517 148 .354
18 Jim Delahanty Jim Delahanty BSN .285 142 499 142 .333
19 Fred Odwell Fred Odwell CIN .284 129 468 133 .333
20 Cozy Dolan CIN .284 129 465 132 .342
21 George Browne NY1 .284 150 596 169 .332
22 Homer Smoot Homer Smoot SLN .281 137 520 146 .331
23 Art Devlin Art Devlin NY1 .281 130 474 133 .371
24 Joe Kelley Joe Kelley CIN .281 123 449 126 .359
25 Spike Shannon SLN .280 134 500 140 .349
26 Patsy Dougherty Patsy Dougherty NYA +1 .280 155 647 181 .329
27 Buck Freeman BOS .280 157 597 167 .329
28 Harry Lumley Harry Lumley BRO .279 150 577 161 .331
29 John Anderson John Anderson NYA .278 143 558 155 .314
30 Sam Mertes Sam Mertes NY1 .276 148 532 147 .346
31 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace SLA .275 139 541 149 .330
32 Charlie Hickman CLE +1 .274 128 481 132 .312
33 Kid Gleason Kid Gleason PHI .274 153 587 161 .320
34 Emmet Heidrick SLA .273 133 538 147 .294
35 Duff Cooley Duff Cooley BSN .272 122 467 127 .312
36 Jesse Burkett Jesse Burkett SLA .271 147 575 156 .363
37 Jimmy Collins Jimmy Collins BOS .271 156 631 171 .306
38 Fred Tenney Fred Tenney BSN .270 147 533 144 .351
39 James Casey James Casey CHN .268 136 548 147 .300
40 Bill Dahlen Bill Dahlen NY1 .268 145 523 140 .326
41 Jimmy Barrett Jimmy Barrett DET .268 162 624 167 .353
42 Dave Brain SLN .266 127 488 130 .291
43 Johnny Evers Johnny Evers CHN .265 152 532 141 .307
44 Charlie Babb Charlie Babb BRO .265 151 521 138 .345
45 Danny Green CHA .265 147 536 142 .352
46 Kip Selbach BOS +1 .264 146 554 146 .351
47 Jimmy Williams NYA .263 146 559 147 .315
48 Claude Ritchey Claude Ritchey PIT .263 156 544 143 .338
49 Kid Elberfeld Kid Elberfeld NYA .263 122 445 117 .337
50 Miller Huggins Miller Huggins CIN .263 140 491 129 .377
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