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1916 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Tris Speaker led all of MLB in batting average in 1916 with .386, 16 points ahead of Ty Cobb (.371).

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Tris Speaker Led all of MLB in 1916 Tris Speaker Cleveland Indians
.386 Batting Average .016 clear of Ty Cobb
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Tris Speaker Tris Speaker CLE .386 151 546 211 .470
2 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb DET .371 145 542 201 .452
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson Shoeless Joe Jackson CHA .341 155 592 202 .394
4 Hal Chase Hal Chase CIN .340 142 542 184 .363
5 Amos Strunk Amos Strunk PHA .316 150 544 172 .393
6 Jake Daubert Jake Daubert BRO .316 127 478 151 .371
7 Bill Hinchman Bill Hinchman PIT .315 152 555 175 .378
8 Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby SLN .313 139 495 155 .369
9 Zack Wheat Zack Wheat BRO .312 149 568 177 .366
10 Eddie Collins Eddie Collins CHA .308 155 545 168 .405
11 Larry Gardner Larry Gardner BOS .308 148 493 152 .372
12 Dave Robertson Dave Robertson NY1 .307 150 587 180 .326
13 Bobby Veach Bobby Veach DET .306 150 566 173 .367
14 George Sisler George Sisler SLA .305 151 580 177 .355
15 Happy Felsch Happy Felsch CHA .300 146 546 164 .341
16 Stuffy McInnis Stuffy McInnis PHA .295 140 512 151 .332
17 Heinie Zimmerman Heinie Zimmerman CHN +1 .286 147 549 157 .318
18 George Burns George Burns DET .286 135 479 137 .327
19 Art Fletcher Art Fletcher NY1 .286 133 500 143 .323
20 Gavvy Cravath Gavvy Cravath PHI .284 137 448 127 .379
21 Burt Shotton Burt Shotton SLA .283 156 614 174 .392
22 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann DET .282 136 451 127 .349
23 Fred Luderus Fred Luderus PHI .282 146 508 143 .341
24 George Whitted George Whitted PHI .281 147 526 148 .309
25 Milt Stock PHI .281 132 509 143 .320
26 George Burns George Burns NY1 .279 155 623 174 .346
27 Dode Paskert Dode Paskert PHI .279 149 555 155 .346
28 Casey Stengel Casey Stengel BRO .279 127 462 129 .329
29 Cy Williams Cy Williams CHN .279 118 405 113 .372
30 Larry Doyle Larry Doyle NY1 +1 .278 122 479 133 .323
31 Clyde Milan Clyde Milan WS1 .273 150 565 154 .344
32 Harry Hooper Harry Hooper BOS .271 151 575 156 .361
33 Heinie Groh Heinie Groh CIN .269 149 553 149 .370
34 Duffy Lewis Duffy Lewis BOS .268 152 563 151 .313
35 Del Pratt Del Pratt SLA .267 158 596 159 .331
36 Ward Miller Ward Miller SLA .266 146 485 129 .371
37 Tommy Griffith Tommy Griffith CIN .266 155 595 158 .310
38 Tillie Walker Tillie Walker BOS .266 128 467 124 .303
39 Benny Kauff Benny Kauff NY1 .265 154 552 146 .348
40 Buck Herzog Buck Herzog CIN +1 .264 156 561 148 .327
41 Max Carey Max Carey PIT .264 154 599 158 .337
42 Ralph Young Ralph Young DET .263 153 528 139 .342
43 Wally Pipp Wally Pipp NYA .262 151 545 143 .331
44 Greasy Neale Greasy Neale CIN .262 138 530 139 .296
45 Terry Turner Terry Turner CLE .262 124 428 112 .325
46 George Cutshaw George Cutshaw BRO .260 154 581 151 .292
47 Ed Konetchy Ed Konetchy BSN .260 158 566 147 .320
48 Red Smith BSN .259 150 509 132 .333
49 Dick Hoblitzell Dick Hoblitzell BOS .259 130 417 108 .338
50 Chick Gandil Chick Gandil CLE .259 146 533 138 .312
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