1879 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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.

Showing players with at least 264 plate appearances — the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game. Show all players

#	Player	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Paul Hines	PRO	85	409	81	146	25	10	2	52	8	16	0	.357	.369	.482	.851
2	Jim O'Rourke	PRO	81	362	69	126	19	9	1	46	13	10	0	.348	.371	.459	.829
3	King Kelly	CN1	77	345	78	120	20	12	2	47	8	14	0	.348	.363	.493	.855
4	JO John O'Rourke	BSN	72	317	69	108	17	11	6	62	8	32	0	.341	.357	.521	.877
5	Deacon White	CN1	78	333	55	110	16	6	1	52	6	9	0	.330	.342	.423	.766
6	Joe Start	PRO	66	317	70	101	11	5	2	37	7	4	0	.319	.333	.404	.737
7	Charley Jones	BSN	83	355	85	112	22	10	9	62	29	38	0	.316	.367	.510	.877
8	Tom York	PRO	81	342	69	106	25	5	1	50	19	28	0	.310	.346	.421	.767
9	OS Orator Shafer	CHN	73	316	53	96	13	0	0	35	6	28	0	.304	.317	.345	.662
10	Cal McVey	CN1	81	354	64	105	18	6	0	55	8	13	0	.297	.312	.381	.694
11	Jack Farrell	SR1 +1	66	292	45	86	8	2	1	26	3	13	0	.295	.302	.346	.648
12	Ed Williamson	CHN	80	320	66	94	20	13	1	36	24	31	0	.294	.343	.447	.790
13	Buttercup Dickerson	CN1	81	350	73	102	18	14	2	57	3	27	0	.291	.298	.440	.738
14	Abner Dalrymple	CHN	71	333	47	97	25	1	0	23	4	29	0	.291	.300	.372	.672
15	Bill Crowley	BFN	60	261	41	75	9	5	0	30	6	14	0	.287	.303	.360	.664
16	John Ward	PRO	83	364	71	104	9	4	2	41	7	14	0	.286	.299	.349	.648
17	Silver Flint	CHN	79	324	46	92	22	6	1	41	6	44	0	.284	.297	.398	.695
18	Hardy Richardson	BFN	79	336	54	95	18	10	0	37	16	30	0	.283	.315	.396	.711
19	John Morrill	BSN	84	348	56	98	18	5	0	49	14	32	0	.282	.309	.362	.672
20	Pete Hotaling	CN1	81	369	64	103	20	9	1	27	12	17	0	.279	.302	.390	.692
21	George Wright	PRO	85	388	79	107	15	10	1	42	13	20	0	.276	.299	.374	.673
22	MM Mike McGeary	PRO	85	374	62	103	7	2	0	35	5	13	0	.275	.285	.305	.590
23	OW Oscar Walker	BFN	72	287	35	79	15	6	1	35	8	38	0	.275	.295	.380	.675
24	CE Charlie Eden	CL2	81	353	40	96	31	7	3	34	6	20	0	.272	.284	.425	.709
25	Bill Phillips	CL2	81	365	58	99	15	4	0	29	2	20	0	.271	.275	.334	.609
26	Charles Fulmer	BFN	76	306	30	82	11	5	0	28	5	34	0	.268	.280	.337	.616
27	SH Sadie Houck	BSN	80	356	69	95	24	9	2	49	4	11	0	.267	.275	.402	.677
28	MD Mike Dorgan	SR1	59	270	38	72	11	5	1	17	4	13	0	.267	.277	.356	.633
29	JH Joe Hornung	BFN	78	319	46	85	18	7	0	38	2	27	0	.267	.271	.367	.638
30	Ross Barnes	CN1	77	323	55	86	9	2	1	30	16	25	0	.266	.301	.316	.617
31	John Clapp	BFN	70	292	47	77	12	5	1	36	11	11	0	.264	.290	.349	.640
32	George Gore	CHN	63	266	43	70	17	4	0	32	8	30	0	.263	.285	.357	.642
33	Al Hall	TRN	67	306	30	79	7	3	0	14	3	13	0	.258	.265	.301	.566
34	Ed Caskin	TRN	70	304	32	78	13	2	0	21	2	14	0	.257	.261	.313	.574
35	Blondie Purcell	SR1 +1	75	327	42	83	6	3	0	29	3	16	0	.254	.261	.291	.551
36	Pud Galvin	BFN	67	265	34	66	11	6	0	27	1	56	0	.249	.252	.336	.588
37	Ezra Sutton	BSN	84	339	54	84	13	4	0	34	2	18	0	.248	.252	.310	.562
38	George Bradley	TRN	63	251	36	62	9	5	0	23	1	20	0	.247	.250	.323	.573
39	JP John Peters	CHN	83	379	45	93	13	2	1	31	1	19	0	.245	.247	.298	.546
40	FW Fred Warner	CL2	76	316	32	77	11	4	0	22	2	20	0	.244	.248	.304	.552
41	Tommy Bond	BSN	65	257	35	62	3	1	0	21	6	8	0	.241	.259	.261	.519
42	Jack Burdock	BSN	84	359	64	86	10	3	0	36	9	28	0	.240	.258	.284	.542
43	TC Tom Carey	CL2	80	335	30	80	14	1	0	32	5	20	0	.239	.250	.287	.537
44	Pop Snyder	BSN	81	329	42	78	16	3	2	35	5	31	0	.237	.249	.322	.571
45	JE Jake Evans	TRN	72	280	30	65	9	5	0	17	5	18	0	.232	.246	.300	.546
46	HM Harry McCormick	SR1	57	230	21	51	4	1	1	21	0	22	0	.222	.222	.261	.483
47	Jim McCormick	CL2	75	282	35	62	10	2	0	20	1	9	0	.220	.223	.270	.492
48	Mike Mansell	SR1	67	242	24	52	4	2	1	13	5	45	0	.215	.231	.260	.491
49	JR John Richmond	SR1	62	254	31	54	8	4	1	23	4	24	0	.213	.225	.287	.512
50	Jimmy Macullar	SR1	64	246	24	52	9	0	0	13	3	27	0	.211	.221	.248	.469

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