League Leaders

1885 Batting Average Leaders

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Showing players with at least 348 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 Roger Connor Roger Connor NY1 110 455 102 169 23 15 1 65 51 8 0 .371 .435 .495 .929
2 Pete Browning Pete Browning LS2 112 481 98 174 34 10 9 73 25 0 0 .362 .393 .530 .923
3 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers BFN 98 407 87 146 32 11 7 59 34 10 0 .359 .408 .543 .951
4 Dave Orr Dave Orr NY4 107 444 76 152 29 21 6 77 8 0 0 .342 .358 .543 .901
5 Henry Larkin Henry Larkin PH4 108 453 114 149 37 14 8 88 26 0 0 .329 .373 .525 .899
6 Mike Dorgan NY1 89 347 60 113 17 8 0 46 11 24 0 .326 .346 .421 .767
7 Charley Jones Charley Jones CN2 112 487 108 157 19 17 5 35 21 0 0 .322 .362 .462 .824
8 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BFN 96 426 90 136 19 11 6 44 20 22 0 .319 .350 .458 .808
9 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey PH4 112 486 130 153 27 9 13 75 39 0 0 .315 .371 .488 .858
10 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN 110 457 78 143 23 8 4 47 17 25 0 .313 .338 .425 .762
11 George Gore George Gore CHN 109 441 115 138 21 13 5 57 68 25 0 .313 .405 .454 .858
12 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN 112 464 100 144 35 7 7 108 34 13 0 .310 .357 .461 .819
13 Tom Brown Tom Brown PT1 108 437 81 134 16 12 4 68 34 0 0 .307 .366 .426 .792
14 Buck Ewing Buck Ewing NY1 81 342 81 104 15 12 6 63 13 17 0 .304 .330 .471 .800
15 Ned Hanlon Ned Hanlon DTN 105 424 93 128 18 8 1 29 47 18 0 .302 .372 .389 .761
16 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips BR3 99 391 65 118 16 11 3 63 27 0 0 .302 .364 .422 .786
17 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke NY1 112 477 119 143 21 16 5 42 40 21 0 .300 .354 .442 .796
18 John Coleman John Coleman PH4 96 398 71 119 15 11 3 70 25 0 0 .299 .345 .415 .760
19 John Reilly John Reilly CN2 111 482 92 143 18 11 5 60 11 0 0 .297 .322 .411 .733
20 Steve Brady Steve Brady NY4 108 434 60 128 14 5 3 58 25 0 0 .295 .342 .371 .713
21 Alex McKinnon Alex McKinnon SL5 100 411 42 121 21 6 1 44 8 31 0 .294 .308 .382 .690
22 Patrick Gillespie Patrick Gillespie NY1 102 420 67 123 17 6 0 52 15 32 0 .293 .317 .362 .679
23 Deacon White Deacon White BFN 98 404 54 118 6 6 0 57 12 11 0 .292 .313 .337 .649
24 Chicken Wolf Chicken Wolf LS2 112 483 79 141 23 17 1 52 11 0 0 .292 .309 .416 .725
25 George Wood George Wood DTN 82 362 62 105 19 8 5 28 13 19 0 .290 .315 .428 .743
26 Jack Rowe Jack Rowe BFN 98 421 62 122 28 8 2 51 13 19 0 .290 .311 .409 .720
27 King Kelly King Kelly CHN 107 438 124 126 24 7 9 75 46 24 0 .288 .355 .436 .792
28 Sam Wise BSN 107 424 71 120 20 10 4 46 25 61 0 .283 .323 .406 .729
29 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock SL5 111 446 66 125 18 3 1 40 29 10 0 .280 .324 .341 .665
30 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell PH4 +1 87 391 80 109 16 6 0 25 19 15 0 .279 .317 .350 .668
31 James Roseman James Roseman NY4 101 410 72 114 13 14 4 46 25 0 0 .278 .335 .407 .742
32 George Pinkney George Pinkney BR3 110 447 77 124 16 5 0 42 27 0 0 .277 .329 .336 .664
33 Hick Carpenter Hick Carpenter CN2 112 473 89 131 12 8 2 61 9 0 0 .277 .295 .349 .644
34 Joe Start Joe Start PRO 101 374 47 103 11 4 0 41 39 10 0 .275 .344 .326 .670
35 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple CHN 113 492 109 135 27 12 11 61 46 42 0 .274 .336 .445 .782
36 Frank Fennelly CN2 112 454 82 124 14 17 10 89 38 0 0 .273 .333 .445 .778
37 Tom Burns Tom Burns CHN 111 445 82 121 23 9 7 71 16 48 0 .272 .297 .411 .708
38 Curt Welch Curt Welch SL4 112 432 84 117 18 8 3 69 23 0 0 .271 .318 .370 .689
39 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO 98 411 63 111 20 4 1 35 19 18 0 .270 .302 .346 .648
40 Fred Dunlap Fred Dunlap SL5 106 423 70 114 11 5 2 25 41 24 0 .270 .334 .333 .667
41 Charlie Bennett DTN 91 349 49 94 24 13 5 60 47 37 0 .269 .356 .456 .812
42 Joe Mulvey Joe Mulvey PHI 107 443 74 119 25 6 6 64 3 18 0 .269 .274 .393 .666
43 Sam Barkley Sam Barkley SL4 106 418 67 112 18 10 3 53 25 0 0 .268 .312 .380 .693
44 Bill McClellan Bill McClellan BR3 112 464 85 124 22 7 0 46 28 0 0 .267 .317 .345 .662
45 Ed Andrews Ed Andrews PHI 103 421 77 112 15 3 0 23 32 25 0 .266 .318 .316 .634
46 Ed Swartwood Ed Swartwood BR3 99 399 80 106 8 9 0 49 36 0 0 .266 .334 .331 .665
47 Bid McPhee Bid McPhee CN2 110 431 78 114 12 4 0 46 19 0 0 .265 .306 .311 .617
48 Germany Smith Germany Smith BR3 108 419 63 108 17 11 4 62 10 0 0 .258 .275 .380 .655
49 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling BR3 94 370 73 95 9 5 1 34 49 0 0 .257 .350 .316 .666
50 Dude Esterbrook NY1 88 359 48 92 14 5 2 44 4 28 0 .256 .265 .340 .604
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