League Leaders

1886 Batting Average Leaders

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Showing players with at least 391 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 King Kelly King Kelly CHN 118 451 155 175 32 11 4 79 83 33 53 .388 .483 .534 1.018
2 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN 125 504 117 187 35 11 10 147 55 19 29 .371 .433 .544 .977
3 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers DTN 121 489 139 181 40 15 11 72 66 16 21 .370 .445 .581 1.026
4 Roger Connor Roger Connor NY1 118 485 105 172 29 20 7 71 41 15 17 .355 .405 .540 .945
5 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson DTN 125 538 125 189 27 11 11 61 46 27 42 .351 .402 .504 .906
6 Pete Browning Pete Browning LS2 112 467 86 159 29 6 2 68 30 0 26 .341 .389 .441 .830
7 Dave Orr Dave Orr NY4 136 571 93 193 25 31 7 91 17 0 16 .338 .363 .527 .890
8 Tip O'Neill Tip O'Neill SL4 138 579 106 190 28 14 3 107 47 0 9 .328 .386 .440 .826
9 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock SL5 121 486 96 158 29 7 3 40 38 13 38 .325 .374 .432 .806
10 Henry Larkin Henry Larkin PH4 139 565 133 180 36 16 2 74 59 0 32 .319 .390 .450 .840
11 Paul Hines Paul Hines WS8 121 487 80 152 30 8 9 56 35 21 21 .312 .358 .462 .820
12 Sam Thompson Sam Thompson DTN 122 503 101 156 18 13 8 89 35 31 13 .310 .355 .445 .800
13 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke NY1 105 440 106 136 26 6 1 34 39 21 14 .309 .365 .402 .768
14 George Gore George Gore CHN 118 444 150 135 20 12 6 63 102 30 23 .304 .434 .444 .878
15 Jack Rowe Jack Rowe DTN 111 468 97 142 21 9 6 87 26 27 12 .303 .340 .425 .765
16 Alex McKinnon Alex McKinnon SL5 122 491 75 148 24 7 8 72 21 23 10 .301 .330 .428 .758
17 Arlie Latham Arlie Latham SL4 134 578 152 174 23 8 1 47 55 0 60 .301 .368 .374 .742
18 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey PH4 123 489 115 144 28 11 7 59 64 0 68 .295 .377 .440 .817
19 Mike Dorgan NY1 118 442 61 129 19 4 2 79 29 37 9 .292 .336 .367 .702
20 Sam Wise BSN 96 387 71 112 19 12 4 72 33 61 31 .289 .345 .432 .777
21 Deacon White Deacon White DTN 124 491 65 142 19 5 1 76 31 35 9 .289 .331 .354 .686
22 Fred Carroll Fred Carroll PT1 122 486 92 140 28 11 5 64 52 0 20 .288 .362 .422 .783
23 Tom Brown Tom Brown PT1 115 460 106 131 11 11 1 51 56 0 30 .285 .365 .363 .728
24 Curt Welch Curt Welch SL4 138 563 114 158 31 13 2 95 29 0 59 .281 .332 .393 .724
25 Billy Nash Billy Nash BSN 109 417 61 117 11 8 1 45 24 28 16 .281 .320 .353 .672
26 Ed Swartwood Ed Swartwood BR3 122 471 95 132 13 10 3 58 70 0 37 .280 .377 .369 .746
27 Al Myers Al Myers KCN 118 473 69 131 22 9 4 51 22 42 3 .277 .309 .387 .696
28 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN 116 499 83 138 21 6 3 48 26 21 18 .277 .312 .361 .673
29 Tom Burns Tom Burns CHN 112 445 64 123 18 10 3 65 14 40 15 .276 .299 .382 .681
30 William Robinson SL4 133 481 89 132 26 9 3 71 64 0 51 .274 .377 .385 .761
31 Fred Dunlap Fred Dunlap SL5 +1 122 481 85 132 23 5 7 69 44 51 20 .274 .335 .387 .722
32 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips BR3 141 585 68 160 26 15 0 72 33 0 13 .274 .313 .369 .683
33 George Wood George Wood PHI 106 450 81 123 18 15 4 50 23 75 9 .273 .309 .407 .715
34 John Ward John Ward NY1 122 491 82 134 17 5 2 81 19 46 36 .273 .300 .340 .640
35 Patrick Gillespie Patrick Gillespie NY1 97 396 65 108 13 8 0 58 16 30 17 .273 .301 .346 .647
36 Chicken Wolf Chicken Wolf LS2 130 545 93 148 17 12 3 61 27 0 23 .272 .310 .363 .673
37 Charley Jones Charley Jones CN2 127 500 87 135 22 10 6 68 61 0 3 .270 .356 .390 .746
38 Bill Gleason Bill Gleason SL4 125 524 97 141 18 5 0 61 43 0 19 .269 .333 .323 .655
39 John Kerins LS2 120 487 113 131 19 9 4 50 66 0 26 .269 .360 .370 .729
40 Bid McPhee Bid McPhee CN2 140 560 139 150 23 12 8 70 59 0 40 .268 .343 .395 .738
41 Joe Mulvey Joe Mulvey PHI 107 430 71 115 16 10 2 53 15 31 27 .267 .292 .365 .657
42 Sam Barkley Sam Barkley PT1 122 478 77 127 31 8 1 69 58 0 22 .266 .345 .370 .715
43 John Reilly John Reilly CN2 115 441 92 117 12 11 6 79 31 0 19 .265 .321 .383 .704
44 John Corkhill John Corkhill CN2 129 540 81 143 9 7 5 97 23 0 24 .265 .302 .335 .638
45 Dude Esterbrook NY1 123 473 62 125 20 6 3 43 8 43 13 .264 .277 .351 .628
46 Fred Pfeffer Fred Pfeffer CHN 118 474 88 125 17 8 7 95 36 46 30 .264 .316 .378 .693
47 Tom Poorman Tom Poorman BSN 88 371 72 97 16 6 3 41 19 52 31 .262 .297 .361 .659
48 George Pinkney George Pinkney BR3 141 597 119 156 22 7 0 37 70 0 32 .261 .339 .322 .660
49 Ernie Burch Ernie Burch BR3 113 456 78 119 22 6 2 72 39 0 16 .261 .321 .349 .669
50 Joe Hornung BSN 94 424 67 109 12 2 2 40 10 62 16 .257 .274 .309 .583
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