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1887 Batting Average Leaders

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Showing players with at least 425 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 Tip O'Neill Tip O'Neill SL4 124 517 167 225 52 19 14 123 50 20 30 .435 .490 .691 1.180
2 Pete Browning Pete Browning LS2 134 547 137 220 35 16 4 118 55 39 103 .402 .464 .547 1.011
3 Sam Thompson Sam Thompson DTN 127 545 118 203 29 23 10 166 32 19 22 .373 .416 .565 .982
4 Denny Lyons Denny Lyons PH4 137 570 128 209 43 14 6 102 47 16 73 .367 .421 .523 .943
5 Bob Caruthers Bob Caruthers SL4 98 364 102 130 23 11 8 73 66 21 49 .357 .463 .547 1.010
6 Dave Foutz Dave Foutz SL4 102 423 79 151 26 13 4 108 23 20 22 .357 .393 .508 .901
7 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN 122 472 107 164 33 13 7 102 60 18 27 .348 .422 .517 .939
8 Thomas Burns Thomas Burns BL2 140 551 122 188 33 19 9 99 63 47 58 .341 .414 .519 .933
9 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers DTN 123 500 153 169 36 20 12 101 71 9 34 .338 .426 .562 .988
10 John Ward John Ward NY1 129 545 114 184 16 5 1 53 29 12 111 .338 .375 .391 .766
11 Charlie Comiskey Charlie Comiskey SL4 125 538 139 180 22 5 4 103 27 11 117 .335 .374 .416 .791
12 Sam Wise BSN 113 467 103 156 27 17 9 92 36 44 43 .334 .390 .523 .913
13 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson DTN 120 543 131 178 25 18 8 94 31 40 29 .328 .366 .484 .851
14 Fred Carroll Fred Carroll PIT 102 421 71 138 24 15 6 54 36 21 23 .328 .383 .499 .882
15 Ed Andrews Ed Andrews PHI 104 464 110 151 19 7 4 67 21 21 57 .325 .359 .422 .781
16 Jerry Denny Jerry Denny IN3 122 510 86 165 34 12 11 97 13 22 29 .324 .344 .502 .846
17 King Kelly King Kelly BSN 116 484 120 156 34 11 8 63 55 40 84 .322 .393 .488 .880
18 Jack Rowe Jack Rowe DTN 124 537 135 171 30 10 6 96 39 11 22 .318 .368 .445 .813
19 Arlie Latham Arlie Latham SL4 136 627 163 198 35 10 2 83 45 29 129 .316 .366 .413 .779
20 John Corkhill John Corkhill CN2 128 541 79 168 19 11 5 97 14 10 30 .311 .333 .414 .747
21 Henry Larkin Henry Larkin PH4 126 497 105 154 22 12 3 88 48 13 37 .310 .380 .421 .800
22 Jumbo Davis Jumbo Davis BL2 130 485 81 150 23 19 8 109 28 27 49 .309 .353 .485 .838
23 John Reilly John Reilly CN2 134 551 106 170 35 14 10 96 22 29 50 .309 .352 .477 .829
24 Otto Schomberg Otto Schomberg IN3 112 419 91 129 18 16 5 83 56 32 21 .308 .397 .463 .860
25 Reddy Mack Reddy Mack LS2 128 478 117 147 23 8 1 69 83 63 22 .308 .415 .395 .811
26 Paul Hines Paul Hines WS8 123 478 83 147 32 5 10 72 48 24 46 .308 .380 .458 .838
27 William Robinson SL4 125 430 102 131 32 4 1 74 92 49 75 .305 .445 .405 .850
28 Deacon White Deacon White DTN 111 449 71 136 20 11 3 75 26 15 20 .303 .353 .417 .770
29 Mike Griffin Mike Griffin BL2 136 532 142 160 32 13 3 94 55 17 94 .301 .375 .427 .802
30 Darby O'Brien Darby O'Brien NY4 127 522 97 157 30 13 5 73 40 42 49 .301 .355 .437 .792
31 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling CL3 126 505 108 151 28 13 3 94 53 46 43 .299 .374 .424 .797
32 Bill Kuehne Bill Kuehne PIT 102 402 68 120 18 15 1 41 14 39 17 .299 .324 .425 .749
33 Chippy McGarr Chippy McGarr PH4 137 536 93 158 23 6 1 63 23 67 84 .295 .326 .366 .692
34 Billy Nash Billy Nash BSN 121 475 100 140 24 12 6 94 60 30 43 .295 .376 .434 .810
35 Germany Smith Germany Smith BR3 103 435 79 128 19 16 4 72 13 18 26 .294 .316 .439 .755
36 John Kerins LS2 112 476 101 140 18 19 5 57 38 26 49 .294 .349 .443 .792
37 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock IN3 122 483 91 142 18 7 0 40 41 8 62 .294 .361 .360 .722
38 Fred Mann Fred Mann CL3 +1 119 488 87 143 29 13 2 73 38 42 41 .293 .362 .418 .780
39 John Coleman John Coleman PIT 115 475 75 139 21 11 2 54 31 40 25 .293 .337 .396 .733
40 Hub Collins Hub Collins LS2 130 559 122 162 22 8 1 66 39 33 71 .290 .338 .363 .701
41 George Gore George Gore NY1 111 459 95 133 16 5 1 49 42 18 39 .290 .358 .353 .711
42 George Wood George Wood PHI 113 491 118 142 22 19 14 66 40 51 19 .289 .350 .497 .847
43 Bid McPhee Bid McPhee CN2 129 540 137 156 20 19 2 87 55 30 95 .289 .360 .407 .767
44 Bill Gleason Bill Gleason SL4 135 598 135 172 19 1 0 76 41 23 23 .288 .342 .323 .664
45 Mike Tiernan Mike Tiernan NY1 103 407 82 117 13 12 10 62 32 31 28 .288 .344 .452 .796
46 Joe Mulvey Joe Mulvey PHI 111 474 93 136 21 6 2 78 21 14 43 .287 .321 .369 .691
47 Ed McKean Ed McKean CL3 132 539 97 154 16 13 2 54 60 32 76 .286 .358 .375 .733
48 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey PH4 124 497 125 142 31 12 4 77 56 38 74 .286 .366 .421 .787
49 Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan CHN 126 508 117 145 23 10 11 74 53 19 50 .285 .360 .435 .795
50 Joe Werrick Joe Werrick LS2 136 533 90 152 21 13 7 99 38 49 49 .285 .336 .413 .749
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