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1897 Batting Average Leaders

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# Player Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
1 Willie Keeler Willie Keeler BLN 129 564 145 239 27 19 0 74 35 5 64 .424 .464 .539 1.003
2 Fred Clarke Fred Clarke LS3 130 526 122 205 30 13 6 67 45 26 59 .390 .461 .530 .992
3 Jesse Burkett Jesse Burkett CL4 127 517 129 198 28 7 2 60 76 25 28 .383 .468 .476 .944
4 Ed Delahanty Ed Delahanty PHI 129 530 109 200 40 15 5 96 60 23 26 .377 .444 .538 .981
5 Joe Kelley Joe Kelley BLN 131 505 113 183 31 9 5 118 70 19 44 .362 .447 .489 .936
6 Nap Lajoie Nap Lajoie PHI 127 545 107 197 40 23 9 127 15 25 20 .362 .392 .569 .960
7 Hughie Jennings Hughie Jennings BLN 117 439 133 156 26 9 2 79 42 9 60 .355 .463 .469 .932
8 Jack Doyle BLN 114 460 91 163 29 4 2 87 29 23 62 .354 .394 .448 .842
9 Chick Stahl Chick Stahl BSN 114 469 112 166 30 13 4 97 38 18 18 .354 .406 .499 .905
10 George Davis George Davis NY1 131 521 112 184 31 10 10 135 43 23 65 .353 .410 .509 .918
11 Jake Stenzel Jake Stenzel BLN 131 536 113 189 43 7 4 116 36 21 69 .353 .404 .481 .885
12 Jimmy Collins Jimmy Collins BSN 134 529 103 183 28 13 6 132 41 16 14 .346 .400 .482 .882
13 Billy Hamilton Billy Hamilton BSN 127 507 152 174 17 5 3 61 105 30 66 .343 .461 .414 .875
14 Gene DeMontreville Gene DeMontreville WAS 133 566 92 193 27 8 3 93 21 35 30 .341 .366 .433 .799
15 Bill Lange Bill Lange CHN 118 479 119 163 24 14 5 83 48 12 73 .340 .406 .480 .886
16 Hugh Duffy Hugh Duffy BSN 134 550 130 187 25 10 11 129 52 17 41 .340 .403 .482 .885
17 Cupid Childs Cupid Childs CL4 114 444 105 150 15 9 1 61 74 19 25 .338 .435 .419 .854
18 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace CL4 130 516 99 173 33 21 4 112 48 32 14 .335 .394 .504 .898
19 Jake Beckley Jake Beckley CIN +1 114 433 84 143 19 12 8 87 20 14 25 .330 .380 .485 .865
20 Duff Cooley Duff Cooley PHI 133 566 124 186 14 13 4 40 51 39 31 .329 .386 .421 .807
21 George Van Haltren George Van Haltren NY1 130 566 119 186 22 9 3 64 42 25 50 .329 .376 .415 .791
22 Klondike Douglass SLN 126 519 77 170 15 3 6 50 52 20 12 .328 .402 .403 .805
23 Mike Tiernan Mike Tiernan NY1 128 532 123 174 29 10 5 72 61 36 40 .327 .397 .447 .845
24 John Anderson John Anderson BRO 117 492 93 160 28 12 4 85 17 14 29 .325 .357 .455 .812
25 John McGraw John McGraw BLN 106 391 90 127 15 3 0 48 99 15 44 .325 .471 .379 .849
26 Herman Long Herman Long BSN 107 450 89 145 32 7 3 69 23 17 22 .322 .358 .444 .802
27 Patsy Donovan Patsy Donovan PIT 120 479 82 154 16 7 0 57 25 23 34 .322 .360 .384 .744
28 Fred Tenney Fred Tenney BSN 132 566 125 180 24 3 1 85 49 18 34 .318 .376 .376 .753
29 Kid Gleason Kid Gleason NY1 132 543 86 172 16 4 1 106 27 24 44 .317 .353 .367 .719
30 Mike Griffin Mike Griffin BRO 134 534 136 169 25 11 2 56 81 13 16 .317 .416 .416 .832
31 Dusty Miller Dusty Miller CIN 119 440 83 139 27 1 4 70 48 17 29 .316 .393 .409 .802
32 Fielder Jones Fielder Jones BRO 135 548 134 172 15 10 1 49 61 22 48 .314 .392 .383 .775
33 Kip Selbach WAS 124 486 113 152 25 16 5 59 80 32 46 .313 .414 .461 .875
34 Elmer Smith Elmer Smith PIT 123 467 99 145 19 17 6 54 70 32 25 .311 .408 .463 .871
35 Bobby Lowe Bobby Lowe BSN 123 499 87 154 24 8 5 106 32 20 16 .309 .355 .419 .774
36 George LaChance BRO 126 520 86 160 28 16 4 90 15 38 26 .308 .333 .446 .780
37 Harry Davis Harry Davis PIT 111 429 70 131 10 28 2 63 26 40 21 .305 .359 .473 .832
38 Fred Hartman Fred Hartman SLN 125 519 67 158 21 8 2 67 26 24 18 .304 .350 .387 .737
39 Bill Joyce Bill Joyce NY1 110 389 111 118 15 13 3 64 81 38 35 .303 .444 .432 .875
40 Perry Werden Perry Werden LS3 133 512 76 154 21 14 5 83 41 21 15 .301 .365 .426 .791
41 Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan CHN 136 520 103 156 33 17 5 85 50 27 27 .300 .369 .458 .827
42 Ollie Pickering Ollie Pickering LS3 +1 110 431 67 126 10 4 2 43 37 42 38 .292 .352 .348 .700
43 Tom Brown Tom Brown WAS 116 469 91 137 17 2 5 45 52 63 25 .292 .364 .369 .733
44 Billy Hoy Billy Hoy CIN 128 497 87 145 24 6 2 42 54 27 37 .292 .375 .376 .751
45 Tuck Turner Tuck Turner SLN 103 416 58 121 17 12 2 41 35 18 8 .291 .350 .404 .754
46 George Decker George Decker CHN 111 428 72 124 12 7 5 63 24 14 11 .290 .333 .386 .719
47 Jack O'Connor Jack O'Connor CL4 103 397 49 115 21 4 2 69 26 21 20 .290 .338 .378 .716
48 Henry Reitz BLN 128 477 76 138 15 6 2 84 50 25 23 .289 .370 .359 .728
49 Charlie Irwin CIN 134 505 89 146 26 6 0 74 47 29 27 .289 .360 .364 .725
50 Tommy Corcoran Tommy Corcoran CIN 109 445 76 128 30 5 3 57 13 6 15 .288 .311 .398 .709
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