League Leaders

1917 Batting Average Leaders

Hits per at bat

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Showing players with at least 478 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 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb DET 152 588 107 225 44 24 6 102 61 34 55 .383 .444 .570 1.014
2 George Sisler George Sisler SLA 135 539 60 190 30 9 2 52 30 19 37 .353 .390 .453 .843
3 Tris Speaker Tris Speaker CLE 142 523 90 184 42 11 2 60 67 14 30 .352 .432 .486 .918
4 Edd Roush Edd Roush CIN 136 522 82 178 19 14 4 67 27 24 21 .341 .379 .454 .833
5 Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby SLN 145 523 86 171 24 17 8 66 45 34 17 .327 .385 .484 .868
6 Bobby Veach Bobby Veach DET 154 571 79 182 31 12 8 103 61 44 21 .319 .393 .457 .850
7 Happy Felsch Happy Felsch CHA 152 575 75 177 17 10 6 102 33 52 26 .308 .352 .404 .755
8 Benny Kauff Benny Kauff NY1 153 559 89 172 22 4 5 68 59 54 30 .308 .379 .388 .767
9 Heinie Groh Heinie Groh CIN 156 599 91 182 39 11 1 53 71 30 15 .304 .385 .411 .796
10 Stuffy McInnis Stuffy McInnis PHA 150 567 50 172 19 4 0 44 33 19 18 .303 .342 .351 .693
11 Ray Chapman Ray Chapman CLE 156 563 98 170 28 13 2 36 61 65 52 .302 .370 .409 .779
12 Sam Rice Sam Rice WS1 155 586 77 177 25 7 0 69 50 41 35 .302 .360 .369 .729
13 Duffy Lewis Duffy Lewis BOS 150 553 55 167 29 9 1 65 29 54 8 .302 .342 .392 .735
14 George Burns George Burns NY1 152 597 103 180 25 13 5 45 75 55 40 .302 .380 .412 .793
15 Shoeless Joe Jackson Shoeless Joe Jackson CHA 146 538 91 162 20 17 5 75 57 25 13 .301 .375 .429 .805
16 Heinie Zimmerman Heinie Zimmerman NY1 150 585 61 174 22 9 5 102 16 43 13 .297 .317 .392 .709
17 Jack Smith SLN 137 462 64 137 16 11 3 34 38 65 25 .297 .351 .398 .750
18 Max Carey Max Carey PIT 155 588 82 174 21 12 1 51 58 38 46 .296 .369 .378 .747
19 Red Smith BSN 147 505 60 149 31 6 2 62 53 61 16 .295 .369 .392 .761
20 Walton Cruise Walton Cruise SLN 153 529 70 156 20 10 5 59 38 73 16 .295 .343 .399 .742
21 Clyde Milan Clyde Milan WS1 155 579 60 170 15 4 0 48 58 26 20 .294 .364 .333 .697
22 Ping Bodie Ping Bodie PHA 148 557 51 162 28 11 7 74 53 40 13 .291 .356 .418 .774
23 Eddie Collins Eddie Collins CHA 156 564 91 163 18 12 0 67 89 16 53 .289 .389 .364 .752
24 Braggo Roth Braggo Roth CLE 145 495 69 141 30 9 1 72 52 73 51 .285 .355 .388 .743
25 Buck Weaver Buck Weaver CHA 118 447 64 127 16 5 3 32 27 29 19 .284 .332 .362 .694
26 Home Run Baker Home Run Baker NYA 146 553 57 156 24 2 6 71 48 27 18 .282 .345 .365 .710
27 Amos Strunk Amos Strunk PHA 148 540 83 152 26 7 1 45 68 37 16 .282 .363 .361 .724
28 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann DET 150 556 57 156 22 11 5 86 41 54 11 .281 .333 .387 .720
29 Donie Bush Donie Bush DET 147 581 112 163 18 3 0 24 80 40 34 .281 .370 .322 .691
30 George Whitted George Whitted PHI 149 553 69 155 24 9 3 70 30 56 10 .280 .317 .373 .690
31 Gavvy Cravath Gavvy Cravath PHI 140 503 70 141 29 16 12 83 70 57 6 .280 .369 .473 .843
32 Hal Chase Hal Chase CIN 152 602 71 167 28 15 4 86 15 49 21 .277 .296 .394 .690
33 Walter Holke Walter Holke NY1 153 527 55 146 12 7 2 55 34 54 13 .277 .327 .338 .665
34 Chick Gandil Chick Gandil CHA 149 553 53 151 9 7 0 57 30 36 16 .273 .316 .315 .631
35 Ed Konetchy Ed Konetchy BSN 130 474 56 129 19 13 2 54 36 40 16 .272 .330 .380 .710
36 Ivy Olson Ivy Olson BRO 139 580 64 156 18 5 2 38 14 34 6 .269 .291 .328 .619
37 Hi Myers Hi Myers BRO 120 471 37 126 15 10 1 41 18 25 5 .268 .295 .348 .643
38 Larry Gardner Larry Gardner BOS 146 501 53 133 23 7 1 61 54 37 16 .266 .341 .345 .686
39 Hank Severeid Hank Severeid SLA 143 501 45 133 23 4 1 57 28 20 6 .266 .306 .333 .639
40 Milt Stock PHI 150 564 76 149 27 6 3 53 51 34 25 .264 .326 .349 .676
41 Fred Merkle Fred Merkle CHN +1 148 557 66 147 31 9 3 57 42 61 13 .264 .320 .368 .688
42 Jake Daubert Jake Daubert BRO 125 468 59 122 4 4 2 30 51 30 11 .261 .341 .299 .640
43 Fred Luderus Fred Luderus PHI 154 522 57 136 24 4 5 72 65 35 5 .261 .349 .351 .700
44 Art Fletcher Art Fletcher NY1 151 557 70 145 24 5 4 56 23 28 12 .260 .312 .343 .655
45 Rabbit Maranville Rabbit Maranville BSN 142 561 69 146 19 13 3 43 40 47 27 .260 .312 .357 .668
46 Roger Peckinpaugh Roger Peckinpaugh NYA 148 543 63 141 24 7 0 41 64 46 17 .260 .340 .330 .670
47 Dave Robertson Dave Robertson NY1 142 532 64 138 16 9 12 54 10 47 17 .259 .276 .391 .667
48 George Cutshaw George Cutshaw BRO 135 487 42 126 17 7 4 49 21 26 22 .259 .292 .347 .639
49 Dick Hoblitzell Dick Hoblitzell BOS 120 420 49 108 19 7 1 47 46 22 12 .257 .336 .343 .679
50 Casey Stengel Casey Stengel BRO 150 549 69 141 23 12 6 73 60 62 18 .257 .336 .375 .711
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