League Leaders

1926 Batting Average Leaders

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Showing players with at least 264 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 Mule Suttles SLS 89 358 90 152 28 19 32 130 31 3 15 .425 .472 .877 1.349
2 Turkey Stearnes DS 93 342 94 131 33 9 21 103 41 1 21 .383 .458 .716 1.174
3 Halley Harding ABC 72 270 52 102 17 3 1 44 30 1 15 .378 .449 .474 .923
4 Heinie Manush Heinie Manush DET 136 498 95 188 35 8 14 86 31 28 11 .378 .421 .564 .985
5 Martín Dihigo CSE 43 152 42 57 9 2 14 44 29 11 8 .375 .475 .737 1.212
6 Willie Wells SLS 84 279 66 104 12 4 13 64 50 1 16 .373 .470 .584 1.054
7 Jud Wilson BBS 48 161 46 60 17 2 3 36 29 1 24 .373 .487 .559 1.046
8 Babe Ruth Babe Ruth NYA 152 495 139 184 30 5 47 150 144 76 11 .372 .516 .737 1.253
9 Robert Hudspeth NLG 49 183 31 68 6 5 7 39 12 7 0 .372 .416 .574 .990
10 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann DET 141 502 90 184 41 8 9 103 67 19 6 .367 .445 .534 .979
11 Charlie Smith BRG 28 102 21 37 4 2 2 17 11 1 5 .363 .435 .500 .935
12 George Burns George Burns CLE 151 603 97 216 64 3 4 114 28 33 13 .358 .394 .494 .889
13 Goose Goslin Goose Goslin WS1 147 568 105 201 26 15 17 108 63 38 8 .354 .425 .542 .967
14 Stack Martin ABC 76 294 51 104 22 7 4 65 11 0 11 .354 .383 .517 .900
15 Cristóbal Torriente KCM 77 276 58 97 17 6 5 65 37 0 18 .351 .446 .511 .957
16 Cando López CSW 62 261 32 91 14 1 5 29 14 0 8 .349 .384 .467 .852
17 Bibb Falk Bibb Falk CHA 155 566 86 195 43 4 8 108 66 22 9 .345 .415 .477 .892
18 Al Simmons Al Simmons PHA 147 583 90 199 53 10 19 109 48 49 11 .341 .392 .564 .957
19 Valentín Dreke CSW 55 214 29 73 10 2 3 30 13 0 2 .341 .392 .449 .841
20 Dewey Creacy SLS 92 391 95 133 27 9 23 107 27 1 7 .340 .389 .632 1.020
21 Sam Rice Sam Rice WS1 152 641 98 216 32 14 3 76 42 20 24 .337 .380 .445 .824
22 Paul Waner Paul Waner PIT 144 536 101 180 35 22 8 79 66 19 11 .336 .413 .528 .941
23 Cool Papa Bell Cool Papa Bell SLS 91 386 107 129 27 7 12 58 48 4 36 .334 .413 .534 .947
24 Jelly Gardner CAG 68 247 57 82 12 4 0 18 37 1 6 .332 .419 .413 .832
25 John Beckwith HBG +1 54 199 42 66 17 4 9 54 19 7 4 .332 .393 .593 .986
26 Freddy Leach Freddy Leach PHI 129 492 73 162 29 7 11 71 16 33 6 .329 .352 .484 .835
27 Eddie Brown Eddie Brown BSN 153 612 71 201 31 8 2 84 23 20 5 .328 .355 .415 .770
28 Johnny Mostil Johnny Mostil CHA 148 600 120 197 41 15 4 42 79 55 35 .328 .415 .467 .882
29 Biz Mackey HIL 85 312 59 102 25 3 10 76 34 9 13 .327 .400 .522 .922
30 John Henry Lloyd NLG 49 184 27 60 6 3 1 32 16 0 4 .326 .386 .408 .794
31 Judy Johnson Judy Johnson HIL 87 335 63 109 19 6 2 63 23 14 16 .325 .374 .436 .810
32 Les Bell Les Bell SLN 155 581 85 189 33 14 17 100 54 62 9 .325 .383 .518 .901
33 Wilson Redus SLS 85 293 49 95 14 6 7 53 30 0 10 .324 .393 .485 .877
34 Joe Sewell Joe Sewell CLE 154 578 91 187 41 5 4 85 65 6 17 .324 .399 .433 .832
35 Edd Roush Edd Roush CIN 144 563 95 182 37 10 7 79 38 17 8 .323 .366 .462 .828
36 Rap Dixon HBG 47 186 44 60 12 5 6 40 14 5 12 .323 .373 .538 .911
37 Bing Miller Bing Miller SLA +1 132 463 73 149 33 7 6 63 33 18 11 .322 .376 .462 .838
38 Hack Wilson Hack Wilson CHN 142 529 97 170 36 8 21 109 69 61 10 .321 .406 .539 .944
39 Kiki Cuyler Kiki Cuyler PIT 157 614 113 197 31 15 8 92 50 66 35 .321 .380 .459 .840
40 Clint Thomas HIL 88 318 55 102 18 8 9 78 23 8 24 .321 .379 .513 .892
41 Billy Southworth Billy Southworth SLN +1 135 507 99 162 28 7 16 99 33 10 14 .320 .365 .497 .862
42 Sandy Thompson CAG 79 276 38 88 11 2 1 46 26 0 9 .319 .386 .384 .770
43 George Grantham George Grantham PIT 141 449 66 143 27 13 8 70 60 42 6 .319 .400 .490 .890
44 Babe Herman Babe Herman BRO 137 496 64 158 35 11 11 81 44 53 8 .319 .375 .500 .875
45 Pie Traynor Pie Traynor PIT 152 574 83 182 25 17 3 92 38 14 8 .317 .361 .436 .796
46 Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby SLN 134 527 96 167 34 5 11 93 61 39 3 .317 .388 .463 .851
47 George Carr HIL 80 279 53 88 19 5 2 45 43 17 20 .315 .412 .441 .853
48 Mitchell Murray SLS 84 277 63 87 15 4 11 56 26 1 11 .314 .403 .516 .919
49 Frankie Frisch Frankie Frisch NY1 135 545 75 171 29 4 5 44 33 16 23 .314 .353 .409 .762
50 Harry Rice Harry Rice SLA 148 578 86 181 27 10 9 59 63 40 10 .313 .385 .441 .826
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