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1871 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Levi Meyerle led all of MLB in batting average in 1871 with .492, 61 points ahead of Cal McVey (.431). It is the best single-season batting average mark in MLB history. It was one of 2 times Levi Meyerle led in batting average.

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Levi Meyerle Led all of MLB in 1871 Levi Meyerle Philadelphia Athletics
.492 Batting Average .061 clear of Cal McVey
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Levi Meyerle Levi Meyerle PH1 .492 26 130 64 .500
2 Cal McVey Cal McVey BS1 .431 29 153 66 .435
3 Ross Barnes Ross Barnes BS1 .401 31 157 63 .447
4 Steve King Steve King TRO .396 29 144 57 .400
5 Jimmy Wood Jimmy Wood CH1 .378 28 135 51 .425
6 Lip Pike Lip Pike TRO .377 28 130 49 .400
7 Rynie Wolters Rynie Wolters NY2 .370 32 138 51 .412
8 Joe Start Joe Start NY2 .360 33 161 58 .372
9 Al Reach Al Reach PH1 .353 26 133 47 .377
10 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton CL1 .352 29 128 45 .357
11 George Bechtel George Bechtel PH1 .351 20 94 33 .365
12 Jim Foran FW1 .348 19 89 31 .363
13 Fergy Malone Fergy Malone PH1 .343 27 134 46 .385
14 Fred Treacey Fred Treacey CH1 .339 25 124 42 .349
15 Clipper Flynn Clipper Flynn TRO .338 29 142 48 .356
16 Doug Allison Doug Allison WS3 .331 27 133 44 .331
17 Cap Anson Cap Anson RC1 .325 25 120 39 .336
18 Count Sensenderfer PH1 .323 25 127 41 .323
19 Bill Craver Bill Craver TRO .322 27 118 38 .339
20 Deacon White Deacon White CL1 .322 29 146 47 .340
21 Dave Eggler Dave Eggler NY2 .320 33 147 47 .338
22 Fred Waterman Fred Waterman WS3 .316 32 158 50 .357
23 Dickie Flowers TRO .314 21 105 33 .339
24 John Glenn WS3 .308 26 120 37 .325
25 John Radcliff John Radcliff PH1 .303 28 145 44 .331
26 John Bass John Bass CL1 .303 22 89 27 .326
27 Dave Birdsall Dave Birdsall BS1 .303 29 152 46 .321
28 Harry Wright Harry Wright BS1 .299 31 147 44 .356
29 Charlie Pabor CL1 .296 29 142 42 .301
30 George Hall George Hall WS3 .294 32 136 40 .333
31 Art Allison Art Allison CL1 .292 29 137 40 .302
32 Andy Leonard Andy Leonard WS3 .291 31 148 43 .305
33 Charlie Gould Charlie Gould BS1 .285 31 151 43 .299
34 Harry Schafer Harry Schafer BS1 .282 31 149 42 .296
35 John McMullin John McMullin TRO .279 29 136 38 .319
36 Wes Fisler Wes Fisler PH1 .279 28 147 41 .293
37 Davy Force Davy Force WS3 .278 32 162 45 .295
38 Charlie Hodes CH1 .277 28 130 36 .314
39 Michael McAtee Michael McAtee CH1 .274 26 135 37 .300
40 Everett Mills Everett Mills WS3 .274 32 157 43 .288
41 Gat Stires RC1 .273 25 110 30 .316
42 Bob Addy Bob Addy RC1 .271 25 118 32 .295
43 Al Spalding Al Spalding BS1 .271 31 144 39 .309
44 Dickey Pearce Dickey Pearce NY2 .270 33 163 44 .287
45 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews FW1 .270 19 89 24 .286
46 George Bird RC1 .264 25 106 28 .284
47 Mike McGeary Mike McGeary TRO .264 29 148 39 .292
48 Ed Pinkham CH1 .263 24 95 25 .381
49 Tom Foley CH1 .262 18 84 22 .287
50 Al Pratt Al Pratt CL1 .262 29 130 34 .267
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