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1876 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Ross Barnes led all of MLB in batting average in 1876 with .429, 63 points ahead of George Hall (.366). It stands 15th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 3 times Ross Barnes led in batting average.

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Ross Barnes Led all of MLB in 1876 Ross Barnes Chicago White Stockings
.429 Batting Average .063 clear of George Hall
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Ross Barnes Ross Barnes CHN .429 66 322 138 .462
2 George Hall George Hall PHN .366 60 268 98 .384
3 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN .356 66 309 110 .380
4 John Peters John Peters CHN .351 66 316 111 .357
5 Cal McVey Cal McVey CHN .347 63 308 107 .352
6 Deacon White Deacon White CHN .343 66 303 104 .358
7 Levi Meyerle Levi Meyerle PHN .340 55 256 87 .347
8 Paul Hines Paul Hines CHN .331 64 305 101 .333
9 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke BSN .327 70 312 102 .358
10 Dick Higham Dick Higham HAR .327 67 312 102 .331
11 Lip Pike Lip Pike SL3 .323 63 282 91 .341
12 Jim Devlin Jim Devlin LS1 .315 68 298 94 .318
13 Al Spalding Al Spalding CHN .312 66 292 91 .326
14 John Clapp John Clapp SL3 .305 64 298 91 .324
15 John Glenn CHN .304 66 276 84 .333
16 Joe Battin Joe Battin SL3 .300 64 283 85 .315
17 George Wright George Wright BSN .299 70 335 100 .315
18 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton PHN .297 54 236 70 .305
19 Wes Fisler Wes Fisler PHN .288 59 278 80 .293
20 Charley Jones Charley Jones CN1 .286 64 276 79 .304
21 Tim Murnane Tim Murnane BSN .282 69 308 87 .301
22 Andy Leonard Andy Leonard BSN .281 64 303 85 .290
23 Jimmy Hallinan NY3 .279 54 240 67 .285
24 Joe Start Joe Start NY3 .277 56 264 73 .279
25 Jack Remsen Jack Remsen HAR .275 69 324 89 .277
26 Charles Fulmer Charles Fulmer LS1 .273 66 267 73 .276
27 Tom Carey Tom Carey HAR .270 68 289 78 .277
28 Jim Holdsworth NY3 .266 52 241 64 .269
29 Bill Hague Bill Hague LS1 .265 67 294 78 .270
30 Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson HAR .265 69 310 82 .269
31 Jack Manning Jack Manning BSN .264 70 288 76 .281
32 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .263 66 278 73 .270
33 Amos Booth Amos Booth CN1 .261 63 272 71 .285
34 Mike McGeary Mike McGeary SL3 .261 61 276 72 .266
35 Joe Gerhardt Joe Gerhardt LS1 .260 65 292 76 .268
36 Everett Mills Everett Mills HAR .260 63 254 66 .263
37 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock HAR .259 69 309 80 .289
38 Tom York Tom York HAR .259 67 263 68 .286
39 Henry Kessler CN1 .258 59 248 64 .278
40 Scott Hastings Scott Hastings LS1 .258 67 283 73 .271
41 Johnny Ryan Johnny Ryan LS1 .253 64 241 61 .271
42 Charlie Gould Charlie Gould CN1 .252 61 258 65 .269
43 Harry Schafer Harry Schafer BSN .252 70 286 72 .262
44 Lon Knight Lon Knight PHN .250 55 240 60 .256
45 George Bradley George Bradley SL3 .249 64 265 66 .257
46 Ned Cuthbert Ned Cuthbert SL3 .247 63 283 70 .266
47 Dave Pierson CN1 .236 57 233 55 .239
48 Joe Blong Joe Blong SL3 .235 62 264 62 .241
49 Nat Hicks Nat Hicks NY3 .234 45 188 44 .246
50 Davy Force Davy Force PHN +1 .230 61 287 66 .243
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