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1880 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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George Gore led all of MLB in batting average in 1880 with .360, 23 points ahead of Cap Anson (.337).

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George Gore Led all of MLB in 1880 George Gore Chicago White Stockings
.360 Batting Average .023 clear of Cap Anson
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 George Gore George Gore CHN .360 77 322 116 .399
2 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN .337 86 356 120 .362
3 Roger Connor Roger Connor TRN .332 83 340 113 .357
4 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple CHN .330 86 382 126 .335
5 Tom Burns Tom Burns CHN .309 85 333 103 .333
6 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO .307 85 374 115 .331
7 Charley Jones Charley Jones BSN .300 66 280 84 .326
8 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell CN1 .292 77 325 95 .303
9 Curry Foley Curry Foley BSN .292 80 332 97 .309
10 King Kelly King Kelly CHN .291 84 344 100 .315
11 John Clapp John Clapp CN1 .282 80 323 91 .326
12 Joe Start Joe Start PRO .278 82 345 96 .304
13 Fred Dunlap Fred Dunlap CL2 .276 85 373 103 .289
14 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke BSN .275 86 363 100 .315
15 John O'Rourke BSN .275 81 313 86 .314
16 Jack Farrell Jack Farrell PRO .271 80 339 92 .292
17 Bill Crowley Bill Crowley BFN .268 85 354 95 .306
18 Orator Shafer Orator Shafer CL2 .266 83 338 90 .301
19 Joe Hornung BFN .266 85 342 91 .283
20 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey WOR .265 83 355 94 .289
21 Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson TRN .262 82 332 87 .312
22 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BFN .259 83 343 89 .289
23 Emil Gross PRO .259 87 347 90 .292
24 Arthur Irwin Arthur Irwin WOR .259 85 352 91 .281
25 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips CL2 .254 85 334 85 .268
26 John Cassidy John Cassidy TRN .253 83 352 89 .277
27 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock BSN .253 86 356 90 .269
28 Jack Rowe Jack Rowe BFN .252 79 326 82 .265
29 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN .251 75 311 78 .285
30 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN .250 76 288 72 .268
31 Ned Hanlon Ned Hanlon CL2 .246 73 280 69 .275
32 Mike Dorgan PRO .246 79 321 79 .269
33 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CL2 .246 78 289 71 .259
34 George Wood George Wood WOR .245 81 327 80 .267
35 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock CL2 .243 77 296 72 .248
36 Patrick Gillespie Patrick Gillespie TRN .243 82 346 84 .278
37 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling CL2 .240 78 325 78 .263
38 Hick Carpenter Hick Carpenter CN1 .240 77 300 72 .245
39 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .237 86 342 81 .261
40 Joe Quest CHN .237 82 300 71 .256
41 Larry Corcoran Larry Corcoran CHN .231 72 286 66 .257
42 John Peters John Peters PRO .228 86 359 82 .239
43 John Ward John Ward PRO .228 86 356 81 .240
44 George Bradley George Bradley PRO .227 82 309 70 .239
45 Lee Richmond Lee Richmond WOR .227 77 309 70 .248
46 Ed Caskin Ed Caskin TRN .225 82 333 75 .241
47 Art Whitney WOR .222 76 302 67 .244
48 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond BSN .220 76 282 62 .241
49 Frank Hankinson Frank Hankinson CL2 .209 69 263 55 .212
50 Pop Smith Pop Smith CN1 .207 83 334 69 .221
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