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1881 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Cap Anson led all of MLB in batting average in 1881 with .399, 71 points ahead of Joe Start (.328). It stands 64th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 2 times Cap Anson led in batting average.

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Cap Anson Led all of MLB in 1881 Cap Anson Chicago White Stockings
.399 Batting Average .071 clear of Joe Start
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN .399 84 343 137 .442
2 Joe Start Joe Start PRO .328 79 348 114 .345
3 Fred Dunlap Fred Dunlap CL2 .325 80 351 114 .358
4 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple CHN .323 82 362 117 .350
5 King Kelly King Kelly CHN .323 82 353 114 .352
6 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers BFN .319 65 270 86 .361
7 Buttercup Dickerson Buttercup Dickerson WOR .316 80 367 116 .331
8 Silver Flint Silver Flint CHN .310 80 306 95 .324
9 Deacon White Deacon White BFN .310 78 319 99 .329
10 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling WOR .309 77 317 98 .346
11 Tom York Tom York PRO .304 85 316 96 .362
12 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke BFN .302 83 348 105 .352
13 Charlie Bennett DTN .301 76 299 90 .341
14 George Gore George Gore CHN .298 73 309 92 .354
15 George Wood George Wood DTN .297 80 337 100 .334
16 Roger Connor Roger Connor TRN .292 85 367 107 .319
17 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN .291 83 333 97 .318
18 Hardy Richardson Hardy Richardson BFN .291 83 344 100 .315
19 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .289 81 311 90 .316
20 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO .285 80 361 103 .310
21 Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson TRN .283 85 339 96 .340
22 Sadie Houck DTN .279 75 308 86 .293
23 Ned Hanlon Ned Hanlon DTN .279 76 305 85 .327
24 Tom Burns Tom Burns CHN .278 84 342 95 .306
25 Patrick Gillespie Patrick Gillespie TRN .276 84 348 96 .294
26 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips CL2 .272 85 357 97 .282
27 Mike Dorgan WOR +1 .272 59 254 69 .297
28 Ross Barnes Ross Barnes BSN .271 69 295 80 .309
29 Lon Knight Lon Knight DTN .271 83 340 92 .317
30 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey WOR .270 75 341 92 .295
31 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN .268 82 343 92 .307
32 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock CL2 .257 85 335 86 .289
33 Orator Shafer Orator Shafer CL2 .257 85 343 88 .303
34 Curry Foley Curry Foley BFN .256 83 375 96 .270
35 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CL2 .256 70 309 79 .268
36 Jim Whitney Jim Whitney BSN .255 75 282 72 .302
37 Bill Crowley Bill Crowley BSN .254 72 279 71 .290
38 John Clapp John Clapp CL2 .253 68 261 66 .341
39 Buck Ewing Buck Ewing TRN .250 67 272 68 .269
40 Lee Richmond Lee Richmond WOR .250 61 252 63 .279
41 Joe Quest CHN .246 78 293 72 .251
42 John Ward John Ward PRO .244 85 357 87 .254
43 Joe Gerhardt Joe Gerhardt DTN .242 80 297 72 .260
44 Jake Evans Jake Evans TRN .241 83 315 76 .274
45 Joe Hornung BSN .241 83 324 78 .252
46 Jerry Denny Jerry Denny PRO .241 85 320 77 .252
47 Jack Farrell Jack Farrell PRO .238 84 345 82 .297
48 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock BSN .238 73 282 67 .256
49 Doc Bushong Doc Bushong WOR .233 76 275 64 .287
50 John Cassidy John Cassidy TRN .222 85 370 82 .258
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