1885 NL Batting Average Leaders
Hits per at bat
Roger Connor led the NL in batting average with .371 in 1885, 12 points ahead of Dan Brouthers (.359).
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Led the NL in 1885
Roger Connor
New York Giants
.371
Batting Average
.012 clear of Dan Brouthers
Showing Batting Average and the stats that give it context
Full stat line
| # | Player | Team | AVG | G | AB | H | OBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Roger Connor
|
NY1 | .371 | 110 | 455 | 169 | .435 |
| 2 |
 Dan Brouthers
|
BFN | .359 | 98 | 407 | 146 | .408 |
| 3 | Mike Dorgan | NY1 | .326 | 89 | 347 | 113 | .346 |
| 4 |
 Hardy Richardson
|
BFN | .319 | 96 | 426 | 136 | .350 |
| 5 |
 George Gore
|
CHN | .313 | 109 | 441 | 138 | .405 |
| 6 |
 Ezra Sutton
|
BSN | .313 | 110 | 457 | 143 | .338 |
| 7 |
 Cap Anson
|
CHN | .310 | 112 | 464 | 144 | .357 |
| 8 |
 Buck Ewing
|
NY1 | .304 | 81 | 342 | 104 | .330 |
| 9 |
 Ned Hanlon
|
DTN | .302 | 105 | 424 | 128 | .372 |
| 10 |
 Jim O'Rourke
|
NY1 | .300 | 112 | 477 | 143 | .354 |
| 11 |
 Alex McKinnon
|
SL5 | .294 | 100 | 411 | 121 | .308 |
| 12 |
 Patrick Gillespie
|
NY1 | .293 | 102 | 420 | 123 | .317 |
| 13 |
 Deacon White
|
BFN | .292 | 98 | 404 | 118 | .313 |
| 14 |
 George Wood
|
DTN | .290 | 82 | 362 | 105 | .315 |
| 15 |
 Jack Rowe
|
BFN | .290 | 98 | 421 | 122 | .311 |
| 16 |
 King Kelly
|
CHN | .288 | 107 | 438 | 126 | .355 |
| 17 |
 Sam Wise
|
BSN | .283 | 107 | 424 | 120 | .323 |
| 18 |
 Jack Glasscock
|
SL5 | .280 | 111 | 446 | 125 | .324 |
| 19 |
 Joe Start
|
PRO | .275 | 101 | 374 | 103 | .344 |
| 20 |
 Abner Dalrymple
|
CHN | .274 | 113 | 492 | 135 | .336 |
| 21 |
 Tom Burns
|
CHN | .272 | 111 | 445 | 121 | .297 |
| 22 |
 Paul Hines
|
PRO | .270 | 98 | 411 | 111 | .302 |
| 23 |
 Fred Dunlap
|
SL5 | .270 | 106 | 423 | 114 | .334 |
| 24 | Charlie Bennett | DTN | .269 | 91 | 349 | 94 | .356 |
| 25 |
 Joe Mulvey
|
PHI | .269 | 107 | 443 | 119 | .274 |
| 26 |
 Ed Andrews
|
PHI | .266 | 103 | 421 | 112 | .318 |
| 27 |
 Dude Esterbrook
|
NY1 | .256 | 88 | 359 | 92 | .264 |
| 28 |
 Jack Manning
|
PHI | .256 | 107 | 445 | 114 | .313 |
| 29 | Jim Lillie | BFN | .249 | 112 | 430 | 107 | .259 |
| 30 |
 Sid Farrar
|
PHI | .245 | 111 | 420 | 103 | .292 |
| 31 |
 Paul Radford
|
PRO | .243 | 105 | 371 | 90 | .304 |
| 32 |
 Bill Crowley
|
BFN | .241 | 92 | 344 | 83 | .285 |
| 33 |
 Fred Pfeffer
|
CHN | .241 | 112 | 469 | 113 | .281 |
| 34 |
 Ed Williamson
|
CHN | .238 | 113 | 407 | 97 | .357 |
| 35 |
 Cliff Carroll
|
PRO | .232 | 104 | 426 | 99 | .281 |
| 36 |
 Jim Fogarty
|
PHI | .232 | 111 | 427 | 99 | .282 |
| 37 |
 John Ward
|
NY1 | .226 | 111 | 446 | 101 | .255 |
| 38 |
 John Morrill
|
BSN | .226 | 111 | 394 | 89 | .334 |
| 39 | Jim Manning | BSN +1 | .219 | 104 | 384 | 84 | .263 |
| 40 | Joe Quinn | SL5 | .213 | 97 | 343 | 73 | .233 |
| 41 |
 George Myers
|
BFN | .206 | 89 | 326 | 67 | .258 |
| 42 |
 Al Myers
|
PHI | .204 | 93 | 357 | 73 | .228 |
| 43 |
 Charlie Bastian
|
PHI | .167 | 103 | 389 | 65 | .236 |
| 44 |
 Joe Gerhardt
|
NY1 | .155 | 112 | 399 | 62 | .203 |