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1887 American Association Batting Average Leaders

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Tip O'Neill led the American Association in batting average with .435 in 1887, 33 points ahead of Pete Browning (.402). It was one of 2 times Tip O'Neill led in batting average.

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Tip O'Neill Led the AA in 1887 Tip O'Neill St. Louis Browns
.435 Batting Average .033 clear of Pete Browning
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Tip O'Neill Tip O'Neill SL4 .435 124 517 225 .490
2 Pete Browning Pete Browning LS2 .402 134 547 220 .464
3 Denny Lyons Denny Lyons PH4 .367 137 570 209 .421
4 Bob Caruthers Bob Caruthers SL4 .357 98 364 130 .463
5 Dave Foutz Dave Foutz SL4 .357 102 423 151 .393
6 Thomas Burns Thomas Burns BL2 .341 140 551 188 .414
7 Charlie Comiskey Charlie Comiskey SL4 .335 125 538 180 .374
8 Arlie Latham Arlie Latham SL4 .316 136 627 198 .366
9 John Corkhill John Corkhill CN2 .311 128 541 168 .333
10 Henry Larkin Henry Larkin PH4 .310 126 497 154 .380
11 Jumbo Davis Jumbo Davis BL2 .309 130 485 150 .353
12 John Reilly John Reilly CN2 .309 134 551 170 .352
13 Reddy Mack Reddy Mack LS2 .308 128 478 147 .415
14 William Robinson William Robinson SL4 .305 125 430 131 .445
15 Darby O'Brien Darby O'Brien NY4 .301 127 522 157 .355
16 Mike Griffin Mike Griffin BL2 .301 136 532 160 .375
17 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling CL3 .299 126 505 151 .373
18 Chippy McGarr Chippy McGarr PH4 .295 137 536 158 .326
19 Germany Smith Germany Smith BR3 .294 103 435 128 .316
20 John Kerins LS2 .294 112 476 140 .349
21 Fred Mann Fred Mann CL3 +1 .293 119 488 143 .362
22 Hub Collins Hub Collins LS2 .290 130 559 162 .338
23 Bid McPhee Bid McPhee CN2 .289 129 540 156 .360
24 Bill Gleason Bill Gleason SL4 .288 135 598 172 .342
25 Ed McKean Ed McKean CL3 .286 132 539 154 .358
26 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey PH4 .286 124 497 142 .366
27 Joe Werrick Joe Werrick LS2 .285 136 533 152 .336
28 Chicken Wolf Chicken Wolf LS2 .281 137 569 160 .331
29 Curt Welch Curt Welch SL4 .278 131 544 151 .322
30 Charley Jones Charley Jones NY4 +1 .278 103 400 111 .343
31 Myron Allen CL3 .276 117 463 128 .335
32 Tommy Tucker Tommy Tucker BL2 .275 136 524 144 .347
33 Lou Bierbauer Lou Bierbauer PH4 .272 126 530 144 .289
34 Frank Hankinson Frank Hankinson NY4 .268 127 512 137 .318
35 George Pinkney George Pinkney BR3 .267 138 580 155 .343
36 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips BR3 .266 132 533 142 .330
37 Frank Fennelly CN2 .266 134 526 140 .369
38 Joe Sommer BL2 .266 131 463 123 .358
39 Paul Radford Paul Radford NY4 .265 128 486 129 .403
40 Tom Poorman Tom Poorman PH4 .265 135 585 155 .317
41 Cub Stricker Cub Stricker CL3 .264 131 534 141 .334
42 Bill McClellan Bill McClellan BR3 .263 136 548 144 .363
43 Bill Greenwood BL2 .263 118 495 130 .336
44 Jim McTamany Jim McTamany BR3 .258 134 520 134 .365
45 Bill White Bill White LS2 .252 132 512 129 .315
46 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell BL2 .250 140 567 142 .318
47 Hick Carpenter Hick Carpenter CN2 .249 127 498 124 .282
48 Jim Toy CL3 .222 109 423 94 .256
49 Hugh Nicol Hugh Nicol CN2 .215 125 475 102 .341