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1888 NL Batting Average Leaders

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Cap Anson led the NL in batting average with .344 in 1888, 12 points ahead of Jimmy Ryan (.332). It was one of 2 times Cap Anson led in batting average.

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Cap Anson Led the NL in 1888 Cap Anson Chicago White Stockings
.344 Batting Average .012 clear of Jimmy Ryan
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN .344 134 515 177 .400
2 Jimmy Ryan Jimmy Ryan CHN .332 129 549 182 .377
3 King Kelly King Kelly BSN .318 107 440 140 .368
4 Dan Brouthers Dan Brouthers DTN .307 129 522 160 .399
5 Buck Ewing Buck Ewing NY1 .306 103 415 127 .348
6 Deacon White Deacon White DTN .298 125 527 157 .336
7 Dick Johnston Dick Johnston BSN .296 135 585 173 .314
8 Mike Tiernan Mike Tiernan NY1 .293 113 443 130 .364
9 Roger Connor Roger Connor NY1 .291 134 481 140 .389
10 Billy Nash Billy Nash BSN .283 135 526 149 .350
11 Paul Hines Paul Hines IN3 .281 133 513 144 .343
12 George Miller George Miller PIT .277 103 404 112 .319
13 Jack Rowe Jack Rowe DTN .277 105 451 125 .311
14 Billy Hoy Billy Hoy WS8 .274 136 503 138 .374
15 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke NY1 .274 107 409 112 .319
16 Jack Glasscock Jack Glasscock IN3 .269 113 442 119 .302
17 Ned Hanlon Ned Hanlon DTN .266 109 459 122 .295
18 Jerry Denny Jerry Denny IN3 .261 126 524 137 .277
19 John Ward John Ward NY1 .251 122 510 128 .265
20 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson CHN .250 132 452 113 .352
21 Fred Pfeffer Fred Pfeffer CHN .250 135 517 129 .297
22 Tom Brown Tom Brown BSN .248 107 420 104 .299
23 Larry Twitchell Larry Twitchell DTN .244 131 524 128 .286
24 Sid Farrar Sid Farrar PHI .244 131 508 124 .304
25 Charley Bassett Charley Bassett IN3 .241 128 481 116 .297
26 Sam Wise Sam Wise BSN .240 105 417 100 .306
27 Joe Hornung BSN .239 107 431 103 .269
28 Ed Andrews Ed Andrews PHI .239 124 528 126 .272
29 Tom Burns Tom Burns CHN .238 134 483 115 .281
30 Jim Fogarty Jim Fogarty PHI .236 121 454 107 .325
31 Billy Sunday Billy Sunday PIT .236 120 505 119 .256
32 Bill Kuehne Bill Kuehne PIT .235 138 524 123 .250
33 John Coleman John Coleman PIT .231 116 438 101 .285
34 George Wood George Wood PHI .229 106 433 99 .303
35 Danny Richardson Danny Richardson NY1 .226 135 561 127 .248
36 Billy O'Brien Billy O'Brien WS8 .225 133 528 119 .238
37 Ed Daily Ed Daily WS8 .225 110 453 102 .239
38 Walt Wilmot Walt Wilmot WS8 .224 119 473 106 .263
39 Emmett Seery Emmett Seery IN3 .220 133 500 110 .316
40 Jack McGeachey Jack McGeachey IN3 .219 118 452 99 .231
41 Arthur Irwin Arthur Irwin PHI .219 125 448 98 .277
42 Joe Mulvey Joe Mulvey PHI .216 100 398 86 .235
43 Al Myers Al Myers WS8 .207 132 502 104 .270
44 Pop Smith Pop Smith PIT .206 131 481 99 .248
45 Jim Donnelly WS8 .201 122 428 86 .242
46 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .198 135 486 96 .282