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1889 American Association Batting Average Leaders

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Tommy Tucker led the American Association in batting average with .372 in 1889, 37 points ahead of Tip O'Neill (.335).

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Tommy Tucker Led the AA in 1889 Tommy Tucker Baltimore Orioles
.372 Batting Average .037 clear of Tip O'Neill
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Tommy Tucker Tommy Tucker BL2 .372 134 527 196 .450
2 Tip O'Neill Tip O'Neill SL4 .335 134 534 179 .419
3 Denny Lyons Denny Lyons PH4 .329 131 510 168 .426
4 Dave Orr Dave Orr CL6 .327 134 560 183 .340
5 Bug Holliday Bug Holliday CN2 .321 135 563 181 .372
6 Henry Larkin Henry Larkin PH4 .318 133 516 164 .428
7 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell PH4 .316 129 507 160 .383
8 Billy Shindle Billy Shindle BL2 .314 138 567 178 .369
9 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey PH4 .308 137 556 171 .393
10 Lefty Marr Lefty Marr CL6 .306 139 546 167 .407
11 Lou Bierbauer Lou Bierbauer PH4 .304 130 549 167 .344
12 Jim Burns Jim Burns KC2 .304 134 579 176 .335
13 Thomas Burns Thomas Burns BR3 .304 131 504 153 .391
14 Billy Hamilton Billy Hamilton KC2 .301 137 534 161 .413
15 Darby O'Brien Darby O'Brien BR3 .300 136 567 170 .384
16 Tommy McCarthy Tommy McCarthy SL4 .291 140 604 176 .348
17 Chicken Wolf Chicken Wolf LS2 .291 130 546 159 .333
18 Farmer Weaver Farmer Weaver LS2 .291 124 499 145 .352
19 Charlie Comiskey Charlie Comiskey SL4 .286 137 587 168 .312
20 Dan Stearns Dan Stearns KC2 .286 139 560 160 .351
21 Ollie Beard Ollie Beard CN2 .285 141 558 159 .328
22 Spud Johnson Spud Johnson CL6 .283 116 459 130 .355
23 Mike Griffin Mike Griffin BL2 .279 137 531 148 .387
24 Jim McTamany Jim McTamany CL6 .276 139 529 146 .407
25 Herman Long Herman Long KC2 .275 136 574 158 .358
26 Dave Foutz Dave Foutz BR3 .275 138 553 152 .353
27 Curt Welch Curt Welch PH4 .271 125 516 140 .375
28 Jack O'Connor Jack O'Connor CL6 .269 107 398 107 .331
29 Bid McPhee Bid McPhee CN2 .269 135 540 145 .346
30 Hub Collins Hub Collins BR3 .266 138 560 149 .365
31 Hick Carpenter Hick Carpenter CN2 .261 123 486 127 .293
32 John Reilly John Reilly CN2 .260 111 427 111 .340
33 Frank Fennelly PH4 .257 138 513 132 .344
34 Dan Shannon Dan Shannon LS2 .257 121 498 128 .315
35 Ed Daily Ed Daily CL6 .256 136 578 148 .303
36 Hugh Nicol Hugh Nicol CN2 .255 122 474 121 .338
37 George Tebeau George Tebeau CN2 .252 135 496 125 .350
38 John Corkhill John Corkhill BR3 .250 138 537 134 .308
39 Arlie Latham Arlie Latham SL4 .246 118 512 126 .317
40 George Pinkney George Pinkney BR3 .246 138 545 134 .327
41 Charlie Duffee Charlie Duffee SL4 .244 137 509 124 .327
42 Reddy Mack Reddy Mack BL2 .241 136 519 125 .329
43 Harry Raymond LS2 .239 130 515 123 .270
44 Germany Smith Germany Smith BR3 .231 121 446 103 .296
45 Joe Hornung BL2 .229 135 533 122 .269
46 Shorty Fuller Shorty Fuller SL4 .226 140 517 117 .303
47 Bill Greenwood CL6 .225 118 414 93 .327
48 William Robinson William Robinson SL4 .208 132 452 94 .378
49 Jim Manning KC2 .204 132 506 103 .297