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1905 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Cy Seymour led all of MLB in batting average in 1905 with .377, 14 points ahead of Honus Wagner (.363).

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Cy Seymour Led all of MLB in 1905 Cy Seymour Cincinnati Reds
.377 Batting Average .014 clear of Honus Wagner
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Cy Seymour Cy Seymour CIN .377 149 581 219 .429
2 Honus Wagner Honus Wagner PIT .363 147 548 199 .427
3 Mike Donlin Mike Donlin NY1 .356 150 606 216 .413
4 Roy Thomas PHI .317 147 562 178 .417
5 Frank Chance Frank Chance CHN .316 118 392 124 .450
6 Homer Smoot Homer Smoot SLN .311 139 534 166 .359
7 John Titus John Titus PHI .308 147 548 169 .398
8 Elmer Flick Elmer Flick CLE .308 132 500 154 .383
9 John Barry John Barry CIN +1 .304 152 598 182 .352
10 Willie Keeler Willie Keeler NYA .302 149 560 169 .357
11 Harry Bay Harry Bay CLE .301 144 552 166 .349
12 Dan McGann Dan McGann NY1 .299 136 491 147 .391
13 Fred Clarke Fred Clarke PIT .299 141 525 157 .368
14 Sherry Magee Sherry Magee PHI .299 155 603 180 .354
15 Sam Crawford Sam Crawford DET .297 154 575 171 .357
16 George Stone George Stone SLA .296 154 632 187 .347
17 Harry Lumley Harry Lumley BRO .293 130 505 148 .340
18 George Browne NY1 .293 127 536 157 .321
19 Del Howard Del Howard PIT .292 123 435 127 .345
20 Jimmy Sheckard Jimmy Sheckard BRO .292 130 480 140 .380
21 Doc Gessler BRO .290 126 431 125 .367
22 Fred Tenney Fred Tenney BSN .288 149 549 158 .368
23 Jiggs Donahue Jiggs Donahue CHA .287 149 533 153 .346
24 Jake Beckley Jake Beckley SLN .286 134 514 147 .333
25 Harry Davis Harry Davis PHA .285 150 607 173 .334
26 Sam Mertes Sam Mertes NY1 .280 150 551 154 .351
27 Ed Abbaticchio Ed Abbaticchio BSN .279 153 610 170 .326
28 John Anderson John Anderson WS1 +1 .279 133 499 139 .323
29 George Davis George Davis CHA .278 151 550 153 .353
30 Danny Murphy Danny Murphy PHA .278 151 537 149 .339
31 Charlie Hickman WS1 +1 .278 147 573 159 .311
32 Jimmy Collins Jimmy Collins BOS .276 131 508 140 .330
33 Topsy Hartsel Topsy Hartsel PHA .275 150 538 148 .409
34 Ernie Courtney PHI .275 155 601 165 .334
35 Socks Seybold Socks Seybold PHA .274 133 492 135 .341
36 Frank Schulte Frank Schulte CHN .274 123 493 135 .326
37 Miller Huggins Miller Huggins CIN .273 149 564 154 .392
38 Bobby Wallace Bobby Wallace SLA .271 156 587 159 .324
39 Jimmy Slagle Jimmy Slagle CHN .269 155 568 153 .379
40 Cozy Dolan BSN +1 .269 134 510 137 .319
41 Spike Shannon SLN .268 140 544 146 .327
42 Bill Bradley Bill Bradley CLE .268 146 541 145 .321
43 Lave Cross Lave Cross PHA .266 147 587 156 .299
44 Terry Turner Terry Turner CLE .265 155 586 155 .289
45 Matty McIntyre Matty McIntyre DET .263 131 495 130 .330
46 Danny Hoffman PHA .261 120 459 120 .312
47 Emil Frisk SLA .261 124 429 112 .342
48 Billy Maloney Billy Maloney CHN .260 145 558 145 .325
49 Kitty Bransfield Kitty Bransfield PHI .259 151 580 150 .294
50 Jim Delahanty Jim Delahanty BSN .258 125 461 119 .315
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