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1909 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Ty Cobb led all of MLB in batting average in 1909 with .377, 30 points ahead of Eddie Collins (.347). It was one of 10 times Ty Cobb led in batting average.

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Ty Cobb Led all of MLB in 1909 Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers
.377 Batting Average .030 clear of Eddie Collins
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb DET .377 156 573 216 .431
2 Eddie Collins Eddie Collins PHA .347 153 571 198 .416
3 Honus Wagner Honus Wagner PIT .339 137 495 168 .420
4 Nap Lajoie Nap Lajoie CLE .324 128 469 152 .378
5 Harry Lord Harry Lord BOS .315 136 534 168 .349
6 Sam Crawford Sam Crawford DET .314 156 589 185 .366
7 Mike Mitchell Mike Mitchell CIN .310 145 523 162 .378
8 Tris Speaker Tris Speaker BOS .309 143 544 168 .362
9 Dick Hoblitzell Dick Hoblitzell CIN .308 142 517 159 .364
10 Home Run Baker Home Run Baker PHA .305 148 541 165 .343
11 Larry Doyle Larry Doyle NY1 .302 147 570 172 .360
12 Jake Stahl Jake Stahl BOS .294 127 435 128 .377
13 Al Bridwell Al Bridwell NY1 .294 145 476 140 .386
14 Kitty Bransfield Kitty Bransfield PHI .292 140 527 154 .319
15 Johnny Bates Johnny Bates PHI +1 .291 140 502 146 .360
16 Fred Clarke Fred Clarke PIT .287 152 550 158 .384
17 Ed Konetchy Ed Konetchy SLN .286 152 576 165 .366
18 Patsy Dougherty Patsy Dougherty CHA .285 139 491 140 .359
19 Solly Hofman Solly Hofman CHN .285 153 527 150 .351
20 Doc Gessler Doc Gessler BOS +1 .284 128 450 128 .361
21 Hal Chase Hal Chase NYA .283 118 474 134 .317
22 Danny Murphy Danny Murphy PHA .281 149 541 152 .332
23 John Hummel John Hummel BRO .280 146 542 152 .311
24 Dots Miller Dots Miller PIT .279 151 560 156 .329
25 Clyde Engle Clyde Engle NYA .278 135 492 137 .347
26 Dick Egan CIN .275 127 480 132 .329
27 George Moriarty George Moriarty DET .273 133 473 129 .309
28 Donie Bush Donie Bush DET .273 157 532 145 .380
29 Owen Wilson Owen Wilson PIT .272 154 569 155 .303
30 Al Burch Al Burch BRO .271 152 601 163 .329
31 Roy Hartzell Roy Hartzell SLA .271 152 595 161 .312
32 John Titus John Titus PHI .270 151 540 146 .367
33 Sherry Magee Sherry Magee PHI .270 143 522 141 .339
34 Eddie Grant Eddie Grant PHI .269 154 631 170 .311
35 Harry Davis Harry Davis PHA .268 149 530 142 .338
36 Rube Ellis Rube Ellis SLN .268 149 575 154 .334
37 Art Devlin Art Devlin NY1 .265 143 491 130 .362
38 George Gibson George Gibson PIT .265 150 510 135 .326
39 Bob Unglaub Bob Unglaub WS1 .265 130 480 127 .301
40 Frank Schulte Frank Schulte CHN .264 140 538 142 .298
41 Johnny Evers Johnny Evers CHN .263 127 463 122 .369
42 Red Murray Red Murray NY1 .263 149 570 150 .319
43 Ed Lennox Ed Lennox BRO .262 126 435 114 .337
44 Tommy Leach Tommy Leach PIT .261 151 587 153 .337
45 Freddy Parent Freddy Parent CHA .261 136 472 123 .335
46 Bill Abstein Bill Abstein PIT .260 137 512 133 .302
47 Tom Jones Tom Jones SLA +1 .259 141 490 127 .305
48 Steve Evans Steve Evans SLN .259 143 498 129 .362
49 Bill Hinchman Bill Hinchman CLE .258 139 457 118 .331
50 Joe Tinker Joe Tinker CHN .256 143 516 132 .280
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