1912 MLB Batting Average Leaders

Ty Cobb led all of MLB in batting average in 1912 with .409, 14 points ahead of Shoeless Joe Jackson (.395). It stands 43rd among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 10 times Ty Cobb led in batting average.

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Led all of MLB in 1912 Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers

.409 Batting Average .014 clear of Shoeless Joe Jackson

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#	Player	Team	AVG	G	AB	H	OBP
1	Ty Cobb	DET	.409	140	553	226	.456
2	Shoeless Joe Jackson	CLE	.395	154	572	226	.458
3	Tris Speaker	BOS	.383	153	580	222	.464
4	Heinie Zimmerman	CHN	.372	145	557	207	.418
5	Nap Lajoie	CLE	.368	117	448	165	.414
6	Eddie Collins	PHA	.348	153	543	189	.450
7	Home Run Baker	PHA	.347	149	577	200	.404
8	Bill Sweeney	BSN	.344	153	593	204	.416
9	Johnny Evers	CHN	.341	143	478	163	.431
10	Larry Doyle	NY1	.330	143	558	184	.393
11	Stuffy McInnis	PHA	.327	153	568	186	.384
12	Sam Crawford	DET	.325	149	581	189	.373
13	Honus Wagner	PIT	.324	145	558	181	.395
14	Larry Gardner	BOS	.315	143	517	163	.383
15	Dode Paskert	PHI	.315	145	540	170	.420
16	Ed Konetchy	SLN	.314	143	538	169	.389
17	Fred Merkle	NY1	.309	129	479	148	.374
18	John Titus	BSN +1	.309	141	502	155	.416
19	Jake Daubert	BRO	.308	145	559	172	.369
20	Clyde Milan	WS1	.306	154	601	184	.377
21	Sherry Magee	PHI	.306	132	464	142	.388
22	Chick Gandil	WS1	.305	117	443	135	.350
23	Zack Wheat	BRO	.305	123	453	138	.367
24	Miller Huggins	SLN	.304	120	431	131	.422
25	Del Pratt	SLA	.302	152	570	172	.348
26	Max Carey	PIT	.302	150	587	177	.372
27	Owen Wilson	PIT	.300	152	583	175	.342
28	Vin Campbell	BSN	.296	145	624	185	.334
29	Ping Bodie	CHA	.294	138	472	139	.358
30	Dick Hoblitzell	CIN	.294	148	558	164	.352
31	Lee Magee	SLN	.290	128	458	133	.347
32	Shano Collins	CHA	.290	153	579	168	.330
33	Burt Shotton	SLA	.290	154	580	168	.390
34	Art Devlin	BSN	.289	124	436	126	.367
35	Amos Strunk	PHA	.289	122	412	119	.366
36	Vic Saier	CHN	.288	122	451	130	.340
37	Bobby Byrne	PIT	.288	130	528	152	.358
38	Red Smith	BRO	.286	128	486	139	.362
39	Eddie Foster	WS1	.285	154	618	176	.345
40	Gavvy Cravath	PHI	.284	130	436	124	.358
41	Duffy Lewis	BOS	.284	154	581	165	.346
42	Steve Evans	SLN	.283	135	491	139	.353
43	Mike Mitchell	CIN	.283	147	552	156	.333
44	Joe Tinker	CHN	.282	142	550	155	.331
45	Otto Knabe	PHI	.282	126	426	120	.366
46	Bob Bescher	CIN	.281	145	548	154	.381
47	Rebel Oakes	SLN	.281	136	495	139	.328
48	Red Murray	NY1	.277	143	549	152	.320
49	Herbie Moran	BRO	.276	130	508	140	.368
50	Danny Moeller	WS1	.276	132	519	143	.346

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