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1912 NL Batting Average Leaders

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Heinie Zimmerman led the NL in batting average with .372 in 1912, 28 points ahead of Bill Sweeney (.344).

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Heinie Zimmerman Led the NL in 1912 Heinie Zimmerman Chicago Cubs
.372 Batting Average .028 clear of Bill Sweeney
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Heinie Zimmerman Heinie Zimmerman CHN .372 145 557 207 .418
2 Bill Sweeney Bill Sweeney BSN .344 153 593 204 .416
3 Johnny Evers Johnny Evers CHN .341 143 478 163 .431
4 Larry Doyle Larry Doyle NY1 .330 143 558 184 .393
5 Honus Wagner Honus Wagner PIT .324 145 558 181 .395
6 Dode Paskert Dode Paskert PHI .315 145 540 170 .420
7 Ed Konetchy Ed Konetchy SLN .314 143 538 169 .389
8 Fred Merkle Fred Merkle NY1 .309 129 479 148 .374
9 John Titus John Titus BSN +1 .309 141 502 155 .416
10 Jake Daubert Jake Daubert BRO .308 145 559 172 .369
11 Sherry Magee Sherry Magee PHI .306 132 464 142 .388
12 Zack Wheat Zack Wheat BRO .305 123 453 138 .367
13 Miller Huggins Miller Huggins SLN .304 120 431 131 .422
14 Max Carey Max Carey PIT .302 150 587 177 .372
15 Owen Wilson Owen Wilson PIT .300 152 583 175 .342
16 Vin Campbell Vin Campbell BSN .296 145 624 185 .334
17 Dick Hoblitzell Dick Hoblitzell CIN .294 148 558 164 .352
18 Lee Magee Lee Magee SLN .290 128 458 133 .347
19 Art Devlin Art Devlin BSN .289 124 436 126 .367
20 Vic Saier Vic Saier CHN .288 122 451 130 .340
21 Bobby Byrne Bobby Byrne PIT .288 130 528 152 .358
22 Red Smith Red Smith BRO .286 128 486 139 .362
23 Gavvy Cravath Gavvy Cravath PHI .284 130 436 124 .358
24 Steve Evans Steve Evans SLN .283 135 491 139 .353
25 Mike Mitchell Mike Mitchell CIN .283 147 552 156 .333
26 Joe Tinker Joe Tinker CHN .282 142 550 155 .331
27 Otto Knabe Otto Knabe PHI .282 126 426 120 .366
28 Bob Bescher Bob Bescher CIN .281 145 548 154 .381
29 Rebel Oakes Rebel Oakes SLN .281 136 495 139 .328
30 Red Murray Red Murray NY1 .277 143 549 152 .320
31 Herbie Moran Herbie Moran BRO .276 130 508 140 .368
32 Dots Miller Dots Miller PIT .275 148 567 156 .324
33 Fred Snodgrass Fred Snodgrass NY1 .269 146 535 144 .362
34 Frank Schulte Frank Schulte CHN .264 139 553 146 .336
35 Buck Herzog Buck Herzog NY1 .263 140 482 127 .350
36 Ed McDonald Ed McDonald BSN .259 121 459 119 .363
37 Arnold Hauser Arnold Hauser SLN .259 133 479 124 .319
38 Mickey Doolin Mickey Doolin PHI .258 146 532 137 .305
39 Fred Luderus Fred Luderus PHI .257 148 572 147 .318
40 Mike Mowrey Mike Mowrey SLN .255 114 408 104 .335
41 Dick Egan CIN .247 149 507 125 .324
42 Jimmy Sheckard Jimmy Sheckard CHN .245 146 523 128 .392
43 Art Phelan Art Phelan CIN .243 130 461 112 .314