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1920 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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George Sisler led the majors in batting average with .407 in 1920, 14 points ahead of Cristóbal Torriente (.393). It stands 46th among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 2 times George Sisler led in batting average.

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George Sisler Led all of MLB in 1920 George Sisler St. Louis Browns
.407 Batting Average .014 clear of Cristóbal Torriente
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 George Sisler George Sisler SLA .407 154 631 257 .449
2 Cristóbal Torriente Cristóbal Torriente CAG .393 57 211 83 .446
3 Tris Speaker Tris Speaker CLE .388 150 552 214 .483
4 Jimmie Lyons Jimmie Lyons DS .385 49 187 72 .450
5 Shoeless Joe Jackson Shoeless Joe Jackson CHA .382 146 570 218 .444
6 Babe Ruth Babe Ruth NYA .376 142 457 172 .533
7 Eddie Collins Eddie Collins CHA .372 153 602 224 .438
8 Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby SLN .370 149 589 218 .431
9 Baby Doll Jacobson Baby Doll Jacobson SLA .355 154 609 216 .402
10 Ross Youngs Ross Youngs NY1 .351 153 581 204 .427
11 Jack Tobin Jack Tobin SLA .341 147 593 202 .383
12 Edd Roush Edd Roush CIN .339 149 579 196 .386
13 Sam Rice Sam Rice WS1 .338 153 624 211 .381
14 Happy Felsch Happy Felsch CHA .338 142 556 188 .384
15 Ty Cobb Ty Cobb DET .334 112 428 143 .416
16 Oscar Charleston Oscar Charleston ABC .333 76 285 95 .408
17 Joe Judge Joe Judge WS1 .333 126 493 164 .416
18 Buck Weaver Buck Weaver CHA .331 151 629 208 .365
19 Hurley McNair KCM .329 71 289 95 .378
20 Bob Meusel Bob Meusel NYA .328 119 460 151 .359
21 Zack Wheat Zack Wheat BRO .328 148 583 191 .385
22 Cy Williams Cy Williams PHI .325 148 590 192 .364
23 Bernardo Baró Bernardo Baró CSW .323 51 201 65 .376
24 Clyde Milan Clyde Milan WS1 .322 126 506 163 .364
25 Joe Dugan Joe Dugan PHA .322 123 491 158 .351
26 Steve O'Neill Steve O'Neill CLE .321 149 489 157 .408
27 Milt Stock Milt Stock SLN .319 155 639 204 .360
28 Bartolo Portuondo KCM .318 71 292 93 .382
29 Elmer Smith Elmer Smith CLE .316 129 456 144 .391
30 George Carr George Carr KCM .316 71 285 90 .354
31 Valentín Dreke Valentín Dreke CSW .316 51 206 65 .368
32 Del Pratt Del Pratt NYA .314 154 574 180 .372
33 Harry Hooper Harry Hooper BOS .312 139 536 167 .411
34 Charlie Blackwell Charlie Blackwell SLG .311 57 212 66 .397
35 Larry Gardner Larry Gardner CLE .310 154 597 185 .367
36 Harry Heilmann Harry Heilmann DET .309 145 543 168 .358
37 Irish Meusel Irish Meusel PHI .309 138 518 160 .349
38 Ed Konetchy Ed Konetchy BRO .308 131 497 153 .352
39 Bobby Veach Bobby Veach DET .307 154 612 188 .353
40 Ken Williams Ken Williams SLA .307 141 521 160 .362
41 Bingo DeMoss Bingo DeMoss CAG .306 58 209 64 .401
42 Jack Fournier Jack Fournier SLN .306 141 530 162 .370
43 Hi Myers Hi Myers BRO .304 154 582 177 .345
44 Jake Daubert Jake Daubert CIN .304 142 553 168 .362
45 Ray Chapman Ray Chapman CLE .303 111 435 132 .380
46 Shano Collins Shano Collins CHA .303 133 495 150 .339
47 Max Flack Max Flack CHN .302 135 520 157 .373
48 Ben Taylor Ben Taylor ABC .302 75 275 83 .370
49 Bucky Harris Bucky Harris WS1 .300 136 506 152 .377
50 Dave Robertson Dave Robertson CHN .300 134 500 150 .353
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