Single-Season Batting Average
Leaderboard
 
* - Indicates Hall of Fame
+ - indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet 502PA requirement.
Rank    Player Batting Average PA Year Career Leaderboard
1.    Carpetbagger Jenkins .4275 587 1887  
2.    Otto Bentz .4190 616 1887  
3.    Brian Brownfield .4104 606 1887  
4.    Buster Brown .4097 532 1887  
5.    Wilfred Barrett .4074 554 1887  
6.    Carpetbagger Jenkins .4066 578 1889  
7.    Ron Hulett .4046 644 1887  
8.    Two Gun Patrick .4035+ 483 1887  
9.    Charlie Shanafelt .3996 563 1887  
10.    George Wills .3992 593 1887  
11.    Shane Day .3950 506 1887  
12.    Napoleon Crane .3905 560 1887  
13.    Victor Anderson .3885 552 1887  
14.    Tim Aston .3880 616 1887  
15.    Clement Sant .3861 614 1887  
16.    Carpetbagger Jenkins .3860 518 1890  
17.    Paddy McKeehan .3837 565 1887  
18.    Ed Wales .3806 596 1887  
19.    Charlie Keffer .3788 627 1887  
20.    Charlie Shanafelt .3761 640 1891  
21.    Carpetbagger Jenkins .3755 565 1891  
22.    George Wade .3725 603 1887  
23.    Isaac Montgomery .3718 608 1887  
24.    Candy Lemmons .3711 590 1887  
25.    Jim Dean .3693 667 1887  
26.    Harry Ransom .3679 523 1887  
27.    Harry Ransom .3665 595 1889  
28.    Dasher Gilliam .3647 637 1887  
29.    Jim Cahoon .3615 549 1887  
30.    Karl Quinlan .3608 516 1887  
31.    Jack Cogburn .3607 585 1887  
32.    William Poole .3600 555 1887  
33.    Tom Ewart .3594 606 1887  
34.    Trey Duren .3591 665 1887  
35.    Jim Cahoon .3582 524 1890  
36.    Bob Myers .3579 521 1887  
  Dave Coates .3579 509 1887  
38.    Charlie Shanafelt .3579 601 1889  
39.    Marty Flika .3578 543 1887  
40.    Clement Sant .3577 643 1891  
41.    Marble Manning .3576 507 1887  
  Hick Rogers .3576 535 1886  
43.    Cornbread Collins .3576 546 1887  
44.    George Christian .3571+ 498 1887  
45.    Peter Bruner .3564 545 1889  
46.    John Tennison .3562 600 1887  
47.    Buster Brown .3561 507 1890  
  Gary Vankirk .3561 507 1887  
49.    Frank Flowers .3555 566 1887  
50.    Jim Cahoon .3553 596 1889  
51.    Dave Morrison .3547 622 1887  
52.    Wilfred Barrett .3545 534 1889  
53.    Bradley Marshall .3545 599 1887  
54.    Garret Nevins .3534 627 1886  
55.    Travis Krupp .3533+ 498 1887  
56.    Turkey Carver .3527 582 1887  
57.    Tommy Bernard .3525 545 1887  
58.    Brian Brownfield .3519 590 1886  
59.    Carpetbagger Jenkins .3515 514 1888  
60.    Candy Lemmons .3513 583 1889  
61.    Hans Schwaben .3509 639 1887  
62.    Norm Woods .3508 592 1887  
63.    Bunny Cook .3508 595 1887  
64.    Tom Ewart .3497 527 1885  
65.    Israel Thompson .3495 570 1887  
66.    Roy Kane .3495 546 1887  
67.    Buster Brown .3487 542 1889  
68.    Hick Rogers .3465 578 1887  
69.    Bulldog Ayers .3457 719 1887  
70.    Paddy McKeehan .3445 533 1884  
71.    Tommy Colquitt .3430 562 1890  
72.    Peter Bruner .3426 511 1890  
73.    Charlie Vanmeter .3423 581 1887  
74.    George Wade .3422 618 1889  
75.    Emerson Colbert .3417 529 1887  
76.    Charlie Shanafelt .3408 589 1890  
77.    Jim Kiefer .3402 533 1887  
78.    Jeffrey McMillen .3399 561 1891  
79.    Jasper Kent .3397 575 1887  
80.    Jackrabbit Hoppe .3391 609 1887  
81.    John McDevitt .3390 612 1887  
82.    John Heyward .3389 599 1887  
83.    Willis Gaylord .3388 580 1887  
84.    Jim Scott .3386 579 1887  
85.    Israel Thompson .3377 580 1889  
86.    George Christian .3369+ 497 1891  
87.    Will Wessels .3368 546 1889  
88.    William Poole .3364 603 1889  
89.    Otto Bentz .3362+ 498 1885  
90.    Garrett Huffman .3354 533 1887  
91.    Steve Monson .3352 611 1887  
92.    Dixie Russell .3351 628 1891  
93.    Turkey Carver .3348 508 1884  
94.    Charlie Nelson .3347 513 1887  
95.    Merritt Hunter .3346 580 1887  
96.    George Gunn .3346 588 1887  
97.    Carpetbagger Jenkins .3340 506 1886  
98.    Marty Flika .3340 567 1889  
  Hunter Snyder .3340 545 1887  
100.    Isaac Montgomery .3340 597 1890