Major League Baseball's All Time Batting Average Leaders
First is the players name, followed by their batting average,
then the place on the all time batting average list
Ty Cobb
.366 (.36636)
1
Rogers Hornsby
.358 (.35849)
2
Joe Jackson
.356 (.35575)
3
Pete Browning
.349 (.34892)
4
Ed Delahanty
.346 (.34590)
5
Tris Speaker
.345 (.34467)
6
Billy Hamilton
.344 (.34442)
7
Ted Williams
.344 (.34440)
8
Dan Brouthers
.342 (.34212)
9
Babe Ruth
.342 (.34206)
10
Harry Heilmann
.342 (.34159)
11
Willie Keeler
.341 (.34128)
12
Bill Terry
.341 (.34116)
13
George Sisler
.340 (.34014)
14
Lou Gehrig
.340 (.34008)
15
Todd Helton
.338 (.33868)
16
Jesse Burkett
.338 (.33823)
17
Tony Gwynn
.338 (.33817)
18
Nap Lajoie
.338 (.33809)
19
Riggs Stephenson
.336 (.33606)
20
Sam Thompson
.335 (.33499)
21
Al Simmons
.334 (.33417)
22
Tip O'Neill
.334 (.33387)
23
John McGraw
.334 (.33358)
24
Paul Waner
.333 (.33322)
25
Eddie Collins
.333 (.33319)
26
Cap Anson
.333 (.33304)
27
Mike Donlin
.333 (.33264)
28
Stan Musial
.331 (.33084)
29
Heinie Manush
.330 (.32976)
30
Wade Boggs
.328 (.32788)
31
Rod Carew
.328 (.32775)
32
Honus Wagner
.328 (.32761)
33
Bob Fothergill
.325 (.32548)
34
Jimmie Foxx
.325 (.32530)
35
Earle Combs
.325 (.32474)
36
Vladimir Guerrero
.325 (.32480)
37
Joe DiMaggio
.325 (.32458)
38
Babe Herman
.324 (.32446)
39
Hugh Duffy
.324 (.32405)
40
Joe Medwick
.324 (.32364)
41
Roger Connor
.323 (.32291)
42
Edd Roush
.323 (.32269)
43
Sam Rice
.322 (.32225)
44
Ross Youngs
.322 (.32223)
45
Nomar Garciaparra
.321 (.32180)
46
Kiki Cuyler
.321 (.32104)
47
Charlie Gehringer
.320 (.32042)
48
Chuck Klein
.320 (.32007)
49
Pie Traynor
.320 (.31961)
50
Mickey Cochrane
.320 (.31959)
51
Ken Williams
.319 (.31921)
52
Kirby Puckett
.318 (.31805)
53
Earl Averill
.318 (.31780)
54
Denny Lyons
.318 (.31769)
55
Arky Vaughan
.318 (.31757)
56
Roberto Clemente
.317 (.31732)
57
Chick Hafey
.317 (.31697)
58
Joe Kelley
.317 (.31687)
59
Zack Wheat
.317 (.31671)
60
George Van Haltren
.317 (.31670)
61
Lloyd Waner
.316 (.31639)
62
Frankie Frisch
.316 (.31606)
63
Goose Goslin
.316 (.31596)
64
Manny Ramirez
.316 (.31586)
65
Mike Piazza
.315 (.31507)
66
Derek Jeter
.315 (.31452)
67
Bibb Falk
.314 (.31448)
68
Mike Tiernan
.314 (.31444)
69
Cecil Travis
.314 (.31420)
70
King Kelly
.314 (.31400)
71
Larry Walker
.314 (.31386)
72
Hank Greenberg
.313 (.31349)
73
Jack Fournier
.313 (.31317)
74
Elmer Flick
.313 (.31302)
75
Jim O'Rourke
.313 (.31258)
76
Bill Dickey
.313 (.31253)
77
Dale Mitchell
.312 (.31224)
78
Johnny Mize
.312 (.31212)
79
Joe Sewell
.312 (.31211)
80
Fred Clarke
.312 (.31198)
81
Elmer Smith
.312 (.31186)
82
Barney McCosky
.312 (.31184)
83
Edgar Martinez
.312 (.31152)
84
Hughie Jennings
.312 (.31174)
85
Freddie Lindstrom
.311 (.31135)
86
Bing Miller
.311 (.31133)
87
Jackie Robinson
.311 (.31125)
88
Baby Doll Jacobson
.311 (.31124)
89
Taffy Wright
.311 (.31119)
90
Rip Radcliff
.311 (.31099)
91
Ginger Beaumont
.311 (.31077)
92
Jimmy Ryan
.311 (.31075)
93
Luke Appling
.310 (.31041)
94
Irish Meusel
.310 (.31040)
95
Bobby Veach
.310 (.30994)
96
Henry Larkin
.310 (.30990)
97
Jim Bottomley
.310 (.30959)
98
John Stone
.310 (.30952)
99
Sam Crawford
.309 (.30940)
100
Current Through 2004 Season
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