MLB Baseball Career Batting Leaders - Major League Baseball (2024)

MLB Career Batting Leaders

Statistics: Batting | Pitching
Type: Career | Single-Season (Post-1900) | Single-Season
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MLB Career Batting Leaders - Batting Average
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
1	Ty Cobb	24	3035	11434	2246	4189	724	295	117	726	1249	357	892	178	.366
2	Rogers Hornsby	23	2259	8173	1579	2930	541	169	301	1318	1038	679	135	64	.358
3	Joe Jackson	13	1332	4981	873	1772	307	168	54	121	519	158	202	61	.356
4	Ed Delahanty	16	1835	7505	1599	2596	522	185	101	0	741	244	455	0	.346
5	Tris Speaker	22	2789	10195	1882	3514	792	222	117	724	1381	220	432	129	.345
6	Billy Hamilton	14	1591	6268	1690	2158	242	94	40	0	1187	218	912	0	.344
	Ted Williams	19	2292	7706	1798	2654	525	71	521	1839	2019	709	24	17	.344
8	Dan Brouthers	19	1673	6711	1523	2296	460	205	106	0	840	238	256	0	.342
	Harry Heilmann	17	2148	7787	1291	2660	542	151	183	1230	856	550	113	64	.342
	Babe Ruth	22	2503	8399	2174	2873	506	136	714	1983	2056	1330	123	117	.342
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
11	Bill Terry	14	1721	6428	1120	2193	373	112	154	1078	537	449	56	6	.341
	Pete Browning	13	1183	4820	954	1646	295	85	46	0	466	167	258	0	.341
	Willie Keeler	19	2123	8591	1719	2932	241	145	33	0	524	36	495	0	.341
14	Lou Gehrig	17	2164	8001	1888	2721	534	163	493	1995	1508	790	102	101	.340
	George Sisler	15	2055	8267	1284	2812	425	164	102	894	472	327	375	127	.340
16	Tony Gwynn	20	2440	9288	1383	3141	543	85	135	1138	790	434	319	125	.338
	Jesse Burkett	16	2066	8421	1720	2850	320	182	75	0	1029	230	389	0	.338
	Nap Lajoie	21	2480	9589	1504	3242	657	163	83	0	516	85	380	21	.338
19	Riggs Stephenson	14	1310	4508	714	1515	321	54	63	773	494	247	53	9	.336
20	John McGraw	16	1099	3924	1024	1309	121	70	13	0	836	74	436	0	.334
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	Al Simmons	20	2215	8759	1507	2927	539	149	307	1827	615	737	88	64	.334
22	Eddie Collins	25	2826	9949	1821	3315	438	187	47	520	1499	286	744	173	.333
	Mike Donlin	12	1049	3854	669	1282	176	97	51	0	312	39	213	0	.333
	Paul Waner	20	2549	9459	1627	3152	605	191	113	1309	1091	376	104	0	.333
25	Sam Thompson	15	1407	5984	1256	1979	340	160	127	0	450	226	229	0	.331
	Stan Musial	22	3026	10972	1949	3630	725	177	475	1951	1599	696	78	31	.331
27	Heinie Manush	17	2008	7654	1287	2524	491	160	110	1183	506	345	114	58	.330
28	Cap Anson	22	2276	9101	1719	2995	528	124	97	0	952	294	247	0	.329
	Honus Wagner	21	2792	10430	1736	3430	640	252	101	0	963	327	722	15	.329
30	Rod Carew	19	2469	9315	1424	3053	445	112	92	1015	1018	1028	353	187	.328
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	Wade Boggs	18	2440	9180	1513	3010	578	61	118	1014	1412	745	24	35	.328
32	Tip O'Neill	10	1054	4255	880	1386	222	92	52	0	421	146	161	0	.326
33	Earle Combs	12	1455	5746	1186	1866	309	154	58	632	670	278	96	71	.325
	Joe DiMaggio	13	1736	6821	1390	2214	389	131	361	1537	790	369	30	9	.325
	Jimmie Foxx	20	2317	8134	1751	2646	458	125	534	1922	1452	1311	87	72	.325
36	Hugh Duffy	17	1737	7042	1552	2282	325	119	106	0	662	211	574	0	.324
	Babe Herman	13	1552	5603	882	1818	399	110	181	997	520	553	94	0	.324
	Joe Medwick	17	1984	7635	1198	2471	540	113	205	1383	437	551	42	0	.324
39	Edd Roush	18	1967	7363	1099	2376	339	182	68	671	484	260	268	92	.323
40	Sam Rice	20	2404	9269	1514	2987	498	184	34	918	708	275	351	143	.322
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	Ross Youngs	10	1211	4627	812	1491	236	93	42	523	550	390	153	83	.322
42	Kiki Cuyler	18	1879	7161	1305	2299	394	157	128	1065	676	752	328	27	.321
43	Pie Traynor	17	1941	7559	1183	2416	371	164	58	1273	472	278	158	46	.320
	Mickey Cochrane	13	1482	5169	1041	1652	333	64	119	832	857	217	64	46	.320
	Charlie Gehringer	19	2323	8860	1774	2839	574	146	184	1427	1186	372	181	89	.320
	Chuck Klein	17	1753	6486	1168	2076	398	74	300	1201	601	521	79	0	.320
47	Ken Williams	14	1397	4862	860	1552	285	77	196	860	566	287	154	106	.319
48	Kirby Puckett	12	1783	7244	1071	2304	414	57	207	1085	450	965	134	76	.318
	Vladimir Guerrero	16	2147	8155	1328	2590	477	46	449	1496	737	985	181	94	.318
	Arky Vaughan	14	1817	6622	1173	2103	356	128	96	926	937	276	118	0	.318

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G: Games
AB: At Bats
R: Runs Scored
H: Hits
2B: Doubles

3B: Triples
HR: Home Runs
RBI: Runs Batted In
BB: Walks
SO: Strikeouts

SB: Stolen Bases
CS: Caught Stealing
BA: Batting Average

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Players listed in bold were on a 2024 MLB team roster.

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