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Progressive Leaders & Records for Batting Average
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Year-by-Year League 

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Minimum of 3.1 PA/G, 1.0 IP/G, and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. Explanation of min. requirements

Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA and 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.

This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerBA  Single-SeasonBA  ActiveBA  YearlyBA 
1871 Levi Meyerle.4923 Levi Meyerle.4923
1872 Levi Meyerle.4923 Ross Barnes.4323
1873 Levi Meyerle.4923 Ross Barnes.4255
1874 Levi Meyerle.4923 Levi Meyerle.3937
1875 Levi Meyerle.4923 Deacon White.3666
1876 Ross Barnes.4286 Ross Barnes.4286
1877 Ross Barnes.4286 Deacon White.3872
1878 Ross Barnes.4286 Paul Hines.3580
1879 Ross Barnes.4286 Paul Hines.3570
1880 Ross Barnes.4286 George Gore.3602
1881Cap Anson+.3543 Ross Barnes.4286 Cap Anson+.3543 Cap Anson+.3994
1882Cap Anson+.3551 Ross Barnes.4286 Cap Anson+.3551 Pete Browning.3785
1883Cap Anson+.3498 Ross Barnes.4286 Cap Anson+.3498 Dan Brouthers+.3741
1884Cap Anson+.3481 Ross Barnes.4286 Cap Anson+.3481 Fred Dunlap.4120
1885Cap Anson+.3443 Ross Barnes.4286 Cap Anson+.3443 Roger Connor+.3714
1886Cap Anson+.3469 Ross Barnes.4286 Cap Anson+.3469 King Kelly+.3880
1887Dan Brouthers+.3470 Tip O'Neill.4352 Dan Brouthers+.3470 Tip O'Neill.4352
1888Pete Browning.3544 Tip O'Neill.4352 Pete Browning.3544 Cap Anson+.3437
1889Dan Brouthers+.3449 Tip O'Neill.4352 Dan Brouthers+.3449 Dan Brouthers+.3732
1890Pete Browning.3485 Tip O'Neill.4352 Pete Browning.3485 Pete Browning.3732
1891Pete Browning.3454 Tip O'Neill.4352 Pete Browning.3454 Dan Brouthers+.3498
1892Dan Brouthers+.3431 Tip O'Neill.4352 Dan Brouthers+.3431 Dan Brouthers+.3350
1893Dan Brouthers+.3428 Tip O'Neill.4352 Dan Brouthers+.3428 Billy Hamilton+.3803
1894Dan Brouthers+.3431 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Dan Brouthers+.3431 Hugh Duffy+.4397
1895Billy Hamilton+.3485 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Billy Hamilton+.3485 Jesse Burkett+.4091
1896Billy Hamilton+.3506 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Billy Hamilton+.3506 Jesse Burkett+.4096
1897Jesse Burkett+.3531 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Jesse Burkett+.3531 Willie Keeler+.4238
1898Willie Keeler+.3848 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Willie Keeler+.3848 Willie Keeler+.3850
1899Willie Keeler+.3838 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Willie Keeler+.3838 Ed Delahanty+.4096
1900Willie Keeler+.3809 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Willie Keeler+.3809 Honus Wagner+.3814
1901Willie Keeler+.3757 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Willie Keeler+.3757 Nap Lajoie+.4265
1902Willie Keeler+.3711 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Willie Keeler+.3711 Nap Lajoie+.3778
1903Willie Keeler+.3659 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Willie Keeler+.3659 Honus Wagner+.3555
1904Willie Keeler+.3639 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Willie Keeler+.3639 Nap Lajoie+.3761
1905Nap Lajoie+.3610 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Nap Lajoie+.3610 Cy Seymour.3769
1906Nap Lajoie+.3603 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Nap Lajoie+.3603 George Stone.3580
1907Nap Lajoie+.3545 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Nap Lajoie+.3545 Ty Cobb+.3504
1908Nap Lajoie+.3481 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Nap Lajoie+.3481 Honus Wagner+.3539
1909Nap Lajoie+.3464 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Nap Lajoie+.3464 Ty Cobb+.3770
1910Nap Lajoie+.3496 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Nap Lajoie+.3496 Nap Lajoie+.3841
1911Ty Cobb+.3588 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3588 Ty Cobb+.4196
1912Ty Cobb+.3658 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3658 Ty Cobb+.4087
1913Ty Cobb+.3682 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3682 Ty Cobb+.3902
1914Ty Cobb+.3682 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3682 Benny Kauff.3695
1915Ty Cobb+.3684 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3684 Ty Cobb+.3694
1916Ty Cobb+.3686 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3686 Tris Speaker+.3864
1917Ty Cobb+.3699 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3699 Ty Cobb+.3826
1918Ty Cobb+.3707 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3707 Ty Cobb+.3824
1919Ty Cobb+.3716 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3716 Ty Cobb+.3843
1920Ty Cobb+.3695 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3695 George Sisler+.4073
1921Ty Cobb+.3707 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3707 Rogers Hornsby+.3970
1922Ty Cobb+.3725 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3725 George Sisler+.4198
1923Ty Cobb+.3706 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3706 Harry Heilmann+.4027
1924Ty Cobb+.3685 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3685 Rogers Hornsby+.4235
1925Ty Cobb+.3689 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3689 Rogers Hornsby+.4028
1926Ty Cobb+.3682 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3682 Heinie Manush+.3775
1927Ty Cobb+.3678 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3678 Harry Heilmann+.3980
1928Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ty Cobb+.3664 Rogers Hornsby+.3868
1929Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rogers Hornsby+.3629 Lefty O'Doul.3981
1930Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rogers Hornsby+.3621 Bill Terry+.4013
1931Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Al Simmons+.3633 Al Simmons+.3899
1932Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Lefty O'Doul.3609 Lefty O'Doul.3681
1933Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rogers Hornsby+.3593 Chuck Klein+.3680
1934Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rogers Hornsby+.3592 Lou Gehrig+.3627
1935Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rogers Hornsby+.3587 Arky Vaughan+.3848
1936Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rogers Hornsby+.3588 Luke Appling+.3878
1937Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rogers Hornsby+.3585 Joe Medwick+.3744
1938Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Paul Waner+.3426 Taffy Wright.3498
1939Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Paul Waner+.3417 Joe DiMaggio+.3810
1940Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Joe DiMaggio+.3431 Debs Garms.3548
1941Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Joe DiMaggio+.3453 Ted Williams+.4057
1942Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Joe DiMaggio+.3391 Ted Williams+.3563
1943Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Joe DiMaggio+.3391 Stan Musial+.3566
1944Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Joe DiMaggio+.3391 Dixie Walker.3570
1945Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Joe DiMaggio+.3391 Phil Cavarretta.3554
1946Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3533 Stan Musial+.3654
1947Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3516 Harry Walker.3626
1948Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3540 Stan Musial+.3764
1949Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3525 George Kell+.3429
1950Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3500 Billy Goodman.3538
1951Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Stan Musial+.3473 Stan Musial+.3547
1952Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3467 Stan Musial+.3356
1953Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3478 Carl Furillo.3445
1954Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3476 Willie Mays+.3451
1955Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3480 Al Kaline+.3401
1956Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3478 Mickey Mantle+.3527
1957Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3504 Ted Williams+.3881
1958Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3491 Richie Ashburn+.3496
1959Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3456 Hank Aaron+.3545
1960Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ted Williams+.3444 Dick Groat.3246
1961Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Stan Musial+.3334 Norm Cash.3608
1962Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Stan Musial+.3332 Tommy Davis.3459
1963Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Stan Musial+.3308 Tommy Davis.3255
1964Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Hank Aaron+.3203 Roberto Clemente+.3392
1965Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Hank Aaron+.3201 Roberto Clemente+.3294
1966Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Hank Aaron+.3168 Matty Alou.3421
1967Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Hank Aaron+.3161 Roberto Clemente+.3573
1968Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Hank Aaron+.3141 Pete Rose.3355
1969Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Roberto Clemente+.3143 Pete Rose.3477
1970Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Roberto Clemente+.3161 Rico Carty.3661
1971Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Roberto Clemente+.3175 Joe Torre.3628
1972Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Roberto Clemente+.3173 Billy Williams+.3328
1973Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3160 Rod Carew+.3500
1974Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3234 Rod Carew+.3639
1975Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3276 Rod Carew+.3589
1976Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3280 Bill Madlock.3385
1977Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3345 Rod Carew+.3880
1978Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3344 Dave Parker.3339
1979Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3334 Keith Hernandez.3443
1980Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3332 George Brett+.3898
1981Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3319 Bill Madlock.3405
1982Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3311 Willie Wilson.3316
1983Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3315 Wade Boggs+.3608
1984Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3301 Tony Gwynn+.3515
1985Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Rod Carew+.3278 Wade Boggs+.3675
1986Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Wade Boggs+.3520 Wade Boggs+.3569
1987Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Wade Boggs+.3539 Tony Gwynn+.3701
1988Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Wade Boggs+.3557 Wade Boggs+.3664
1989Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Wade Boggs+.3522 Kirby Puckett+.3386
1990Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Wade Boggs+.3462 Eddie Murray+.3298
1991Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Wade Boggs+.3448 Julio Franco.3413
1992Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Wade Boggs+.3377 Edgar Martinez.3428
1993Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Wade Boggs+.3347 Andres Galarraga.3702
1994Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Wade Boggs+.3351 Tony Gwynn+.3938
1995Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Tony Gwynn+.3361 Tony Gwynn+.3682
1996Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Tony Gwynn+.3371 Alex Rodriguez.3577
1997Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Tony Gwynn+.3396 Tony Gwynn+.3716
1998Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Tony Gwynn+.3386 Larry Walker.3634
1999Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Tony Gwynn+.3386 Larry Walker.3790
2000Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Tony Gwynn+.3383 Todd Helton.3724
2001Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Tony Gwynn+.3382 Larry Walker.3501
2002Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Todd Helton.3331 Barry Bonds.3697
2003Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Todd Helton.3373 Albert Pujols.3587
2004Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Todd Helton.3387 Ichiro Suzuki.3722
2005Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Todd Helton.3366 Derrek Lee.3350
2006Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Todd Helton.3329 Joe Mauer.3474
2007Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Ichiro Suzuki.3335 Magglio Ordonez.3630
2008Ty Cobb+.3664 Hugh Duffy+.4397 Albert Pujols.3321 Chipper Jones.4058
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