Year-by-Year Top-Tens Leaders & Records for Batting Average

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Year-by-Year Top-Tens Leaders & Records for Batting Average

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Statistic Description: Hits/At Bats For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played

This table lists the MLB top ten for each season in this category. When possible we have used the leaderboard standards at that time to compute the top ten players for this statistic.

Years	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10
2012	Konerko (.3860)	Cabrera (.3756)	Wright (.3697)	Ruiz (.3662)	Hamilton (.3652)	McCutchen (.3393)	Jeter (.3382)	Trumbo (.3377)	Molina (.3373)	Lucroy (.3453)
2011	Cabrera (.3444)	Gonzalez (.3381)	Young (.3376)	Reyes (.3371)	Braun (.3321)	Martinez (.3296)	Kemp (.3239)	Ellsbury (.3212)	Pence (.3135)	Votto (.3088)
2010	Hamilton (.3591)	Gonzalez (.3356)	Cabrera (.3285)	Mauer (.3275)	Votto (.3236)	Beltre (.3209)	Infante (.3206)	Cano (.3195)	Butler (.3176)	Tulowitzki (.3149)
2009	Mauer (.3652)	Suzuki (.3521)	Ramirez (.3420)	Jeter (.3344)	Sandoval (.3304)	Pujols (.3275)	Helton (.3254)	Cabrera (.3241)	Votto (.3220)	Young (.3216)
2008	Jones (.3645)	Pujols (.3569)	Ramirez (.3315)	Mauer (.3284)	Pedroia (.3262)	Bradley (.3213)	Holliday (.3210)	Kinsler (.3185)	Ordonez (.3173)	Guzman (.3161)
2007	Ordonez (.3630)	Suzuki (.3510)	Polanco (.3407)	Holliday (.3396)	Posada (.3379)	Jones (.3372)	Utley (.3321)	Renteria (.3320)	Ramirez (.3318)	Ortiz (.3315)
2006	Mauer (.3474)	Sanchez (.3436)	Jeter (.3435)	Cano (.3423)	Cabrera (.3385)	Pujols (.3308)	Tejada (.3302)	Guerrero (.3295)	Atkins (.3289)	Holliday (.3256)
2005	Lee (.3350)	Polanco (.3313)	Young (.3308)	Pujols (.3299)	Cabrera (.3230)	Rodriguez (.3207)	Helton (.3202)	Guerrero (.3173)	Damon (.3157)	Roberts (.3137)
2004	Suzuki (.3722)	Bonds (.3619)	Helton (.3473)	Mora (.3400)	Guerrero (.3366)	Loretta (.3355)	Beltre (.3344)	Rodriguez (.3340)	Pujols (.3311)	Pierre (.3260)
2003	Pujols (.3587)	Helton (.3585)	Bonds (.3410)	Renteria (.3305)	Sheffield (.3299)	Mueller (.3263)	Kendall (.3254)	Ramirez (.3251)	Jeter (.3237)	Lopez (.3282)
2002	Bonds (.3697)	Ramirez (.3486)	Sweeney (.3397)	Walker (.3375)	Guerrero (.3355)	Williams (.3333)	Helton (.3291)	Jones (.3266)	Suzuki (.3215)	Ordonez (.3203)
2001	Walker (.3501)	Suzuki (.3497)	Giambi (.3423)	Alomar (.3357)	Helton (.3356)	Alou (.3314)	Berkman (.3310)	Boone (.3307)	Catalanotto (.3305)	Jones (.3304)
2000	Helton (.3724)	Garciaparra (.3724)	Erstad (.3550)	Alou (.3546)	Ramirez (.3508)	Guerrero (.3450)	Delgado (.3445)	Jeter (.3390)	Hammonds (.3348)	Segui (.3345)
1999	Walker (.3790)	Garciaparra (.3571)	Jeter (.3493)	Williams (.3418)	Martinez (.3367)	Gonzalez (.3355)	Abreu (.3352)	Ramirez (.3333)	Vizquel (.3328)	Rodriguez (.3317)
1998	Walker (.3634)	Olerud (.3537)	Williams (.3387)	Vaughn (.3366)	Bichette (.3308)	Belle (.3284)	Piazza (.3280)	Davis (.3274)	Kendall (.3271)	Biggio (.3251)
1997	Gwynn (.3716)	Walker (.3662)	Piazza (.3615)	Thomas (.3472)	Lofton (.3327)	Martinez (.3303)	Justice (.3293)	Williams (.3281)	Ramirez (.3280)	Joyner (.3275)
1996	Rodriguez (.3577)	Gwynn (.3525)	Thomas (.3491)	Burks (.3442)	Molitor (.3409)	Knoblauch (.3408)	Piazza (.3364)	Johnson (.3328)	Greer (.3321)	Nilsson (.3311)
1995	Gwynn (.3682)	Martinez (.3562)	Piazza (.3456)	Bichette (.3402)	Bell (.3341)	Knoblauch (.3327)	Salmon (.3296)	Bonilla (.3285)	Grace (.3261)	Boggs (.3239)
1994	Gwynn (.3938)	Bagwell (.3675)	O'Neill (.3587)	Belle (.3568)	Thomas (.3534)	Lofton (.3486)	Kingery (.3488)	Boggs (.3415)	Molitor (.3414)	Alou (.3389)
1993	Galarraga (.3702)	Olerud (.3630)	Gwynn (.3579)	Jefferies (.3419)	Bonds (.3358)	Molitor (.3318)	Alomar (.3260)	Lofton (.3251)	Grace (.3249)	Baerga (.3205)
1992	Martinez (.3428)	Sheffield (.3303)	Puckett (.3286)	Van Slyke (.3241)	Kruk (.3235)	Roberts (.3233)	Thomas (.3229)	Molitor (.3202)	Gwynn (.3173)	Mack (.3150)
1991	Franco (.3413)	Boggs (.3315)	Randolph (.3271)	Griffey (.3266)	Molitor (.3248)	Ripken (.3231)	Palmeiro (.3217)	Puckett (.3191)	Pendleton (.3191)	Thomas (.3184)
1990	Murray (.3297)	Brett (.3290)	Magadan (.3282)	Dykstra (.3254)	Henderson (.3252)	McGee (.3241)	Palmeiro (.3194)	Dawson (.3100)	Roberts (.3094)	Grace (.3090)
1989	Puckett (.3386)	Gwynn (.3361)	Lansford (.3358)	Clark (.3333)	Boggs (.3301)	Yount (.3176)	Franco (.3157)	Molitor (.3154)	Smith (.3154)	Sax (.3149)
1988	Boggs (.3664)	Puckett (.3562)	Greenwell (.3254)	Winfield (.3220)	Gwynn (.3129)	Molitor (.3120)	Hrbek (.3118)	Trammell (.3112)	Mattingly (.3105)	Palmeiro (.3069)
1987	Gwynn (.3701)	Boggs (.3630)	Molitor (.3527)	Trammell (.3434)	Guerrero (.3376)	Puckett (.3317)	Raines (.3302)	Mattingly (.3269)	Seitzer (.3229)	Fernandez (.3218)
1986	Boggs (.3569)	Mattingly (.3516)	Raines (.3345)	Sax (.3318)	Gwynn (.3287)	Puckett (.3279)	Tabler (.3256)	Rice (.3236)	Yount (.3123)	Bass (.3113)
1985	Boggs (.3675)	McGee (.3529)	Brett (.3345)	Mattingly (.3236)	Guerrero (.3203)	Raines (.3200)	Gwynn (.3167)	Henderson (.3144)	Parker (.3118)	Butler (.3113)
1984	Gwynn (.3515)	Mattingly (.3433)	Winfield (.3404)	Boggs (.3248)	Lacy (.3207)	Bell (.3146)	Davis (.3146)	Sandberg (.3145)	Trammell (.3135)	Easler (.3128)
1983	Boggs (.3608)	Carew (.3390)	Madlock (.3235)	Smith (.3211)	Whitaker (.3204)	Trammell (.3188)	Ripken (.3183)	Cruz (.3182)	Hendrick (.3176)	Moseby (.3154)
1982	Wilson (.3316)	Yount (.3307)	Oliver (.3306)	Carew (.3193)	Madlock (.3187)	Murray (.3164)	Cooper (.3135)	Durham (.3117)	Garcia (.3099)	Rice (.3089)
1981	Madlock (.3405)	Lansford (.3358)	Paciorek (.3259)	Rose (.3248)	Gibson (.3276)	Baker (.3200)	Cooper (.3197)	Henderson (.3191)	Hargrove (.3168)	Schmidt (.3164)
1980	Brett (.3898)	Cooper (.3521)	Dilone (.3409)	Rivers (.3333)	Carew (.3315)	Bell (.3286)	Wilson (.3262)	Buckner (.3235)	Hernandez (.3210)	Templeton (.3194)
1979	Hernandez (.3443)	Lynn (.3333)	Rose (.3312)	Brett (.3287)	Downing (.3261)	Rice (.3247)	Oliver (.3232)	Molitor (.3219)	Lezcano (.3214)	Kemp (.3184)
1978	Parker (.3339)	Carew (.3333)	Oliver (.3238)	Garvey (.3161)	Cruz (.3150)	Rice (.3146)	Piniella (.3136)	Madlock (.3087)	Winfield (.3083)	Richards (.3081)
1977	Carew (.3880)	Parker (.3375)	Bostock (.3356)	Singleton (.3284)	Stennett (.3355)	Rivers (.3257)	LeFlore (.3252)	Templeton (.3221)	Foster (.3203)	Rice (.3199)
1976	Madlock (.3385)	Griffey (.3363)	Brett (.3333)	McRae (.3321)	Carew (.3306)	Maddox (.3296)	Rose (.3233)	Bostock (.3228)	Morgan (.3199)	Garvey (.3170)
1975	Carew (.3589)	Madlock (.3541)	Simmons (.3322)	Lynn (.3314)	Sanguillen (.3285)	Morgan (.3273)	Watson (.3237)	Garvey (.3187)	Munson (.3183)	Joshua (.3176)
1974	Carew (.3639)	Garr (.3531)	Oliver (.3209)	Orta (.3162)	Gross (.3141)	Buckner (.3138)	Madlock (.3135)	Zisk (.3134)	Garvey (.3115)	McRae (.3098)
1973	Carew (.3500)	Rose (.3382)	Cedeno (.3200)	Maddox (.3186)	Perez (.3138)	Watson (.3124)	Simmons (.3102)	Scott (.3063)	Davis (.3062)	Murcer (.3036)
1972	Williams (.3328)	Garr (.3249)	Baker (.3206)	Cedeno (.3202)	Carew (.3178)	Watson (.3120)	Piniella (.3118)	Oliver (.3115)	Brock (.3108)	Allen (.3083)
1971	Torre (.3628)	Garr (.3427)	Beckert (.3415)	Clemente (.3410)	Oliva (.3368)	Murcer (.3308)	Aaron (.3273)	Sanguillen (.3189)	Jones (.3188)	Rettenmund (.3177)
1970	Carty (.3661)	Johnson (.3290)	Yastrzemski (.3286)	Torre (.3253)	Sanguillen (.3251)	Oliva (.3248)	Williams (.3223)	Parker (.3192)	Gaston (.3185)	Perez (.3169)
1969	Rose (.3477)	Clemente (.3452)	Jones (.3395)	Carew (.3319)	Alou (.3309)	McCovey (.3198)	Johnson (.3155)	Davis (.3112)	Smith (.3094)	Oliva (.3093)
1968	Rose (.3355)	Alou (.3315)	Alou (.3172)	Johnson (.3118)	Flood (.3010)	Yastrzemski (.3006)	Jones (.2967)	Beckert (.2939)	McCovey (.2925)	Staub (.2910)
1967	Clemente (.3573)	Gonzalez (.3386)	Alou (.3382)	Flood (.3346)	Staub (.3333)	Yastrzemski (.3264)	Cepeda (.3250)	Robinson (.3111)	Kaline (.3079)	Allen (.3067)
1966	Alou (.3421)	Alou (.3273)	Carty (.3263)	Allen (.3168)	Clemente (.3166)	Robinson (.3160)	Stargell (.3155)	Torre (.3150)	Rose (.3135)	Santo (.3119)
1965	Clemente (.3294)	Oliva (.3212)	Aaron (.3175)	Mays (.3172)	Williams (.3147)	Rose (.3119)	Yastrzemski (.3117)	Flood (.3096)	Pinson (.3049)	Rojas (.3033)
1964	Clemente (.3392)	Carty (.3297)	Aaron (.3281)	Oliva (.3229)	Torre (.3211)	Allen (.3180)	Robinson (.3170)	Brock (.3155)	Howard (.3127)	Santo (.3125)
1963	Davis (.3255)	Yastrzemski (.3211)	Clemente (.3200)	Groat (.3185) Aaron (.3185)		Cepeda (.3161)	Mays (.3138)	Pinson (.3129)	Kaline (.3122)	Rollins (.3070)
1962	Davis (.3459)	Robinson (.3415)	Musial (.3303)	Runnels (.3256)	White (.3241)	Aaron (.3226)	Mantle (.3210)	Altman (.3184)	Alou (.3155)	Clemente (.3123)
1961	Cash (.3607)	Clemente (.3514)	Howard (.3475)	Pinson (.3427)	Boyer (.3294)	Moon (.3283)	Aaron (.3267)	Kaline (.3242)	Robinson (.3229)	Piersall (.3223)
1960	Groat (.3246)	Larker (.3227)	Runnels (.3201)	Mays (.3193)	Smith (.3153)	Clemente (.3140)	Minoso (.3113)	Skowron (.3086)	Kuenn (.3080)	Boyer (.3043)
1959	Aaron (.3545)	Kuenn (.3529)	Cunningham (.3450)	Kaline (.3268)	Cepeda (.3174)	Pinson (.3164)	Runnels (.3143)	Mays (.3130)	Robinson (.3111)	Temple (.3110)
1958	Ashburn (.3496)	Mays (.3467)	Musial (.3369)	Williams (.3285)	Aaron (.3261)	Runnels (.3222)	Skinner (.3214)	Kuenn (.3191)	Kaline (.3131)	Banks (.3128)
1957	Williams (.3881)	Mantle (.3650)	Musial (.3506)	Mays (.3333)	Robinson (.3224)	Aaron (.3220)	Woodling (.3209)	Boyd (.3175)	Fox (.3166)	Groat (.3154)
1956	Mantle (.3527)	Williams (.3450)	Kuenn (.3316)	Aaron (.3284)	Maxwell (.3260)	Nieman (.3201)	Virdon (.3190)	Minoso (.3156)	Jensen (.3149)	Kaline (.3144)
1955	Kaline (.3401)	Ashburn (.3377)	Mays (.3190)	Power (.3188)	Musial (.3185)	Campanella (.3184)	Aaron (.3140)	Kluszewski (.3137)	Furillo (.3136)	Kell (.3124)
1954	Mays (.3451)	Mueller (.3425)	Snider (.3408)	Avila (.3405)	Williams (.3446)	Musial (.3299)	Kluszewski (.3264)	Minoso (.3204)	Noren (.3192)	Fox (.3185)
1953	Furillo (.3445)	Schoendienst (.3422)	Musial (.3373)	Vernon (.3372)	Snider (.3356)	Rosen (.3356)	Mueller (.3333)	Ashburn (.3296)	Irvin (.3288)	Robinson (.3285)
1952	Musial (.3356)	Fain (.3271)	Baumholtz (.3252)	Mitchell (.3229)	Kluszewski (.3199)	Mantle (.3115)	Kell (.3107)	Woodling (.3088)	Robinson (.3078)	Goodman (.3060)
1951	Musial (.3547)	Ashburn (.3437)	Fain (.3435)	Robinson (.3376)	Minoso (.3264)	Campanella (.3248)	Kell (.3194)	Williams (.3183)	Fox (.3129)	Pesky (.3125)
1950	Goodman (.3538)	Musial (.3459)	Kell (.3401)	DiMaggio (.3282)	Robinson (.3282)	Doby (.3260)	Zarilla (.3248)	Rizzuto (.3241)	Evers (.3232)	Dropo (.3220)
1949	Kell (.3429)	Williams (.3428)	Robinson (.3423)	Musial (.3382)	Slaughter (.3363)	Dillinger (.3235)	Furillo (.3224)	Mitchell (.3172)	Kiner (.3097)	Thomson (.3089)
1948	Musial (.3764)	Williams (.3694)	Boudreau (.3554)	Mitchell (.3355)	Ashburn (.3326)	Zarilla (.3289)	McCosky (.3262)	Holmes (.3248)	Dark (.3223)	Dillinger (.3214)
1947	Walker (.3626)	Williams (.3428)	McCosky (.3278)	Pesky (.3245)	Wright (.3242)	Kell (.3197)	Elliott (.3171)	Mitchell (.3164)	DiMaggio (.3146)	Cavarretta (.3137)
1946	Musial (.3654)	Vernon (.3526)	Williams (.3424)	Pesky (.3349)	Hopp (.3326)	Kell (.3225)	Walker (.3194)	DiMaggio (.3165)	Ennis (.3130)	Holmes (.3099)
1945	Cavarretta (.3554)	Holmes (.3522)	Rosen (.3251)	Hack (.3233)	Kurowski (.3229)	Olmo (.3129)	Stirnweiss (.3085)	Cuccinello (.3085)	Ott (.3082)	Galan (.3073)
1944	Walker (.3570)	Musial (.3468)	Medwick (.3367)	Hopp (.3359)	Boudreau (.3271)	Doerr (.3248)	Johnson (.3238)	Cavarretta (.3208)	Stirnweiss (.3188)	Galan (.3181)
1943	Musial (.3566)	Herman (.3299)	Appling (.3282)	Cooper (.3185)	Wakefield (.3160)	Elliott (.3150)	Hodgin (.3145)	Witek (.3135)	Nicholson (.3092)	Lombardi (.3051)
1942	Williams (.3563)	Pesky (.3306)	Lombardi (.3301)	Spence (.3227)	Gordon (.3216)	Case (.3197)	Slaughter (.3181)	Musial (.3148)	Judnich (.3129)	Reiser (.3104)
1941	Williams (.4057)	Travis (.3586)	DiMaggio (.3567)	Reiser (.3433)	Heath (.3402)	Siebert (.3340)	McCosky (.3239)	Chapman (.3225)	Wright (.3216)	Cooney (.3190)
1940	Garms (.3547)	DiMaggio (.3524)	Appling (.3481)	Williams (.3440)	Radcliff (.3425)	Greenberg (.3403)	McCosky (.3396)	Wright (.3373)	Travis (.3220)	Finney (.3202)
1939	DiMaggio (.3810)	Foxx (.3597)	Mize (.3493)	Johnson (.3382)	Trosky (.3348)	Keller (.3342)	McCormick (.3317)	Medwick (.3317)	Rolfe (.3287)	Waner (.3275)
1938	Wright (.3498)	Foxx (.3487)	Heath (.3426)	Lombardi (.3415)	Chapman (.3396)	Mize (.3371)	Myer (.3364)	Travis (.3351)	Trosky (.3339)	Steinbacher (.3308)
1937	Medwick (.3744)	Gehringer (.3706)	Mize (.3643)	Hartnett (.3539)	Waner (.3538)	Gehrig (.3515)	DiMaggio (.3462)	Bonura (.3445)	Travis (.3441)	Whitney (.3409)
1936	Appling (.3878)	Averill (.3779)	Waner (.3726)	Phelps (.3668)	Dickey (.3617)	Gehringer (.3541)	Gehrig (.3541)	Walker (.3527)	Medwick (.3506)	Demaree (.3504)
1935	Vaughan (.3848)	Medwick (.3533)	Myer (.3490)	Vosmik (.3484)	Foxx (.3458)	Hartnett (.3438)	Lombardi (.3434)	Herman (.3408)	Terry (.3406)	Cramer (.3323)
1934	Gehrig (.3627)	Waner (.3623)	Gehringer (.3561)	Terry (.3538)	Manush (.3489)	Simmons (.3441)	Vosmik (.3407)	Greenberg (.3390)	Cuyler (.3381)	Foxx (.3340)
1933	Klein (.3680)	Foxx (.3560)	Davis (.3495)	Manush (.3359)	Gehrig (.3339)	Simmons (.3306)	Gehringer (.3248)	Piet (.3232)	Kuhel (.3223)	Terry (.3221)
1932	O'Doul (.3681)	Alexander (.3673)	Foxx (.3641)	Terry (.3499)	Gehrig (.3490)	Klein (.3477)	Manush (.3424)	Ruth (.3414)	Waner (.3413)	Hurst (.3385)
1931	Simmons (.3899)	Ruth (.3727)	Morgan (.3506)	Hafey (.3489)	Terry (.3486)	Cochrane (.3486)	Bottomley (.3482)	Gehrig (.3409)	Klein (.3367)	O'Doul (.3359)
1930	Terry (.4013)	Herman (.3925)	Klein (.3858)	O'Doul (.3826)	Simmons (.3809)	Lindstrom (.3793)	Gehrig (.3787)	Watkins (.3734)	Waner (.3684)	Stephenson (.3666)
1929	O'Doul (.3981)	Herman (.3814)	Hornsby (.3804)	Terry (.3723)	Fonseca (.3693)	Simmons (.3649)	Stephenson (.3616)	Cuyler (.3595)	Traynor (.3556)	Klein (.3555)
1928	Hornsby (.3868)	Goslin (.3794)	Manush (.3777)	Gehrig (.3737)	Waner (.3704)	Lindstrom (.3576)	Simmons (.3513)	Herman (.3395)	Traynor (.3374)	Richbourg (.3366)
1927	Heilmann (.3980)	Simmons (.3916)	Waner (.3804)	Gehrig (.3733)	Hornsby (.3609)	Fothergill (.3586)	Cobb (.3571)	Combs (.3565)	Ruth (.3556)	Waner (.3545)
1926	Manush (.3775)	Ruth (.3717)	Fothergill (.3669)	Heilmann (.3665)	Burns (.3582)	Goslin (.3539)	Hargrave (.3528)	Christensen (.3495)	Smith (.3459)	Williams (.3452)
1925	Hornsby (.4028)	Heilmann (.3927)	Speaker (.3893)	Simmons (.3869)	Cobb (.3783)	Wingo (.3705)	Bottomley (.3667)	Wheat (.3588)	Rice (.3588)	Cuyler (.3566)
1924	Hornsby (.4235)	Ruth (.3781)	Wheat (.3746)	Jamieson (.3586)	Youngs (.3555)	Cuyler (.3541)	Falk (.3517)	Collins (.3489)	Roush (.3478)	Bressler (.3473)
1923	Heilmann (.4027)	Ruth (.3927)	Hornsby (.3844)	Speaker (.3798)	Bottomley (.3709)	Collins (.3604)	Williams (.3568)	Sewell (.3526)	Fournier (.3515)	Roush (.3510)
1922	Sisler (.4198)	Hornsby (.4013)	Cobb (.4011)	Speaker (.3779)	Heilmann (.3560)	Grimes (.3536)	Miller (.3519)	Bigbee (.3502)	Tierney (.3447)	Snyder (.3428)
1921	Hornsby (.3970)	Heilmann (.3937)	Cobb (.3886)	Ruth (.3778)	Sisler (.3711)	Speaker (.3617)	Jacobson (.3523)	Tobin (.3517)	Roush (.3517)	McHenry (.3502)
1920	Sisler (.4073)	Speaker (.3877)	Jackson (.3825)	Ruth (.3755)	Collins (.3721)	Hornsby (.3701)	Jacobson (.3547)	Youngs (.3511)	Tobin (.3406)	Roush (.3385)
1919	Cobb (.3843)	Veach (.3550)	Sisler (.3523)	Jackson (.3508)	Flagstead (.3310)	Tobin (.3272)	Jacobson (.3231)	Ruth (.3218)	Roush (.3214)	Rice (.3214)
1918	Cobb (.3824)	Burns (.3525)	Sisler (.3407)	Wheat (.3350)	Roush (.3333)	Groh (.3205)	Speaker (.3185)	Hollocher (.3163)	Daubert (.3081)	Baker (.3056)
1917	Cobb (.3827)	Sisler (.3525)	Speaker (.3518)	Roush (.3410)	Hornsby (.3270)	Veach (.3187)	Wheat (.3122)	Felsch (.3078)	Kauff (.3077)	Groh (.3038)
1916	Speaker (.3864)	Cobb (.3708)	Jackson (.3412)	Chase (.3395)	Strunk (.3162)	Daubert (.3159)	Hinchman (.3153)	Hornsby (.3131)	Wheat (.3116)	Gardner (.3083)
1915	Cobb (.3694)	Kauff (.3416)	Collins (.3321)	Fischer (.3288)	Magee (.3230)	Fournier (.3223)	Speaker (.3218)	Doyle (.3198)	Luderus (.3146)	Konetchy (.3142)
1914	Kauff (.3695)	Cobb (.3681)	Evans (.3482)	Collins (.3441)	Speaker (.3380)	Jackson (.3377)	Easterly (.3349)	Daubert (.3291)	Becker (.3249)	Shaw (.3245)
1913	Cobb (.3902)	Jackson (.3731)	Speaker (.3635)	Daubert (.3504)	Collins (.3446)	Cravath (.3410)	Baker (.3369)	Lajoie (.3355)	McInnis (.3241)	Gandil (.3182)
1912	Cobb (.4087)	Jackson (.3951)	Speaker (.3828)	Zimmerman (.3716)	Lajoie (.3683)	Meyers (.3585)	Collins (.3481)	Baker (.3466)	Sweeney (.3440)	Evers (.3410)
1911	Cobb (.4196)	Jackson (.4081)	Crawford (.3780)	Collins (.3651)	Cree (.3481)	Delahanty (.3395)	Baker (.3345)	Schaefer (.3341)	Wagner (.3340)	Speaker (.3340)
1910	Lajoie (.3841)	Cobb (.3834)	Speaker (.3401)	Magee (.3314)	Campbell (.3262)	Hofman (.3249)	Collins (.3236)	Snodgrass (.3207)	Wagner (.3201)	Knight (.3116)
1909	Cobb (.3770)	Collins (.3468)	Wagner (.3394)	Lajoie (.3241)	Lord (.3146)	Crawford (.3141)	Mitchell (.3098)	Speaker (.3088)	Hoblitzell (.3075)	Baker (.3050)
1908	Wagner (.3539)	Donlin (.3339)	Cobb (.3236)	Crawford (.3113)	Gessler (.3080)	Doyle (.3077)	Bransfield (.3036)	Evers (.3005)	Hemphill (.2970)	McIntyre (.2953)
1907	Cobb (.3504)	Wagner (.3495)	Magee (.3280)	Crawford (.3230)	Beaumont (.3224)	Stone (.3205)	Leach (.3035)	Flick (.3024)	Nicholls (.3022)	Lajoie (.2986)
1906	Stone (.3580)	Lajoie (.3555)	Wagner (.3391)	Steinfeldt (.3265)	Lumley (.3244)	Chase (.3233)	Congalton (.3198)	Strang (.3195)	Chance (.3186)	Seybold (.3163)
1905	Seymour (.3769)	Wagner (.3631)	Donlin (.3564)	Beaumont (.3281)	Thomas (.3167)	Chance (.3163)	Smoot (.3109)	Titus (.3084)	Flick (.3080)	Barry (.3043)
1904	Lajoie (.3761)	Wagner (.3490)	Keeler (.3425)	Donlin (.3288)	Beckley (.3249)	Grady (.3127)	Seymour (.3126)	Chance (.3104)	Davis (.3094)	Flick (.3057)
1903	Wagner (.3555)	Clarke (.3513)	Donlin (.3508)	Bresnahan (.3498)	Lajoie (.3443)	Seymour (.3423)	Beaumont (.3409)	Crawford (.3345)	Sheckard (.3320)	Dougherty (.3305)
1902	Lajoie (.3778)	Delahanty (.3763)	Hickman (.3614)	Beaumont (.3567)	Dougherty (.3425)	Cross (.3417)	Bradley (.3400)	Crawford (.3333)	Keeler (.3327)	Wagner (.3296)
1901	Lajoie (.4265)	Burkett (.3760)	Delahanty (.3542)	Sheckard (.3538)	Wagner (.3534)	Donlin (.3403)	Keeler (.3395)	Freeman (.3388)	Heidrick (.3386)	Van Haltren (.3352)
1900	Wagner (.3814)	Flick (.3670)	Burkett (.3631)	Keeler (.3623)	McGraw (.3443)	Beckley (.3405)	Lajoie (.3370)	Selbach (.3365)	Hamilton (.3327)	Delahanty (.3228)
1899	Delahanty (.4096)	Burkett (.3961)	McGraw (.3910)	Keeler (.3789)	Williams (.3543)	Beaumont (.3524)	Stahl (.3507)	Tenney (.3466)	Flick (.3423)	Wagner (.3409)
1898	Keeler (.3850)	Hamilton (.3693)	McGraw (.3417)	Smith (.3416)	Burkett (.3413)	Delahanty (.3339)	Collins (.3283)	DeMontreville (.3280)	Tenney (.3279)	Jennings (.3277)
1897	Keeler (.4238)	Clarke (.3897)	Burkett (.3830)	Delahanty (.3774)	Kelley (.3624)	Lajoie (.3615)	Jennings (.3554)	Doyle (.3543)	Stahl (.3539)	Davis (.3532)
1896	Burkett (.4096)	Jennings (.4012)	Delahanty (.3968)	Keeler (.3860)	Tiernan (.3685)	Hamilton (.3664)	Kelley (.3642)	Smith (.3616)	Stenzel (.3612)	Childs (.3554)
1895	Burkett (.4054)	Delahanty (.4042)	Clements (.3944)	Thompson (.3922)	Lange (.3891)	Hamilton (.3888)	Jennings (.3856)	Keeler (.3770)	Stenzel (.3707)	McGraw (.3686)
1894	Duffy (.4397)	Turner (.4179)	Thompson (.4146)	Delahanty (.4040)	Hamilton (.4032)	Kelley (.3925)	Anson (.3878)	Cross (.3875)	Holliday (.3762)	Keeler (.3712)
1893	Hamilton (.3803)	Thompson (.3700)	Delahanty (.3681)	Duffy (.3625)	Davis (.3552)	Burkett (.3483)	McCarthy (.3463)	Smith (.3456)	Ewing (.3440)	Van Haltren (.3384)
1892	Brouthers (.3350)	Hamilton (.3303)	Childs (.3172)	Burns (.3155)	Ewing (.3104)	Delahanty (.3061)	Thompson (.3054)	O'Rourke (.3036)	Duffy (.3007)	Doyle (.2974)
1891	Brouthers (.3498)	Hamilton (.3397)	Duffy (.3358)	O'Neill (.3230)	Brown (.3209)	Holliday (.3190)	Van Haltren (.3180)	Browning (.3174)	Lyons (.3149)	Clements (.3097)
1890	Browning (.3732)	Orr (.3707)	Wolf (.3628)	O'Rourke (.3598)	Lyons (.3540)	McCarthy (.3504)	Connor (.3492)	Johnson (.3457)	Childs (.3448)	Ryan (.3395)
1889	Brouthers (.3732)	Tucker (.3719)	Glasscock (.3522)	Anson (.3417)	O'Neill (.3352)	Tiernan (.3347)	Carroll (.3302)	Lyons (.3294)	Orr (.3268)	Ewing (.3268)
1888	Anson (.3437)	O'Neill (.3346)	Ryan (.3315)	Reilly (.3207)	Kelly (.3182)	Browning (.3133)	Collins (.3074)	Brouthers (.3065)	Ewing (.3060)	Orr (.3046)
1887	O'Neill (.4352)	Browning (.4022)	Thompson (.3725)	Orr (.3681)	Lyons (.3667)	Caruthers (.3571)	Foutz (.3570)	Anson (.3475)	Burns (.3412)	Brouthers (.3380)
1886	Kelly (.3880)	Anson (.3710)	Brouthers (.3701)	Connor (.3546)	Richardson (.3513)	Hecker (.3411)	Browning (.3405)	Orr (.3380)	Caruthers (.3344)	O'Neill (.3282)
1885	Connor (.3714)	Browning (.3617)	Brouthers (.3587)	Orr (.3423)	Larkin (.3289)	Dorgan (.3256)	Jones (.3224)	Richardson (.3192)	Stovey (.3148)	Gore (.3129)
1884	Dunlap (.4120)	Shafer (.3597)	Kelly (.3540)	Orr (.3537)	O'Rourke (.3469)	Sutton (.3462)	Hoover (.3407)	Reilly (.3393)	Moore (.3362)	Browning (.3356)
1883	Brouthers (.3741)	Connor (.3570)	Swartwood (.3568)	Browning (.3380)	Gore (.3342)	Burdock (.3300)	O'Rourke (.3280)	Dunlap (.3258)	Sutton (.3237)	Morrill (.3193)
1882	Browning (.3785)	Brouthers (.3675)	Anson (.3621)	Carpenter (.3419)	Connor (.3295)	Swartwood (.3292)	Start (.3287)	Whitney (.3227)	Gore (.3188)	Hines (.3087)
1881	Anson (.3994)	Powell (.3379)	Rowe (.3333)	Start (.3276)	Dunlap (.3248)	Dalrymple (.3232)	Kelly (.3229)	Brouthers (.3185)	Dickerson (.3161)	Flint (.3105)
1880	Gore (.3602)	Anson (.3371)	Connor (.3324)	Dalrymple (.3298)	Burns (.3093)	Hines (.3075)	Jones (.3000)	Purcell (.2923)	Foley (.2922)	Kelly (.2907)
1879	Hines (.3570)	O'Rourke (.3481)	Kelly (.3478)	O'Rourke (.3407)	White (.3303)	Cogswell (.3220)	Start (.3186)	Anson (.3172)	Jones (.3155)	York (.3099)
1878	Hines (.3580)	Dalrymple (.3542)	Ferguson (.3514)	Start (.3509)	Anson (.3410)	Shafer (.3383)	Higham (.3203)	White (.3140)	Jones (.3103)	Peters (.3089)
1877	White (.3872)	Cassidy (.3785)	McVey (.3684)	O'Rourke (.3623)	Anson (.3373)	Start (.3321)	Hall (.3234)	Clapp (.3176)	Manning (.3175)	Peters (.3170)
1876	Barnes (.4286)	Hall (.3657)	Anson (.3560)	Peters (.3513)	McVey (.3474)	White (.3432)	Meyerle (.3398)	Hines (.3311)	O'Rourke (.3269) Higham (.3269)
1875	White (.3666)	Barnes (.3639)	McVey (.3548)	Pike (.3462)	Wright (.3333)	Hines (.3279)	Anson (.3252)	Sutton (.3240)	Leonard (.3207)	Meyerle (.3156)
1874	Meyerle (.3937)	McVey (.3586)	Pike (.3547)	Manning (.3464)	McMullin (.3462)	Craver (.3434)	Holdsworth (.3404)	Barnes (.3398)	Anson (.3346)	Wright (.3291)
1873	Barnes (.4312)	Anson (.3976)	White (.3923)	Wright (.3870)	McVey (.3802)	Force (.3648)	Pabor (.3596)	O'Rourke (.3500)	Meyerle (.3487)	Hall (.3452)
1872	Barnes (.4304)	Force (.4178)	Anson (.4147)	Hastings (.3616)	McGeary (.3600)	Murnane (.3596)	Spalding (.3544)	Leonard (.3485)	Fisler (.3484)	Higham (.3429)
1871	Meyerle (.4923)	McVey (.4314)	Barnes (.4013)	King (.3958)	Wood (.3778)	Pike (.3769)	Wolters (.3696)	Higham (.3617)	Start (.3602)	Reach (.3534)
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