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Major League Batting Leaders
1. | Ruth • NYY | 12.6 |
2. | Faber • CHW | 11.1 |
3. | Hornsby • STL | 10.8 |
4. | Shocker • SLB | 8.6 |
5. | Rogan • KCM | 8.1 |
6. | Grimes • BRO | 8.0 |
7. | Mays • NYY | 7.5 |
8. | Bancroft • NYG | 7.4 |
9. | Jones • BOS | 7.2 |
10. | Leblanc • CS | 7.0 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 12.8 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 10.8 |
3. | Bancroft • NYG | 7.4 |
4. | Frisch • NYG | 6.9 |
5. | Heilmann • DET | 6.9 |
6. | Cobb • DET | 6.7 |
7. | Speaker • CLE | 6.6 |
8. | Charleston • SLG | 6.1 |
9. | Blackwell • SLG | 5.9 |
10. | Sisler • SLB | 5.7 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 12.2 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 10.0 |
3. | Heilmann • DET | 7.3 |
4. | Cobb • DET | 6.6 |
5. | Charleston • SLG | 6.4 |
6. | Frisch • NYG | 5.8 |
7. | Speaker • CLE | 5.6 |
8. | Sewell • CLE | 5.4 |
9. | Blackwell • SLG | 5.4 |
10. | Bancroft • NYG | 5.3 |
1. | Bancroft • NYG | 3.3 |
2. | Maranville • PIT | 2.6 |
3. | Scott • BOS | 2.6 |
4. | Lavan • STL | 2.2 |
5. | Frisch • NYG | 1.6 |
Moore • KCM | 1.6 | |
7. | Ward • NYY | 1.6 |
8. | Herrera • CS | 1.6 |
Hollocher • CHC | 1.6 | |
10. | Perkins • PHA | 1.5 |
1. | Charleston • SLG | .433 |
2. | Blackwell • SLG | .405 |
3. | Hornsby • STL | .397 |
4. | Heilmann • DET | .394 |
5. | Taylor • ABC | .392 |
6. | Cobb • DET | .389 |
7. | Ruth • NYY | .378 |
8. | Sisler • SLB | .371 |
9. | Speaker • CLE | .362 |
10. | Jacobson • SLB | .352 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | .512 |
2. | Charleston • SLG | .512 |
3. | Blackwell • SLG | .478 |
4. | Hornsby • STL | .458 |
5. | Cobb • DET | .452 |
6. | Taylor • ABC | .448 |
7. | Heilmann • DET | .444 |
8. | Speaker • CLE | .439 |
9. | Torriente • CAG | .430 |
10. | Cruise • BSN | .429 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | .846 |
2. | Charleston • SLG | .736 |
3. | Blackwell • SLG | .670 |
4. | Hornsby • STL | .639 |
5. | Heilmann • DET | .606 |
6. | Cobb • DET | .596 |
7. | Torriente • CAG | .593 |
8. | Moore • KCM | .566 |
9. | Williams • SLB | .561 |
10. | Sisler • SLB | .560 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 1.359 |
2. | Charleston • SLG | 1.248 |
3. | Blackwell • SLG | 1.148 |
4. | Hornsby • STL | 1.097 |
5. | Heilmann • DET | 1.051 |
6. | Cobb • DET | 1.048 |
7. | Torriente • CAG | 1.023 |
8. | Williams • SLB | .990 |
9. | Speaker • CLE | .977 |
10. | Sisler • SLB | .971 |
1. | Dykes • PHA | 155 |
2. | Scott • BOS | 154 |
Sheely • CHW | 154 | |
Sewell • CLE | 154 | |
Witt • PHA | 154 | |
Hornsby • STL | 154 | |
Harris • WSH | 154 | |
Shanks • WSH | 154 | |
9. | Boeckel • BSN | 153 |
Bohne • CIN | 153 | |
Gardner • CLE | 153 | |
Blue • DET | 153 | |
Bancroft • NYG | 153 | |
Frisch • NYG | 153 | |
Pipp • NYY | 153 | |
Ward • NYY | 153 | |
Maranville • PIT | 153 | |
Judge • WSH | 153 |
1. | Tobin • SLB | 671 |
2. | Olson • BRO | 652 |
3. | Bigbee • PIT | 632 |
4. | Witt • PHA | 629 |
5. | Johnston • BRO | 624 |
Powell • BSN | 624 | |
7. | Judge • WSH | 622 |
8. | Frisch • NYG | 618 |
9. | Johnson • CHW | 613 |
Bohne • CIN | 613 | |
Dykes • PHA | 613 |
1. | Witt • PHA | 731 |
Tobin • SLB | 731 | |
3. | Judge • WSH | 715 |
4. | Blue • DET | 711 |
5. | Dykes • PHA | 701 |
6. | Powell • BSN | 699 |
Burns • NYG | 699 | |
8. | Bancroft • NYG | 698 |
9. | Peckinpaugh • NYY | 696 |
10. | Olson • BRO | 695 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 177 |
2. | Tobin • SLB | 132 |
3. | Hornsby • STL | 131 |
4. | Peckinpaugh • NYY | 128 |
5. | Sisler • SLB | 125 |
6. | Cobb • DET | 124 |
7. | Bancroft • NYG | 121 |
Frisch • NYG | 121 | |
9. | Williams • SLB | 115 |
10. | Powell • BSN | 114 |
Heilmann • DET | 114 |
1. | Heilmann • DET | 237 |
2. | Tobin • SLB | 236 |
3. | Hornsby • STL | 235 |
4. | Sisler • SLB | 216 |
5. | Frisch • NYG | 211 |
Jacobson • SLB | 211 | |
7. | Veach • DET | 207 |
8. | Ruth • NYY | 204 |
Bigbee • PIT | 204 | |
10. | Johnston • BRO | 203 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 457 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 378 |
3. | Heilmann • DET | 365 |
4. | Meusel • NYY | 334 |
5. | Tobin • SLB | 327 |
6. | Sisler • SLB | 326 |
7. | Veach • DET | 324 |
8. | Kelly • NYG | 310 |
9. | Williams • SLB | 307 |
10. | McHenry • STL | 305 |
1. | Speaker • CLE | 52 |
2. | Ruth • NYY | 44 |
Hornsby • STL | 44 | |
4. | Heilmann • DET | 43 |
Veach • DET | 43 | |
6. | Kelly • NYG | 42 |
7. | Johnston • BRO | 41 |
8. | Meusel • NYY | 40 |
9. | Rice • WSH | 39 |
10. | Grimes • CHC | 38 |
Jacobson • SLB | 38 | |
Sisler • SLB | 38 |
1. | Powell • BSN | 18 |
Thomas • COB | 18 | |
Sisler • SLB | 18 | |
Tobin • SLB | 18 | |
Hornsby • STL | 18 | |
Shanks • WSH | 18 | |
7. | Frisch • NYG | 17 |
Bigbee • PIT | 17 | |
Grimm • PIT | 17 | |
10. | Bohne • CIN | 16 |
Cobb • DET | 16 | |
Youngs • NYG | 16 | |
Meusel • NYY | 16 | |
Ruth • NYY | 16 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 59 |
2. | Meusel • NYY | 24 |
Williams • SLB | 24 | |
4. | Kelly • NYG | 23 |
Walker • PHA | 23 | |
6. | Hornsby • STL | 21 |
7. | Heilmann • DET | 19 |
8. | Williams • PHI | 18 |
9. | McHenry • STL | 17 |
10. | Smith • CLE | 16 |
Veach • DET | 16 | |
Dykes • PHA | 16 | |
Fournier • STL | 16 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 168 |
2. | Heilmann • DET | 139 |
3. | Meusel • NYY | 138 |
4. | Veach • DET | 128 |
5. | Hornsby • STL | 126 |
6. | Kelly • NYG | 122 |
7. | Gardner • CLE | 120 |
8. | Williams • SLB | 117 |
9. | Sisler • SLB | 104 |
10. | Pipp • NYY | 103 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 145 |
2. | Blue • DET | 103 |
3. | Peckinpaugh • NYY | 84 |
4. | Sewell • CLE | 80 |
Burns • NYG | 80 | |
6. | Schang • NYY | 78 |
7. | Witt • PHA | 77 |
8. | Williams • SLB | 74 |
9. | Walker • PHA | 73 |
10. | Youngs • NYG | 71 |
1. | Meusel • NYY | 88 |
2. | Powell • BSN | 85 |
3. | Ruth • NYY | 81 |
Parkinson • PHI | 81 | |
5. | Dykes • PHA | 75 |
6. | Kelly • NYG | 73 |
7. | Falk • CHW | 69 |
8. | Ward • NYY | 68 |
9. | O'Rourke • WSH | 56 |
10. | Grimes • CHC | 55 |
1. | Frisch • NYG | 49 |
2. | Carey • PIT | 37 |
3. | Sisler • SLB | 35 |
4. | Hewitt • SLG | 33 |
5. | Charleston • SLG | 32 |
6. | Lyons • CAG | 30 |
Baró • CS | 30 | |
8. | Harris • WSH | 29 |
9. | Johnston • BRO | 28 |
10. | Bohne • CIN | 26 |
Rice • WSH | 26 |
1. | Tobin • SLB | 179 |
2. | Heilmann • DET | 161 |
Bigbee • PIT | 161 | |
4. | Frisch • NYG | 155 |
5. | Jacobson • SLB | 154 |
6. | Witt • PHA | 152 |
Hornsby • STL | 152 | |
8. | Sisler • SLB | 148 |
9. | Bancroft • NYG | 146 |
10. | Collins • CHW | 145 |
Johnson • CHW | 145 | |
Fournier • STL | 145 |
1. | Charleston • SLG | 250 |
2. | Ruth • NYY | 239 |
3. | Blackwell • SLG | 222 |
4. | Hornsby • STL | 191 |
5. | Torriente • CAG | 187 |
6. | Taylor • ABC | 172 |
7. | Heilmann • DET | 167 |
8. | Cobb • DET | 166 |
9. | McNair • KCM | 158 |
10. | Moore • KCM | 158 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 229 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 167 |
3. | Heilmann • DET | 159 |
4. | Sisler • SLB | 134 |
5. | Cobb • DET | 133 |
6. | Williams • SLB | 126 |
7. | Tobin • SLB | 124 |
8. | Veach • DET | 123 |
9. | Frisch • NYG | 119 |
10. | Speaker • CLE | 118 |
Meusel • NYY | 118 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 120 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 78 |
3. | Heilmann • DET | 60 |
4. | Charleston • SLG | 57 |
5. | Cobb • DET | 52 |
6. | Blackwell • SLG | 48 |
7. | Taylor • ABC | 40 |
8. | Speaker • CLE | 39 |
9. | Williams • SLB | 39 |
10. | Fournier • STL | 38 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 10.9 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 7.5 |
3. | Charleston • SLG | 5.7 |
4. | Heilmann • DET | 5.5 |
5. | Blackwell • SLG | 4.8 |
6. | Cobb • DET | 4.8 |
7. | Taylor • ABC | 4.1 |
8. | Fournier • STL | 3.7 |
9. | McHenry • STL | 3.6 |
10. | Speaker • CLE | 3.6 |
Williams • SLB | 3.6 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 119 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 83 |
3. | Meusel • NYY | 80 |
4. | Heilmann • DET | 76 |
5. | Kelly • NYG | 74 |
6. | Veach • DET | 72 |
7. | Speaker • CLE | 69 |
8. | Sisler • SLB | 68 |
9. | Cobb • DET | 65 |
10. | Williams • SLB | 62 |
McHenry • STL | 62 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 353 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 302 |
3. | Heilmann • DET | 292 |
4. | Blue • DET | 288 |
5. | Tobin • SLB | 284 |
6. | Witt • PHA | 276 |
7. | Sewell • CLE | 273 |
8. | Williams • SLB | 268 |
9. | Burns • NYG | 267 |
10. | Bancroft • NYG | 263 |
1. | Charleston • SLG | .926 |
2. | Ruth • NYY | .905 |
3. | Blackwell • SLG | .896 |
4. | Hornsby • STL | .845 |
5. | Torriente • CAG | .829 |
6. | Taylor • ABC | .825 |
7. | Heilmann • DET | .805 |
8. | Cobb • DET | .790 |
9. | Baró • CS | .769 |
10. | McNair • KCM | .766 |
1. | Harris • WSH | 18 |
2. | Dykes • PHA | 15 |
3. | Mostil • CHW | 13 |
4. | McAdoo • SLG | 12 |
Mongin • SLG | 12 | |
6. | Sewell • CLE | 11 |
Hewitt • SLG | 11 | |
8. | Menosky • BOS | 9 |
Rice • WSH | 9 | |
10. | Kenyon • ABC | 8 |
Jiménez • CS | 8 | |
Carr • KCM | 8 | |
Ward • NYY | 8 | |
Blackwell • SLG | 8 | |
Dudley • SLG | 8 | |
Fournier • STL | 8 |
1. | Wambsganss • CLE | 43 |
2. | Bush • 2TM | 41 |
3. | Stock • STL | 36 |
4. | McInnis • BOS | 35 |
Southworth • BSN | 35 | |
6. | Terry • CHC | 34 |
Mulligan • CHW | 34 | |
8. | Daubert • CIN | 33 |
Peckinpaugh • NYY | 33 | |
Pipp • NYY | 33 |
1. | Bohne • CIN | 22 |
Fournier • STL | 22 | |
3. | Southworth • BSN | 20 |
Burns • NYG | 20 | |
Bigbee • PIT | 20 | |
McHenry • STL | 20 | |
7. | Mulligan • CHW | 18 |
Duncan • CIN | 18 | |
Rapp • 2TM | 18 | |
10. | Powell • BSN | 17 |
Roush • CIN | 17 | |
Blue • DET | 17 | |
Youngs • NYG | 17 | |
Williams • SLB | 17 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 26.4 |
2. | Williams • SLB | 21.8 |
3. | Charleston • SLG | 20.4 |
4. | Meusel • NYY | 19.9 |
5. | Sisler • SLB | 17.9 |
6. | Fournier • STL | 17.8 |
7. | Carr • KCM | 17.1 |
8. | Blackwell • SLG | 16.2 |
9. | Hornsby • STL | 16.1 |
10. | Cobb • DET | 15.5 |
1. | McInnis • BOS | 64.9 |
2. | Rice • WSH | 56.1 |
3. | Severeid • SLB | 52.4 |
4. | Roush • CIN | 52.3 |
5. | Pratt • BOS | 52.1 |
6. | Collins • CHW | 47.8 |
7. | Deal • CHC | 46.9 |
8. | Southworth • BSN | 43.8 |
9. | Hollocher • CHC | 42.9 |
10. | Speaker • CLE | 42.2 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 9.2 |
2. | Charleston • SLG | 18.9 |
3. | Williams • SLB | 22.8 |
4. | Torriente • CAG | 24.2 |
5. | Walker • PHA | 24.2 |
6. | Blackwell • SLG | 24.5 |
7. | Meusel • NYY | 24.9 |
8. | Kelly • NYG | 25.5 |
9. | Smith • CLE | 26.9 |
10. | Carr • KCM | 27.9 |
1. | Mulligan • CHW | 508 |
2. | Olson • BRO | 498 |
3. | Bohne • CIN | 480 |
4. | Maranville • PIT | 467 |
5. | Johnson • CHW | 466 |
6. | Witt • PHA | 465 |
7. | Powell • BSN | 463 |
Dykes • PHA | 463 | |
Judge • WSH | 463 | |
10. | Holke • BSN | 462 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 134.12 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 78.42 |
3. | Cobb • DET | 59.19 |
4. | Heilmann • DET | 57.92 |
5. | Speaker • CLE | 52.51 |
6. | Sisler • SLB | 51.22 |
7. | Veach • DET | 44.47 |
8. | Frisch • NYG | 44.25 |
9. | Bancroft • NYG | 44.01 |
10. | Youngs • NYG | 41.98 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 11.1 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 7.0 |
3. | Frisch • NYG | 5.3 |
4. | Heilmann • DET | 5.3 |
5. | Roush • CIN | 4.5 |
6. | Southworth • BSN | 4.3 |
7. | Tobin • SLB | 3.8 |
8. | Meusel • 2TM | 3.7 |
9. | Johnston • BRO | 3.6 |
10. | Severeid • SLB | 3.4 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 11.2 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 6.7 |
3. | Heilmann • DET | 4.8 |
4. | Sisler • SLB | 4.4 |
5. | Cobb • DET | 4.0 |
6. | Fournier • STL | 3.6 |
7. | Speaker • CLE | 3.5 |
8. | Williams • SLB | 3.5 |
9. | McHenry • STL | 3.4 |
10. | Meusel • 2TM | 3.4 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 44.9 |
2. | Frisch • NYG | 20.3 |
3. | Gardner • CLE | 11.8 |
4. | Burns • CLE | 10.7 |
5. | Schang • NYY | 9.8 |
6. | Smith • NYG | 8.9 |
7. | Speaker • CLE | 8.9 |
8. | Youngs • NYG | 8.4 |
9. | Bancroft • NYG | 8.1 |
10. | Sewell • CLE | 7.7 |
1. | Ruth • NYY | 12.0 |
2. | Hornsby • STL | 7.6 |
3. | Cobb • DET | 5.5 |
4. | Heilmann • DET | 5.4 |
5. | Speaker • CLE | 4.8 |
6. | Sisler • SLB | 4.6 |
7. | Frisch • NYG | 4.3 |
8. | Bancroft • NYG | 4.2 |
9. | Veach • DET | 4.1 |
10. | Youngs • NYG | 4.0 |
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