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Gibson never recorded a batting average of under .316 in any qualifying season. Ty Cobb is second all-time with a career batting average of .366. He won a record 11 batting titles in the American League from 1907–1909, 1911–1915 and 1917–1919. Oscar Charleston is third with a career batting average of
The record for lowest career batting average for a player with more than 2,500 at-bats belongs to Bill Bergen, a catcher who played from 1901 to 1911 and recorded a .170 average in 3,028 career at-bats. [13] Hugh Duffy, who played from 1888 to 1906, is credited with the highest single-season batting average, having hit .440 in 1894. [14]
Josh Gibson currently holds the highest mark in Major League history by posting a .4658 (.466) batting average in 1943 with the Homestead Grays. [7] Under the current 3.1 PA qualification, players have posted a .400 batting average for a season 28 times. [20] Ted Williams' .4057 in 1941 is the most recent such season, one of 13 to occur since ...
Season Refs Games Maury Wills: 165 1962: Highest batting average Tetelo Vargas.471 1943 [1] Most singles Ichiro Suzuki: 225 2004 [2] Most doubles Earl Webb: 67 1931 [3] Most triples Chief Wilson: 36 1912 [4] Most home runs Barry Bonds: 73 2001: Most runs batted in Hack Wilson: 191 1930 [5] Most hits Ichiro Suzuki: 262 2004 [6] Most runs scored ...
List of Major League Baseball career batting average leaders; ... List of Major League Baseball players with a .400 batting average in a season; Other
Shoeless Joe Jackson of the Cleveland Naps hit .408 in 1911, the highest batting average ever recorded by a rookie in the American League. Joe Strong has the lowest career batting average among players who have batted .400 in a season with .266, while Gibson – with .372 – recorded the highest career average in major league history. [12]
2 Batting. 3 Pitching. 4 Baserunning. 5 Other. ... List of Major League Baseball record breakers by season; ... List of Major League Baseball leaders
Josh Gibson, who played 510 game in the Negro League, holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season.