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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]
Ty Cobb is the all-time leader 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 second with a career batting average of .364. He is the only player to have won consecutive Triple Crowns, having done so in 1924 and 1925.
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]
Under the current 3.1 PA qualification, players have posted a .400 batting average for a season 28 times. [15] Ted Williams' .4057 in 1941 is the most recent such season, one of 13 to occur since 1900. [15] George Brett in 1980 is the only player to maintain a .400 average into September since 1941. [16]
Highest caught-stealing %: Mike LaValliere, 72.73% (1993) [20] Most no-hitters caught: 2, Carlos Ruiz (2010) and Wilson Ramos (2015) (List of Major League Baseball no-hitters) Both of Ruiz's no-hitters were by Roy Halladay; the second was in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, Halladay's first career postseason start.
List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a first baseman leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a second baseman leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a third baseman leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a shortstop leaders.
Highlights of this record include a slash line of .366/.437/.696 through 941 plate appearances from 1933 to 1936; a .417 average and 40 home runs in 39 games in 1937; regular batting averages well over .300 for the final four seasons of his career (including a record .466 average in 1943) despite battling severe headaches due to a brain tumour ...
It’s time to officially call it like it is: Miami Marlins second baseman Luis Arraez is chasing baseball’s first .400 batting average since Ted Williams in 1941.