Single-Season Batting Average
Leaderboard
 
* - Indicates Hall of Fame
+ - indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet 502PA requirement.
Rank    Player Batting Average PA Year  
1.    Dave Orr .3549 675 1884  
2.    Oyster Burns .3392 627 1884  
3.    Dan Brouthers .3339 650 1884  
4.    Abner Dalrymple .3321 595 1884  
5.    Tommy McCarthy .3285 617 1884  
6.    Fred Mann .3185 567 1884  
7.    Harry Moore .3160 572 1884  
8.    Roger Connor .3139 536 1884  
9.    Jerrie Moore .3135 540 1884  
10.    Henry Larkin .3121 650 1884  
11.    Pete Hotaling .3116 556 1884  
12.    Pete Browning .3102 661 1884  
13.    Fred Dunlap .3085 630 1884  
14.    Jack Rowe .3064 587 1884  
15.    Jimmy Wolf .3056 630 1884  
16.    Paul Hines .3042 656 1884  
17.    King Kelly .3036 649 1884  
18.    Joe Quinn .3005 656 1884  
19.    Jack Glasscock .3000 688 1884  
20.    Juice Latham .2971+ 478 1884  
21.    John Reilly .2946 665 1884  
22.    Ed Swartwood .2933 642 1884  
23.    John Clapp .2911 642 1884  
24.    Podge Weihe .2896 616 1884  
25.    Cap Anson .2895 681 1884  
26.    Bid McPhee .2888 610 1884  
27.    Fred Lewis .2886 669 1884  
28.    Dude Esterbrook .2880 604 1884  
29.    Ezra Sutton .2871 634 1884  
30.    Billy O'Brien .2870 608 1884  
31.    John O'Rourke .2869 620 1884  
32.    George Gore .2868 710 1884  
33.    Martin Powell .2867 650 1884  
34.    Sy Sutcliffe .2851+ 490 1884  
35.    Dennis Casey .2836+ 483 1884  
36.    Harry Stovey .2828 649 1884  
37.    Tom York .2821 554 1884  
38.    Fleet Walker .2803 524 1884  
39.    Buck Ewing .2791 639 1884  
40.    Dasher Troy .2788 553 1884  
41.    John Peters .2785 634 1884  
42.    Pete Gillespie .2785 646 1884  
43.    Candy Nelson .2763 696 1884  
44.    Jumbo Davis .2757 519 1884  
45.    Tom Mansell .2751 606 1884  
46.    Sam Wise .2749 607 1884  
47.    Jack Manning .2738 534 1884  
48.    George Pinkney .2733 656 1884  
49.    Piggy Ward .2704 645 1884  
50.    Mike Dorgan .2696 610 1884  
51.    Fred Carroll .2661 532 1884  
52.    Jim O'Rourke .2648 652 1884  
53.    Arlie Latham .2647 571 1884  
54.    Tom Brown .2643+ 458 1884  
55.    Buttercup Dickerson .2639 604 1884  
56.    George Wright .2624 606 1884  
57.    Steve Bellan .2621 530 1884  
58.    Ed Miller .2615 562 1884  
59.    Blondie Purcell .2587 608 1884  
60.    Chippy McGarr .2585 586 1884  
61.    Pop Corkhill .2574 636 1884  
62.    Jim Fogarty .2531 533 1884  
63.    Arthur Irwin .2509 606 1884  
64.    Jim Tipper .2505+ 484 1884  
65.    Deacon White .2495 530 1884  
66.    Gat Stires .2489+ 477 1884  
67.    Jerry Denny .2484 642 1884  
68.    Jack Leary .2479+ 477 1884  
69.    Charlie Comiskey .2477 553 1884  
70.    Mike McGeary .2474+ 401 1884  
71.    Charlie Ganzel .2463 504 1884  
72.    Dave Rowe .2459 505 1884  
73.    Charlie Bennett .2458 593 1884  
74.    Charley Jones .2454 585 1884  
75.    Joe Farrell .2454 618 1884  
76.    Ed Andrews .2453 557 1884  
77.    Jim Clinton .2451 643 1884  
78.    Jack Leary .2439+ 483 1884  
79.    Hick Carpenter .2437 709 1884  
80.    Mike Moynahan .2422+ 469 1884  
81.    Count Sensenderfer .2387 516 1884  
82.    John O'Brien .2379 552 1884  
83.    Cliff Carroll .2361 656 1884  
84.    Paul Radford .2360 667 1884  
85.    Chief Roseman .2343 611 1884  
86.    George Wood .2341 682 1884  
87.    Elmer Cleveland .2332+ 453 1884  
88.    Frank McLaughlin .2319+ 495 1884  
89.    Joe Sommer .2294 559 1884  
90.    Jim Tray .2282 559 1884  
91.    Mike Muldoon .2281 544 1884  
92.    Ed Yewell .2275 535 1884  
93.    Ecky Stearns .2258+ 476 1884  
94.    Ed Cogswell .2255+ 448 1884  
95.    Fraley Rogers .2251 604 1884  
96.    Frank Fennelly .2239 642 1884  
97.    Jack Farrell .2231 657 1884  
98.    John Morrill .2224 653 1884  
99.    Doggie Miller .2222+ 416 1884  
100.    Jack O'Brien .2203+ 420 1884