List of Major League Baseball players with a .400 batting average in a season
Below is a list of the 28 Major League Baseball players who have reached the .400 batting average milestone in a single season.
Ted Williams was the last player to hit .400, hitting .406 in 1941. Ed Delahanty, Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby all hit .400 or better three times in their careers
List
Notes:
- Minimum of 3.1 plate appearances per game
- Post-1900 averages in bold and italics
Rank | Player | League | Year | BA |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hugh Duffy | NL | 1894 | .4397 |
2 | Tip O'Neill | AA | 1887 | .4352 |
3 | Ross Barnes | NL | 1876 | .4286 |
4 | Nap Lajoie | AL | 1901 | .4265 |
5 | Willie Keeler | NL | 1897 | .4238 |
6 | Rogers Hornsby | NL | 1924 | .4235 |
7 | George Sisler | AL | 1922 | .4198 |
8 | Ty Cobb | AL | 1911 | .4196 |
9 | Tuck Turner | NL | 1894 | .4179 |
10 | Sam Thompson | NL | 1894 | .4146 |
11 | Fred Dunlap | UA | 1884 | .4120 |
12 | Ed Delahanty | NL | 1899 | .40964 |
13 | Jesse Burkett | NL | 1896 | .40956 |
14 | Ty Cobb | AL | 1912 | .4087 |
15 | Shoeless Joe Jackson | AL | 1911 | .4081 |
16 | George Sisler | AL | 1920 | .4073 |
17 | Ted Williams | AL | 1941 | .4057 |
18 | Jesse Burkett | NL | 1895 | .4054 |
19 | Ed Delahanty | NL | 1895 | .4042 |
20 | Ed Delahanty | NL | 1894 | .4040 |
21 | Billy Hamilton | NL | 1894 | .4032 |
22 | Rogers Hornsby | NL | 1925 | .4028 |
23 | Harry Heilmann | AL | 1923 | .4027 |
24 | Pete Browning | NL | 1887 | .4022 |
25 | Rogers Hornsby | NL | 1922 | .40128 |
26 | Bill Terry | NL | 1930 | .40126 |
27 | Hughie Jennings | NL | 1896 | .4012 |
28 | Ty Cobb | AL | 1922 | .4011 |
See also related lists
- List of Major League Baseball career batting average leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career doubles leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career triples leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career runs scored leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career runs-batted-in leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career stolen bases leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career slugging percentage leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career OPS leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career total bases leaders
- List of Major League Baseball career bases on balls leaders
Sources
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