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MLB 1888 Leaders
Batting Average

Cap Anson

Chicago White Stockings

.344

Tip O'Neill

St. Louis Browns

.335

Jimmy Ryan

Chicago White Stockings

.332

John Reilly

Cincinnati Red Stockings

.321

King Kelly

Boston Beaneaters

.318

Pete Browning

Louisville Colonels

.313

Hub Collins

Louisville Colonels
Brooklyn Bridegrooms

.307

Dan Brouthers

Detroit Wolverines

.307

Buck Ewing

New York Giants

.306

Dave Orr

Brooklyn Bridegrooms

.305

Ed McKean

Cleveland Blues

.299

Deacon White

Detroit Wolverines

.298

Denny Lyons

Philadelphia Athletics

.296

Dick Johnston

Boston Beaneaters

.296

Mike Tiernan

New York Giants

.293

Oyster Burns

Baltimore Orioles
Brooklyn Bridegrooms

.293

Roger Connor

New York Giants

.291

Harry Stovey

Philadelphia Athletics

.287

Tommy Tucker

Baltimore Orioles

.287

Chicken Wolf

Louisville Colonels

.286

Pop Corkhill

Cincinnati Red Stockings
Brooklyn Bridegrooms

.285

Billy Nash

Boston Beaneaters

.283

George "Rip" Van Haltren

Chicago White Stockings

.283

Curt Welch

Philadelphia Athletics

.282

Paul Hines

Indianapolis Hoosiers

.281

Darby O'Brien

Brooklyn Bridegrooms

.280

Doggie Miller

Pittsburg Alleghenys

.277

Jack Rowe

Detroit Wolverines

.277

Dave "Scissors" Foutz

Brooklyn Bridegrooms

.277

Dummy Hoy

Washington Nationals

.274

Tommy McCarthy

St. Louis Browns

.274

Jim O'Rourke

New York Giants

.274

Charlie Comiskey

St. Louis Browns

.273

George Pinkney

Brooklyn Bridegrooms

.271

Jack Glasscock

Indianapolis Hoosiers

.269

Henry Larkin

Philadelphia Athletics

.269

Lou Bierbauer

Philadelphia Athletics

.267

Jumbo Davis

Kansas City Cowboys

.267

Hick Carpenter

Cincinnati Red Stockings

.267

Ned Hanlon

Detroit Wolverines

.266

Arlie Latham

St. Louis Browns

.265

Jay Faatz

Cleveland Blues

.264

Fred "Sure Shot" Dunlap

Pittsburg Alleghenys

.262

Jerry Denny

Indianapolis Hoosiers

.261

Mike Griffin

Baltimore Orioles

.256

John Ward

New York Giants

.251

Pete Hotaling

Cleveland Blues

.251

Ed Williamson

Chicago White Stockings

.250

Fred Pfeffer

Chicago White Stockings

.250

Charlie Ganzel

Detroit Wolverines

.249

Fred Carroll

Pittsburg Alleghenys

.249

Tom Brown

Boston Beaneaters

.248

Jim McTamany

Kansas City Cowboys

.246

Mike Slattery

New York Giants

.246

Jack Clements

Philadelphia Quakers

.245

Larry Twitchell

Detroit Wolverines

.244

Sid Farrar

Philadelphia Quakers

.244

Charley Bassett

Indianapolis Hoosiers

.241

Bid McPhee

Cincinnati Red Stockings

.240

Sam Wise

Boston Beaneaters

.240

Hugh Nicol

Cincinnati Red Stockings

.239

Joe Hornung

Boston Beaneaters

.239

Ed Andrews

Philadelphia Quakers

.239

Tom Burns

Chicago White Stockings

.238

Bill Phillips

Kansas City Cowboys

.236

Jim Fogarty

Philadelphia Quakers

.236

Billy Sunday

Pittsburg Alleghenys

.236

John Kerins

Louisville Colonels

.235

Bill "Willie" Kuehne

Pittsburg Alleghenys

.235

Jim Donahue

Kansas City Cowboys

.234

Cub Stricker

Cleveland Blues

.233

Jim Keenan

Cincinnati Red Stockings

.233

Yank Robinson

St. Louis Browns

.231

John Coleman

Pittsburg Alleghenys

.231

Bob Caruthers

Brooklyn Bridegrooms

.230

Bob Gilks

Cleveland Blues

.229

George Tebeau

Cincinnati Red Stockings

.229

George Wood

Philadelphia Quakers

.229

Tom Poorman

Philadelphia Athletics

.227

Blondie Purcell

Baltimore Orioles
Philadelphia Athletics

.227

Danny Richardson

New York Giants

.226

Billy O'Brien

Washington Nationals

.225

Ed Daily

Washington Nationals

.225

Bill Gleason

Philadelphia Athletics

.224

Walt Wilmot

Washington Nationals

.224

Dude Esterbrook

Indianapolis Hoosiers
Louisville Colonels

.221

Emmett Seery

Indianapolis Hoosiers

.220

Art Whitney

New York Giants

.220

Jack McGeachey

Indianapolis Hoosiers

.219

Arthur Irwin

Philadelphia Quakers

.219

Bill White

Louisville Colonels
St. Louis Browns

.218

Paul "Shorty" Radford

Brooklyn Bridegrooms

.218

Reddy Mack

Louisville Colonels

.217

Joe Mulvey

Philadelphia Quakers

.216

Sam Barkley

Kansas City Cowboys

.216

Joe Werrick

Louisville Colonels

.216

Germany Smith

Brooklyn Bridegrooms

.214

Bill McClellan

Brooklyn Bridegrooms
Cleveland Blues

.209

Billy Shindle

Baltimore Orioles

.208

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Al Myers

Washington Nationals

.207

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1 Comment

Larry Wayne Scofield says:

February 28, 2022 at 6:43 am

I sincerely appreciate the research work, and the information being shared. It is important and interesting history.

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