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MLB Batting Leaders - 1879

Statistics: Batting | Pitching
Type: Career | Single-Season (Post-1900) | Single-Season
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MLB Batting Leaders - 1879 - Batting Average
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
1	Paul Hines	16	85	409	81	146	25	10	2	0	8	16	0	0	.357
2	King Kelly	16	77	345	78	120	20	12	2	0	8	14	0	0	.348
	Jim O'rourke	19	81	362	69	126	19	9	1	0	13	10	0	0	.348
4	John O'rourke	3	72	317	69	108	17	11	6	0	8	32	0	0	.341
5	Deacon White	15	78	333	55	110	16	6	1	0	6	9	0	0	.330
6	Ed Cogswell	3	49	236	51	76	8	1	1	0	8	5	0	0	.322
7	Joe Start	11	66	317	70	101	11	5	2	0	7	4	0	0	.319
8	Cap Anson	22	51	227	40	72	20	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	.317
9	Charley Jones	11	83	355	85	112	22	10	9	0	29	38	0	0	.315
10	Tom York	10	81	342	69	106	25	5	1	0	19	28	0	0	.310
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
11	Orator Shaffer	11	73	316	53	96	13	0	0	0	6	28	0	0	.304
12	Cal McVey	4	81	354	64	105	18	6	0	0	8	13	0	0	.297
13	Jack Farrell	11	66	292	45	86	8	2	1	0	3	13	0	0	.295
14	Ned Williamson	13	80	320	66	94	20	13	1	0	24	31	0	0	.294
15	Abner Dalrymple	12	71	333	47	97	25	1	0	0	4	29	0	0	.291
	Buttercup Dickerson	7	81	350	73	102	18	14	2	0	3	27	0	0	.291
17	Bill Crowley	7	60	261	41	75	9	5	0	0	6	14	0	0	.287
18	John Ward	17	83	364	71	104	9	4	2	0	7	14	0	0	.286
19	Silver Flint	12	79	324	46	92	22	6	1	0	6	44	0	0	.284
20	Hardy Richardson	14	79	336	54	95	18	10	0	0	16	30	0	0	.283
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
21	John Morrill	15	84	348	56	98	18	5	0	0	14	32	0	0	.282
22	Pete Hotaling	9	81	369	64	103	20	9	1	0	12	17	0	0	.279
23	George Wright	7	85	388	79	107	15	10	1	0	13	20	0	0	.276
24	Mike McGeary	6	85	374	62	103	7	2	0	0	5	13	0	0	.275
	Oscar Walker	5	72	287	35	79	15	6	1	0	8	38	0	0	.275
26	Charlie Eden	4	81	353	40	96	31	7	3	0	6	20	0	0	.272
27	Bill Phillips	10	81	365	58	99	15	4	0	0	2	20	0	0	.271
28	Chick Fulmer	6	76	306	30	82	11	5	0	0	5	34	0	0	.268
29	Mike Dorgan	10	59	270	38	72	11	5	1	0	4	13	0	0	.267
	Sadie Houck	8	80	356	69	95	24	9	2	0	4	11	0	0	.267
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
31	Ross Barnes	4	77	323	55	86	9	2	1	0	16	25	0	0	.266
	Joe Hornung	12	78	319	46	85	18	7	0	0	2	27	0	0	.266
33	John Clapp	7	70	292	47	77	12	5	1	0	11	11	0	0	.264
34	George Gore	14	63	266	43	70	17	4	0	0	8	30	0	0	.263
35	Lew Brown	7	59	250	25	65	14	4	2	0	5	28	0	0	.260
36	Al Hall	2	67	306	30	79	7	3	0	0	3	13	0	0	.258
37	Ed Caskin	7	70	304	32	78	13	2	0	0	2	14	0	0	.257
38	Blondie Purcell	12	75	327	42	83	6	3	0	0	3	16	0	0	.254
39	Pud Galvin	14	67	265	34	66	11	6	0	0	1	56	0	0	.249
40	Ezra Sutton	13	84	339	54	84	13	4	0	0	2	18	0	0	.248
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
41	George Bradley	10	63	251	36	62	9	5	0	0	1	20	0	0	.247
42	John Peters	9	83	379	45	93	13	2	1	0	1	19	0	0	.245
43	Fred Warner	5	76	316	32	77	11	4	0	0	2	20	0	0	.244
44	Tommy Bond	8	65	257	35	62	3	1	0	0	6	8	0	0	.241
45	Jack Burdock	14	84	359	64	86	10	3	0	0	9	28	0	0	.240
46	Tom Carey	4	80	335	30	80	14	1	0	0	5	20	0	0	.239
47	Pop Snyder	15	81	329	42	78	16	3	2	0	5	31	0	0	.237
48	Jake Evans	7	72	280	30	65	9	5	0	0	5	18	0	0	.232
49	Charlie Reilley	5	62	236	17	54	5	1	0	0	1	20	0	0	.229
50	Bill Hague	4	51	209	20	47	3	1	0	0	3	19	0	0	.225