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MLB Batting Leaders - 1896

Statistics: Batting | Pitching
Type: Career | Single-Season (Post-1900) | Single-Season
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MLB Batting Leaders - 1896 - Batting Average
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
1	Jesse Burkett	16	133	586	160	240	27	16	6	0	49	19	34	0	.410
2	Hughie Jennings	17	130	521	125	209	27	9	0	0	19	11	70	0	.401
3	Ed Delahanty	16	123	499	131	198	44	17	13	0	62	22	37	0	.397
4	Willie Keeler	19	126	544	153	210	22	13	4	0	37	9	67	0	.386
5	Mike Tiernan	13	133	521	132	192	24	16	7	0	77	18	35	0	.369
6	Billy Hamilton	14	131	523	152	191	24	9	3	0	110	29	83	0	.365
7	Joe Kelley	17	131	519	148	189	31	19	8	0	91	19	87	0	.364
8	Elmer Smith	14	122	484	121	175	21	14	6	0	74	18	33	0	.362
9	Jake Stenzel	9	114	479	104	173	26	14	2	0	32	13	57	0	.361
10	Cupid Childs	13	132	498	106	177	24	9	1	0	100	18	25	0	.355
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
11	Fielder Jones	15	104	395	82	140	10	8	3	0	48	15	18	0	.354
12	Bill Dahlen	21	125	474	137	167	30	19	9	0	64	36	51	0	.352
13	George Vanhaltren	17	133	562	136	197	18	21	5	0	55	36	39	0	.351
	Tom McCreery	9	115	441	87	155	23	21	7	0	42	58	26	0	.351
15	Wilbert Robinson	17	67	245	43	85	9	6	2	0	14	13	9	0	.347
16	Jack Stivetts	11	67	221	42	76	9	6	3	0	12	10	4	0	.344
	Dan Brouthers	19	57	218	42	75	13	3	1	0	44	11	7	0	.344
18	Gene Demontreville	11	133	533	94	183	24	5	8	0	29	27	28	0	.343
	Herman Long	16	120	501	105	172	26	8	6	0	26	16	36	0	.343
20	Eddie Burke	8	122	521	120	177	24	9	1	0	41	29	53	0	.340
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
21	Jack Doyle	17	118	487	116	165	29	4	1	0	42	15	73	0	.339
22	Ed McKean	13	133	571	100	193	29	12	7	0	45	9	13	0	.338
23	Fred Tenney	17	88	348	64	117	14	3	2	0	36	12	18	0	.336
24	Bill Joyce	8	130	475	121	158	25	12	13	0	101	34	45	0	.333
25	Cap Anson	22	108	402	72	133	18	2	2	0	49	10	24	0	.331
26	Jim Donnelly	11	106	396	70	130	14	10	0	0	34	11	38	0	.328
27	Bill Lange	7	122	469	114	153	21	16	4	0	65	24	84	0	.326
28	Fred Clarke	21	131	517	96	168	15	18	9	0	43	34	34	0	.325
29	Bobby Lowe	18	73	305	59	98	11	4	2	0	20	11	15	0	.321
	Deacon McGuire	26	108	389	60	125	25	3	2	0	30	14	12	0	.321
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	Dusty Miller	7	125	504	91	162	38	12	4	0	33	30	76	0	.321
32	George Davis	24	124	494	98	158	25	12	6	0	50	24	48	0	.320
	Bill Everitt	7	132	575	130	184	16	13	2	0	41	43	46	0	.320
	Bill Hallman	14	120	469	82	150	21	3	2	0	45	23	16	0	.320
35	Patsy Donovan	17	131	573	113	183	20	5	3	0	35	18	48	0	.319
36	Mike Grady	11	71	242	49	77	20	7	1	0	16	19	10	0	.318
37	John Anderson	14	108	430	70	135	23	17	1	0	18	23	37	0	.314
38	Mike Griffin	12	122	493	101	152	27	9	4	0	48	25	23	0	.308
39	Duff Cooley	13	104	453	92	139	11	7	2	0	25	19	30	0	.307
	Denny Lyons	13	118	436	77	134	25	6	4	0	67	25	13	0	.307
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
41	Bid McPhee	18	117	433	81	132	18	7	1	0	51	18	48	0	.305
	Jimmy Ryan	18	128	489	83	149	24	10	3	0	46	16	29	0	.305
43	Tommy Tucker	13	122	474	74	144	27	5	2	0	30	29	6	0	.304
	Kip Selbach	13	127	487	100	148	17	13	5	0	76	28	49	0	.304
45	Buster Burrell	4	62	206	19	62	11	3	0	0	15	13	1	0	.301
46	Hugh Duffy	17	131	527	97	158	16	8	5	0	52	19	39	0	.300
47	Kid Gleason	22	133	541	79	162	17	5	4	0	42	13	46	0	.299
	Heinie Peitz	16	68	211	33	63	12	5	2	0	30	15	7	0	.299
49	Sam Thompson	15	119	517	103	154	28	7	12	0	28	13	12	0	.298
	Dummy Hoy	14	121	443	120	132	23	7	4	0	65	13	50	0	.298