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MLB Batting Leaders - 1897

Statistics: Batting | Pitching
Type: Career | Single-Season (Post-1900) | Single-Season
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MLB Batting Leaders - 1897 - Batting Average
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
1	Willie Keeler	19	129	564	145	239	27	19	0	0	35	0	64	0	.424
2	Fred Clarke	21	128	518	120	202	30	13	6	0	45	0	57	0	.390
3	Jesse Burkett	16	127	517	129	198	28	7	2	0	76	0	28	0	.383
4	Ed Delahanty	16	129	530	109	200	40	15	5	0	60	0	26	0	.377
5	Joe Kelley	17	131	505	113	183	31	9	5	0	70	0	44	0	.362
6	Nap Lajoie	21	127	545	107	197	40	23	9	0	15	0	20	0	.361
7	Hughie Jennings	17	117	439	133	156	26	9	2	0	42	0	60	0	.355
8	Chick Stahl	10	114	469	112	166	30	13	4	0	38	0	18	0	.354
	Jack Doyle	17	114	460	91	163	29	4	2	0	29	0	62	0	.354
10	Jake Stenzel	9	131	536	113	189	43	7	4	0	36	0	69	0	.353
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	George Davis	24	130	519	112	183	31	10	10	0	41	0	65	0	.353
12	Honus Wagner	21	61	237	37	83	17	4	2	0	15	0	19	0	.350
13	Jimmy Collins	14	134	529	103	183	28	13	6	0	41	0	14	0	.346
14	Billy Hamilton	14	127	507	152	174	17	5	3	0	105	0	66	0	.343
	Deacon McGuire	26	93	327	51	112	17	7	4	0	21	0	9	0	.343
16	Gene Demontreville	11	133	566	92	193	27	8	3	0	21	0	30	0	.341
17	Hugh Duffy	17	134	550	130	187	25	10	11	0	52	0	41	0	.340
	Bill Lange	7	118	479	119	163	24	14	5	0	48	0	73	0	.340
19	Chief Sockalexis	3	66	278	43	94	9	8	3	0	18	0	16	0	.338
	Cupid Childs	13	114	444	105	150	15	9	1	0	74	0	25	0	.338
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
21	Bobby Wallace	25	130	516	99	173	33	21	4	0	48	0	14	0	.335
22	Tommy Tucker	13	97	366	52	122	20	5	5	0	29	0	18	0	.333
23	Mike Tiernan	13	127	528	123	174	29	10	5	0	61	0	40	0	.330
	George Vanhaltren	17	129	564	117	186	22	9	3	0	40	0	50	0	.330
	Jake Beckley	20	114	433	84	143	19	12	8	0	20	0	25	0	.330
26	Duff Cooley	13	133	566	124	186	14	13	4	0	51	0	31	0	.329
	Klondike Douglass	9	125	516	77	170	15	3	6	0	52	0	12	0	.329
28	John Anderson	14	117	492	93	160	28	12	4	0	17	0	29	0	.325
	John McGraw	16	106	391	90	127	15	3	0	0	99	0	44	0	.325
30	Patsy Donovan	17	120	479	82	154	16	7	0	0	25	0	34	0	.322
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
	Duke Farrell	18	78	261	41	84	9	6	0	0	17	0	8	0	.322
	Herman Long	16	107	450	89	145	32	7	3	0	23	0	22	0	.322
33	Walter Thornton	4	75	265	39	85	9	6	0	0	30	0	13	0	.321
34	Kid Gleason	22	131	540	85	172	16	4	1	0	26	0	43	0	.319
35	Fred Tenney	17	132	566	125	180	24	3	1	0	49	0	34	0	.318
36	Mike Griffin	12	134	534	136	169	25	11	2	0	81	0	16	0	.316
	Dusty Miller	7	119	440	83	139	27	1	4	0	48	0	29	0	.316
	Chief Zimmer	19	80	294	50	93	22	3	0	0	25	0	8	0	.316
39	Bill Everitt	7	92	379	63	119	14	7	5	0	36	0	26	0	.314
	Fielder Jones	15	135	548	134	172	15	10	1	0	61	0	48	0	.314
	PLAYER	YRS	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA
41	Kip Selbach	13	124	486	113	152	25	16	5	0	80	0	46	0	.313
42	Elmer Smith	14	123	467	99	145	19	17	6	0	70	0	25	0	.310
43	Bobby Lowe	18	123	499	87	154	24	8	5	0	32	0	16	0	.309
44	Candy Lachance	12	126	520	86	160	28	16	4	0	15	0	26	0	.308
45	Fred Hartman	6	124	516	67	158	21	8	2	0	26	0	18	0	.306
46	Harry Davis	22	111	429	70	131	10	28	2	0	26	0	21	0	.305
47	Bill Joyce	8	109	388	109	118	15	13	3	0	78	0	33	0	.304
48	Perry Werden	7	131	506	76	153	21	14	5	0	40	0	14	0	.302
49	Bid McPhee	18	81	282	45	85	13	7	1	0	35	0	9	0	.301
50	Jimmy Ryan	18	136	520	103	156	33	17	5	0	50	0	27	0	.300