.262
The American League's average was .266 and the National League's average was .258.
Ty Cobb has the highest batting average, with a .366 bating average.
The Minnesota Twins with a .287 batting average.
average weight of bat in major league baseball
Rogers Hornsby of the Boston Braves with a .387 average.
Rogers Hornsby of the Boston Braves won the NL batting title in 1928 with a .387 average.
In the history of Major League Baseball as of 2009 there are 202 players with a career batting average of .300 or better.
Ty Cobb batted .367 for his career. That is the highest career batting average in major league baseball history.
Hugh Duffy hit .4397 in 1894.
That is Ty Cobb who hit .366 (.3664) during a 24 year career from 1905-1928.
The Triple Crown is awarded to a Major League Baseball player who is ranked first in three major categories. For hitters it is batting average, home runs and runs batted in. For pitchers it is earned run average, wins and strikeouts.
The average life expectancy of a modern day major league baseball is 7 pitches.
The average is 24,500 pitches for Major league baseball throws in a regular season