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The modern-era record for highest batting average for a season is held by Napoleon_Lajoie, who hit .426 in 1901, the first year of play for the American_League.

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Here's the all-time list as of the start of the 2008 season:

SEASON

AVERAGE YEAR AVG

1 Hugh Duffy 1894 .440

2 Tip O'Neill 1887 .435

3 Ross Barnes 1876 .429

4 Nap Lajoie 1901 .426

5 Willie Keeler 1897 .424

6 Rogers Hornsby 1924 .424

7 George Sisler 1922 .420

8 Ty Cobb 1911 .420

9 Fred Dunlap 1884 .412

10 Ed Delahanty 1899 .410

11 Jesse Burkett 1896 .410

12 Jesse Burkett 1895 .409

13 Ty Cobb 1912 .409

14 Joe Jackson 1911 .408

15 Sam Thompson 1894 .407

16 George Sisler 1920 .407

17 Ed Delahanty 1894 .407

18 Ted Williams 1941 .406

19 Billy Hamilton 1894 .404

20 Ed Delahanty 1895 .404

21 Rogers Hornsby 1925 .403

22 Harry Heilmann 1923 .403

23 Pete Browning 1887 .402

24 Rogers Hornsby 1922 .401

25 Bill Terry 1930 .401

26 Hughie Jennings 1896 .401

27 Ty Cobb 1922 .401

28 Cap Anson 1881 .399

29 Lefty O'Doul 1929 .398

30 Harry Heilmann 1927 .398

31 Rogers Hornsby 1921 .397

32 Ed Delahanty 1896 .397

33 Jesse Burkett 1899 .396

34 Joe Jackson 1912 .395

35 Tony Gwynn 1994 .394

36 Harry Heilmann 1921 .394

37 Babe Ruth 1923 .393

38 Harry Heilmann 1925 .393

39 Babe Herman 1930 .393

40 Joe Kelley 1894 .393

41 Sam Thompson 1895 .392

42 John McGraw 1899 .391

43 Ty Cobb 1913 .390

44 Fred Clarke 1897 .390

45 Al Simmons 1931 .390

46 George Brett 1980 .390

47 Tris Speaker 1925 .389

48 Bill Lange 1895 .389

49 Billy Hamilton 1895 .389

50 Ty Cobb 1921 .389

51 Ted Williams 1957 .388

52 King Kelly 1886 .388

53 Rod Carew 1977 .388

54 Luke Appling 1936 .388

55 Tris Speaker 1920 .388

56 Deacon White 1877 .387

57 Rogers Hornsby 1928 .387

58 Tris Speaker 1916 .386

59 Willie Keeler 1896 .386

60 Chuck Klein 1930 .386

T61 Lave Cross 1894 .386

T61 Hughie Jennings 1895 .386

63 Willie Keeler 1898 .385

64 Arky Vaughan 1935 .385

65 Al Simmons 1925 .384

66 Rogers Hornsby 1923 .384

67 Ty Cobb 1919 .384

68 Nap Lajoie 1910 .384

69 Ty Cobb 1910 .383

70 Jesse Burkett 1897 .383

71 Tris Speaker 1912 .383

72 Ty Cobb 1917 .383

73 Lefty O'Doul 1930 .383

74 Joe Jackson 1920 .382

75 Ty Cobb 1918 .382

76 Honus Wagner 1900 .381

77 Babe Herman 1929 .381

78 Joe DiMaggio 1939 .381

79 Al Simmons 1930 .381

80 Paul Waner 1927 .380

81 Rogers Hornsby 1929 .380

82 Billy Hamilton 1893 .380

83 Tris Speaker 1923 .380

84 Goose Goslin 1928 .379

85 Freddy Lindstrom 1930 .379

86 Larry Walker 1999 .379

87 Willie Keeler 1899 .379

88 Lou Gehrig 1930 .379

89 John Cassidy 1877 .378

90 Pete Browning 1882 .378

91 Ty Cobb 1925 .378

92 Babe Ruth 1924 .378

93 Sam Crawford 1911 .378

94 Tris Speaker 1922 .378

95 Earl Averill 1936 .378

96 Babe Ruth 1921 .378

97 Heinie Manush 1928 .378

98 Heinie Manush 1926 .378

99 Ed Delahanty 1897 .377

100 Willie Keeler 1895 .377

101 Ty Cobb 1909 .377

102 Cy Seymour 1905 .377

103 Stan Musial 1948 .376

104 Ed Delahanty 1902 .376

105 Nap Lajoie 1904 .376

106 Jesse Burkett 1901 .376

107 Babe Ruth 1920 .376

108 Zack Wheat 1924 .375

109 Joe Medwick 1937 .374

110 Dan Brouthers 1883 .374

111 Lou Gehrig 1928 .374

112 Jake Stenzel 1895 .374

113 Lou Gehrig 1927 .373

114 Pete Browning 1890 .373

115 Dan Brouthers 1889 .373

116 Joe Jackson 1913 .373

117 Dave Orr 1890 .373

118 Babe Ruth 1931 .373

119 Paul Waner 1936 .373

120 Sam Thompson 1887 .372

121 Todd Helton 2000 .372

122 Nomar Garciaparra 2000 .372

123 Bill Terry 1929 .372

124 Ichiro Suzuki 2004 .372

125 Eddie Collins 1920 .372

126 Tommy Tucker 1889 .372

127 Bug Holliday 1894 .372

128 Babe Ruth 1926 .372

129 Heinie Zimmerman 1912 .372

130 Tony Gwynn 1997 .372

131 Roger Connor 1885 .371

132 Willie Keeler 1894 .371

133 George Sisler 1921 .371

134 Cap Anson 1886 .371

135 Jim Bottomley 1923 .371

136 Ty Cobb 1916 .371

137 Charlie Gehringer 1937 .371

138 Al Wingo 1925 .370

139 Paul Waner 1928 .370

140 Andres Galarraga 1993 .370

141 Dan Brouthers 1886 .370

T142 Tony Gwynn 1987 .370

T142 Rogers Hornsby 1920 .370

144 Sam Thompson 1893 .370

145 Barry Bonds 2002 .370

146 Benny Kauff 1914 .370

147 Ty Cobb 1915 .369

148 Ted Williams 1948 .369

149 Billy Hamilton 1898 .369

150 Lew Fonseca 1929 .369

151 John McGraw 1895 .369

152 Mike Tiernan 1896 .369

T153 Cal McVey 1877 .368

T153 Paul Waner 1930 .368

155 Nap Lajoie 1912 .368

156 Tony Gwynn 1995 .368

T157 Ed Delahanty 1893 .368

T157 Lefty O'Doul 1932 .368

159 Chuck Klein 1933 .368

160 Wade Boggs 1985 .368

161 Dan Brouthers 1882 .368

162 Jeff Bagwell 1994 .368

163 Jack Doyle 1894 .367

164 Elmer Flick 1900 .367

165 Jim Bottomley 1925 .367

166 Denny Lyons 1887 .367

167 Harry Heilmann 1926 .367

168 Steve Brodie 1894 .366

169 Wade Boggs 1988 .366

T170 Larry Walker 1997 .366

T170 Pie Traynor 1930 .366

172 Rico Carty 1970 .366

173 George Hall 1876 .366

174 Stan Musial 1946 .365

175 Billy Hamilton 1896 .365

176 Eddie Collins 1911 .365

177 Mickey Mantle 1957 .365

178 Al Simmons 1929 .365

179 Joe Kelley 1895 .365

180 Johnny Mize 1937 .364

181 Joe Kelley 1896 .364

182 Jimmie Foxx 1932 .364

183 Rod Carew 1974 .364

184 Tris Speaker 1913 .363

185 Larry Walker 1998 .363

186 Jesse Burkett 1900 .363

187 Honus Wagner 1905 .363

T188 John Olerud 1993 .363

T188 Wade Boggs 1987 .363

190 Chicken Wolf 1890 .363

191 Joe Torre 1971 .363

192 Lou Gehrig 1934 .363

193 Harry Walker 1947 .363

194 Hugh Duffy 1893 .363

195 Joe Kelley 1897 .362

196 Willie Keeler 1900 .362

197 Paul Waner 1934 .362

198 Jim O'Rourke 1877 .362

199 Cap Anson 1882 .362

200 Barry Bonds 2004 .362

201 Pete Browning 1885 .362

202 Tris Speaker 1921 .362

203 Riggs Stephenson 1929 .362

204 Elmer Smith 1896 .362

205 Mike Piazza 1997 .362

206 Nap Lajoie 1897 .361

207 Charlie Hickman 1902 .361

208 Jake Stenzel 1896 .361

209 Rogers Hornsby 1927 .361

210 Wade Boggs 1983 .361

211 Jimmy Ryan 1894 .361

212 Norm Cash 1961 .361

213 Eddie Collins 1923 .360

214 George Gore 1880 .360

215 Jim O'Rourke 1890 .360

T216 Jimmie Foxx 1939 .360

T216 Orator Shaffer 1884 .360

218 Kiki Cuyler 1929 .360

219 Babe Ruth 1930 .359

220 Rod Carew 1975 .359

221 Carl Reynolds 1930 .359

222 Zack Wheat 1925 .359

223 Dan Brouthers 1885 .359

224 Albert Pujols 2003 .359

225 Paul O'Neill 1994 .359

226 Bob Fothergill 1927 .359

227 Charlie Jamieson 1924 .359

228 Cecil Travis 1941 .359

229 Todd Helton 2003 .358

T230 George Burns 1926 .358

T230 Mike Griffin 1894 .358

232 Bill Everitt 1895 .358

233 George Stone 1906 .358

234 Paul Hines 1878 .358

235 Tony Gwynn 1993 .358

236 Alex Rodriguez 1996 .358

237 Freddy Lindstrom 1928 .358

238 Jesse Burkett 1894 .358

239 Ed McKean 1894 .357

240 Mickey Cochrane 1930 .357

241 Roberto Clemente 1967 .357

T242 Nomar Garciaparra 1999 .357

T242 Ty Cobb 1927 .357

T242 Bob Caruthers 1887 .357

245 Dixie Walker 1944 .357

246 Dave Foutz 1887 .357

T247 Roger Connor 1883 .357

T247 Paul Hines 1879 .357

249 Wade Boggs 1986 .357

250 Albert Belle 1994 .357

251 Ken Williams 1923 .357

T252 Ginger Beaumont 1902 .357

T252 Joe DiMaggio 1941 .357

254 Bill Dahlen 1894 .357

T255 Stan Musial 1943 .357

T255 Kiki Cuyler 1925 .357

257 Earle Combs 1927 .356

258 Mike Donlin 1905 .356

259 Ted Williams 1942 .356

T260 Edgar Martinez 1995 .356

T260 Kirby Puckett 1988 .356

262 Charlie Gehringer 1934 .356

263 Harry Heilmann 1922 .356

264 Jimmie Foxx 1933 .356

265 Cap Anson 1876 .356

266 Ed Swartwood 1883 .356

267 Elmer Smith 1894 .356

268 Bill Lamar 1925 .356

T269 Pie Traynor 1929 .356

T269 Babe Ruth 1927 .356

T269 Hack Wilson 1930 .356

272 Chuck Klein 1929 .356

273 Ross Youngs 1924 .356

274 Nap Lajoie 1906 .355

275 Honus Wagner 1903 .355

T276 Cupid Childs 1896 .355

T276 Phil Cavarretta 1945 .355

278 Heinie Manush 1929 .355

279 Lou Boudreau 1948 .355

280 Hughie Jennings 1897 .355

281 George Davis 1893 .355

282 Kiki Cuyler 1930 .355

283 Darin Erstad 2000 .355

284 Bobby Veach 1919 .355

285 Jimmy Williams 1899 .355

286 Bill Joyce 1894 .355

287 Baby Doll Jacobson 1920 .355

288 Stan Musial 1951 .355

289 Roger Connor 1886 .355

290 Moises Alou 2000 .355

T291 Lloyd Waner 1927 .355

T291 Hank Aaron 1959 .355

293 Oyster Burns 1894 .354

294 Fielder Jones 1896 .354

295 Jake Stenzel 1894 .354

296 Jack Doyle 1897 .354

297 Johnny Hodapp 1930 .354

T298 Ed Delahanty 1901 .354

T298 Abner Dalrymple 1878 .354

300 Charlie Gehringer 1936 .354

301 Tony Lazzeri 1929 .354

302 Bill Madlock 1975 .354

303 Kiki Cuyler 1924 .354

304 Lou Gehrig 1936 .354

305 King Kelly 1884 .354

306 Jimmie Foxx 1929 .354

307 Chick Stahl 1897 .354

T308 Honus Wagner 1908 .354

T308 Goose Goslin 1926 .354

310 Bill Terry 1934 .354

311 Paul Waner 1937 .354

312 Jimmy Sheckard 1901 .354

313 Billy Goodman 1950 .354

314 Dave Orr 1884 .354

315 John Olerud 1998 .354

316 Ray Grimes 1922 .354

317 Lloyd Waner 1929 .353

318 Frank Thomas 1994 .353

319 Honus Wagner 1901 .353

320 Joe Medwick 1935 .353

321 Ralph Garr 1974 .353

T322 Harvey Kuenn 1959 .353

T322 Willie McGee 1985 .353

324 Cupid Childs 1894 .353

325 Gee Walker 1936 .353

326 Mickey Mantle 1956 .353

327 Paul Molitor 1987 .353

328 Wilbert Robinson 1894 .353

329 Mickey Vernon 1946 .353

330 Joe Sewell 1923 .353

331 Jake Stenzel 1897 .353

332 George Davis 1897 .353

333 Tony Gwynn 1996 .353

334 George Sisler 1917 .353

335 George Burns 1918 .352

336 Ginger Beaumont 1899 .352

337 Joe DiMaggio 1940 .352

338 Bill Dahlen 1896 .352

339 Baby Doll Jacobson 1921 .352

340 George Sisler 1919 .352

341 Jack Glasscock 1889 .352

T342 Tommy Holmes 1945 .352

T342 George Davis 1894 .352

344 Hugh Duffy 1895 .352

345 Cecil Cooper 1980 .352

346 Hack Miller 1922 .352

347 Tris Speaker 1917 .352

348 Jack Tobin 1921 .352

349 Bibb Falk 1924 .352

350 Don Mattingly 1986 .352

351 Lou Gehrig 1937 .351

352 Tony Gwynn 1984 .351

353 Tom McCreery 1896 .351

354 Jack Fournier 1923 .351

355 Roberto Clemente 1961 .351

356 Bob Ferguson 1878 .351

357 Hardy Richardson 1886 .351

358 Al Simmons 1928 .351

359 Fred Clarke 1903 .351

360 John Peters 1876 .351

361 Ross Youngs 1920 .351

362 Edd Roush 1923 .351

363 Joe Start 1878 .351

364 Mike Donlin 1903 .351

365 Manny Ramirez 2000 .351

366 Joe Jackson 1919 .351

367 Chick Stahl 1899 .351

368 Eddie Morgan 1931 .351

369 Joe Medwick 1936 .351

370 Stan Musial 1957 .351

371 George Van Haltren 1896 .351

372 Jack Fournier 1925 .350

T373 Frank Demaree 1936 .350

T373 Ty Cobb 1907 .350

375 Jake Daubert 1913 .350

376 Tommy McCarthy 1890 .350

377 Heinie Manush 1930 .350

378 Austin McHenry 1921 .350

379 Carson Bigbee 1922 .350

380 Larry Walker 2001 .350

T381 Rod Carew 1973 .350

T381 Dick Porter 1930 .350

383 Bill Terry 1932 .350

384 Dan Brouthers 1891 .350

385 Sam Rice 1925 .350

386 Roger Bresnahan 1903 .350

387 Ichiro Suzuki 2001 .350

388 Jimmy Bannon 1895 .350

389 Richie Ashburn 1958 .350

390 Honus Wagner 1907 .350

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Pre 1900: Hugh Duffy of the Boston Braves hit .440 in 1894. After 1900: Napolean LaJoie of the Philadelphia Phillies hit .426 in 1901.

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Ty Cobb's highest season average was .424 in 1911.

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Lou Gehrig's highest batting average was .373.

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.288 in 1934, his last year on the Yankees.

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The record for the highest single season batting average is held by Hugh Duffy, who batted .440 in 1894.

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.393 in 1923

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