Ty Coob's highest batting average was .420 in 1911
If you mean in a career, nobody has remotely approached it. His .366 LIFETIME batting average has been bested for ONE YEAR in either league only twelve times in the last fifty years. Cobb never held the record for highest batting average in a season. It was set by Hugh Duffy at .440 in 1894, and it is inconceivable to me that it will ever be broken.
Derek Jeter's highest batting average was .349, it was the 1999 season.
Wade Boggs hit .328 over his 18-year career.
Carlos Gonzalez of the Colorado Rockies won the 2010 National League batting title with a .336 average.
Hugh Duffy hit .440 in 1894 for the Chicago white stockings.
Ty Cobb's lowest full season batting average was .324 in 1908. The 21 year old's average was still good enough for his second straight batting title. He also led the league for the second straight time in RBI (108), hits (188), slugging (.475), and OPS (.842). He also led the league in doubles (36) and triples (20).
The Cubs 2008 team batting average was .278, second highest in the National League (the St. Louis Cardinals were first at .281). The leading hitter for the Cubs was shortstop Ryan Theriot with a .307 batting average.
I vote for Ty Cobb as the best hitter and best batting average even though Ted Williams had more home runs, Ty Cobb had 1535 more hits overall, scored more runs, had more extra-base hits, and had 50% less strike outs. Ty Cobb with the Detroit Tigers has the highest lifetime average of .366 while Ted Williams with Boston lifetime average was .344. The highest average in one year belongs to Hugh Duffy with Boston in 1894 with a .440 average. Ty Cobb broke the .400 mark two years in a row .420 in 1911 and .409 in 1912. Ted Williams only broke the .400 mark once and he is the last person to break the .400 mark in 1941 with a .406 average. In 7,706 at-bats, Williams struck out only 709 times, while Ty Cobb had 11,434 at-bats and struck out only 357 times. Ted Williams - Career G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG 19 Years 2,292 7,706 1,798 2,654 525 71 521 17 1,839 2,021 86 709 5 20 39 197 .344 .482 .634 Ty Cobb - Career G AB R H 2B 3B HR GS RBI BB IBB SO SH SF HBP GIDP AVG OBP SLG 24 Years 3,035 11,434 2,246 4,189 724 295 117 4 1,937 1,249 - 357 295 - 94 - .366 .433 .512
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No batter has achieved a batting average over 400 in a four-year period in Major League Baseball history. The last player to bat over 400 for a full season was Ted Williams in 1941 with a .406 average.
Josh Hamilton's batting average the year he won MVP was .359