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Ted Williams had .420 under current batting average calculation rules in 1941, but officially he hit .406; the actual record belongs to Tip O'Neill, who hit .492 in 1887. If you discount 19th century players, the record is .424 by Rogers Hornsby.

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Derrek Lee won the 2005 National League Batting title with a .335 batting average, and Micael Young won the 2005 American League batting title with a .331 batting Average.

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Ty Cobb Actually, Ted Williams has the best batting average.

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Derrek Lee of the Chicago Cubs with a .335 batting average

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Derrek Lee of the Chicago Cubs won the batting title with a .335 average. It was the first time that a member of the Cubs had captured a batting title since Bill Buckner did it in 1980.

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