Napoleon Lajoie of the 1901 Philadelphia Athletics at .426.
John Olerud holds the record for highest batting average by a New York Met in a single season with .354 in 1998
That would be Darren Erstad, who batted .355 in the 2000 season.
Clemente hit .357 for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1967, his highest batting average in any one season during his career. Incidently, the Pirates finished 6th in the 10 team National League that season with an 81-81 record.
Roger Hornsby highest batting average in a season was .424 in 1924.
Derek Jeter's highest batting average was .349, it was the 1999 season.
.390 in 1980
Hugh Duffy of Boston in 1894 with a Batting average of .440.
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.
As of the 7th game in the 2011-2012 season the phillies are in 1st in batting average batting .337
No. The Yankees team record for highest batting average is .393 by Babe Ruth in 1923.
As far as the major leagues go, Derek Jeter's highest batting average was .349, it was the 1999 season.
Hugh Duffy of the 1894 Boston Beaneaters.