That would be Darren Erstad, who batted .355 in the 2000 season.
Darin Erstad with .355 in 2000.
Darin Erstad with .355 in 2000.
Rogers Horsnby
John Olerud holds the record for highest batting average by a New York Met in a single season with .354 in 1998
Dave Magadan hit for .525 in 1983
Napoleon Lajoie of the 1901 Philadelphia Athletics at .426.
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.
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.
No. The Yankees team record for highest batting average is .393 by Babe Ruth in 1923.
Joe Mauer of the 2009 Minnesota Twins set the record for highest batting average by a catcher with .365. He broke the record held jointly by Bill Dickey of the 1936 New York Yankees and Mike Piazza of the 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers at .362. Joe Mauer broke another Joe's record. Joe Torre batted .363 in 1971 enroute to winning the M.V.P. Not Mike Piazza's .362.
Hugh Duffy of Boston in 1894 with a Batting average of .440.
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.