George Brett hit .390 in 1980 to lead the Major Leagues.
Hall of Famer George Brett of the Kansas City Royals won the American League batting title in 1976, 1980, and 1990. He's the only player in baseball history to win the batting title in three differnt decades.
For an MLB batting title, yes. In 1907, Cobb led the AL and Wagner led the NL with averages of .350. When not rounding the number of decimal points in the batting average Cobb had the better average. Cobb had 212 hits in 605 at bats for a .3504 average and Wagner had 180 hits in 515 at bats for a .3495 batting average which rounds to .350.
in 1939 Joe DiMaggio led the American league in batting with a .381 average.
Cleon Jones led the 1969 New York Mets in batting with a .340 average.
In 2005 Derrek Lee led the National League in batting with a .335 average, and Michael Young led the American League with a .331 average.
In 2009 Joe Mauer led the American League in batting with a .365 average
Jimmie Foxx won the 1938 American League batting title with a .349 batting Average.
in 2007 Jim Thome led the Chicago White Sox in batting with a .275 average.
Detroit Tigers outfielder Magglio Ordonez led the American League in batting average in 2007 at .363. The Colorado Rockies's Matt Holliday led the National League at .340.
In 1968, Carl Yastrzemski led the American League with a .301 average.
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).
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