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.
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Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox won the A.L. Batting Title in 1983 and then again from 1985 to 1988. Don Mattingly of the Yankees won the batting title in 1984.
Major League leaders in both batting average and stolen bases for a single season: 2001 - Ichiro Suzuki, BA .350, SB 56(Suzuki was tied with Larry Walker for the MLB batting title) 1922 - George Sisler, BA .420, SB 51 (Sisler was tied with Max Carey for the MLB stolen bases title) 1917 - Ty Cobb, BA .383, SB 55 1915 - Ty Cobb, BA .369, SB 96 1911 - Ty Cobb, BA .420, SB 83 1909 - Ty Cobb, BA .377, SB 76 1908 - Honus Wagner, BA .354, SB 53 1907 - Honus Wagner, BA .350, SB 61 (Wagner was tied with Ty Cobb for the MLB batting title) There have been four other seasons where a player has led his league, but not the entire major leagues,in both batting average and stolen bases: American League:1945 - Snuffy Stirnweiss, BA .309, SB 33 National League: 1949 - Jackie Robinson, BA .342, SB 37 and 1904 - Honus Wagner, BA .349, SB 53 and 1891 - Billy Hamilton, BA .340 SB 111
Honus Wagner played in the Major Leagues from 1897 through 1917. He had a career batting average of .329, with 10 home runs (in the "dead" ball era, with 343 RBIs. He was one of the original five players elected to the baseball Hall of Fame when it was established in 1936, receiving the second most votes (behind Ty Cobb).
The five players elected that year were Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson.
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