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Through the 2008 season, that is Ichiro Suzuki who won American League batting titles in 2004 and 2001 with the Seattle Mariners and won batting titles in the Japanese Pacific League with the Orix Blue Wave in seven consecutive seasons (1994-2000). Using only MLB stats, that is Bill Madlock who won batting titles with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1983 and 1981 and also won batting titles with the Chicago Cubs in 1975 and 1976.
NL: Honus Wagner won eight batting titles (1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911), all as a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates. AL: Nomar Garciaparra won back-to-back batting titles for the Boston Red Sox in 1999 and 2000.
In the history of Major League Baseball as of 2009 there are 202 players with a career batting average of .300 or better.
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Yankees - 17