The top 10 career batting averages in MLB history are: 1) Ty Cobb - .3664
2) Rogers Hornsby - .3585
3) Joe Jackson - .3558
4) Lefty O'Doul - .3493
5) Ed Delahanty - .3459
6) Tris Speaker - .3447
7) Ted Williams - .3444
8) Billy Hamilton - .3443
9) Dan Brouthers - .3421
10) Babe Ruth - .3421
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With a minimum of 5,000 at bats:
1. Ty Cobb- .367
2. Roger Hornsby- .358
3. Ed Delahanty- .346
4. Tris Speaker- .345
5. Billy Hamilton- .344
6. Ted Williams- .344
7. Dan Brouthers- .342
8. Harry Heilmann- .342
9. Babe Ruth- .342
10 Willie Keeler- .341
Click on the 'MLB Top 50 Lifetime RBIs' link on this page to see MLB's top 50 in career RBIs.
Todd Helton, Rockies, May 2000: .512 Ivan Rodriguez, Tigers, June 2004: .500 George Brett, Royas, July 1980: .494 Rod Carew, Twins, June 1977: .486
As of the 2008 season, the top 15 career batting averages in MLB history: 1. Ty Cobb .3664 2. Rogers Hornsby .3585 3. Joe Jackson .3558 4. Lefty O'Doul .3493 5. Ed Delahanty .3459 6. Tris Speaker .3447 7. Ted Williams .3444 8. Billy Hamilton .3443 9. Dan Brouthers .3421 10. Babe Ruth .3421 11. Dave Orr .3420 12. Harry Heilmann .3416 13. Pete Browning .3415 14. Willie Keeler .3413 15. Bill Terry .3412
Not sure about a top 10, but the loudest are Besiktas from Turkey. In a European cup game vs Liverpool in 2007, 30,000 in the stadium averages 132db throughout the game.
The AL batting average for the 1919 season was .268 (several points higher if pitchers are excluded) ... The top average in the league that season was .384, achieved by Detroit's Ty Cobb. His teammate, Bobby Veach finished with the second highest average at .355 The NL batting average for 1919 was .258... The top average was .321 by Cincinnati's Edd Roush. Rogers Hornsby of St. Louis finished second in the league at .318