Miguel Cabrera hit .344 for Detroit in the AL (2011).
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Babe Ruth
I won't say he was the best in history but Ed Kranepool of the New York Mets had a five year run as a pinch hitter that was a good as anybody in the game. Between 1974-1978, Kranepool went 57-144 for a pinch hitting batting average of .396.
The first no hitter in MLB history was thrown by George Bradley of the St. Louis Brown Stockings against the Hartford Dark Blues on July 15, 1876.
Mariano Rivera
Through the 2008 season, that is Mickey Mantle with 536.