Here's the all-time list as of the start of the 2008 season:
Chicago WHITESOX
CAREER
AT BATS >= 1000
AVERAGE AVG AB
1 Joe Jackson .339 2443
2 Eddie Collins .331 6065
3 Carl Reynolds .322 1875
4 Zeke Bonura .317 2094
5 Al Simmons .315 1688
6 Bibb Falk .315 3874
7 Taffy Wright .312 2672
8 Luke Appling .310 8857
9 Rip Radcliff .310 2781
10 Frank Thomas .307 6956
11 Dick Allen .307 1218
12 Magglio Ordonez .307 3807
13 Earl Sheely .305 3448
14 Minnie Minoso .304 5011
15 Evar Swanson .303 1017
16 Dave Martinez .302 1247
17 Harry Hooper .302 2515
18 Albert Belle .301 1243
19 Johnny Mostil .301 3507
20 Gee Walker .297 1040
21 Cliff Watwood .296 1121
22 Eddie Robinson .295 1586
23 Bill Barrett .294 1973
24 Happy Felsch .293 2812
25 Alex Metzler .293 1651
26 Nellie Fox .291 8486
27 Lamar Johnson .291 2307
28 Ralph Garr .291 1820
29 Mike Kreevich .290 3204
30 Harold Baines .288 6149
31 Tom Paciorek .288 1287
32 Chet Lemon .288 2794
33 Carlos Lee .288 3328
34 Ralph Hodgin .287 1641
35 Floyd Robinson .287 3049
36 Wayne Nordhagen .287 1199
37 Lance Johnson .286 3559
38 Danny Green .284 1895
39 Paul Konerko .284 4886
40 Tim Raines .283 2461
41 Chris Singleton .283 1399
42 Aaron Rowand .283 1647
43 Jermaine Dye .282 1576
44 Jack Fournier .282 1360
45 Jorge Orta .281 3561
46 Harry Lord .281 1912
47 Larry Rosenthal .280 1178
48 Dave Gallagher .280 1023
49 Willie Kamm .279 4066
50 Sam Mertes .279 1042
51 Bud Clancy .279 1551
52 Mule Haas .278 1782
53 Ray Durham .278 4479
54 Mike Caruso .278 1052
55 Al Smith .276 2531
56 Guy Curtright .276 1065
57 Rudy Law .275 1714
58 Carlos May .275 3633
59 Nixey Callahan .274 2485
60 Robin Ventura .274 4542
61 Ping Bodie .273 1756
62 Pat Kelly .273 2371
63 Bill Hunnefield .273 1376
64 Ivan Calderon .273 2094
65 Tadahito Iguchi .273 1393
66 Wally Moses .272 2448
67 Jimmy Dykes .272 2023
68 A.J. Pierzynski .272 1441
69 Buck Weaver .272 4809
70 Ken Henderson .271 1377
71 Walt Williams .271 1776
72 Ernie Johnson .271 1311
73 Dave Philley .270 2708
74 Scott Podsednik .270 1245
75 Bill Skowron .269 1177
76 John Kerr .269 1129
77 Luis Aparicio .269 5856
78 Fielder Jones .269 4282
79 Bubba Phillips .269 1131
80 Patsy Dougherty .269 2413
81 Cass Michaels .267 2631
82 Don Kolloway .266 2657
83 Walt Dropo .266 1089
84 Eric Soderholm .266 1127
85 Sherm Lollar .265 4229
86 Ozzie Guillen .265 6067
87 Chico Carrasquel .265 3116
88 Greg Luzinski .265 1875
89 Alan Bannister .265 1448
90 Jackie Hayes .264 3103
91 Chick Gandil .264 1708
92 Tony Bernazard .264 1157
93 Jim Morrison .263 1300
94 Joey Cora .263 1241
95 Buck Crouse .262 1306
96 Greg Walker .262 2830
97 Shano Collins .262 4791
98 Joe Kuhel .261 3346
99 Thurman Tucker .261 1690
100 Bill Cissell .261 2075
101 Duane Josephson .261 1117
102 Luke Sewell .260 1495
103 Mike Squires .260 1580
104 Bucky Dent .260 1777
105 Jerry Hairston .260 1647
106 Mike Hershberger .260 1587
107 George Davis .259 3035
108 Joe Crede .259 2433
109 Don Buford .258 2212
110 Greg Pryor .258 1112
111 Bill Melton .258 3497
112 Jim Rivera .257 3075
113 Vance Law .257 1248
114 Carlton Fisk .257 4896
115 Floyd Baker .257 1645
116 Jiggs Donahue .256 2373
T117 Steve Lyons .255 1377
T117 Craig Grebeck .255 1071
119 Pete Ward .254 2962
120 Tommie Agee .254 1177
121 Ray Schalk .254 5304
122 Nemo Leibold .251 1871
123 Juan Uribe .251 1959
124 Frank Isbell .251 4060
125 Ken Berry .251 2707
126 Jim Landis .250 3568
127 Ed McFarland .250 1017
128 Bob Kennedy .250 2464
129 Mike Tresh .249 3132
130 Jose Valentin .247 2433
131 Scott Fletcher .244 2008
132 Ed Herrmann .244 1984
133 Swede Risberg .243 1619
134 Brian Downing .243 1272
135 Dan Pasqua .241 1874
136 George Bell .240 1037
137 Tom McCraw .240 2812
138 Daryl Boston .239 1351
139 Tim Hulett .239 1167
140 Ron Hansen .239 2488
141 Ron Kittle .237 2183
142 Rollie Zeider .236 1155
143 Ted Lyons .233 1563
144 Roy Schalk .233 1100
145 Buddy Bradford .231 1223
146 Ed Hahn .231 1863
147 Freddy Parent .225 1130
148 Julio Cruz .224 1192
149 J.C. Martin .223 1516
150 Harvey McClellan .221 1162
151 Ron Karkovice .221 2597
152 Lee Tannehill .220 3778
153 Skeeter Webb .217 1238
154 Lena Blackburne .209 1001
155 Billy Sullivan .207 3345
156 Doc White .203 1002
157 Ed Walsh .191 1081
158 Red Faber .134 1269
Dave Magadan hit for .525 in 1983
Ted Williams had a career batting average of .344, 521 home runs and 1,839 RBIs
yes, at the catholic university of America. i believe he still holds the record for career batting average there
As a pitcher Babe Ruth had a career record of 94 wins 46 losses with a 2.28 ERA. As a hitter he had a career batting average of .342 with 714 home runs, and 2,217 RBIs.
John Olerud (1B) had a batting average of .354 in 1998 which is the current record. John Olerud also holds the record of best career Met batting average with a .315.
Babe Ruth as a pitcher had a career record of 94 wins 46 losses with a 2.28 ERA. As a hitter Babe Ruth had a career batting average of .342 714 home runs, and 2,217 RBIs.
Pete Rose has the all-time Major League Baseball (MLB) record for most at-bats (AB) with 14,053 at-bats in his 24-year MLB career - 1689 more than Henry "Hank" Aaron, who is #2 on the all-time career at-bats list.The active MLB player with the most career at-bats is Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees with 10,025 career at-bats.
If you mean in a career, nobody has remotely approached it. His .366 LIFETIME batting average has been bested for ONE YEAR in either league only twelve times in the last fifty years. Cobb never held the record for highest batting average in a season. It was set by Hugh Duffy at .440 in 1894, and it is inconceivable to me that it will ever be broken.
Hugh Duffy of Boston in 1894 with a Batting average of .440.
As of the start of the 2009 season, the active MLB player with the highest batting average is Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals at .334. Ichiro Suzuki of the Mariners is second at .331 and Todd Helton of the Rockies is third at .328.The highest all time career MLB batting average is Ty Cobb at .366.Now its Derek jeter in 2009 with .400
Clemente hit .357 for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1967, his highest batting average in any one season during his career. Incidently, the Pirates finished 6th in the 10 team National League that season with an 81-81 record.
John Olerud holds the record for highest batting average by a New York Met in a single season with .354 in 1998