Year Player Team League Average 1876 Ross Barnes Chicago White Stockings NL 0.429 1884 Fred Dunlap St. Louis Maroons UA 0.412 1887 Tip O'Neill St. Louis Browns AA 0.435 1887 Pete Browning Louisville Colonels AA 0.402 1894 Hugh Duffy Boston Beaneaters NL 0.440 1894 Tuck Turner Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.418 1894 Sam Thompson Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.415 1894 Ed Delahanty Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.404 1894 Billy Hamilton Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.403 1895 Jesse Burkett Cleveland Spiders NL 0.405 1895 Ed Delahanty Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.404 1896 Jesse Burkett Cleveland Spiders NL 0.410 1896 Hughie Jennings Baltimore Orioles NL 0.401 1897 Willie Keeler Baltimore Orioles NL 0.424 1899 Ed Delahanty Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.410 1901 Nap Lajoie Philadelphia Athletics AL 0.426 1911 Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers AL 0.420 1911 Shoeless Joe Jackson Cleveland Naps AL 0.408 1912 Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers AL 0.409 1920 George Sisler St. Louis Browns AL 0.407 1922 George Sisler St. Louis Browns AL 0.420 1922 Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals NL 0.401 1922 Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers AL 0.401 1923 Harry Heilmann Detroit Tigers AL 0.403 1924 Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals NL 0.424 1925 Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals NL 0.403 1930 Bill Terry New York Giants NL 0.401 1941 Ted Williams Boston Red Sox AL 0.406
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You are no doubt quite familiar that "NL" means "National League" and "AL" means "American League". The "UA" stands for the Union Association Baseball League which lasted just one year 1884. "AA" stands for the American Association Baseball League (1882-1891) and it does not mean "Double A Baseball". |
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Batting "400" for an entire baseball season is an incredibly rare and difficult accomplishment. In the entire history of baseball it has only been done 28 times by 20 different people. It is surprising to think that five players have done this more than once.
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