2007-02-13 06:39:23 · 9 answers · asked by James G 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
since 1900 Rogers Hornsby...424 Ty Cobb holds the record for all time career batting average with .367, I never saw Ted Williams play but Don Mattingly, Rod Carew, and Tony Gwinn were exceptional hitters that I have seen play...
2007-02-13 06:41:56 · answer #1 · answered by doingitright44 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Best batting average of all time: Ty Cobb.
His lifetime batting average was a ridiculous .367 in a span of 22 years! He's never went lower than .320 a season and has finished batting over .400 3 times. He's even won the triple crown!
Best batting average for a single season: Hugh Duffy.
In 1894, Duffy batted .440 and is still currently holds the Major League single season batting average record.
2007-02-17 04:39:18 · answer #2 · answered by TDK 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A one season .394 doesn't hack it among the modern era. Ted Williams, the magnificient splinter hit .403. He had .400 even going into the last game and was the first in many many years to have a .400 season average. His manager tried to get him to sit out the game to preserve the average but he declined saying he wanted to win it playing or not at all. He went 4 for 5 to finish with a .403 average. If he hadn't spent some of his prime years as a fighter pilot in WWII and been called back up for the Korean war his stats would probably have displaced quite a few who are ahead of him. The Bean town sports writers always put him down because he was apull hitter. The Williams Shift was famous as every team would play the outfielders between the right field line and right center. He didn't let it bother him, he still had the last .400 season in baseball, a career average well over .300, and he did it without steroids.
2007-02-13 15:52:40 · answer #3 · answered by mustanger 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rogers Hornsby of the St. Louis Cardinals batted .424 in 1924. Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers is the all time leader in batting average with .367.
2007-02-13 07:11:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Here are the top ten
1. Hugh Duffy .440 1894
2. Tip O'Neill .435 1887
3. Ross Barnes .429 1876
4. Nap Lajoie .426 1901
5. Rogers Hornsby .424 1924
Willie Keeler .424 1897
7. Ty Cobb .420 1911
George Sisler .420 1922
9. Tuck Turner .4160 1894
10. Fred Dunlap .4120 1884
Fred Gwynn hit .394 in 1994, and that would be the most recent, considering the era, if he had played back in Duffy and Cobb's times, he would be at the top of this list.
2007-02-13 06:45:24 · answer #5 · answered by fantasyfootballxpert 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Hugh Duffy, Boston Beaneaters, 1894, .440
2007-02-13 09:35:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ted Williams
2007-02-16 14:51:33 · answer #7 · answered by lsutigerfan123 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ty cobb has the highest batting avg with .366
2007-02-13 06:41:47 · answer #8 · answered by smalltd28 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ted Williams - The last REAL Sports Hero.
2007-02-13 06:42:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋