2007-12-26 10:39:47 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
Ty Cobb .373 lifetime
Hugh Duffy .438 a season
2007-12-26 11:36:07 · answer #1 · answered by . 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rogers Hornsby hit .424 for the St. Louis Cardinals one year, and Ty Cobb hit .367 for his career.
Nap Lajoie's 1901 average in the first year of the American League has been reported as various things, from .422 to as high at .426 from some sources. The inconsistency results in most people still recognizing Hornsby's .424 as the highest modern day average.
Before 1900, Hugh Duffy had a season where he hit .438, but pre-1900 records are usually not considered the all-time record, due to rule changes and inconsistencies in schedules and scoring.
A lot of folks are listing Ted Williams (.406 in 1941) as the highest average, which is incorrect. Williams is the last player to hit over .400, but it wasn't an all-time record when he did so.
2007-12-26 11:06:45 · answer #2 · answered by ternvomitthief 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're asking what the highest possible average is, it's 1.000 for batting average and on base percentage and 4.000 for slugging average.
If you're asking for the highest ever achieved in a major league baseball season, it's .440 for batting average (Hugh Duffy, 1894), .609 for OBP (Barry Bonds, 2004) and .863 for slugging (Barry Bonds, 2001). For a career, the leaders are Ty Cobb for batting average (.366), Ted Williams for OBP (.482) and Babe Ruth for slugging (.690).
2007-12-26 10:57:09 · answer #3 · answered by JerH1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ted Williams has it. He hit for the Red Sox .406.
2007-12-26 13:23:40 · answer #4 · answered by Sharon S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The highest a player can hit is 1.000
2007-12-26 15:12:16 · answer #5 · answered by SFA Cutie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over all career would be Ty Cobb with over a .373 average. For one season it would be Ted Williams with a .406 average.
2007-12-26 10:55:05 · answer #6 · answered by fatboysdaddy 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ted williams 406
2007-12-26 10:46:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Currently active or all time?
Season or Career?
also do you mean batting or slugging average?
2007-12-26 10:44:28 · answer #8 · answered by me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋