Batting Average Leaders Career Rank Player AVG 1 Ty Cobb 0.366 2 Rogers Hornsby 0.358 3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 0.356 4 Lefty O'Doul 0.349 5 Ed Delahanty 0.346 6 Tris Speaker 0.345 7 Billy Hamilton 0.344 8 Ted Williams 0.344 9 Dan Brouthers 0.342 10 Harry Heilmann 0.342 11 Dave Orr 0.342 12 Babe Ruth 0.342 13 Pete Browning 0.341 14 Willie Keeler 0.341 15 Bill Terry 0.341 16 Lou Gehrig 0.340 17 George Sisler 0.340 18 Jesse Burkett 0.338 19 Tony Gwynn 0.338 20 Nap Lajoie 0.338 21 Jake Stenzel 0.338 22 Riggs Stephenson 0.336 23 Cap Anson 0.334 24 John McGraw 0.334 25 Al Simmons 0.334 26 Eddie Collins 0.333 27 Mike Donlin 0.333 28 Paul Waner 0.333 29 Stan Musial 0.331 30 Sam Thompson 0.331 31 Bill Lange 0.330 32 Heinie Manush 0.330 33 Wade Boggs 0.328 34 Rod Carew 0.328 35 Honus Wagner 0.328 36 Hugh Duffy 0.326 37 Tip O'Neill 0.326 38 Earle Combs 0.325 39 Joe DiMaggio 0.325 40 Bob Fothergill 0.325 41 Jimmie Foxx 0.325 42 Babe Herman 0.324 43 Joe Medwick 0.324 44 Edd Roush 0.323 45 Sam Rice 0.322 46 Ross Youngs 0.322 47 Kiki Cuyler 0.321 48 Mickey Cochrane 0.320 49 Charlie Gehringer 0.320 50 Chuck Klein 0.320 51 Pie Traynor 0.320 52 Ken Williams 0.319 53 Earl Averill 0.318 54 Vladimir Guerrero 0.318 55 Kirby Puckett 0.318 56 Arky Vaughan 0.318 57 Roberto Clemente 0.317 58 Chick Hafey 0.317 59 Joe Harris 0.317 60 Joe Kelley 0.317 61 Zack Wheat 0.317 62 Roger Connor 0.316 63 Lew Fonseca 0.316 64 Frankie Frisch 0.316 65 Goose Goslin 0.316 66 Todd Helton 0.316 67 George Van Haltren 0.316 68 Lloyd Waner 0.316 69 Bibb Falk 0.314 70 Cecil Travis 0.314 71 Bill Dickey 0.313 72 Elmer Flick 0.313 73 Jack Fournier 0.313 74 Nomar Garciaparra 0.313 75 Hank Greenberg 0.313 76 Larry Walker 0.313 77 Fred Clarke 0.312 78 Bug Holliday 0.312 79 Hughie Jennings 0.312 80 Edgar Martinez 0.312 81 Barney McCosky 0.312 82 Dale Mitchell 0.312 83 Johnny Mize 0.312 84 Manny Ramirez 0.312 85 Joe Sewell 0.312 86 Deacon White 0.312 87 Ginger Beaumont 0.311 88 Baby Doll Jacobson 0.311 89 Benny Kauff 0.311 90 Freddie Lindstrom 0.311 91 Bing Miller 0.311 92 Rip Radcliff 0.311 93 Jackie Robinson 0.311 94 Ichiro Suzuki 0.311 95 Mike Tiernan 0.311 96 Taffy Wright 0.311 97 Luke Appling 0.310 98 Jim Bottomley 0.310 99 Derek Jeter 0.310 100 Denny Lyons 0.310