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Ty Cobb won more batting titles than any other player, though the precise number is unclear because of the race in the 1910 American League.

In baseball, batting average (AVG) is a measure of a batter's success rate in achieving a hit during an at bat. In Major League Baseball (MLB), it is calculated by dividing a player's hits by his at bats (AB). In MLB, a player in each league wins the "batting title" each season for having the highest batting average that year. The American League (AL) winner is known as the "Rod Carew American League Batting Champion", while the National League (NL) leader is designated the "Tony Gwynn National League Batting Champion". Since 1957, a player must have 3.1 plate appearances (PA) per scheduled game in that league (for a total of 502 over the current 162-game season) to qualify for the batting title. However, if a player's lead in AVG is sufficiently large that enough hitless at bats can be added to reach this requirement and the player still would have the highest batting average, he wins the title. Tony Gwynn, for example, had 159 hits in 451 ABs in 1996 (.353 average) but only 498 PAs. Gwynn's batting average would have dropped to .349 (159 hits in 455 ABs) with four hitless ABs added to reach the 502 PA requirement, but this would still have been higher than the next-highest eligible player (Ellis Burks with a .344 average), so he was awarded the 1996 NL batting title. MLB officially incorporated Negro League statistics into its record book on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. On December 16, 2020, MLB announced that the records of Negro League Baseball from 1920-1948 would be designated as major league status. From 2020-2024, MLB and the Elias Sports Bureau, completed a comprehensive review of the Seamheads database in coordination with Retrosheet. The MLB database combines statistics from the Negro Leagues with existing data from the AL, NL, and other Major Leagues throughout history. As such, seven different leagues that existed during that time period are now recognized as being on the same level as MLB, which include: the Negro National League (I) (1920-1931); the Eastern Colored League (1923-1928); the American Negro League (1929); the East-West League (1932); the Negro Southern League (1932); the Negro National League (II) (1933-1948); and the Negro American League (1937-1948).

The first batting average champion in the NL was Ross Barnes; in the league's inaugural 1876 season, Barnes batted .429 for the Chicago White Stockings. The AL was established in 1901, and Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie led that league with a .426 average for the Philadelphia Athletics. Josh Gibson of the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords, is recognized as the MLB all-time batting champion, with a career batting average of .372. Gibson amassed career totals of 838 hits in 2,255 at-bats and 628 games, and is also the MLB all-time career leader in Slugging (SLG) percentage and On-Base Plus Slugging (OPS) percentage.

Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers, holds the second highest career batting average of .367, and led the AL in average in 11 (or 12) seasons. Honus Wagner and Gwynn are tied for the second-most titles, with eight apiece in the NL. It is unclear whether Lajoie or Cobb won the 1910 AL title, with some sources attributing the title to each man. If Cobb is credited with the 1910 title, he won 9 consecutive titles from 1907 to 1915 and 12 total titles for his career. Otherwise, Rogers Hornsby won the most consecutive titles, with six from 1920 to 1925. Without the 1910 title, Cobb still led the league in five consecutive seasons from 1911 to 1915. Cobb holds the record for highest average in two and three consecutive seasons (.414 from 1911 to 1912 and .408 from 1911 to 1913), but Hornsby holds the record for four and five consecutive seasons (.404 from 1922 to 1925 and .402 from 1921 to 1925). Wagner, Rod Carew, Wade Boggs, and Gwynn have each won four consecutive titles. Lajoie also had a streak of four league-leading seasons from 1901 to 1904 if he is credited with the contested AL title in 1902. At the 2016 MLB All-Star Game in San Diego, MLB announced that the AL and NL batting champions would henceforth be named in honor of Carew and Gwynn, respectively. Gwynn won all eight titles in the NL with the San Diego Padres, while Carew was a seven-time AL batting champion.

Barnes' initial NL-leading average of .4286 (.429) in 1876 set the single-season record which stood for a decade. Tip O'Neill topped this total with a .4352 (.435) average in 1887. O'Neill's batting average had to be calculated without counting walks as hits, because of the walk-as-base-hit rule being in effect that year only. Hugh Duffy broke O'Neill's record for highest mark in 1894 by posting a .4397 (.440) batting average with the Boston Beaneaters, which is considered the third highest mark of all-time. Charlie "Chino" Smith holds the second highest mark of .4512 (.451) in 1929 with the New York Lincoln Giants. Josh Gibson currently holds the highest mark in Major League history by posting a .4658 (.466) batting average in 1943 with the Homestead Grays.

Under the current 3.1 PA qualification, players have posted a .400 batting average for a season 28 times. Ted Williams' .4057 in 1941 is the most recent such season, one of 13 to occur since 1900. George Brett in 1980 is the only player to maintain a .400 average into September since 1941. Additionally, only Brett and John Olerud in 1993 maintained such an average into August. With the modern scarcity of .400 hitters, recent players who have been above .400 early in the season, such as Chipper Jones in 2008, have drawn significant attention in the media. Brett's .390 in 1980 and Gwynn's .394 in 1994 are the only seasons in which a player reached .390 since 1941. Carl Yastrzemski's .301 in the 1968 American League was the lowest batting average ever to lead a league. Willie Keeler's 1897, Zack Wheat's 1918, and Rod Carew's 1972 are the only three title seasons in which the winner hit no home runs. Joe Mauer's 2006 title made him the first catcher to ever win an AL batting title, and his third title in 2009 surpassed Ernie Lombardi's previous record of two titles for a catcher in any league.

The closest finish in a batting race came in 1945 when Snuffy Stirnweiss batted .309, topping Tony Cuccinello's .308 average for the American League title by .00008. George Kell beat out Williams in 1949 by .00015. The closest race in the National League came in 2003 when Albert Pujols held off Todd Helton on the last day of the season by .00022. The closest National League race before that was in 1931 with Chick Hafey edging out Bill Terry by .00028. Lajoie's .426 average in 1901 was 86 points higher than runner-up Mike Donlin's .340, the largest margin of victory for a batting champion. Cap Anson's .399 in 1881 was 71 points higher than Joe Start in 1881, the widest margin in the National League.

In 2024, Luis Arraez became the first player in MLB history to win a batting title with three different teams, and in three consecutive seasons: Minnesota Twins (AL) in 2022; Miami Marlins (NL) in 2023; and San Diego Padres (NL) in 2024. Arraez played 33 games with the Miami Marlins and 117 games with the San Diego Padres in 2024, resulting in a .314 average, with a combined 200 hits in 637 at-bats. In 2020, D.J. LeMahieu of the New York Yankees won the AL batting title, thereby becoming the first player to definitively win batting titles in both the American and National Leagues; he had also won the NL batting title in 2016 as a member of the Colorado Rockies. However, Ed Delahanty would have that distinction if he is credited with the disputed 1902 American League title, as he was also the 1899 National League champion. The only other player to win titles in multiple leagues was Pete Browning, who won American Association titles in 1882 and 1885, along with the lone Players' League championship in 1890. Barnes and Deacon White each won National Association and National League titles, but the National Association is not regarded as an official league. In addition, Oscar Charleston won batting championships in the Negro National League and Eastern Colored League. Charleston also holds the third all-time highest career batting average of .363 during a span of 21 years (1920-1941). In 1921, Charleston posted a career-best batting average of .434 with the St. Louis Giants.

In 1990, Willie McGee posted a .335 average over 542 at-bats in the NL for the Saint Louis Cardinals before being traded to Oakland of the American League on August 29. Although McGee finished the season in the AL, he had enough PA's in the NL to qualify for the NL batting title, which he won narrowly over Eddie Murray's .330. However, McGee batted .274 that season in the AL, bringing down his overall average to .324 and allowing Murray to lead the majors in batting average and not win a batting title.

Key

Winner Player with the highest batting average (AVG) in the league
AVG The winner's batting average
Runner-up Player with the second-highest batting average in the league
2nd AVG The second-highest batting average
League Denoted only for players outside of the modern major leagues
† Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

National League

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Ross Barnes' .429 in 1876 set a single-season record that stood for a decade.
Paul Hines won two consecutive NL batting titles in 1878 and 1879.
Hugh Duffy set the current single-season record when he batted .440 in 1894.
Willie Keeler won two consecutive NL batting titles in 1897 and 1898.
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Honus Wagner was the first batter to win eight NL batting titles and won four consecutive titles during that run.
Rogers Hornsby won seven NL batting titles, including six consecutively from 1920 to 1925.
Stan Musial won seven NL batting titles from 1943 to 1957.
Tony Gwynn won a record-tying eight NL batting titles from 1984 to 1997.
Albert Pujols won the closest NL batting race in 2003.
Year Winner AVG Team(s) Runner-up 2nd AVG Ref
1876 Ross Barnes .429 Chicago White Stockings George Hall .366
1877 Deacon White .387 Boston Red Caps John Cassidy .378
1878 Paul Hines .358 Providence Grays Abner Dalrymple .354
1879 Paul Hines .357 Providence Grays Jim O'Rourke .348
1880 George Gore .360 Chicago White Stockings Cap Anson .337
1881 Cap Anson .399 Chicago White Stockings Martin Powell .338
1882 Dan Brouthers .368 Buffalo Bisons Cap Anson .362
1883 Dan Brouthers .374 Buffalo Bisons Roger Connor .357
1884 King Kelly .354 Chicago White Stockings Jim O'Rourke .347
1885 Roger Connor .371 New York Giants Dan Brouthers .359
1886 King Kelly .388 Chicago White Stockings Cap Anson .371
1887 Sam Thompson .372 Detroit Wolverines Cap Anson .347
1888 Cap Anson .344 Chicago White Stockings Jimmy Ryan .332
1889 Dan Brouthers .373 Boston Beaneaters Jack Glasscock .352
1890 Jack Glasscock .336 New York Giants Billy Hamilton .325
1891 Billy Hamilton .340 Philadelphia Phillies Bug Holliday .319
1892 Dan Brouthers .335 Brooklyn Grooms Billy Hamilton .330
1893 Billy Hamilton .380 Philadelphia Phillies Sam Thompson .370
1894 Hugh Duffy .440 Boston Beaneaters Tuck Turner .418
1895 Jesse Burkett .405 Cleveland Spiders Ed Delahanty .404
1896 Jesse Burkett .410 Cleveland Spiders Hughie Jennings .401
1897 Willie Keeler .424 Baltimore Orioles Fred Clarke .390
1898 Willie Keeler .385 Baltimore Orioles Billy Hamilton .369
1899 Ed Delahanty .410 Philadelphia Phillies Jesse Burkett .396
1900 Honus Wagner .381 Pittsburgh Pirates Elmer Flick .367
1901 Jesse Burkett .376 St. Louis Cardinals Ed Delahanty .354
1902 Ginger Beaumont .357 Pittsburgh Pirates Sam Crawford .333
1903 Honus Wagner .355 Pittsburgh Pirates Fred Clarke .351
1904 Honus Wagner .349 Pittsburgh Pirates Mike Donlin .329
1905 Cy Seymour .377 Cincinnati Reds Honus Wagner .363
1906 Honus Wagner .339 Pittsburgh Pirates Harry Steinfeldt .327
1907 Honus Wagner .350 Pittsburgh Pirates Sherry Magee .328
1908 Honus Wagner .354 Pittsburgh Pirates Mike Donlin .334
1909 Honus Wagner .339 Pittsburgh Pirates Mike Mitchell .310
1910 Sherry Magee .331 Philadelphia Phillies Vin Campbell .326
1911 Honus Wagner .334 Pittsburgh Pirates Doc Miller .333
1912 Heinie Zimmerman .372 Chicago Cubs Chief Meyers .358
1913 Jake Daubert .350 Brooklyn Superbas Gavvy Cravath .341
1914 Jake Daubert .329 Brooklyn Robins Beals Becker .325
1915 Larry Doyle .320 New York Giants Fred Luderus .315
1916 Hal Chase .339 Cincinnati Reds Jake Daubert .316
1917 Edd Roush .341 Cincinnati Reds Rogers Hornsby .327
1918 Zack Wheat .335 Brooklyn Robins Edd Roush .333
1919 Edd Roush .321 Cincinnati Reds Rogers Hornsby .318
1920 Rogers Hornsby .370 St. Louis Cardinals Ross Youngs .351
1921 Rogers Hornsby .397 St. Louis Cardinals Edd Roush .352
1922 Rogers Hornsby .401 St. Louis Cardinals Ray Grimes .354
1923 Rogers Hornsby .384 St. Louis Cardinals Jim Bottomley .371
1924 Rogers Hornsby .424 St. Louis Cardinals Zack Wheat .375
1925 Rogers Hornsby .403 St. Louis Cardinals Jim Bottomley .367
1926 Bubbles Hargrave .353 Cincinnati Reds Cuckoo Christensen .350
1927 Paul Waner .380 Pittsburgh Pirates Rogers Hornsby .361
1928 Rogers Hornsby .387 Boston Braves Paul Waner .370
1929 Lefty O'Doul .398 Philadelphia Phillies Babe Herman .381
1930 Bill Terry .401 New York Giants Babe Herman .393
1931 Chick Hafey .349 St. Louis Cardinals Bill Terry .349
1932 Lefty O'Doul .368 Brooklyn Dodgers Bill Terry .350
1933 Chuck Klein .368 Philadelphia Phillies Spud Davis .349
1934 Paul Waner .362 Pittsburgh Pirates Bill Terry .354
1935 Arky Vaughan .385 Pittsburgh Pirates Joe Medwick .353
1936 Paul Waner .373 Pittsburgh Pirates Babe Phelps .367
1937 Joe Medwick .374 St. Louis Cardinals Johnny Mize .364
1938 Ernie Lombardi .342 Cincinnati Reds Johnny Mize .337
1939 Johnny Mize .349 St. Louis Cardinals Frank McCormick .332
1940 Debs Garms .355 Pittsburgh Pirates Ernie Lombardi .319
1941 Pete Reiser .343 Brooklyn Dodgers Johnny Cooney .319
1942 Ernie Lombardi .330 Boston Braves Enos Slaughter .318
1943 Stan Musial .357 St. Louis Cardinals Billy Herman .330
1944 Dixie Walker .357 Brooklyn Dodgers Stan Musial .347
1945 Phil Cavarretta .355 Chicago Cubs Tommy Holmes .352
1946 Stan Musial .365 St. Louis Cardinals Johnny Hopp .333
1947 Harry Walker .363 St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies 		Bob Elliott .317
1948 Stan Musial .376 St. Louis Cardinals Richie Ashburn .333
1949 Jackie Robinson .342 Brooklyn Dodgers Stan Musial .338
1950 Stan Musial .346 St. Louis Cardinals Jackie Robinson .328
1951 Stan Musial .355 St. Louis Cardinals Richie Ashburn .344
1952 Stan Musial .336 St. Louis Cardinals Frank Baumholtz .325
1953 Carl Furillo .344 Brooklyn Dodgers Red Schoendienst .342
1954 Willie Mays .345 New York Giants Don Mueller .342
1955 Richie Ashburn .338 Philadelphia Phillies Willie Mays .319
1956 Hank Aaron .328 Milwaukee Braves Bill Virdon .319
1957 Stan Musial .351 St. Louis Cardinals Willie Mays .333
1958 Richie Ashburn .350 Philadelphia Phillies Willie Mays .347
1959 Hank Aaron .355 Milwaukee Braves Joe Cunningham .345
1960 Dick Groat .325 Pittsburgh Pirates Norm Larker .323
1961 Roberto Clemente .351 Pittsburgh Pirates Vada Pinson .343
1962 Tommy Davis .346 Los Angeles Dodgers Frank Robinson .342
1963 Tommy Davis .326 Los Angeles Dodgers Roberto Clemente .320
1964 Roberto Clemente .339 Pittsburgh Pirates Rico Carty .330
1965 Roberto Clemente .329 Pittsburgh Pirates Hank Aaron .318
1966 Matty Alou .342 Pittsburgh Pirates Felipe Alou .327
1967 Roberto Clemente .357 Pittsburgh Pirates Tony González .339
1968 Pete Rose .335 Cincinnati Reds Matty Alou .332
1969 Pete Rose .348 Cincinnati Reds Roberto Clemente .345
1970 Rico Carty .366 Atlanta Braves Joe Torre .325
1971 Joe Torre .363 St. Louis Cardinals Ralph Garr .343
1972 Billy Williams .333 Chicago Cubs Ralph Garr .325
1973 Pete Rose .338 Cincinnati Reds César Cedeño .320
1974 Ralph Garr .353 Atlanta Braves Al Oliver .321
1975 Bill Madlock .354 Chicago Cubs Ted Simmons .332
1976 Bill Madlock .339 Chicago Cubs Ken Griffey Sr. .336
1977 Dave Parker .338 Pittsburgh Pirates Rennie Stennett .336
1978 Dave Parker .334 Pittsburgh Pirates Steve Garvey .316
1979 Keith Hernandez .344 St. Louis Cardinals Pete Rose .331
1980 Bill Buckner .324 Chicago Cubs Keith Hernandez .321
1981 Bill Madlock .341 Pittsburgh Pirates Pete Rose .325
1982 Al Oliver .331 Montreal Expos Bill Madlock .319
1983 Bill Madlock .323 Pittsburgh Pirates Lonnie Smith .321
1984 Tony Gwynn .351 San Diego Padres Lee Lacy .321
1985 Willie McGee .353 St. Louis Cardinals Pedro Guerrero .320
1986 Tim Raines .334 Montreal Expos Steve Sax .332
1987 Tony Gwynn .370 San Diego Padres Pedro Guerrero .338
1988 Tony Gwynn .313 San Diego Padres Rafael Palmeiro .307
1989 Tony Gwynn .336 San Diego Padres Will Clark .333
1990 Willie McGee .335 St. Louis Cardinals Eddie Murray .330
1991 Terry Pendleton .319 Atlanta Braves Hal Morris .318
1992 Gary Sheffield .330 San Diego Padres Andy Van Slyke .324
1993 Andrés Galarraga .370 Colorado Rockies Tony Gwynn .358
1994 Tony Gwynn .394 San Diego Padres Jeff Bagwell .368
1995 Tony Gwynn .368 San Diego Padres Mike Piazza .346
1996 Tony Gwynn .353 San Diego Padres Ellis Burks .344
1997 Tony Gwynn .372 San Diego Padres Larry Walker .366
1998 Larry Walker .363 Colorado Rockies John Olerud .354
1999 Larry Walker .379 Colorado Rockies Luis Gonzalez .336
2000 Todd Helton .372 Colorado Rockies Moisés Alou .355
2001 Larry Walker .350 Colorado Rockies Todd Helton .336
2002 Barry Bonds .370 San Francisco Giants Larry Walker .338
2003 Albert Pujols .359 St. Louis Cardinals Todd Helton .358
2004 Barry Bonds .362 San Francisco Giants Todd Helton .347
2005 Derrek Lee .335 Chicago Cubs Albert Pujols .330
2006 Freddy Sanchez .344 Pittsburgh Pirates Miguel Cabrera .339
2007 Matt Holliday .340 Colorado Rockies Chipper Jones .337
2008 Chipper Jones .364 Atlanta Braves Albert Pujols .357
2009 Hanley Ramírez .342 Florida Marlins Pablo Sandoval .330
2010 Carlos González .336 Colorado Rockies Joey Votto .324
2011 José Reyes .337 New York Mets Ryan Braun .332
2012 Buster Posey .336 San Francisco Giants Andrew McCutchen .327
2013 Michael Cuddyer .331 Colorado Rockies Chris Johnson .321
2014 Justin Morneau .319 Colorado Rockies Josh Harrison .315
2015 Dee Gordon .333 Miami Marlins Bryce Harper .330
2016 DJ LeMahieu .348 Colorado Rockies Daniel Murphy .347
2017 Charlie Blackmon .331 Colorado Rockies Daniel Murphy .322
2018 Christian Yelich .326 Milwaukee Brewers Scooter Gennett .310
2019 Christian Yelich .329 Milwaukee Brewers Ketel Marte .329
2020 Juan Soto .351 Washington Nationals Freddie Freeman .341
2021 Trea Turner .328 Washington Nationals
Los Angeles Dodgers 		Juan Soto .313
2022 Jeff McNeil .326 New York Mets Freddie Freeman .325
2023 Luis Arráez .354 Miami Marlins Ronald Acuña Jr. .337
2024 Luis Arráez .314 Miami Marlins
San Diego Padres 		Shohei Ohtani .310

American League

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Nap Lajoie led the American League in its inaugural season with a .426 batting average, one of just 13 seasons of a .400+ average in the 20th century. He also won the 1903 and 1904 AL batting titles. In addition, Lajoie was a part of contested batting average races in 1902 and 1910.
Ed Delahanty won the 1899 NL batting title and the 1902 AL batting title, though his 1902 title is disputed.
Ted Williams won six AL batting titles. He hit .406 in 1941, and that is the last time a player has hit over .400.
Rod Carew won seven AL batting titles between 1969 and 1978.
George Brett's .390 batting average in 1980 is the second-highest since 1941.
Ichiro Suzuki won AL batting titles in 2001 and 2004.
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Joe Mauer won the 2006, 2008, and 2009 batting titles, becoming the first catcher to win three batting titles and the only catcher ever to win in the AL.
Year Winner AVG Team(s) Runner-up 2nd AVG Ref
1901 Nap Lajoie .426 Philadelphia Athletics Mike Donlin .340
1902 Ed Delahanty .376 Washington Senators Charlie Hickman .361
1903 Nap Lajoie .344 Cleveland Naps Sam Crawford .335
1904 Nap Lajoie .376 Cleveland Naps Willie Keeler .343
1905 Elmer Flick .308 Cleveland Naps Willie Keeler .302
1906 George Stone .358 St. Louis Browns Nap Lajoie .355
1907 Ty Cobb .350 Detroit Tigers Sam Crawford .323
1908 Ty Cobb .324 Detroit Tigers Sam Crawford .311
1909 Ty Cobb .377 Detroit Tigers Eddie Collins .347
1910 Ty Cobb .385 Detroit Tigers Nap Lajoie .384
1911 Ty Cobb .420 Detroit Tigers Shoeless Joe Jackson .408
1912 Ty Cobb .409 Detroit Tigers Shoeless Joe Jackson .395
1913 Ty Cobb .390 Detroit Tigers Shoeless Joe Jackson .373
1914 Ty Cobb .368 Detroit Tigers Eddie Collins .344
1915 Ty Cobb .369 Detroit Tigers Eddie Collins .332
1916 Tris Speaker .386 Cleveland Indians Ty Cobb .371
1917 Ty Cobb .383 Detroit Tigers George Sisler .353
1918 Ty Cobb .382 Detroit Tigers George Burns .352
1919 Ty Cobb .384 Detroit Tigers Bobby Veach .355
1920 George Sisler .407 St. Louis Browns Tris Speaker .388
1921 Harry Heilmann .394 Detroit Tigers Ty Cobb .389
1922 George Sisler .420 St. Louis Browns Ty Cobb .401
1923 Harry Heilmann .403 Detroit Tigers Babe Ruth .393
1924 Babe Ruth .378 New York Yankees Charlie Jamieson .359
1925 Harry Heilmann .393 Detroit Tigers Tris Speaker .389
1926 Heinie Manush .378 Detroit Tigers Babe Ruth .372
1927 Harry Heilmann .398 Detroit Tigers Al Simmons .392
1928 Goose Goslin .379 Washington Senators Heinie Manush .378
1929 Lew Fonseca .369 Cleveland Indians Al Simmons .365
1930 Al Simmons .381 Philadelphia Athletics Lou Gehrig .379
1931 Al Simmons .390 Philadelphia Athletics Babe Ruth .373
1932 Dale Alexander .367 Detroit Tigers
Boston Red Sox 		Jimmie Foxx .364
1933 Jimmie Foxx .356 Philadelphia Athletics Heinie Manush .336
1934 Lou Gehrig .363 New York Yankees Charlie Gehringer .356
1935 Buddy Myer .349 Washington Senators Joe Vosmik .348
1936 Luke Appling .388 Chicago White Sox Earl Averill .378
1937 Charlie Gehringer .371 Detroit Tigers Lou Gehrig .351
1938 Jimmie Foxx .349 Boston Red Sox Jeff Heath .343
1939 Joe DiMaggio .381 New York Yankees Jimmie Foxx .360
1940 Joe DiMaggio .352 New York Yankees Luke Appling .348
1941 Ted Williams .406 Boston Red Sox Cecil Travis .359
1942 Ted Williams .356 Boston Red Sox Johnny Pesky .331
1943 Luke Appling .328 Chicago White Sox Dick Wakefield .316
1944 Lou Boudreau .327 Cleveland Indians Bobby Doerr .325
1945 Snuffy Stirnweiss .309 New York Yankees Tony Cuccinello .308
1946 Mickey Vernon .353 Washington Senators Ted Williams .342
1947 Ted Williams .343 Boston Red Sox Barney McCosky .328
1948 Ted Williams .369 Boston Red Sox Lou Boudreau .355
1949 George Kell .343 Detroit Tigers Ted Williams .343
1950 Billy Goodman .354 Boston Red Sox George Kell .340
1951 Ferris Fain .344 Philadelphia Athletics Minnie Miñoso .326
1952 Ferris Fain .327 Philadelphia Athletics Dale Mitchell .323
1953 Mickey Vernon .337 Washington Senators Al Rosen .336
1954 Bobby Ávila .341 Cleveland Indians Ted Williams .345
1955 Al Kaline .340 Detroit Tigers Vic Power .319
1956 Mickey Mantle .353 New York Yankees Ted Williams .345
1957 Ted Williams .388 Boston Red Sox Mickey Mantle .365
1958 Ted Williams .328 Boston Red Sox Pete Runnels .322
1959 Harvey Kuenn .353 Detroit Tigers Al Kaline .327
1960 Pete Runnels .320 Boston Red Sox Al Smith .315
1961 Norm Cash .361 Detroit Tigers Al Kaline .324
1962 Pete Runnels .326 Boston Red Sox Mickey Mantle .321
1963 Carl Yastrzemski .321 Boston Red Sox Al Kaline .312
1964 Tony Oliva .323 Minnesota Twins Brooks Robinson .317
1965 Tony Oliva .321 Minnesota Twins Carl Yastrzemski .312
1966 Frank Robinson .316 Baltimore Orioles Tony Oliva .307
1967 Carl Yastrzemski .326 Boston Red Sox Frank Robinson .311
1968 Carl Yastrzemski .301 Boston Red Sox Danny Cater .290
1969 Rod Carew .332 Minnesota Twins Reggie Smith .309
1970 Alex Johnson .329 California Angels Carl Yastrzemski .329
1971 Tony Oliva .337 Minnesota Twins Bobby Murcer .331
1972 Rod Carew .318 Minnesota Twins Lou Piniella .312
1973 Rod Carew .350 Minnesota Twins George Scott .306
1974 Rod Carew .364 Minnesota Twins Jorge Orta .316
1975 Rod Carew .359 Minnesota Twins Fred Lynn .331
1976 George Brett .333 Kansas City Royals Hal McRae .332
1977 Rod Carew .388 Minnesota Twins Lyman Bostock .336
1978 Rod Carew .333 Minnesota Twins Al Oliver .324
1979 Fred Lynn .333 Boston Red Sox George Brett .329
1980 George Brett .390 Kansas City Royals Cecil Cooper .352
1981 Carney Lansford .336 Boston Red Sox Tom Paciorek .326
1982 Willie Wilson .332 Kansas City Royals Robin Yount .331
1983 Wade Boggs .361 Boston Red Sox Rod Carew .339
1984 Don Mattingly .343 New York Yankees Dave Winfield .340
1985 Wade Boggs .368 Boston Red Sox George Brett .335
1986 Wade Boggs .357 Boston Red Sox Don Mattingly .352
1987 Wade Boggs .363 Boston Red Sox Paul Molitor .353
1988 Wade Boggs .366 Boston Red Sox Kirby Puckett .356
1989 Kirby Puckett .339 Minnesota Twins Carney Lansford .336
1990 George Brett .329 Kansas City Royals Rickey Henderson .325
1991 Julio Franco .341 Texas Rangers Wade Boggs .332
1992 Edgar Martínez .343 Seattle Mariners Kirby Puckett .329
1993 John Olerud .363 Toronto Blue Jays Paul Molitor .332
1994 Paul O'Neill .359 New York Yankees Albert Belle .357
1995 Edgar Martínez .356 Seattle Mariners Chuck Knoblauch .333
1996 Alex Rodriguez .358 Seattle Mariners Frank Thomas .349
1997 Frank Thomas .347 Chicago White Sox Edgar Martínez .330
1998 Bernie Williams .339 New York Yankees Mo Vaughn .337
1999 Nomar Garciaparra .357 Boston Red Sox Derek Jeter .349
2000 Nomar Garciaparra .372 Boston Red Sox Darin Erstad .355
2001 Ichiro Suzuki .350 Seattle Mariners Jason Giambi .342
2002 Manny Ramirez .349 Boston Red Sox Mike Sweeney .340
2003 Bill Mueller .326 Boston Red Sox Manny Ramirez .325
2004 Ichiro Suzuki .372 Seattle Mariners Melvin Mora .340
2005 Michael Young .331 Texas Rangers Alex Rodriguez .321
2006 Joe Mauer .347 Minnesota Twins Derek Jeter .344
2007 Magglio Ordóñez .363 Detroit Tigers Ichiro Suzuki .351
2008 Joe Mauer .328 Minnesota Twins Dustin Pedroia .326
2009 Joe Mauer .365 Minnesota Twins Ichiro Suzuki .352
2010 Josh Hamilton .359 Texas Rangers Miguel Cabrera .328
2011 Miguel Cabrera .344 Detroit Tigers Adrián González .338
2012 Miguel Cabrera .330 Detroit Tigers Mike Trout .326
2013 Miguel Cabrera .348 Detroit Tigers Joe Mauer .324
2014 Jose Altuve .341 Houston Astros Victor Martinez .335
2015 Miguel Cabrera .338 Detroit Tigers Xander Bogaerts .320
2016 Jose Altuve .338 Houston Astros Mookie Betts .318
2017 Jose Altuve .346 Houston Astros Avisaíl García .330
2018 Mookie Betts .346 Boston Red Sox J. D. Martinez .330
2019 Tim Anderson .335 Chicago White Sox DJ LeMahieu .327
2020 DJ LeMahieu .364 New York Yankees Tim Anderson .322
2021 Yuli Gurriel .319 Houston Astros Michael Brantley .311
2022 Luis Arráez .316 Minnesota Twins Aaron Judge .311
2023 Yandy Díaz .330 Tampa Bay Rays Corey Seager .327
2024 Bobby Witt Jr. .332 Kansas City Royals Vladimir Guerrero Jr. .323

Other Major Leagues

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Benny Kauff won the only two Federal League batting titles in 1914 and 1915.
Year Winner AVG Team League Runner-up 2nd AVG Ref
1882 Pete Browning .378 Louisville Eclipse American Association Hick Carpenter .342
1883 Ed Swartwood .357 Pittsburgh Alleghenys American Association Pete Browning .338
1884 Dave Orr .354 New York Metropolitans American Association John Reilly .339
1884 Fred Dunlap .412 St. Louis Maroons Union Association Orator Shafer .360
1885 Pete Browning .362 Louisville Colonels American Association Dave Orr .342
1886 Guy Hecker .341 Louisville Colonels American Association Pete Browning .340
1887 Tip O'Neill .435 St. Louis Browns American Association Pete Browning .402
1888 Tip O'Neill .335 St. Louis Browns American Association John Reilly .321
1889 Tommy Tucker .372 Baltimore Orioles American Association Tip O'Neill .335
1890 Chicken Wolf .363 Louisville Colonels American Association Denny Lyons .354
1890 Pete Browning .373 Cleveland Infants Players' League Dave Orr .371
1891 Dan Brouthers .350 Boston Reds American Association Hugh Duffy .336
1914 Benny Kauff .370 Indianapolis Hoosiers Federal League Steve Evans .348
1915 Benny Kauff .342 Brooklyn Tip-Tops Federal League William Fischer .329

Negro Leagues

In the 28-year major league history, nine players won a league batting title multiple times: Oscar Charleston (3), Josh Gibson (3), Monte Irvin (2), Oscar Johnson (2), Buck Leonard (2), Jud Wilson (2), Artie Wilson (2), Mule Suttles (2), and Turkey Stearnes (2).

Josh Gibson
Josh Gibson won three batting titles, and tied with Oscar Charleston for the most among the Negro Leagues in history. Gibson and Willard Brown are the only players to have finished in the top two in batting average in five different seasons.
Oscar Charleston
Oscar Charleston won batting championships in the Negro National League and Eastern Colored League, and holds the third all-time highest career batting average of .363 during a span of 21 years (1920-1941).
Year Winner AVG Team League Runner-up 2nd AVG Ref
1920 Cristóbal Torriente† .411 Chicago American Giants Negro National League Jimmie Lyons .379
1921 Oscar Charleston† .433 St. Louis Giants Negro National League Charlie Blackwell .405
1922 Oscar Johnson .406 Kansas City Monarchs Negro National League Dobie Moore .386
1923 Oscar Johnson .406 Kansas City Monarchs Negro National League Cristobal Torriente† .387
1923 Biz Mackey† .423 Hilldale Club Eastern Colored League Robert Hudspeth .367
1924 Valentín Dreke .389 Cuban Stars (West) Negro National League Newt Joseph .375
1924 Oscar Charleston† .405 Harrisburg Giants Eastern Colored League Jud Wilson† .385
1925 Edgar Wesley .404 Detroit Stars Negro National League Wilson Redus .372
1925 Oscar Charleston† .427 Harrisburg Giants Eastern Colored League John Beckwith .404
1926 Mule Suttles† .425 St. Louis Stars Negro National League Turkey Stearnes† .383
1926 Martin Dihigo† .375 Cuban Stars (East) Eastern Colored League Jud Wilson† .373
1927 Red Parnell .422 Birmingham Black Barons Negro National League Steel Arm Davis .396
1927 Jud Wilson† .422 Baltimore Black Sox
New York Lincoln Giants 		Eastern Colored League Oscar Charleston† .399
1928 Mule Suttles† .359 St. Louis Stars Negro National League Willie Wells† .359
1928 Jud Wilson† .399 Baltimore Black Sox Eastern Colored League Rap Dixon .398
1929 Charlie Smith .451 New York Lincoln Giants American Negro League Rap Dixon .415
1929 Turkey Stearnes† .390 Detroit Stars Negro National League Pythias Russ .369
1930 Willie Wells† .411 St. Louis Stars Negro National League Mule Suttles† .409
1931 Turkey Stearnes† .376 Detroit Stars Negro National League Jim Williams .354
1932 Dick Lundy .381 Baltimore Black Sox East-West League Eppie Hamilton .368
1932 Leroy Morney .378 Monroe Monarchs Negro Southern League Ernest Scott .362
1933 Jabbo Andrews .398 Columbus Blue Birds Negro National League II Josh Gibson† .395
1934 Buddy Burbage .438 Newark Dodgers Negro National League II Ray Dandridge† .432
1935 Buck Leonard† .389 Homestead Grays Negro National League II Turkey Stearnes† .388
1936 Josh Gibson† .389 Pittsburgh Crawfords Negro National League II Roy Parnell .367
1937 Josh Gibson† .417 Homestead Grays Negro National League II Jim West .394
1937 Elmer Carter .390 St. Louis Stars
Birmingham Black Barons 		Negro American League Willard Brown† .379
1938 Buck Leonard† .420 Homestead Grays Negro National League II Harry Williams .393
1938 Donald Reeves .397 Atlanta Black Crackers Negro American League David Whatley .396
1939 Josh Gibson† .402 Homestead Grays Negro National League II Buck Leonard† .385
1939 Henry Turner .393 Cleveland Bears Negro American League Willard Brown† .368
1940 Johnny Washington .377 New York Black Yankees Negro National League II Monte Irvin† .371
1940 Marshall Riddle .377 St. Louis–New Orleans Stars Negro American League Jesse Williams .368
1941 Monte Irvin† .395 Newark Eagles Negro National League II Bill Hoskins .367
1941 Cowan Hyde .379 Memphis Red Sox Negro American League Lyman Bostock .364
1942 Lennie Pearson .347 Newark Eagles
Homestead Grays 		Negro National League II Willie Wells† .343
1942 Ted Strong .364 Kansas City Monarchs Negro American League Barney Serrell .360
1943 Tetelo Vargas .471 New York Cubans Negro National League II Josh Gibson† .466
1943 Alex Radcliff .369 Chicago American Giants Negro American League Willard Brown† .340
1944 Bob Harvey .426 Newark Eagles Negro National League II Roy Campanella† .388
1944 Artie Wilson .421 Birmingham Black Barons Negro American League Parnell Woods .413
1945 Roy Campanella† .385 Baltimore Elite Giants Negro National League II Frankie Austin .377
1945 Ed Steele .391 Birmingham Black Barons Negro American League Jackie Robinson† .375
1946 Monte Irvin† .363 Newark Eagles Negro National League II Henry Kimbro .342
1946 Archie Ware .423 Cleveland Buckeyes Negro American League Clyde Nelson .367
1947 Henry Kimbro .384 Baltimore Elite Giants Negro National League II Johnny Washington .370
1947 Willard Brown† .371 Kansas City Monarchs Negro American League Sam Hill .351
1948 Artie Wilson .437 Birmingham Black Barons Negro American League Willard Brown† .404
1948 Lester Lockett .370 Baltimore Elite Giants Negro National League II Frankie Austin .356

Footnotes

  • Recognized "Major Leagues" include the current American and National Leagues and several defunct leagues in the American Association, the Federal League, the Players' League, the Union Association along with seven Negro league baseball leagues: the Negro National League (1920–31), the Eastern Colored League (1923–1928), American Negro League (1929), East-West League (1932), Negro Southern League (1932), Negro National League (1933–48), and the Negro American League (1937–48)
  • Sources differ whether Nap Lajoie or Ed Delahanty won the American League batting title in 1902 and differ slightly over Lajoie's precise statistics that season. The Hall of Fame credits Lajoie with 129 hits in 352 at bats (.368) while MLB and Baseball-Reference.com show 133 hits in 352 at bats (.378). According to Baseball-Reference a player qualified for a batting title prior to 1920 by appearing in 60% of his team's games—82 games in the 136 game schedule in 1902—and Lajoie appeared in 87 team games. As such, Baseball-Reference credits Lajoie with the 1902 title, with Delahanty's .376 batting average placing second. MLB's historical statistics leaderboards, however, use the modern standard of 3.1 plate appearances per team game (422 in that season) which Lajoie fell 37 short of. Thus, MLB credits Delahanty with the 1902 title with his .376 average. Similarly, the Hall of Fame lists the 1902 title on Delahanty's plaque and not Lajoie's.
  • Before the 1910 season, Hugh Chalmers of Chalmers Automobile announced he would present a Chalmers Model 30 automobile to the player with the highest batting average at the end of the season. The 1910 race for best average in the American League was between Nap Lajoie of the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers' widely disliked Cobb. On the last day of the season, Lajoie overtook Cobb's batting average with seven bunt hits in a doubleheader against the St. Louis Browns. Browns' manager Jack O'Connor supposedly told his third baseman Red Corriden to play back down the line all day, which allowed Lajoie easy bunt hits. Cobb complained about the move, though American League President Ban Johnson said that a recalculation showed that Cobb had won the race anyway and Chalmers ultimately awarded cars to both players.
  • Rules in 1954 required 2.6 at bats per team game, 400 for a 154-game schedule (the rule was changed in 1957 to the current requirement of 3.1 plate appearances per team game), to qualify for the title and hitless at bats could be added to reach this total. Ted Williams posted a .345 average in 1954 over only 386 at bats, and the required hitless at bats drop him below Avila's league-leading .341 average.
  • While Baseball-Reference.com lists both Yelich and Marte with a batting average of .329 in 2019, Yelich's average is higher (.3292) than Marte's (.3286) if extended to four decimal places.
  • The Major League Baseball (MLB) season in 2020 was less than half the length of a typical season, starting in late July and condensed into 60 games due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Suttles had 108 hits in 301 at-bats (.35880), while Wells had 113 hits in 315 at-bats (.35873)
  • Andrews played in 22 games and batted .398. However, among players with a minimum of 3.1 plate appearances / games, Baseball Reference lists Josh Gibson, who had batted .395 in 68 games in 1933, as leader among minimum qualifiers. In 2024, the MLB database lists Josh Gibson's 1933 season 69 games with the Pittsburgh Crawfords.

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