Table 5.31: Table 5.13 Top 100 Career Batting Averages in Baseball (for Exercises 9 and 10)

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Rank First Last Career Years Last Career Year Career Batting Average Career Home Runs
1 Ty Cobb 24 1928 0.3664 117
2 Rogers Hornsby 23 1937 0.3585 301
3 Shoeless Joe Jackson 13 1920 0.3558 54
4 Lefty O’Doul 11 1934 0.3493 113
5 Ed Delahanty 16 1903 0.3458 101
6 Tris Speaker 22 1928 0.3447 117
7 Billy Hamilton 14 1901 0.3444 40
Ted Williams 19 1960 0.3444 521
9 Dan Brouthers 19 1904 0.3421 106
Babe Ruth 22 1935 0.3421 714
11 Dave Orr 8 1890 0.3420 37
12 Harry Heilmann 17 1932 0.3416 183
13 Pete Browning 13 1984 0.3415 16
14 Willie Keeler 19 1910 0.3413 33
15 Billy Terry 14 1936 0.3412 154
16 Lou Gehrig 17 1939 0.3401 493
George Sisler 15 1930 0.3401 102
18 Jesse Burkett 16 1905 0.3382 75
Tony Gwynn 20 2001 0.3382 135
Nap Lajoie 21 1916 0.3382 82
21 Jake Stenzel 9 1899 0.3378 71
22 Riggs Stephenson 14 1934 0.3361 63
23 Al Simmons 20 1944 0.3342 307
24 Cap Anson 27 1897 0.3341 97
25 John McGraw 16 1906 0.3336 13
26 Eddie Collins 25 1930 0.3332 47
Paul Waner 20 1945 0.3332 113
28 Mike Donlin 12 1914 0.3326 51
29 Sam Thompson 15 1906 0.3314 126
30 Stan Musial 22 1963 0.3308 475
31 Billy Lange 7 1899 0.3298 39
Heinie Manush 17 1939 0.3298 110
33 Wade Boggs 18 1999 0.3279 118
34 Rod Carew 19 1985 0.3278 92
35 Honus Wagner 21 1917 0.3276 101
36 Tip O’Neill 10 1892 0.326 52
37 Hugh Duffy 17 1906 0.3255 106
Bob Fothergill 12 1933 0.3255 36
39 Jimmie Foxx 20 1945 0.3253 534
40 Earle Combs 12 1935 0.3247 58
41 Joe DiMaggio 13 1951 0.3246 361
42 Babe Herman 13 1945 0.3245 181
43 Joe Medwick 17 1948 0.3236 205
44 Eddie Roush 18 1931 0.3227 68
45 Sam Rice 20 1934 0.3223 34
46 Ross Youngs 10 1926 0.3222 42
47 Kiki Cuyler 18 1938 0.321 128
48 Charles Gehringer 19 1942 0.3204 184
49 Miquel Cabrera 12 2014+ 0.3201 390
Chuck Klein 17 1944 0.3201 300
51 Mickey Cochrane 13 1937 0.3196 119
Pie Traynor 17 1937 0.3196 58
53 Ken Williams 14 1929 0.3192 196
54 Joe Mauer 11 2014+ 0.3186 109
55 Kirby Puckett 12 1995 0.3181 207
56 Earl Averill 13 1941 0.3178 238
57 Vladimir Guerrero 16 2011 0.3176 449
Arky Vaughan 14 1948 0.3176 96
59 Billy Everitt 7 1901 0.3174 11
60 Roberto Clemente 18 1972 0.3173 240
Joe Harris 10 1928 0.3173 47
Ichiro Sizuki 14 2014+ 0.3173 112
63 Albert Pujols 14 2014+ 0.3171 520
64 Chick Hafey 13 1937 0.317 164
65 Joe Kelley 17 1908 0.3169 65
66 Zack Wheat 19 1927 0.3167 132
67 Roger Connor 18 1897 0.3164 138
Todd Helton 17 2013 0.3164 369
Lloyd Waner 18 1945 0.3164 27
70 George Van Haltren 17 1903 0.3163 69
71 Frankie Frisch 19 1937 0.3161 105
72 Goose Goslin 18 1938 0.3160 248
73 Lew Fonseca 12 1933 0.3158 31
74 Bibb Falk 12 1931 0.3145 69
75 Cecil Travis 12 1947 0.3142 27
76 Hank Greenberg 13 1947 0.3135 331
77 Jack Fournier 15 1927 0.3132 136
78 Elmer Flick 13 1910 0.313 48
79 Ed Morgan 7 1934 0.3128 52
80 Nomar Garciaparra 14 2009 0.3127 229
Larry Walker 17 2005 0.3127 383
82 Billy Dickey 17 1946 0.3125 202
83 Dale Mitchell 11 1956 0.3122 41
Manny Ramirez 19 2014+ 0.3122 555
85 Jonny Mize 15 1953 0.3121 359
Joe Sewell 14 1933 0.3121 49
87 Fred Clarke 21 1915 0.3120 67
Deacon White 20 1890 0.3120 24
89 Bug Holliday 10 1898 0.3119 65
90 Barney McCosky 11 1953 0.3118 24
91 Hughie Jennings 18 1918 0.3117 18
92 Edgar Martinez 18 2004 0.3115 309
93 Johnny Hodapp 9 1933 0.3114 28
Freddie Lindstrom 13 1936 0.3114 103
95 Bing Miller 16 1936 0.3113 116
Jackie Robinson 10 1956 0.3113 137
97 Baby Doll Jacobson 11 1927 0.3112 83
Taffy Wright 9 1949 0.3112 38
99 Rip Radcliff 10 1943 0.3110 42
100 Ginger Beaumont 12 1910 0.3108 39