All-Time MLB Player Hitting Stat Leaders by Season

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PLAYER	YEAR	TEAM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1 NapN LajoieLajoie 2B 1 ‌ ‌ ‌	1901	PHA	131	544	145	229	48	14	14	125	24		27	--	.421	.458	.643	1.101
2 GeorgeG SislerSisler 1B 2 ‌ ‌ ‌	1922	SLB	142	586	134	246	42	18	8	105	49	14	51	19	.420	.467	.594	1.061
3 TyT CobbCobb CF 3 ‌ ‌ ‌	1911	DET	146	591	147	248	47	24	8	127	44		83	--	.420	.467	.621	1.088
4 TyT CobbCobb CF 4 ‌ ‌ ‌	1912	DET	140	553	119	227	30	23	7	83	43		61	--	.410	.458	.586	1.044
5 JoeJ JacksonJackson RF 5 ‌ ‌ ‌	1911	CLE	147	571	126	233	45	19	7	83	56		41	--	.408	.468	.590	1.058
6 GeorgeG SislerSisler 1B 6 ‌ ‌ ‌	1920	SLB	154	631	137	257	49	18	19	122	46	19	42	17	.407	.449	.632	1.081
7 TedT WilliamsWilliams LF 7 ‌ ‌ ‌	1941	BOS	143	456	135	185	33	3	37	120	145	27	2	4	.406	.551	.735	1.286
8 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	1923	DET	144	524	121	211	44	11	18	115	74	40	9	7	.403	.481	.632	1.113
9 TyT CobbCobb CF 9 ‌ ‌ ‌	1922	DET	137	526	99	211	42	16	4	99	55	24	9	13	.401	.462	.565	1.027
10 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 10 ‌ ‌ ‌	1927	DET	141	505	106	201	50	9	14	120	72	16	11	5	.398	.475	.616	1.091
11 JoeJ JacksonJackson RF 11 ‌ ‌ ‌	1912	CLE	154	572	121	226	44	26	3	90	54		35	--	.395	.458	.579	1.037
12 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 12 ‌ ‌ ‌	1921	DET	149	602	114	237	43	14	19	139	53	37	2	6	.394	.444	.606	1.050
13 BabeB RuthRuth RF 13 ‌ ‌ ‌	1923	NYY	152	522	151	205	45	13	41	131	170	93	17	21	.393	.545	.764	1.309
14 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 14 ‌ ‌ ‌	1925	DET	150	573	97	225	40	11	13	134	67	27	6	6	.393	.457	.569	1.026
15 TyT CobbCobb CF 15 ‌ ‌ ‌	1913	DET	122	428	70	167	18	16	4	67	58	31	51	--	.390	.467	.535	1.002
16 AlA SimmonsSimmons LF 16 ‌ ‌ ‌	1931	PHA	128	513	105	200	37	13	22	128	47	45	3	3	.390	.444	.641	1.085
17 GeorgeG BrettBrett 3B 17 ‌ ‌ ‌	1980	KC	117	449	87	175	33	9	24	118	58	22	15	6	.390	.454	.664	1.118
18 TristramT SpeakerSpeaker CF 18 ‌ ‌ ‌	1925	CLE	117	429	79	167	35	5	12	87	70	12	5	2	.389	.479	.578	1.057
19 TyT CobbCobb CF 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	1921	DET	128	507	124	197	37	16	12	101	56	19	22	15	.389	.452	.596	1.048
20 TedT WilliamsWilliams LF 20 ‌ ‌ ‌	1957	BOS	132	420	96	163	28	1	38	87	119	43	0	1	.388	.526	.731	1.257
21 RodR CarewCarew 1B 21 ‌ ‌ ‌	1977	MIN	155	616	128	239	38	16	14	100	69	55	23	13	.388	.449	.570	1.019
22 LukeL ApplingAppling SS 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	1936	CWS	138	526	111	204	31	7	6	128	85	25	10	6	.388	.474	.508	.982
23 TristramT SpeakerSpeaker CF 23 ‌ ‌ ‌	1920	CLE	150	552	137	214	50	11	8	107	97	13	10	13	.388	.483	.562	1.045
24 AlA SimmonsSimmons CF 24 ‌ ‌ ‌	1925	PHA	153	654	122	253	43	12	24	129	35	41	7	14	.387	.419	.599	1.018
25 TristramT SpeakerSpeaker CF 25 ‌ ‌ ‌	1916	CLE	151	546	102	211	41	8	2	79	82	20	35	27	.386	.470	.502	.972

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