Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1893 to 1900, (requiring At least 3000 plate appearances), sorted by greatest BA
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Cnt Player **BA** PA From To Ages G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams ----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 1 Willie Keeler .382 4474 1893 1900 21-28 948 4061 1016 1550 135 98 21 517 256 0 32 66 91 0 0 329 0 .427 .479 .906 *9/7845 TOT-BLN-BRO 2 Ed Delahanty .377 4844 1893 1900 25-32 1035 4261 1013 1605 330 106 67 943 488 0 89 57 38 0 0 271 0 .447 .551 .998 *73/48659 PHI 3 Jesse Burkett .376 5104 1893 1900 24-31 1073 4428 1043 1665 179 97 41 572 579 0 100 44 53 0 0 246 0 .453 .488 .941 *7/8941 CLV-STL 4 Billy Hamilton .364 4520 1893 1900 27-34 922 3680 1048 1340 153 53 27 448 766 0 83 43 31 0 0 492 0 .479 .457 .936 *8/79 PHI-BSN 5 John McGraw .346 3907 1893 1900 20-27 835 3096 866 1070 88 52 11 385 683 0 36 101 27 0 0 379 0 .478 .418 .896 *56/74839 BLN-STL 6 Joe Kelley .345 4706 1893 1900 21-28 1035 4007 963 1382 225 129 52 833 601 0 128 54 44 0 0 345 0 .437 .504 .941 *78/3569 BLN-BRO 7 Jake Stenzel .341 3360 1893 1899 26-32 752 2974 659 1013 189 71 32 530 297 0 68 58 31 0 0 291 0 .411 .484 .895 *8/972643 PIT-BLN-TOT 8 Hughie Jennings .338 3923 1893 1900 24-31 872 3332 803 1125 171 70 13 647 260 0 51 245 86 0 0 297 0 .425 .443 .868 *63/49 TOT-BLN-BRO 9 George Davis .336 4227 1893 1900 22-29 962 3797 767 1275 201 91 46 750 358 0 66 33 39 0 0 327 0 .398 .473 .871 *65/3479 NYG 10 Hugh Duffy .336 4541 1893 1900 26-33 1005 4044 871 1360 192 61 64 846 397 0 63 18 82 0 0 280 0 .398 .461 .859 *78/469325 BSN 11 Bill Lange .330 3609 1893 1899 22-28 811 3195 689 1055 133 80 39 578 350 0 86 25 39 0 0 399 0 .401 .459 .860 *8/4376529 CHC 12 Fred Clarke .327 3917 1894 1900 21-27 869 3495 688 1144 138 76 37 425 295 0 85 90 37 0 0 266 0 .394 .442 .836 *7/689 LOU-PIT 13 George Van Haltre .326 5045 1893 1900 27-34 1102 4524 964 1477 178 90 31 601 465 0 112 18 38 0 0 313 0 .391 .426 .817 *8/76194 PIT-NYG 14 Elmer Smith .325 4260 1893 1900 25-32 946 3686 762 1197 160 112 31 546 499 0 78 38 37 0 0 200 0 .411 .454 .865 *79/81 PIT-CIN-TOT 15 Fred Tenney .322 3069 1894 1900 22-28 675 2701 545 869 111 35 8 361 256 0 26 14 98 0 0 132 0 .383 .398 .781 *3/2978 BSN 16 Steve Brodie .322 3667 1893 1899 24-30 826 3338 562 1074 135 57 14 612 192 0 58 93 44 0 0 187 0 .375 .409 .784 *8/97 TOT-BLN-PIT-TOT 17 Jake Beckley .320 4427 1893 1900 25-32 1003 3967 769 1270 206 115 42 758 280 0 97 114 66 0 0 149 0 .382 .462 .844 *3/87 PIT-TOT-CIN 18 Jack Doyle .318 3726 1893 1900 23-30 877 3433 597 1092 182 37 15 616 243 0 42 30 20 0 0 344 0 .368 .406 .774 *3/284596 NYG-BLN-TOT-NYG 19 Mike Tiernan .318 3433 1893 1899 26-32 755 3012 687 957 133 85 43 466 383 0 82 16 22 0 0 186 0 .398 .461 .859 *97 NYG 20 Mike Griffin .317 3347 1893 1898 28-33 723 2847 672 902 157 44 23 346 419 0 91 49 32 0 0 150 0 .413 .427 .840 *8/46 BRO 21 Ed McKean .313 4010 1893 1899 29-35 862 3639 662 1140 171 86 41 704 305 0 60 20 46 0 0 104 0 .370 .441 .811 *6/34 CLV-STL 22 Kip Selbach .312 3985 1894 1900 22-28 890 3420 687 1066 168 102 33 500 482 0 76 28 55 0 0 246 0 .401 .449 .850 *7/8964 WHS-CIN-NYG 23 Jimmy Ryan .311 4244 1893 1900 30-37 937 3774 762 1175 214 76 32 518 398 0 86 34 38 0 0 150 0 .382 .434 .816 *97/861 CHC 24 Patsy Donovan .310 4651 1893 1900 28-35 1015 4290 840 1328 117 53 11 459 271 0 57 46 44 0 0 317 0 .357 .369 .726 *9/8 PIT-STL 25 Cupid Childs .306 4570 1893 1900 25-32 979 3776 825 1157 128 63 13 497 675 0 65 34 85 0 0 145 0 .416 .384 .800 *4 CLV-STL-CHC ----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- Cnt Player **BA** PA From To Ages G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams ----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 26 Jimmy Collins .306 3353 1895 1900 25-30 770 3026 535 925 146 48 40 533 222 0 32 54 51 0 0 83 0 .364 .425 .789 *5/986 TOT-BSN 27 Duff Cooley .306 3470 1893 1900 20-27 761 3179 605 972 86 65 19 300 223 0 73 13 55 0 0 144 0 .354 .392 .746 873/95264 STL-TOT-PHI-PIT 28 Deacon McGuire .304 3284 1893 1900 29-36 807 2997 422 911 152 37 25 450 221 0 63 41 25 0 0 70 0 .360 .404 .764 *2/36 WHS-TOT-BRO 29 Lave Cross .301 4206 1893 1900 27-34 959 3910 625 1176 179 53 29 664 211 0 36 13 72 0 0 126 0 .339 .396 .735 *5/624839 PHI-STL-TOT 30 Bill Dahlen .299 4331 1893 1900 23-30 962 3685 842 1100 200 92 48 571 500 0 150 78 68 0 0 264 0 .394 .442 .836 *6/54879 CHC-BRO 31 Bobby Lowe .299 4351 1893 1900 27-34 980 3947 746 1179 127 56 56 673 287 0 81 35 82 0 0 144 0 .352 .402 .754 *4/65 BSN 32 Herman Long .296 4616 1893 1900 27-34 997 4166 858 1235 201 64 60 646 316 0 77 24 110 0 0 221 0 .350 .419 .769 *6/473 BSN 33 Heinie Reitz .292 3091 1893 1899 26-32 723 2741 446 800 108 65 11 462 266 0 99 39 45 0 0 122 0 .363 .391 .754 *4/56 BLN-WHS-PIT 34 Bill Hallman .290 3353 1893 1898 26-31 739 3042 506 881 113 31 10 420 227 0 85 28 56 0 0 112 0 .345 .357 .702 *4/3561 PHI-TOT-BRO 35 Dummy Hoy .289 4245 1893 1899 31-37 914 3643 740 1053 134 73 25 384 434 0 48 75 93 0 0 281 0 .376 .386 .762 *8/79 WHS-CIN-LOU 36 Bid McPhee .287 3510 1893 1899 33-39 810 2971 573 853 136 62 13 482 449 0 91 40 50 0 0 184 0 .388 .388 .776 *4/98 CIN 37 Tommy Tucker .285 3681 1893 1899 29-35 860 3279 501 933 138 33 21 495 254 0 110 112 36 0 0 70 0 .356 .366 .722 *3/8 BSN-TOT-CLV 38 Patsy Tebeau .284 3254 1893 1900 28-35 754 2990 420 850 126 39 11 485 205 0 86 26 33 0 0 98 0 .336 .364 .700 *3/4561 CLV-STL 39 Tommy Dowd .277 4199 1893 1899 24-30 922 3858 638 1070 127 61 19 355 278 0 106 16 47 0 0 245 0 .329 .357 .686 8974/5 STL-TOT-CLV 40 Kid Gleason .276 3653 1893 1900 26-33 877 3381 514 934 91 39 6 457 209 0 42 20 43 0 0 184 0 .322 .332 .654 *4/1567938 STL-TOT-BLN-NYG 41 Tommy Corcoran .273 4507 1893 1900 24-31 1029 4226 639 1155 154 84 18 571 179 0 53 14 88 0 0 173 0 .305 .362 .667 *6/4 BRO-CIN 42 Charlie Irwin .273 3030 1893 1900 24-31 726 2719 446 742 105 42 14 400 219 0 42 42 50 0 0 150 0 .337 .358 .695 *56/4937 CHC-CIN 43 Billy Shindle .271 3307 1893 1898 32-37 742 2998 493 813 131 40 14 447 211 0 85 41 57 0 0 103 0 .328 .356 .684 *5 BLN-BRO 44 Joe Quinn .270 3678 1893 1900 28-35 880 3421 428 924 115 35 9 422 193 0 27 17 47 0 0 143 0 .312 .332 .644 *4/568379 STL-TOT-BLN-CLV 45 Bones Ely .266 4026 1893 1900 30-37 965 3724 501 992 110 54 23 469 187 0 97 7 108 0 0 101 0 .303 .343 .646 *6/41 STL-PIT 46 Monte Cross .253 3314 1894 1900 24-30 811 2873 418 728 103 49 22 351 325 0 90 42 74 0 0 188 0 .338 .346 .684 *6/4 PIT-STL-PHI Seasons/Careers found: 2,139.
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