List of Major League Baseball career batting average leaders
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Stats updated as of April 28, 2019.

List of Major League Baseball career batting average leaders

Section Title: List
Table Section Text: Stats updated as of April 28, 2019.

Rank	Player	BA

1	Ty Cobb *	.3664

2	Rogers Hornsby *	.3585

3	Shoeless Joe Jackson	.3558

4	Lefty O'Doul	.3493

5	Ed Delahanty *	.3458

6	Tris Speaker *	.3447

7	Billy Hamilton *	.3444

Ted Williams *	.3444

9	Dan Brouthers *	.3424

10	Babe Ruth *	.3421

11	Dave Orr	.3420

12	Harry Heilmann *	.3416

13	Pete Browning	.3415

14	Willie Keeler *	.3413

15	Bill Terry *	.3412

16	Lou Gehrig *	.3401

George Sisler *	.3401

18	Jesse Burkett *	.3382

Tony Gwynn *	.3382

Nap Lajoie *	.3382

21	Jake Stenzel	.3378

22	Riggs Stephenson	.3361

23	Al Simmons *	.3342

24	Cap Anson *	.3341

25	John McGraw *	.3336

26	Eddie Collins *	.3332

Paul Waner *	.3332

28	Mike Donlin	.3326

29	Sam Thompson *	.3314

30	Stan Musial *	.3308

31	Bill Lange	.3298

Heinie Manush *	.3298

33	Wade Boggs *	.3279

34	Rod Carew *	.3278

35	Honus Wagner *	.3276

36	Tip O'Neill	.3260

37	Hugh Duffy *	.3255

Bob Fothergill	.3255

39	Jimmie Foxx *	.3253

40	Earle Combs *	.3247

41	Joe DiMaggio *	.3246

42	Babe Herman	.3245

43	Joe Medwick *	.3236

44	Edd Roush *	.3227

45	Sam Rice *	.3223

46	Ross Youngs *	.3222

47	Kiki Cuyler *	.3210

48	Charlie Gehringer *	.3204

49	Chuck Klein *	.3201

50	Mickey Cochrane *	.3196

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Tris Speaker placed sixth in the Major League Baseball (MLB).

final_sentence: Tris Speaker placed sixth in the Major League Baseball (MLB).