page_title: Major League Baseball titles leaders
section_title: Batting titles
hierarchical_section_title: Major League Baseball titles leaders / Batting titles
caption_attribution_description: English: Ty Cobb, 1913. Glass negative; 5×7 in. or smaller. Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Caption fading. Gift to Library of Congress; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch four.
context_page_description: At the end of each Major League Baseball season, the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced. Leading either the American League or the National League in a particular category is referred to as a title.
  The following lists describe which players hold the most titles in a career for a particular category. Listed are players with four or more titles in a category. Active players are highlighted.
context_section_description: 12 Ty Cobb (1907–1915, 1917–1919)*
  8 Honus Wagner (1900, 1903–1904, 1906–1909, 1911)
  8 Tony Gwynn (1984, 1987–1989, 1994–1997)
  7 Rogers Hornsby (1920–1925, 1928)
  7 Stan Musial (1943, 1946, 1948, 1950–1952, 1957)
  7 Rod Carew (1969, 1972–1975, 1977–1978)
  6 Ted Williams (1941–1942, 1947–1948, 1957–1958)
  5 Dan Brouthers (1882–1883, 1889, 1891–1892)
  5 Wade Boggs (1983, 1985–1988)
  4 Nap Lajoie (1901, 1903–1904, 1910)*
  4 Harry Heilmann (1921, 1923, 1925, 1927)
  4 Roberto Clemente (1961, 1964–1965, 1967)
  4 Bill Madlock (1975–1976, 1981, 1983)
  * The 1910 American League batting title is disputed, with different sources giving the title to Ty Cobb or to Nap Lajoie or to both. See 1910 Chalmers Award.
caption: Ty Cobb
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