babe ruth had the best batting average in baseball history.
babe ruth had the best batting average in baseball history.
who had the best batting average in baseball history?
babe ruth
baseball experts and sportswriters consider hornsby to be one of the greatest hitters of all time. his lifetime batting average of .358 is only exceeded by ty cobb's career mark of .367. he won seven batting titles in total, a feat tied or exceeded by only five players (cobb (11 or 12, depending on the source), tony gwynn (8), honus wagner (8), rod carew (7), and stan musial (7)). hornsby led the national league in slugging percentage nine times, a record that still stands. he also hit more home runs, drove in more runs, and had a higher batting average than any other national league player during the 1920s, which makes him one of four players in baseball history (along with honus wagner, ted williams, and albert pujols) to win a decade "triple crown". he hit a career total of 301 home runs and was the first player to reach 300 while playing mostly in the national league. his 264 home runs as a second baseman was a major league record for that position until joe morgan surpassed him in 1984. hornsby was also a very consistent hitter whether he was playing at home or on the road. his lifetime home batting average was .359, and his lifetime away batting average was .358. ted williams, who had the highest career batting average since hornsby, said that hornsby was the greatest hitter for power and average in baseball, and frankie frisch said of him, "he's the only guy i know who could hit .350 in the dark." hornsby also holds second place on the unofficial major league record list of "consecutive games with two or more hits" with 13 games, first place honors going to count campau's 15-game streak. hornsby is only the second right-handed batter in history to hit over .400 three times and is considered, according to the "los angeles times", to be the greatest right-handed hitter in history. he led the national league in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and total bases every year from 1920 to 1925. he is one of only two players (the other being ted williams) to win the batting triple crown more than once, but only hornsby batted .400 on both occasions.
rogers hornsby
yokohama baystars second-basemen bobby rose is remembered as one of the best foreign players in japanese baseball. rose hit over .300 for seven of his eight seasons in japan. he also hit three cycles during his career, the most in japanese baseball history. rose had his best season in 1999, hitting 37 home runs with 153 rbis and a .369 batting average. this remains the highest batting average in japanese baseball among right-handed hitters, and his 153 rbis ranks second-most in japanese baseball history. he also led the league with 192 hits, which was a central league season record. he led the league in hits for the second straight season in 2000, and had the second highest batting average in the central league.
american expatriate baseball players in japan