ty cobb has the highest lifetime batting average in major league baseball.
ty cobb has the highest lifetime batting average in major league baseball.
who has the highest lifetime batting average in major league baseball?
ty cobb
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
in addition to batting .300 or higher in three consecutive seasons, danning had a .285 career batting average, tying yogi berra for the 18th highest lifetime batting average among hall of fame eligible major league baseball catchers. he hit 57 lifetime home runs and 397 rbis in 890 games. he had a career fielding percentage of .985, leading national league catchers three times in putouts, and twice in assists and baserunners caught stealing. during his career, he threw out 47% of runners attempting to steal. he caught the screwballer carl hubbell, and was also a teammate of mel ott, bill terry and travis jackson, four hall of famers.
harry danning