| Rank,Player,Avg.,Pos.,Team(s),Years | |
| 1,Ty Cobb,.366,OF,"Philadelphia (AL), Detroit (AL)",1905–28 | |
| 2,Rogers Hornsby,.358,2B,"St. Louis (NL), New York (NL), Boston (NL), Chicago (NL), St. Louis (NL), St. Louis (AL)",1915–37 | |
| 3,Shoeless Joe Jackson,.356,OF,"Philadelphia (AL), Cleveland (AL), Chicago (AL)",1908–20 | |
| 4,Lefty O'Doul,.349,OF,"New York (AL), Boston (AL), New York (NL), Philadelphia (NL), Brooklyn (NL)","1919–23, 1928–34" | |
| 5,Ed Delahanty,.346,OF,"Philadelphia (NL), Cleveland (PL), Philadelphia (NL), Washington (AL)",1888–1903 | |
| 6,Tris Speaker,.345,OF,"Boston (AL), Cleveland (AL), Washington (AL), Philadelphia (AL)",1907–28 | |
| 7,Billy Hamilton,.344,OF,"Kansas City (AA), Philadelphia (NL), Boston (NL)",1888–1901 | |
| 8,Ted Williams,.344,OF,Boston (AL),"1939–42, 1946–60" | |
| 9,Dan Brouthers,.342,1B,"Troy (NL), Buffalo (NL), Detroit (NL), Boston (NL), Boston (PL), Brooklyn (NL), Baltimore (NL), Louisville (NL), Philadelphia (NL), New York (NL)","1879–96, 1904" | |
| 10,Babe Ruth,.342,OF,"Boston (AL), New York (AL), Boston (NL)",1914–35 | |