| 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 | |