best ba with minimum 140 hit in a season with game with 1 hit in a game by national league player between 1920 to 1929

Between the 1920 and 1929 seasons, Rogers Hornsby had the highest batting average in the NL with 1+ hit with 140+ hits in a season, with an average of .496 in 1924.

Interpreted as:
best ba with minimum 140 hit in a season with game with 1 or more hit in a game by national league player between 1920 to 1929
NAME AVG H SEASON TM G AB R 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP OBP SLG OPS
1 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.496
227
1924
SLN SLN
119
458
116
43
14
25
93
73
2
17
5
544
373
82
11
.567
.814
1.381
2 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.477
203
1925
SLN SLN
111
426
124
41
10
39
139
63
2
33
5
502
381
90
11
.546
.894
1.440
3 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.468
163
1923
SLN SLN
85
348
82
32
10
17
81
38
1
23
2
392
266
59
5
.522
.764
1.286
4 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.468
229
1929
CHC CHC
124
489
148
47
8
39
145
64
0
45
2
568
409
94
15
.530
.836
1.366
5 Lefty O'Doul
L. O'Doul
.464
254
1929
PHN PHN
130
547
144
35
6
32
118
60
3
13
2
620
397
73
10
.520
.726
1.245
6 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.464
235
1921
SLN SLN
130
507
128
44
18
21
120
52
5
41
12
577
378
83
13
.518
.746
1.263
7 George Harper
G. Harper
.462
160
1927
NYG NYG
101
346
75
19
6
16
86
56
4
12
5
419
239
41
13
.542
.691
1.233
8 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.456
188
1928
BSN BSN
114
412
90
42
7
21
93
83
1
31
4
514
307
70
18
.548
.745
1.294
9 Ross Youngs
R. Youngs
.455
187
1924
NYG NYG
100
411
103
33
12
10
74
54
3
17
9
473
274
55
5
.521
.667
1.188
10 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.453
218
1920
SLN SLN
118
481
91
44
20
9
91
46
2
39
12
536
329
73
7
.503
.684
1.187
11 Babe Herman
B. Herman
.452
165
1928
BKN BKN
94
365
61
37
6
12
89
29
2
27
1
408
250
55
12
.495
.685
1.180
12 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.452
205
1927
NYG NYG
119
454
125
32
9
26
116
55
4
31
9
530
333
67
17
.515
.733
1.248
13 Paul Waner
P. Waner
.451
237
1927
PIT PIT
128
525
108
42
18
9
128
47
3
11
4
596
342
69
21
.499
.651
1.151
14 Cotton Tierney
C. Tierney
.451
152
1922
PIT PIT
86
337
54
26
14
7
78
16
1
24
6
370
227
47
16
.477
.674
1.151
15 Chick Hafey
C. Hafey
.451
175
1929
SLN SLN
97
388
94
47
9
29
123
33
2
20
7
428
327
85
5
.496
.843
1.339
16 Ray Blades
R. Blades
.451
142
1924
SLN SLN
82
315
74
21
13
11
66
19
7
16
6
352
222
45
11
.493
.705
1.197
17 Jim Bottomley
J. Bottomley
.450
194
1923
SLN SLN
106
431
77
34
14
8
89
33
4
32
4
482
280
56
14
.494
.650
1.143
18 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.450
250
1922
SLN SLN
135
556
134
46
14
42
151
51
1
39
17
621
450
102
13
.497
.809
1.306
19 Zack Wheat
Z. Wheat
.448
221
1925
BKN BKN
114
493
120
42
14
14
100
25
0
15
3
524
333
70
6
.475
.675
1.150
20 Ray Grimes
R. Grimes
.448
180
1922
CHC CHC
105
402
91
45
12
14
99
52
5
24
6
464
291
71
5
.516
.724
1.240
21 Babe Herman
B. Herman
.448
218
1929
BKN BKN
123
487
103
42
13
21
113
50
0
33
19
549
349
76
12
.499
.717
1.216
22 George Grantham
G. Grantham
.447
143
1926
PIT PIT
92
320
59
27
13
8
68
36
0
23
3
364
220
48
8
.503
.688
1.190
23 Adam Comorosky
A. Comorosky
.446
152
1929
PIT PIT
85
341
77
26
11
6
89
31
1
16
18
381
218
43
8
.493
.639
1.133
24 Ross Youngs
R. Youngs
.445
204
1920
NYG NYG
115
458
82
27
14
6
78
55
1
37
16
523
277
47
9
.506
.605
1.111
25 George Harper
G. Harper
.445
146
1922
CIN CIN
87
328
63
22
8
2
64
27
5
16
10
368
190
32
8
.494
.579
1.074
StatMuse has game-level data for batting average and hits going back to the 1901 season.
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