Between the 1912 and 2022 seasons, Lefty O'Doul had the best batting average in the NL with 3+ hits with 100+ hits in a season, with an average of .725 in 1929.
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best batting average by a player with minimum 100 hit in a season with game with 3 or more hit in a game national league player between 1912 to 2022| 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 | ||
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| 1 |  | L. O'Doul | .725 | 111 | 1929 |  PHN | 33 | 153 | 54 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 169 | 159 | 26 | 4 | .745 | 1.039 | 1.785 | ||||
| 2 |  | B. Terry | .722 | 109 | 1930 |  NYG | 32 | 151 | 44 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 52 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 156 | 173 | 36 | 2 | .727 | 1.146 | 1.873 | ||||
| 3 |  | B. Herman | .711 | 113 | 1930 |  BKN | 35 | 159 | 59 | 18 | 4 | 17 | 63 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 174 | 190 | 39 | 2 | .733 | 1.195 | 1.928 | ||||
| 4 |  | R. Hornsby | .697 | 101 | 1922 |  SLN | 32 | 145 | 49 | 12 | 6 | 20 | 62 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 160 | 185 | 38 | 4 | .718 | 1.276 | 1.994 | ||||
| 5 | | R. Hornsby | .687 | 101 | 1921 | SLN | 33 | 147 | 48 | 22 | 7 | 12 | 54 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 156 | 173 | 41 | 1 | .703 | 1.177 | 1.880 |
StatMuse has game-level data for batting average and hits going back to the 1901 season.
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