Between the 1901 and 2022 seasons, Mickey Mantle had the highest batting average with 1+ hit with 150+ hits in a season, with an average of .497 in 1957.
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best batting average with minimum 150 hit in a season with game with 1 or more hit in a game by player between 1901 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 |  | M. Mantle | .497 | 173 | 1957 | 97 | 348 | 100 | 28 | 6 | 34 | 91 | 82 | 0 | 44 | 15 | 2 | 432 | 315 | 68 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 3 | .590 | .905 | 1.495 | |
| 2 |  | R. Hornsby | .496 | 227 | 1924 | 119 | 458 | 116 | 43 | 14 | 25 | 93 | 73 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 544 | 373 | 82 | 11 | .567 | .814 | 1.381 | |||||
| 3 |  | A. Vaughan | .487 | 192 | 1935 | 105 | 394 | 101 | 34 | 10 | 19 | 93 | 68 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 471 | 303 | 63 | 5 | .567 | .769 | 1.336 | |||||
| 4 | | N. Lajoie | .486 | 232 | 1901 | 114 | 477 | 139 | 48 | 14 | 14 | 124 | 22 | 9 | 26 | 510 | 350 | 76 | 2 | .518 | .734 | 1.251 | ||||||
| 5 |  | T. Cobb | .486 | 157 | 1925 | 80 | 323 | 91 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 103 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 373 | 248 | 55 | 4 | .550 | .768 | 1.318 | |||||
| 6 | | H. Heilmann | .486 | 201 | 1927 | 110 | 414 | 99 | 50 | 9 | 14 | 114 | 54 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 483 | 311 | 73 | 13 | .547 | .751 | 1.298 | |||||
| 7 | | J. Jackson | .484 | 197 | 1913 | 110 | 407 | 98 | 39 | 17 | 7 | 68 | 50 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 465 | 291 | 63 | 4 | .544 | .715 | 1.259 | |||||
| 8 |  | T. Williams | .484 | 163 | 1957 | 102 | 337 | 87 | 28 | 1 | 38 | 86 | 90 | 5 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 434 | 307 | 67 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 10 | .594 | .911 | 1.505 | |
| 9 | | T. Cobb | .481 | 216 | 1909 | 120 | 449 | 107 | 33 | 10 | 9 | 100 | 38 | 5 | 65 | 510 | 296 | 52 | 18 | .526 | .659 | 1.186 | ||||||
| 10 | | N. Lajoie | .481 | 227 | 1910 | 125 | 472 | 90 | 52 | 8 | 4 | 47 | 4 | 27 | 541 | 307 | 64 | 18 | .532 | .650 | 1.182 | |||||||
| 11 | | P. Cavarretta | .480 | 177 | 1945 | 96 | 369 | 82 | 34 | 10 | 6 | 94 | 61 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 434 | 249 | 50 | 3 | 4 | .555 | .675 | 1.229 | ||||
| 12 |  | B. Ruth | .479 | 184 | 1926 | 114 | 384 | 130 | 30 | 5 | 47 | 150 | 108 | 2 | 51 | 11 | 502 | 365 | 82 | 8 | .595 | .951 | 1.546 | |||||
| 13 | | B. Ruth | .478 | 205 | 1923 | 116 | 429 | 135 | 45 | 13 | 41 | 129 | 116 | 2 | 69 | 14 | 550 | 399 | 99 | 3 | .590 | .930 | 1.521 | |||||
| 14 | | R. Hornsby | .477 | 203 | 1925 | 111 | 426 | 124 | 41 | 10 | 39 | 139 | 63 | 2 | 33 | 5 | 502 | 381 | 90 | 11 | .546 | .894 | 1.440 | |||||
| 15 | | B. Herman | .475 | 241 | 1930 | 122 | 507 | 134 | 48 | 11 | 35 | 129 | 45 | 4 | 29 | 15 | 566 | 416 | 94 | 10 | .522 | .821 | 1.342 | |||||
| 16 | | T. Williams | .474 | 185 | 1941 | 113 | 390 | 127 | 33 | 3 | 37 | 116 | 110 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 503 | 335 | 73 | 0 | 8 | .592 | .859 | 1.451 | ||||
| 17 | | T. Cobb | .474 | 194 | 1910 | 109 | 409 | 94 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 84 | 52 | 2 | 58 | 473 | 279 | 56 | 10 | .536 | .682 | 1.218 | ||||||
| 18 | | T. Cobb | .474 | 197 | 1921 | 101 | 416 | 121 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 98 | 48 | 3 | 15 | 21 | 483 | 302 | 65 | 16 | .531 | .726 | 1.257 | |||||
| 19 | | J. Jackson | .472 | 226 | 1912 | 123 | 479 | 114 | 44 | 26 | 3 | 40 | 8 | 31 | 540 | 331 | 73 | 13 | .520 | .691 | 1.211 | |||||||
| 20 | | H. Heilmann | .472 | 225 | 1925 | 121 | 477 | 95 | 40 | 11 | 13 | 129 | 56 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 550 | 326 | 64 | 16 | .528 | .683 | 1.212 | |||||
| 21 | | G. Sisler | .472 | 257 | 1920 | 130 | 545 | 129 | 49 | 18 | 19 | 117 | 33 | 2 | 15 | 40 | 589 | 399 | 86 | 9 | .503 | .732 | 1.236 | |||||
| 22 | | T. Speaker | .471 | 214 | 1920 | 116 | 454 | 124 | 50 | 11 | 8 | 112 | 69 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 545 | 310 | 69 | 19 | .544 | .683 | 1.227 | |||||
| 23 | | T. Williams | .471 | 181 | 1947 | 105 | 384 | 104 | 40 | 9 | 32 | 108 | 88 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 473 | 335 | 81 | 0 | 4 | .571 | .872 | 1.443 | ||||
| 24 | | H. Wagner | .471 | 180 | 1907 | 101 | 382 | 86 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 34 | 2 | 52 | 427 | 264 | 58 | 12 | .691 | |||||||||
| 25 |  | T. Gwynn | .470 | 175 | 1993 | 88 | 372 | 68 | 41 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 401 | 243 | 51 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | .494 | .653 | 1.147 | |
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