best batting average with minimum 150 hit in a season with game with 1 hit in a game national league player between 1901 to 2022

Between the 1901 and 2022 seasons, Rogers Hornsby had the best batting average in the NL with 1+ hit with 150+ hits in a season, with an average of .496 in 1924.

Interpreted as:
best batting average by a player with minimum 150 hit in a season with game with 1 or more hit in a game national league 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
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 Arky Vaughan
A. Vaughan
.487
192
1935
PIT PIT
105
394
101
34
10
19
93
68
4
11
4
471
303
63
5
.567
.769
1.336
3 Phil Cavarretta
P. Cavarretta
.480
177
1945
CHC CHC
96
369
82
34
10
6
94
61
1
19
5
434
249
50
3
4
.555
.675
1.229
4 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
5 Babe Herman
B. Herman
.475
241
1930
BKN BKN
122
507
134
48
11
35
129
45
4
29
15
566
416
94
10
.522
.821
1.342
6 Honus Wagner
H. Wagner
.471
180
1907
PIT PIT
101
382
86
38
14
6
34
2
52
427
264
58
12
.691
7 Tony Gwynn
T. Gwynn
.470
175
1993
SDP SDP
88
372
68
41
3
7
58
22
1
10
8
1
401
243
51
0
6
6
6
.494
.653
1.147
8 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
9 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
10 Larry Walker
L. Walker
.467
208
1997
COL COL
113
445
135
46
4
49
130
55
12
57
30
6
516
409
99
0
4
11
11
.533
.919
1.452
11 Bill Terry
B. Terry
.466
254
1930
NYG NYG
129
545
135
39
15
23
126
37
1
24
8
598
392
77
15
.501
.719
1.220
12 Honus Wagner
H. Wagner
.465
175
1906
PIT PIT
99
376
97
38
9
2
38
3
46
422
237
49
5
.518
.630
1.148
13 Stan Musial
S. Musial
.465
230
1948
SLN SLN
121
495
126
46
18
39
126
58
3
25
6
556
429
103
0
17
.523
.867
1.390
14 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
15 Gary Sheffield
G. Sheffield
.464
160
2001
LAD LAD
92
345
87
28
2
36
97
60
1
27
7
3
409
300
66
0
3
9
7
.540
.870
1.410
16 Todd Helton
T. Helton
.464
216
2000
COL COL
121
466
127
59
2
42
138
70
2
42
5
3
543
405
103
0
5
17
10
.530
.869
1.399
17 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
18 Chuck Klein
C. Klein
.463
223
1933
PHN PHN
118
482
96
44
7
28
115
39
1
24
14
525
365
79
3
.504
.757
1.261
19 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
20 Andres Galarraga
A. Galarraga
.460
174
1993
COL COL
93
378
69
35
4
22
94
22
3
47
2
4
407
283
61
0
4
12
6
.489
.749
1.238
21 Vada Pinson
V. Pinson
.460
208
1961
CIN CIN
111
452
94
34
8
16
80
27
1
44
18
9
483
306
58
0
3
0
2
.489
.677
1.166
22 Miguel Cabrera
M. Cabrera
.460
195
2006
FLA FLA
112
424
104
50
2
26
111
56
8
59
7
5
491
327
78
0
3
18
13
.527
.771
1.299
23 Jim Edmonds
J. Edmonds
.458
152
2001
STL STL
92
332
82
38
1
30
102
52
3
75
3
4
391
282
69
1
3
8
3
.531
.849
1.380
24 Mel Ott
M. Ott
.457
182
1930
NYG NYG
107
398
107
34
5
25
114
67
0
22
9
480
301
64
15
.535
.756
1.292
25 Albert Pujols
A. Pujols
.457
187
2008
STL STL
108
409
90
44
0
37
113
70
3
34
4
3
487
342
81
0
5
28
14
.534
.836
1.370
StatMuse has game-level data for batting average and hits going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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