best batting average with minimum 170 hit in a season with game with 1 hit in a game by player between 1920 to 1930

Between the 1920 and 1930 seasons, Rogers Hornsby had the highest batting average with 1+ hit with 170+ hits in a season, with an average of .496 in 1924.

Interpreted as:
best batting average with minimum 170 hit in a season with game with 1 or more hit in a game by player between 1920 to 1930
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 Harry Heilmann
H. Heilmann
.486
201
1927
DET DET
110
414
99
50
9
14
114
54
2
11
11
483
311
73
13
.547
.751
1.298
3 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.479
184
1926
NYY NYY
114
384
130
30
5
47
150
108
2
51
11
502
365
82
8
.595
.951
1.546
4 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.478
205
1923
NYY NYY
116
429
135
45
13
41
129
116
2
69
14
550
399
99
3
.590
.930
1.521
5 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
6 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
7 Ty Cobb
T. Cobb
.474
197
1921
DET DET
101
416
121
37
16
12
98
48
3
15
21
483
302
65
16
.531
.726
1.257
8 Harry Heilmann
H. Heilmann
.472
225
1925
DET DET
121
477
95
40
11
13
129
56
1
17
5
550
326
64
16
.528
.683
1.212
9 George Sisler
G. Sisler
.472
257
1920
SLA SLA
130
545
129
49
18
19
117
33
2
15
40
589
399
86
9
.503
.732
1.236
10 Tristram Speaker
T. Speaker
.471
214
1920
CLE CLE
116
454
124
50
11
8
112
69
3
6
10
545
310
69
19
.544
.683
1.227
11 Lou Gehrig
L. Gehrig
.470
220
1930
NYY NYY
120
468
134
42
17
41
166
73
3
44
10
557
419
100
13
.544
.895
1.439
12 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.469
200
1924
NYY NYY
117
426
127
39
7
46
122
96
3
55
8
528
391
92
3
.570
.918
1.487
13 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
14 Tristram Speaker
T. Speaker
.468
183
1921
CLE CLE
96
391
100
52
14
3
73
48
1
8
2
450
272
69
10
.527
.696
1.223
15 Joe Jackson
J. Jackson
.467
218
1920
CWS CWS
117
467
100
42
20
12
117
43
6
10
7
528
336
74
12
.517
.719
1.237
16 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
17 Ty Cobb
T. Cobb
.465
211
1922
DET DET
111
454
94
42
16
4
95
45
4
19
9
520
297
62
17
.517
.654
1.171
18 Harry Heilmann
H. Heilmann
.465
237
1921
DET DET
124
510
113
43
14
19
133
42
2
24
2
567
365
76
13
.507
.716
1.223
19 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
20 Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
.464
172
1920
NYY NYY
109
371
145
36
9
54
131
108
2
53
13
485
388
99
4
.586
1.046
1.632
21 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
22 George Sisler
G. Sisler
.462
244
1922
SLA SLA
125
528
133
42
18
8
105
40
3
12
50
585
346
68
14
.503
.655
1.158
23 Harry Heilmann
H. Heilmann
.460
184
1926
DET DET
105
400
84
41
8
9
98
45
4
14
6
467
268
58
18
.519
.670
1.189
24 Heinie Manush
H. Manush
.458
241
1928
SLA SLA
124
526
100
47
20
13
105
28
0
11
16
568
367
80
14
.486
.698
1.183
25 Tristram Speaker
T. Speaker
.458
218
1923
CLE CLE
122
476
122
59
11
17
126
75
3
12
7
573
350
87
19
.534
.735
1.270
StatMuse has game-level data for batting average and hits going back to the 1901 season.
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