48 players are tied for the best batting average in a game with >0 at-bats, with an average of 1.000. The first three are Claude Ritchey on April 23, 1901, Charlie Dexter on April 24, 1901 and Pete Dowling on April 25, 1901.
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best hitters to get on base first at bat in a game| NAME | AVG | AB | DATE | TM | OPP | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
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| 1 |  | C. Ritchey | 1.000 | 4 | 4/23/1901 |  PIT | @ |  STL | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 |  | C. Dexter | 1.000 | 3 | 4/24/1901 |  CHO | @ |  CIN | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 3 |  | P. Dowling | 1.000 | 1 | 4/25/1901 |  MIL | @ |  DET | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 |  | L. McLean | 1.000 | 1 | 4/26/1901 |  BSA | @ |  BAL | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | H. Duffy | 1.000 | 1 | 4/26/1901 | MIL | @ | DET | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 6 |  | S. McAllister | 1.000 | 1 | 4/26/1901 | DET | vs | MIL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 7 |  | W. Keeler | 1.000 | 4 | 4/27/1901 |  BKN | vs |  BSN | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 8 |  | C. Bernard | 1.000 | 1 | 4/27/1901 |  NYG | @ |  PHN | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | S. Strang | 1.000 | 3 | 4/27/1901 | NYG | @ | PHN | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 10 |  | N. Lajoie | 1.000 | 3 | 4/27/1901 |  PHA | vs |  WSH | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | | D. Green | 1.000 | 1 | 4/29/1901 | CHO | vs | CIN | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 |  | A. McBride | 1.000 | 1 | 4/29/1901 | CIN | @ | CHO | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 13 |  | J. Dunn | 1.000 | 1 | 4/29/1901 | PHN | vs | NYG | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 14 | | N. Lajoie | 1.000 | 4 | 4/29/1901 | PHA | vs | BSA | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | | J. Connor | 1.000 | 1 | 4/30/1901 | MIL | @ |  CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 16 |  | R. Bresnahan | 1.000 | 2 | 4/30/1901 | BAL | @ | WSH | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | | J. Doyle | 1.000 | 1 | 5/1/1901 | CHO | @ | PIT | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | | K. Elberfeld | 1.000 | 3 | 5/1/1901 | DET | @ |  CWS | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | | J. Yeager | 1.000 | 2 | 5/1/1901 | DET | @ | CWS | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | B. Dahlen | 1.000 | 2 | 5/2/1901 | BKN | vs | PHN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 21 | | W. Keeler | 1.000 | 4 | 5/3/1901 | BKN | vs | PHN | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 22 |  | M. Kittridge | 1.000 | 1 | 5/4/1901 | BSN | vs | NYG | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 23 | | E. Frisk | 1.000 | 1 | 5/4/1901 | DET | vs | CLE | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | | F. Crolius | 1.000 | 2 | 5/6/1901 | BSN | vs | BKN | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | | B. Phillips | 1.000 | 1 | 5/6/1901 | CIN | vs | STL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for at-bats and batting average going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.
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