Tip O'Neill had the best batting average in 1887, with an average of .435.

Interpreted as:

highest 1887 batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Tip O'Neill T. O'Neill	.435	1887	STL	124	517	167	225	52	19	14	123	50	5	20	30	572	357	85	.490	.691	1.180	191	96.4	.525	190	88.9
2	Pete Browning P. Browning	.402	1887	LOU	134	547	137	220	35	16	4	118	55	8	39	103	610	299	55	.464	.547	1.011	172	71.3	.465	161	64.3
3	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	.372	1887	DET	127	545	118	203	29	23	10	166	32	9	19	22	586	308	62	.416	.565	.982	153	56.7	.443	154	53.8
4	Denny Lyons D. Lyons	.367	1887	PHA	137	570	128	209	43	14	6	102	47	6	16	73	623	298	63	.421	.523	.943	157	54.6	.432	146	49.5
5	Bob Caruthers B. Caruthers	.357	1887	STL	98	364	102	130	23	11	8	73	66	6	21	49	436	199	42	.463	.547	1.010	122	50.1	.463	159	44.4
6	Dave Foutz D. Foutz	.357	1887	STL	102	423	79	151	26	13	4	108	23	2	20	22	448	215	43	.393	.508	.901	105	30.9	.411	132	25
7	Cap Anson C. Anson	.347	1887	CWS	122	472	107	164	33	13	7	102	60	1	18	27	533	244	53	.422	.517	.939	134	46	.430	141	37.2
8	Oyster Burns O. Burns	.341	1887	BAL	140	551	122	188	33	19	9	99	63	5	47	58	619	286	61	.414	.519	.933	153	50.9	.426	145	47.9
9	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	.338	1887	DET	123	500	153	169	36	20	12	101	71	6	9	34	577	281	68	.426	.562	.988	152	57.5	.446	156	54.6
10	John Ward J. Ward	.338	1887	NYG	129	545	114	184	16	5	1	53	29	4	12	111	578	213	22	.375	.391	.766	111	15.9	.363	116	15.9
11	Charlie Comiskey C. Comiskey	.335	1887	STL	125	538	139	180	22	5	4	103	27	7	11	117	572	224	31	.374	.416	.790	114	19.5	.371	112	12
12	Sam Wise S. Wise	.334	1887	BSN	113	467	103	156	27	17	9	92	36	7	44	43	510	244	53	.390	.522	.913	120	36.2	.413	141	35.4
13	Hardy Richardson H. Richardson	.328	1887	DET	120	543	131	178	25	18	8	94	31	2	40	29	576	263	51	.366	.484	.851	122	27.6	.387	125	24.7
14	Fred Carroll F. Carroll	.328	1887	PIT	102	421	71	138	24	15	6	54	36	2	21	23	459	210	45	.383	.499	.882	104	28	.401	139	30.2
15	Ed Andrews E. Andrews	.325	1887	PHN	104	464	110	151	19	7	4	67	21	3	21	57	488	196	30	.359	.422	.781	93	13.2	.362	111	9.1
16	Jerry Denny J. Denny	.324	1887	IND	122	510	86	165	34	12	11	97	13	3	22	29	526	256	57	.344	.502	.846	108	21.8	.379	121	19.1
17	King Kelly K. Kelly	.322	1887	BSN	116	484	120	156	34	11	8	63	55	1	40	84	540	236	53	.393	.488	.880	123	34	.404	136	33
18	Jack Rowe J. Rowe	.318	1887	DET	124	537	135	171	30	10	6	96	39	3	11	22	579	239	46	.368	.445	.813	118	22.2	.376	120	19.3
19	Arlie Latham A. Latham	.316	1887	STL	136	627	163	198	35	10	2	83	45	5	29	129	677	259	47	.366	.413	.779	131	19.7	.365	109	10.9
20	Pop Corkhill P. Corkhill	.311	1887	CIN	128	541	79	168	19	11	5	97	14	4	10	30	559	224	35	.333	.414	.747	98	5.8	.344	100	0.4
21	Henry Larkin H. Larkin	.310	1887	PHA	126	497	105	154	22	12	3	88	48	8	13	37	553	209	37	.380	.421	.800	112	21.4	.376	118	16.9
22	Jumbo Davis J. Davis	.309	1887	BAL	130	485	81	150	23	19	8	109	28	5	27	49	518	235	50	.353	.485	.838	107	21.3	.379	121	18.7
23	John Reilly J. Reilly	.309	1887	CIN	134	551	106	170	35	14	10	96	22	15	29	50	588	263	59	.352	.477	.829	120	23	.376	117	17.2
24	Otto Schomberg O. Schomberg	.308	1887	IND	112	419	91	129	18	16	5	83	56	6	32	21	481	194	39	.397	.463	.860	107	28.3	.399	132	25.9
25	Paul Hines P. Hines	.308	1887	WSH	123	478	83	147	32	5	10	72	48	8	24	46	534	219	47	.380	.458	.838	114	26.1	.388	130	27

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