Deacon White had the best batting average in 1877, with an average of .387.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player 1877

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	PA	TB	XBH	SLG	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Deacon White D. White	.387	1877	BOS	59	266	51	103	14	11	2	49	8	3	274	145	27	.545	70	30.1	.429	170	29.1
2	John Cassidy J. Cassidy	.378	1877	HAR	60	251	43	95	10	5	0	27	3	3	254	115	15	.458	56	19.5	.387	155	21.1
3	Cal McVey C. McVey	.368	1877	CWS	60	266	58	98	9	7	0	36	8	11	274	121	16	.455	61	20.9	.386	143	17.9
4	Jim O'Rourke J. O'Rourke	.362	1877	BOS	61	265	68	96	14	4	0	23	20	9	285	118	18	.445	65	23.6	.395	153	22.6
5	Cap Anson C. Anson	.337	1877	CWS	59	255	52	86	19	1	0	32	9	3	264	107	20	.420	53	14.5	.359	129	11.6
6	Joe Start J. Start	.332	1877	HAR	60	271	55	90	3	6	1	21	6	2	277	108	10	.399	52	11.7	.343	132	13.5
7	George Hall G. Hall	.323	1877	LOU	61	269	53	87	15	8	0	26	12	19	281	118	23	.439	57	15.9	.361	125	10.8
8	John Clapp J. Clapp	.318	1877	STL	60	255	47	81	6	6	0	34	8	6	263	99	12	.388	48	9.5	.335	128	11.2
9	Jack Manning J. Manning	.317	1877	CIN	57	252	47	80	16	7	0	36	5	6	257	110	23	.437	49	11.9	.348	132	12.5
10	John Peters J. Peters	.317	1877	CWS	60	265	45	84	10	3	0	41	1	7	266	100	13	.377	45	6.4	.320	109	3.5
11	Charley Jones C. Jones	.313	1877	TOT	57	240	53	75	12	10	2	38	15	25	255	113	24	.471	54	16.8	.373	145	17.2
12	Mike Dorgan M. Dorgan	.308	1877	STL	60	266	45	82	9	7	0	23	9	13	275	105	16	.395	50	9.5	.333	127	11.3
13	Joe Gerhardt J. Gerhardt	.304	1877	LOU	59	250	41	76	6	5	1	35	5	8	255	95	12	.380	43	6.2	.320	104	1.6
14	John Morrill J. Morrill	.302	1877	BOS	61	242	47	73	5	1	0	28	6	15	248	80	6	.331	39	2.7	.303	105	1.8
15	Lip Pike L. Pike	.298	1877	CIN	58	262	45	78	12	4	4	23	9	7	271	110	20	.420	50	10.3	.337	127	10.8
16	Ezra Sutton E. Sutton	.292	1877	BOS	58	253	43	74	10	6	0	39	4	10	257	96	16	.379	42	4.6	.312	109	3.6
17	Jumbo Latham J. Latham	.291	1877	LOU	59	278	42	81	10	6	0	22	5	6	283	103	16	.371	46	4.4	.309	98	-0.8
18	Andy Leonard A. Leonard	.287	1877	BOS	58	272	46	78	5	0	0	27	5	5	277	83	5	.305	39	-1.3	.283	94	-2.4
19	George Shafer G. Shafer	.285	1877	LOU	61	260	38	74	9	5	3	34	9	17	269	102	17	.392	46	6.6	.320	104	1.7
20	Tom York T. York	.283	1877	HAR	56	237	43	67	16	7	1	37	3	11	240	100	24	.422	41	6	.321	121	7.6
21	Bill Crowley B. Crowley	.282	1877	LOU	61	238	30	67	9	3	1	23	4	13	242	85	13	.357	37	1.8	.298	93	-2.7
22	Paul Hines P. Hines	.280	1877	CWS	60	261	44	73	11	7	0	23	1	8	262	98	18	.375	40	1.9	.298	97	-1
23	Bob Addy B. Addy	.278	1877	CIN	57	245	27	68	2	3	0	31	6	5	251	76	5	.310	35	-1.4	.282	98	-0.9
24	George Wright G. Wright	.276	1877	BOS	61	290	58	80	15	1	0	35	9	15	299	97	16	.334	45	1	.293	100	-0.1
25	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	.269	1877	LOU	61	268	38	72	6	3	1	27	7	27	275	87	10	.325	39	-1.2	.283	85	-6.3