George Gore had the highest batting average in 1880, with an average of .360.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player 1880

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	PA	TB	XBH	SLG	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	George Gore G. Gore	.360	1880	CWS	77	322	70	116	23	2	2	47	21	10	343	149	27	.463	75	31.1	.391	164	28.8
2	Cap Anson C. Anson	.337	1880	CWS	86	356	54	120	24	1	1	74	14	12	370	149	26	.419	71	23.7	.355	144	21.3
3	Roger Connor R. Connor	.332	1880	TRO	83	340	53	113	18	8	3	47	13	21	353	156	29	.459	71	25.9	.368	150	23.1
4	Abner Dalrymple A. Dalrymple	.330	1880	CWS	86	382	91	126	25	12	0	36	3	18	385	175	37	.458	74	24.8	.355	144	22.2
5	Tom Burns T. Burns	.309	1880	CWS	85	333	47	103	17	3	0	43	12	23	345	126	20	.378	58	14.4	.324	127	12.1
6	Paul Hines P. Hines	.307	1880	PRO	85	374	64	115	20	2	3	35	13	17	387	148	25	.396	67	17.8	.330	136	18.2
7	Charley Jones C. Jones	.300	1880	BOS	66	280	44	84	15	3	5	37	11	27	291	120	23	.429	53	15.7	.341	141	15.7
8	Blondie Purcell B. Purcell	.292	1880	CIN	77	325	48	95	13	6	1	24	5	13	330	123	20	.378	52	9.8	.308	120	8.4
9	Curry Foley C. Foley	.292	1880	BOS	80	332	44	97	13	2	2	31	8	14	340	120	17	.361	53	9.4	.305	121	9.3
10	King Kelly K. Kelly	.291	1880	CWS	84	344	72	100	17	9	1	60	12	22	356	138	27	.401	60	14.6	.323	126	12.2
11	John Clapp J. Clapp	.282	1880	CIN	80	323	33	91	16	4	1	20	21	10	344	118	21	.365	56	12.4	.316	124	10.9
12	Joe Start J. Start	.278	1880	PRO	82	345	53	96	14	6	0	27	13	20	358	122	20	.354	54	8.5	.299	119	8.8
13	Fred Dunlap F. Dunlap	.276	1880	CLE	85	373	61	103	27	9	4	30	7	32	380	160	40	.429	64	15.1	.322	132	16
14	Jim O'Rourke J. O'Rourke	.275	1880	BOS	86	363	71	100	20	11	6	45	21	8	384	160	37	.441	69	20.4	.340	141	20.3
15	John O'Rourke J. O'Rourke	.275	1880	BOS	81	313	30	86	22	8	3	36	18	32	331	133	33	.425	58	16	.333	137	15.9
16	Jack Farrell J. Farrell	.271	1880	PRO	80	339	46	92	12	5	3	36	10	6	349	123	20	.363	52	7.7	.297	118	8
17	Bill Crowley B. Crowley	.268	1880	BUF	85	354	57	95	16	4	0	20	19	23	373	119	20	.336	55	7.4	.294	111	5.4
18	George Shafer G. Shafer	.266	1880	CLE	83	338	62	90	14	9	0	21	17	36	355	122	23	.361	54	8.8	.301	121	9.6
19	Joe Hornung J. Hornung	.266	1880	BUF	85	342	47	91	8	11	1	42	8	29	350	124	20	.363	51	6.1	.291	109	4.2
20	Harry Stovey H. Stovey	.265	1880	WOR	83	355	76	94	21	14	6	28	12	46	367	161	41	.454	64	17.1	.331	127	12.8
21	Bob Ferguson B. Ferguson	.262	1880	TRO	82	332	55	87	9	0	0	22	24	24	356	96	9	.289	49	3.6	.281	102	0.8
22	Hardy Richardson H. Richardson	.259	1880	BUF	83	343	48	89	18	8	0	17	14	37	357	123	26	.359	52	6.9	.293	111	4.9
23	Emil Gross E. Gross	.259	1880	PRO	87	347	43	90	18	3	1	34	16	15	363	117	22	.337	52	5.5	.288	112	5.8
24	Arthur Irwin A. Irwin	.259	1880	WOR	85	352	53	91	19	4	1	35	11	27	363	121	24	.344	51	4.4	.284	100	0.2
25	Bill Phillips B. Phillips	.254	1880	CLE	85	334	41	85	14	10	1	36	6	29	340	122	25	.365	48	4.3	.284	111	5.1