Pete Browning had the best batting average in 1882, with an average of .378 in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player 1882

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	PA	TB	XBH	SLG	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Pete Browning P. Browning	.378	1882	LOU	69	288	67	109	17	3	5		26		314	147	25	.510	80	36.1	.425	187	37.7
2	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	.368	1882	BUF	84	351	71	129	23	11	6	63	21	7	372	192	40	.547	95	42.4	.424	171	38.8
3	Cap Anson C. Anson	.362	1882	CWS	82	348	69	126	29	8	1	83	20	7	368	174	38	.500	88	36.1	.403	159	32
4	Hick Carpenter H. Carpenter	.342	1882	CIN	80	351	78	120	15	5	1	67	10		361	148	21	.422	73	21.9	.355	146	22.8
5	Ed Swartwood E. Swartwood	.331	1882	PIT	77	329	87	109	18	11	4		21		350	161	33	.489	79	29.6	.386	163	30.4
6	Roger Connor R. Connor	.330	1882	TRO	81	349	65	115	22	18	4	42	13	20	362	185	44	.530	83	32	.391	157	30.6
7	Joe Start J. Start	.329	1882	PRO	82	356	58	117	8	10	0	48	11	7	367	145	18	.407	71	18.9	.343	134	18.5
8	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	.323	1882	BOS	61	251	49	81	18	7	5	48	24	13	275	128	30	.510	65	26	.399	162	25.3
9	George Gore G. Gore	.319	1882	CWS	84	367	99	117	15	7	3	51	29	19	396	155	25	.422	82	25.8	.360	137	21.4
10	Paul Hines P. Hines	.309	1882	PRO	84	379	73	117	28	10	4	34	10	14	389	177	42	.467	78	23.3	.354	140	22.8
11	King Kelly K. Kelly	.305	1882	CWS	84	377	81	115	37	4	1	55	10	27	387	163	42	.432	73	18.9	.339	126	14.6
12	Curry Foley C. Foley	.305	1882	BUF	84	341	51	104	16	4	3	49	12	26	353	137	23	.402	65	14.9	.331	122	11.5
13	Jack O'Brien J. O'Brien	.303	1882	PHI	62	241	44	73	13	3	3	37	13		254	101	19	.419	49	13.1	.343	133	11.6
14	Joe Hornung J. Hornung	.302	1882	BOS	85	388	67	117	14	11	1	50	2	25	390	156	26	.402	67	12.3	.317	120	11.3
15	Charlie Bennett C. Bennett	.301	1882	DET	84	342	43	103	16	10	5	51	20	33	362	154	31	.450	73	22	.355	137	20
16	Jimmy Wolf J. Wolf	.299	1882	LOU	78	318	46	95	11	8	0		9		327	122	19	.384	57	10.5	.318	127	12.2
17	Abner Dalrymple A. Dalrymple	.295	1882	CWS	84	397	96	117	25	11	1	36	14	18	411	167	37	.421	76	17.8	.332	122	13.2
18	Pop Snyder P. Snyder	.291	1882	CIN	72	309	49	90	12	2	1	50	9		318	109	15	.353	51	6.7	.303	117	7.4
19	Jack Glasscock J. Glasscock	.291	1882	CLE	84	358	66	104	27	9	4	46	13	9	371	161	40	.450	71	18.7	.341	131	17.2
20	John Peters J. Peters	.290	1882	PIT	78	331	47	96	10	1	0		5		336	108	11	.326	50	2.8	.287	108	3.6
21	John Morrill J. Morrill	.289	1882	BOS	83	349	73	101	19	11	2	54	18	29	367	148	32	.424	69	17.1	.336	130	16.2
22	Harry Stovey H. Stovey	.289	1882	WOR	84	360	90	104	13	10	5	26	22	34	382	152	28	.422	72	18.6	.339	122	12.2
23	Bill Gleason B. Gleason	.288	1882	STL	79	347	63	100	11	6	1		6		353	126	18	.363	56	6.6	.300	113	6.5
24	Joe Sommer J. Sommer	.288	1882	CIN	80	354	82	102	12	6	1	29	24		378	129	19	.364	66	13	.320	127	13.9
25	Jumbo Latham J. Latham	.285	1882	PHI	74	323	47	92	10	2	0	38	10		333	106	12	.328	51	3.9	.291	104	1.9