Nap Lajoie had the best batting average in 1904, with an average of .376.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player 1904

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	SH	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	.376	1904	CLE	140	553	92	208	49	15	5	102	27	8	19	29	594	302	69	6	.413	.546	.959	121	59.9	.451	194	58.7
2	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	.349	1904	PIT	132	490	97	171	44	14	4	75	59	4	44	53	558	255	62	5	.423	.520	.944	111	53.6	.444	178	48.2
3	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	.343	1904	NYH	143	543	78	186	14	8	2	40	35	7	12	21	612	222	24	27	.390	.409	.799	96	33.3	.382	141	26.5
4	Jake Beckley J. Beckley	.325	1904	SLN	142	551	72	179	22	9	1	67	35	9	31	17	610	222	32	15	.375	.403	.778	91	29.1	.372	136	24.5
5	Cy Seymour C. Seymour	.313	1904	CIN	131	531	71	166	26	13	5	58	29	3	23	11	570	233	44	7	.352	.439	.790	86	28.3	.375	129	18.1
6	Frank Chance F. Chance	.310	1904	CHC	124	451	89	140	16	10	6	49	36	16	21	42	514	194	32	11	.382	.430	.812	83	30.3	.389	148	27.5
7	Elmer Flick E. Flick	.306	1904	CLE	150	579	97	177	31	17	6	56	51	9	68	38	659	260	54	20	.371	.449	.820	107	39.2	.390	155	37.9
8	Ginger Beaumont G. Beaumont	.301	1904	PIT	153	615	97	185	12	12	3	54	34	1	22	28	673	230	27	23	.338	.374	.712	87	17.8	.340	115	11.4
9	Bill Bradley B. Bradley	.300	1904	CLE	154	609	94	183	32	8	6	83	26	5	76	23	667	249	46	27	.334	.409	.743	92	23.7	.354	132	22.4
10	John Titus J. Titus	.294	1904	PHN	146	504	60	148	25	5	4	55	46	8	38	15	565	195	34	7	.362	.387	.749	80	22.7	.361	129	18.4
11	Socks Seybold S. Seybold	.292	1904	PHA	143	510	56	149	26	9	3	64	42	4	45	12	572	202	38	16	.351	.396	.747	80	21.7	.357	131	18.8
12	Freddy Parent F. Parent	.291	1904	BSA	155	591	85	172	22	9	6	77	28	6	48	20	653	230	37	28	.330	.389	.719	85	18.6	.343	122	15.3
13	Roy Thomas R. Thomas	.290	1904	PHN	139	496	92	144	6	6	3	29	102	5	61	28	610	171	15	7	.416	.345	.761	93	30.5	.375	138	25.9
14	Lave Cross L. Cross	.290	1904	PHA	155	607	73	176	31	10	1	71	13	5	9	10	639	230	42	14	.310	.379	.689	77	11.3	.327	112	8.1
15	Chick Stahl C. Stahl	.290	1904	BSA	157	587	83	170	27	19	3	67	64	7	42	11	681	244	49	23	.366	.416	.782	103	33.2	.373	142	29.7
16	Danny Murphy D. Murphy	.287	1904	PHA	150	557	78	160	30	17	7	77	22	5	31	22	594	245	54	10	.320	.440	.760	84	23.3	.359	133	20.3
17	Dan McGann D. McGann	.286	1904	NYG	141	517	81	148	22	6	6	71	36	18	29	42	593	200	34	22	.354	.387	.741	83	22.4	.357	126	17.3
18	Jim Delahanty J. Delahanty	.285	1904	BSN	142	499	56	142	27	8	3	60	27	9	38	16	541	194	38	6	.333	.389	.721	71	16.1	.345	120	12
19	Fred Odwell F. Odwell	.284	1904	CIN	129	468	75	133	22	10	1	58	26	8	65	30	515	178	33	13	.333	.380	.713	66	13.9	.341	108	4.7
20	Cozy Dolan C. Dolan	.284	1904	CIN	129	465	88	132	8	10	6	51	39	2	44	19	522	178	24	16	.342	.383	.725	70	16.4	.348	112	7.1
21	George Browne G. Browne	.284	1904	NYG	150	596	99	169	16	5	4	39	39	4	50	24	661	207	25	22	.332	.347	.679	79	11.7	.327	108	6
22	Homer Smoot H. Smoot	.281	1904	SLN	137	520	58	146	23	6	3	66	37	2	55	23	573	190	32	14	.331	.365	.696	71	12.8	.334	113	8.5
23	Joe Kelley J. Kelley	.281	1904	CIN	123	449	75	126	21	13	0	63	49	6	25	15	519	173	34	15	.359	.385	.744	73	19.7	.358	118	10.5
24	Art Devlin A. Devlin	.281	1904	NYG	130	474	81	133	16	8	1	66	62	6	48	33	562	168	25	20	.371	.354	.725	77	19.6	.353	124	14.7
25	Spike Shannon S. Shannon	.280	1904	SLN	134	500	84	140	10	3	1	26	50	3	63	34	582	159	14	29	.349	.318	.667	69	9.6	.325	108	5.2