Ty Cobb had the best batting average in 1912, with an average of .409.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player 1912

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.409	1912	DET	140	553	120	226	30	23	7	83	43	5	30	61	34	609	323	60	8	.456	.584	1.040	140	67.5	.485	188	65
2	Joe Jackson J. Jackson	.395	1912	CLE	154	572	121	226	44	26	3	90	54	12	19	35	20	653	331	73	15	.458	.579	1.036	150	71.4	.483	187	68.7
3	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	.383	1912	BSA	153	580	136	222	53	12	10	90	82	6	36	52	28	675	329	75	7	.464	.567	1.031	154	73.6	.483	190	74.1
4	Heinie Zimmerman H. Zimmerman	.372	1912	CHC	145	557	95	207	41	14	14	104	38	6	60	23		619	318	69	18	.418	.571	.989	131	57.2	.461	162	50.6
5	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	.368	1912	CLE	117	448	66	165	34	4	0	90	28	7	11	18	5	500	207	38	17	.414	.462	.876	90	30.2	.418	146	28.1
6	Eddie Collins E. Collins	.348	1912	PHA	153	543	137	189	25	11	0	64	101	0	28	63	22	673	236	36	29	.450	.435	.885	127	46.1	.428	159	48.1
7	Home Run Baker H. Run Baker	.347	1912	PHA	149	577	116	200	40	21	10	130	50	6	38	40	26	644	312	71	11	.404	.541	.945	127	50	.441	166	52
8	Bill Sweeney B. Sweeney	.344	1912	BSN	153	593	84	204	31	13	1	99	68	5	34	27		699	264	45	33	.416	.445	.861	123	39.5	.412	128	26.1
9	Johnny Evers J. Evers	.341	1912	CHC	143	478	73	163	23	11	1	61	74	2	18	16		568	211	35	14	.431	.441	.873	103	35.3	.420	139	29.2
10	Larry Doyle L. Doyle	.330	1912	NYG	143	558	98	184	33	8	10	91	56	2	20	36		629	263	51	13	.393	.471	.864	110	34.2	.410	134	28.2
11	Stuffy McInnis S. McInnis	.327	1912	PHA	153	568	83	186	25	13	3	101	49	3	30	27	16	649	246	41	29	.384	.433	.817	103	25.6	.390	135	27.6
12	Sam Crawford S. Crawford	.325	1912	DET	149	581	81	189	30	21	4	109	42	2	32	42	13	644	273	55	19	.373	.470	.843	106	28.7	.396	133	26.1
13	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	.324	1912	PIT	145	558	91	181	35	20	7	101	59	6	38	26		634	277	62	11	.395	.496	.891	115	38.9	.419	139	32.9
14	Larry Gardner L. Gardner	.315	1912	BSA	143	517	88	163	24	18	3	86	56	1	36	25	23	590	232	45	16	.383	.449	.832	96	25.6	.395	136	26
15	Dode Paskert D. Paskert	.315	1912	PHN	145	540	102	170	37	5	2	43	91	7	67	36		649	223	44	11	.420	.413	.833	111	33.1	.405	127	23
16	Ed Konetchy E. Konetchy	.314	1912	SLN	143	538	81	169	26	13	8	82	62	4	66	25		621	245	47	17	.389	.455	.844	104	30	.401	129	23.4
17	Fred Merkle F. Merkle	.309	1912	NYG	129	479	82	148	22	6	11	88	42	8	70	37		537	215	39	8	.374	.449	.823	86	22.1	.392	124	16.9
18	John Titus J. Titus	.309	1912	TOT	141	502	99	155	32	11	5	73	82	10	34	11		609	224	48	15	.416	.446	.862	108	35.1	.414	130	24.2
19	Jake Daubert J. Daubert	.308	1912	BKN	145	559	81	172	19	16	3	66	48	6	45	29		627	232	38	14	.369	.415	.784	93	17.7	.375	115	12.5
20	Clyde Milan C. Milan	.306	1912	WSH	154	601	105	184	19	11	1	79	63	5	31	88	31	674	228	31	5	.377	.379	.756	96	15.1	.367	117	13.9
21	Sherry Magee S. Magee	.306	1912	PHN	132	464	79	142	25	9	6	66	55	7	54	30		555	203	40	29	.388	.438	.825	91	24.1	.395	121	15.5
22	Chick Gandil C. Gandil	.305	1912	WSH	117	443	59	135	20	15	2	81	27	4	43	19	17	492	191	37	18	.350	.431	.781	71	12	.369	119	11.2
23	Zack Wheat Z. Wheat	.305	1912	BKN	123	453	70	138	28	7	8	65	39	6	40	16		505	204	43	7	.367	.450	.818	80	19.3	.388	123	15.1
24	Miller Huggins M. Huggins	.304	1912	SLN	120	431	82	131	15	4	0	29	87	1	31	35		530	154	19	11	.422	.357	.779	84	20.1	.387	121	14.4
25	Del Pratt D. Pratt	.302	1912	SLA	152	570	76	172	26	15	5	69	36	4	68	24	30	622	243	46	12	.348	.426	.774	88	13.9	.366	118	13.5