highest batting average for a pitcher before 1900

Before 1900, Al Spalding had the highest batting average by a pitcher, with an average of .312.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game for a pitcher before 1900

	NAME	AVG	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	Al Spalding A. Spalding	.312	66	292	54	91	14	2	0	44	6		3		298	109	16			.373		55	10.8	.324	119	8.4
2	Curry Foley C. Foley	.299	115	478	60	143	16	3	2		11				489	171	21			.358		78	13.7	.306	120	13.2
3	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	.297	313	1,288	236	382	43	21	11	83	59			25	1,353	500	75		.330	.388	.719	242	45.2	.332	122	43.4
4	Jack Stivetts J. Stivetts	.295	481	1,643	283	484	73	35	31	302	102	6	123	28	1,760	720	139	9	.338	.438	.776	293	19.8	.361	99	-5.7
5	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	.293	129	566	76	166	20	4	1		8				574	197	25			.348		93	8.1	.301	98	-2
6	Charlie Ferguson C. Ferguson	.288	257	963	191	277	37	13	6	137	113	2		22	1,078	358	56		.364	.372	.735	203	41.3	.349	121	35.7
7	Bob Caruthers B. Caruthers	.280	262	882	197	247	44	22	9	127	153	2	13	39	1,038	362	75		.388	.410	.799	210	58.6	.383	135	54
8	Dave Foutz D. Foutz	.262	200	771	125	202	28	13	3	93	28			17	800	265	44		.289	.344	.632	116	0.3	.295	95	-6.2
9	Dory Dean D. Dean	.261	34	138	9	36	3	1	0	4	2		13		140	41	4			.297		20	-1.3	.265	97	-0.6
10	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	.261	550	2,144	316	559	113	39	18	103	161	1		20	2,306	804	170		.313	.375	.688	380	45.5	.317	109	33.1
11	Lee Richmond L. Richmond	.250	194	795	125	199	21	14	2		28				823	254	37			.319		108	-2.5	.272	87	-13.9
12	Lon Knight L. Knight	.250	55	240	32	60	9	3	0	24	2		2		242	75	12			.313		33	-2.9	.262	85	-5.5
13	John Ward J. Ward	.247	206	858	138	212	26	10	3		15				873	267	39			.311		110	-6.7	.260	94	-6.4
14	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	.242	441	1,647	185	398	54	12	5	156	77	4	21	11	1,728	491	71		.277	.298	.575	207	-47.6	.274	77	-62.8
15	Terry Larkin T. Larkin	.241	183	706	88	170	28	11	1		33				739	223	40			.316		99	-3.7	.273	94	-6.4
16	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	.239	703	2,434	366	582	90	30	8	155	182	21	63	93	2,640	756	128	1	.298	.311	.609	357	-35.3	.291	88	-47.5
17	Tommy Bond T. Bond	.238	353	1,411	155	336	32	7	0		19				1,430	382	39		.248	.271	.519	159	-40.3	.239	78	-43.7
18	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	.236	647	2,466	307	582	64	11	9	113	158	9	11	26	2,633	695	84		.284	.282	.566	328	-56.5	.270	83	-69.6
19	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	.236	534	2,082	246	491	66	22	4	55	22	0		10	2,104	613	92		.244	.294	.538	234	-62.8	.246	78	-69.3
20	George Bradley G. Bradley	.228	270	1,071	143	244	32	21	0		21				1,092	318	53			.297		131	-27	.246	82	-28.7
21	Larry Corcoran L. Corcoran	.226	301	1,194	181	270	45	14	2	6	43				1,237	349	61			.292		145	-27.8	.250	76	-44.6
22	Bill Wise B. Wise	.226	90	359	53	81	18	1	2		12				371	107	21			.298		46	-7.6	.252	90	-5
23	John Coleman J. Coleman	.225	96	373	34	84	12	8	0	1	16	0		1	389	112	20		.257	.300	.557	48	-10.8	.254	77	-14.2
24	Fred Goldsmith F. Goldsmith	.224	218	851	128	191	33	10	3		26				877	253	46		.247	.297	.545	102	-21.7	.248	75	-33.1
25	James Burke J. Burke	.223	47	184	21	41	8	3	0		6				190	55	11			.299		23	-4.2	.250	88	-3.2