single season batting average leaders minimum 140 at bats 1921 to 1925

Between the 1921 and 1925 seasons, Rogers Hornsby had the best batting average with 140+ at-bats in a season, with an average of .424 in 1924.

	NAME	AVG	AB	SEASON	TM	G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.424	536	1924	SLN	143	121	227	43	14	25	94	89	2	32	5	12	640	373	82	13	.507	.696	1.203	175	96.7	.537	221	95.9
2	George Sisler G. Sisler	.420	586	1922	SLA	142	134	246	42	18	8	105	49	3	14	51	19	654	348	68	16	.467	.594	1.061	152	70.1	.481	170	61.2
3	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.403	504	1925	SLN	138	133	203	41	10	39	143	83	2	39	5	3	605	381	90	16	.489	.756	1.245	173	94.1	.540	208	90.1
4	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.403	524	1923	DET	144	121	211	44	11	18	115	74	5	40	9	7	626	331	73	23	.481	.632	1.113	155	78	.503	189	73.3
5	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.401	623	1922	SLN	154	141	250	46	14	42	152	65	1	50	17	12	704	450	102	15	.459	.722	1.181	186	97.8	.520	197	92.7
6	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.401	526	1922	DET	137	99	211	42	16	4	99	55	4	24	9	13	612	297	62	27	.462	.565	1.026	136	58.8	.467	167	54.3
7	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.397	592	1921	SLN	154	131	235	44	18	21	126	60	7	48	13	13	674	378	83	15	.458	.639	1.097	162	77.5	.489	191	77.7
8	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.394	602	1921	DET	149	114	237	43	14	19	139	53	2	37	2	6	672	365	76	15	.444	.606	1.051	151	67.5	.472	164	59.5
9	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.393	522	1923	NYY	152	151	205	45	13	41	130	170	4	93	17	21	699	399	99	3	.545	.764	1.309	211	124.7	.571	230	120.4
10	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.393	573	1925	DET	150	97	225	40	11	13	134	67	1	27	6	6	664	326	64	23	.457	.569	1.026	148	61.4	.464	158	54.6
11	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	.389	429	1925	CLE	117	79	167	35	5	12	87	70	4	12	5	2	518	248	52	15	.479	.578	1.057	122	54.3	.479	167	49
12	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.389	507	1921	DET	128	124	197	37	16	12	101	56	3	19	22	15	581	302	65	15	.452	.596	1.048	131	58.2	.471	164	51.2
13	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.387	654	1925	PHA	153	122	253	43	12	24	129	35	1	41	7	14	696	392	79	6	.419	.599	1.018	150	58.6	.455	150	49.6
14	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.384	424	1923	SLN	107	89	163	32	10	17	83	55	3	29	3	7	487	266	59	5	.459	.627	1.086	116	55.4	.490	184	53.3
15	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	.380	574	1923	CLE	150	133	218	59	11	17	130	93	4	15	8	9	693	350	87	22	.469	.610	1.079	164	78.4	.489	178	71.5
16	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.378	415	1925	DET	121	97	157	31	12	12	102	65	5	12	13	9	490	248	55	5	.468	.598	1.066	115	51.1	.478	166	46
17	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.378	529	1924	NYY	153	143	200	39	7	46	124	142	4	81	9	13	681	391	92	6	.513	.739	1.252	193	109.2	.549	210	102
18	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	.378	426	1922	CLE	131	85	161	48	8	11	71	77	1	11	8	3	516	258	67	12	.474	.606	1.080	122	57.5	.486	178	53.7
19	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.378	540	1921	NYY	152	177	204	44	16	59	168	145	4	81	17	13	693	457	119	4	.512	.846	1.359	214	127.8	.575	224	118.7
20	Babe Twombly B. Twombly	.377	175	1921	CHC	87	22	66	8	1	1	18	11	0	10	4	6	190	79	10	4	.414	.451	.865	32	8.3	.401	133	7.9
21	Zack Wheat Z. Wheat	.375	349	1923	BKN	98	63	131	13	5	8	65	23	2	12	3	3	378	178	26	4	.417	.510	.927	71	24.4	.428	146	22.8
22	Zack Wheat Z. Wheat	.375	566	1924	BKN	141	92	212	41	8	14	97	49	4	18	3	4	624	311	63	5	.428	.549	.978	126	49.4	.447	166	50.9
23	George Sisler G. Sisler	.371	582	1921	SLA	138	125	216	38	18	12	104	34	5	27	35	11	635	326	68	14	.411	.560	.971	125	46	.437	140	35.3
24	Jim Bottomley J. Bottomley	.371	523	1923	SLN	134	79	194	34	14	8	94	45	4	44	4	6	587	280	56	15	.425	.535	.960	116	43.6	.440	154	41.1
25	Riggs Stephenson R. Stephenson	.371	240	1924	CLE	71	33	89	20	0	4	44	27	2	10	1	2	272	121	24	3	.439	.504	.943	53	19.4	.437	142	15.5

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