which pitcher had the best single season batting average

Tommy Bond hit .275 in his rookie season in 1876.

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	PA	TB	XBH	SLG	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Tommy Bond T. Bond	.275	1876	HAR	45	182	18	50	8	0	0	21	0	4	182	58	8	.319	27	-0.4	.274	92	-2.1
2	Joe Borden J. Borden	.207	1876	BOS	32	121	19	25	3	0	0	7	3	3	124	28	3	.231	13	-5.9	.216	68	-5.9
3	Foghorn Bradley F. Bradley	.232	1876	BOS	22	82	12	19	2	1	0	8	2	3	84	23	3	.280	11	-1.9	.247	84	-2
4	George Bradley G. Bradley	.249	1876	STL	64	265	29	66	7	6	0	28	3	12	268	85	13	.321	38	-2.4	.266	101	0.2
5	Candy Cummings C. Cummings	.162	1876	HAR	24	105	14	17	3	0	0	7	0	3	105	20	3	.190	6	-9.3	.163	35	-10.3
6	Dory Dean D. Dean	.261	1876	CIN	34	138	9	36	3	1	0	4	2	13	140	41	4	.297	20	-1.3	.265	97	-0.6
7	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	.315	1876	LOU	68	298	38	94	14	1	0	28	1	11	299	110	15	.369	54	9.3	.318	109	4.2
8	Cherokee Fisher C. Fisher	.248	1876	CIN	35	129	12	32	1	0	0	4	0	8	129	33	1	.256	15	-4.2	.235	82	-3.5
9	Lon Knight L. Knight	.250	1876	PHI	55	240	32	60	9	3	0	24	2	2	242	75	12	.313	33	-2.9	.262	85	-5.5
10	Flip Lafferty F. Lafferty	.000	1876	PHI	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	0	-0.6	.000	-49	-0.7
11	Terry Larkin T. Larkin	.000	1876	NYM	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	0	-0.9	.000	-40	-0.8
12	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	.183	1876	NYM	56	218	19	40	4	1	0	9	3	2	221	46	5	.211	18	-15	.190	57	-14.4
13	Dick McBride D. McBride	.188	1876	BOS	4	16	2	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	16	3	0	.188	1	-1.3	.176	48	-1.3
14	Tricky Nichols T. Nichols	.000	1876	BOS	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	.000	0	-0.9	.000	-42	-0.9
15	Frank Pearce F. Pearce	.000	1876	LOU	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	0	-0.4	.000	-53	-0.5
16	Al Spalding A. Spalding	.312	1876	CWS	66	292	54	91	14	2	0	44	6	3	298	109	16	.373	55	10.8	.324	119	8.4
17	Dale Williams D. Williams	.200	1876	CIN	9	35	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	4	35	7	0	.200	3	-2.4	.187	58	-2.2
18	George Zettlein G. Zettlein	.211	1876	PHI	32	128	11	27	2	1	0	11	0	5	128	31	3	.242	12	-6.7	.209	58	-8.1
19	Tommy Bond T. Bond	.228	1877	BOS	61	259	32	59	4	3	0	30	1	15	260	69	7	.266	26	-12.3	.229	66	-13.3
20	George Bradley G. Bradley	.243	1877	CWS	55	214	31	52	7	3	0	12	6	19	220	65	10	.304	27	-4.6	.263	79	-7
21	Candy Cummings C. Cummings	.200	1877	CIN	19	70	6	14	1	2	0	4	4	6	74	19	3	.271	8	-2.8	.241	76	-2.6
22	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	.269	1877	LOU	61	268	38	72	6	3	1	27	7	27	275	87	10	.325	39	-1.2	.283	85	-6.3
23	Terry Larkin T. Larkin	.228	1877	HAR	58	228	28	52	6	5	1	18	5	23	233	71	12	.311	28	-6.3	.254	86	-4.8
24	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	.169	1877	CIN	15	59	5	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	60	10	0	.169	3	-5.7	.168	38	-5.6
25	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	.204	1877	CIN	13	49	5	10	3	0	0	5	1	2	50	13	3	.265	5	-2.5	.224	68	-2.4