who led the nl in batting average in 1887

Sam Thompson had the highest batting average in the NL in 1887, with an average of .372.

Interpreted as:

Who led the nl in batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game in 1887?

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	PA	TB	XBH	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	.372	1887	DET	127	545	118	203	29	23	10	166	32	9	19	22	586	308	62	.416	.565	.982	153	56.7	.443	154	53.8
2	Cap Anson C. Anson	.347	1887	CWS	122	472	107	164	33	13	7	102	60	1	18	27	533	244	53	.422	.517	.939	134	46	.430	141	37.2
3	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	.338	1887	DET	123	500	153	169	36	20	12	101	71	6	9	34	577	281	68	.426	.562	.988	152	57.5	.446	156	54.6
4	John Ward J. Ward	.338	1887	NYG	129	545	114	184	16	5	1	53	29	4	12	111	578	213	22	.375	.391	.766	111	15.9	.363	116	15.9
5	Sam Wise S. Wise	.334	1887	BSN	113	467	103	156	27	17	9	92	36	7	44	43	510	244	53	.390	.522	.913	120	36.2	.413	141	35.4
6	Hardy Richardson H. Richardson	.328	1887	DET	120	543	131	178	25	18	8	94	31	2	40	29	576	263	51	.366	.484	.851	122	27.6	.387	125	24.7
7	Fred Carroll F. Carroll	.328	1887	PIT	102	421	71	138	24	15	6	54	36	2	21	23	459	210	45	.383	.499	.882	104	28	.401	139	30.2
8	Ed Andrews E. Andrews	.325	1887	PHN	104	464	110	151	19	7	4	67	21	3	21	57	488	196	30	.359	.422	.781	93	13.2	.362	111	9.1
9	Jerry Denny J. Denny	.324	1887	IND	122	510	86	165	34	12	11	97	13	3	22	29	526	256	57	.344	.502	.846	108	21.8	.379	121	19.1
10	King Kelly K. Kelly	.322	1887	BSN	116	484	120	156	34	11	8	63	55	1	40	84	540	236	53	.393	.488	.880	123	34	.404	136	33
11	Jack Rowe J. Rowe	.318	1887	DET	124	537	135	171	30	10	6	96	39	3	11	22	579	239	46	.368	.445	.813	118	22.2	.376	120	19.3
12	Otto Schomberg O. Schomberg	.308	1887	IND	112	419	91	129	18	16	5	83	56	6	32	21	481	194	39	.397	.463	.860	107	28.3	.399	132	25.9
13	Paul Hines P. Hines	.308	1887	WSH	123	478	83	147	32	5	10	72	48	8	24	46	534	219	47	.380	.458	.838	114	26.1	.388	130	27
14	Deacon White D. White	.303	1887	DET	111	449	71	136	20	11	3	75	26	9	15	20	484	187	34	.353	.416	.770	91	11.2	.358	111	8.8
15	Bill Kuehne B. Kuehne	.299	1887	PIT	102	402	68	120	18	15	1	41	14	1	39	17	417	171	34	.324	.425	.749	72	3.6	.342	108	5.7
16	Billy Nash B. Nash	.295	1887	BSN	121	475	100	140	24	12	6	94	60	2	30	43	537	206	42	.376	.434	.810	110	21.5	.377	123	20.6
17	Jack Glasscock J. Glasscock	.294	1887	IND	122	483	91	142	18	7	0	40	41	10	8	62	534	174	25	.361	.360	.722	95	7	.347	105	4.3
18	John Coleman J. Coleman	.293	1887	PIT	115	475	75	139	21	11	2	54	31	1	40	25	507	188	34	.337	.396	.733	88	4.2	.341	108	6.7
19	George Gore G. Gore	.290	1887	NYG	111	459	95	133	16	5	1	49	42	7	18	39	508	162	22	.358	.353	.711	88	4.8	.342	106	4.7
20	George Wood G. Wood	.289	1887	PHN	113	491	118	142	22	19	14	66	40	6	51	19	537	244	55	.350	.497	.847	111	22.8	.380	120	18.3
21	Mike Tiernan M. Tiernan	.287	1887	NYG	103	407	82	117	13	12	10	62	32	3	31	28	442	184	35	.344	.452	.796	85	12	.363	116	11.9
22	Joe Mulvey J. Mulvey	.287	1887	PHN	111	474	93	136	21	6	2	78	21	3	14	43	498	175	29	.321	.369	.690	78	-3.8	.323	91	-8
23	Jimmy Ryan J. Ryan	.285	1887	CWS	126	508	117	145	23	10	11	74	53	6	19	50	567	221	44	.360	.435	.795	111	17.9	.368	109	8.5
24	Jim O'Rourke J. O'Rourke	.285	1887	NYG	103	397	73	113	15	13	3	88	36	5	11	46	438	163	31	.352	.411	.762	81	9	.355	112	9
25	Roger Connor R. Connor	.285	1887	NYG	127	471	113	134	26	22	17	104	75	8	50	43	554	255	65	.392	.541	.933	133	41.7	.418	144	41.6

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