who led the nl in batting average in 1898

Willie Keeler had the highest batting average in the NL in 1898, with an average of .385.

Interpreted as:

Who led the nl in batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game in 1898?

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	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	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	.385	1898	BAL	129	561	126	216	7	2	1	44	31	3	4	28	604	230	10	9	.420	.410	.830	112	33	.406	135	29
2	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	.369	1898	BSN	110	417	110	154	16	5	3	50	87	2	30	54	508	189	24	2	.480	.453	.933	114	47.9	.458	158	40.5
3	John McGraw J. McGraw	.342	1898	BAL	143	515	143	176	8	10	0	53	112	19	13	43	652	204	18	6	.475	.396	.871	137	51.5	.438	153	47.2
4	Elmer Smith E. Smith	.342	1898	CIN	123	486	79	166	21	10	1	66	69	2	17	20	563	210	32	6	.425	.432	.858	109	36	.418	140	30.7
5	Jesse Burkett J. Burkett	.341	1898	CLE	150	624	114	213	18	9	0	42	69	9	30	19	706	249	27	4	.415	.399	.814	128	35.5	.400	132	30.8
6	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	.334	1898	PHI	144	548	115	183	36	9	4	92	77	11	29	58	640	249	49	4	.426	.454	.880	129	45.2	.426	148	42.6
7	Jimmy Collins J. Collins	.328	1898	BSN	152	597	107	196	35	5	15	111	40	7	18	12	657	286	55	13	.377	.479	.856	122	36.6	.407	130	27
8	Gene DeMontreville G. DeMontreville	.328	1898	BAL	151	567	93	186	19	2	0	86	52	10	25	49	641	209	21	12	.394	.369	.763	105	21.3	.377	119	17
9	Fred Tenney F. Tenney	.328	1898	BSN	117	488	106	160	25	5	0	62	33	0	23	23	536	195	30	15	.370	.400	.770	86	15.9	.373	111	8.1
10	Hughie Jennings H. Jennings	.328	1898	BAL	143	534	135	175	25	11	1	87	78	46	20	28	665	225	37	7	.454	.421	.876	138	51	.434	151	46.5
11	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	.324	1898	PHI	147	608	113	197	43	11	6	127	21	7	23	25	641	280	60	5	.354	.461	.814	109	25.3	.386	126	22.7
12	Jimmy Ryan J. Ryan	.323	1898	CHI	144	572	122	185	32	13	4	79	73	5	24	29	657	255	49	7	.405	.446	.850	124	38.3	.410	139	34.7
13	Joe Kelley J. Kelley	.321	1898	BAL	124	464	71	149	18	15	2	110	56	3	24	24	530	203	35	7	.398	.438	.835	97	27.9	.403	133	24.3
14	Bill Lange B. Lange	.319	1898	CHI	113	442	79	141	16	11	5	69	36	5	17	22	490	194	32	7	.377	.439	.816	85	21.5	.391	128	18.8
15	Bill Everitt B. Everitt	.319	1898	CHI	149	596	102	190	15	6	0	69	53	3	43	28	661	217	21	9	.377	.364	.741	102	15.6	.365	113	12
16	Lave Cross L. Cross	.317	1898	STL	151	602	71	191	28	8	3	79	28	0	8	14	646	244	39	16	.348	.405	.753	98	13.4	.361	110	9.1
17	George Van Haltren G. Van Haltren	.312	1898	NYG	156	654	129	204	28	16	2	68	59	4	40	36	722	270	46	5	.372	.413	.785	119	24.9	.379	122	22
18	Duff Cooley D. Cooley	.312	1898	PHI	149	629	123	196	24	12	4	55	48	4	38	17	692	256	40	11	.364	.407	.771	111	20.2	.372	118	17.4
19	Chick Stahl C. Stahl	.308	1898	BSN	125	467	72	144	21	8	3	52	46	4	25	6	529	190	32	12	.375	.407	.782	87	18.3	.379	115	10.7
20	Fred Clarke F. Clarke	.307	1898	LOU	149	599	116	184	23	12	3	47	48	15	21	40	667	240	38	5	.373	.401	.774	109	21.5	.376	120	17.9
21	George Davis G. Davis	.307	1898	NYG	121	486	80	149	20	5	2	86	32	1	15	26	529	185	27	10	.351	.381	.731	77	8.3	.355	108	6.2
22	Dummy Hoy D. Hoy	.304	1898	LOU	148	582	104	177	15	16	6	66	49	9	33	37	659	242	37	19	.367	.416	.783	108	22	.378	120	18.4
23	Fielder Jones F. Jones	.304	1898	BKN	146	596	89	181	15	9	1	69	46	8	36	36	667	217	25	17	.362	.364	.726	98	11.1	.356	106	5.8
24	Kip Selbach K. Selbach	.303	1898	WSH	132	515	88	156	28	11	3	60	64	3	21	25	589	215	42	7	.383	.417	.801	101	24.3	.388	124	19.6
25	Heinie Reitz H. Reitz	.303	1898	WSH	132	489	62	148	20	2	2	47	32	9	15	11	543	178	24	13	.357	.364	.721	79	8	.353	105	3.6

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