Between the 1890 and 1905 seasons, Dave Orr had the highest batting average, with an average of .371.

Interpreted as:

most hits with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game by a player 1890 to 1905

	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	Dave Orr D. Orr	.371	107	464	89	172	32	13	6	124	30	4	11	10	498	248	51		.414	.534	.948	120	43.8	.443	135	30.5
2	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	.361	1,040	4,274	858	1,543	332	109	67	884	170	69	143	195	4,561	2,294	508	48	.395	.537	.932	937	355.9	.432	156	330.9
3	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	.359	1,655	6,883	1,486	2,470	218	134	29	714	411	106	105	440	7,650	3,043	381	250	.404	.442	.846	1441	397.6	.402	131	343.6
4	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	.353	1,707	6,975	1,523	2,459	497	181	100	1,408	715	92	366	398	7,836	3,618	778	54	.420	.519	.938	1762	622.6	.438	148	571.1
5	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	.350	1,422	5,620	1,532	1,969	221	79	37	654	1,098	71	271	784	6,836	2,459	337	47	.462	.438	.900	1565	543.8	.439	145	481.5
6	Honus Wagner H. Wagner	.345	1,180	4,565	839	1,576	310	116	47	852	380	65	291	369	5,071	2,259	473	61	.403	.495	.898	991	361.7	.422	151	328.3
7	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	.339	906	3,894	827	1,320	239	103	75	852	308	45	96	168	4,260	1,990	417	13	.394	.511	.905	928	268.8	.418	135	245.8
8	Chief Roseman C. Roseman	.339	82	310	47	105	26	0	2	58	30	29		7	369	137	28		.444	.442	.886	87	30.1	.435	149	27.3
9	Mike Donlin M. Donlin	.338	677	2,631	519	890	119	73	38	350	233	14	223	157	2,922	1,269	230	44	.395	.482	.877	544	196.6	.413	141	151.4
10	Jesse Burkett J. Burkett	.338	2,067	8,426	1,720	2,850	320	182	75	952	1,029	75	561	389	9,620	3,759	577	90	.415	.446	.861	1921	592.9	.411	137	526.7
11	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	.338	693	2,684	606	907	177	86	25	578	445	73	83	145	3,222	1,331	288	20	.445	.496	.941	769	272.6	.446	147	244.1
12	Jake Stenzel J. Stenzel	.338	768	3,031	664	1,024	190	71	32	533	300	58	110	292	3,425	1,452	293	36	.408	.479	.887	718	185.3	.415	129	170.1
13	Pete Browning P. Browning	.334	387	1,525	273	510	91	20	13	249	223	8	102	72	1,756	680	124	0	.422	.446	.868	383	123.9	.420	139	111.1
14	John McGraw J. McGraw	.334	1,095	3,922	1,024	1,309	121	70	13	462	835	134	155	436	4,937	1,609	204	46	.466	.410	.876	1083	354.1	.433	141	309.1
15	Bill Lange B. Lange	.330	813	3,202	691	1,056	134	80	39	579	350	25	123	400	3,620	1,467	253	43	.400	.458	.858	718	157.6	.405	121	120.6
16	Hugh Duffy H. Duffy	.329	1,529	6,161	1,350	2,027	294	108	87	1,172	609	26	186	509	6,900	2,798	489	104	.392	.454	.846	1357	329.1	.400	120	228.9
17	Ginger Beaumont G. Beaumont	.326	909	3,715	709	1,210	118	54	29	389	264	23	197	199	4,103	1,523	201	101	.374	.410	.784	653	156	.374	125	129.1
18	Joe Kelley J. Kelley	.326	1,651	6,313	1,353	2,055	331	181	62	1,124	840	76	378	429	7,336	2,934	574	107	.411	.465	.876	1488	458	.414	133	380.1
19	Fred Clarke F. Clarke	.324	1,432	5,727	1,146	1,858	246	146	52	684	516	127	345	377	6,470	2,552	444	100	.393	.446	.838	1182	303.1	.398	131	270.7
20	Judge McCredie J. McCredie	.324	56	213	40	69	5	0	0	20	24	2	13	10	242	74	5	3	.397	.347	.745	37	8.1	.363	115	4.8
21	Tuck Turner T. Turner	.320	379	1,504	298	482	67	38	7	215	129	10	101	53	1,668	646	112	25	.378	.430	.807	304	37.8	.381	107	25.1
22	George Van Haltren G. Van Haltren	.320	1,730	7,010	1,440	2,244	253	137	53	883	752	32	385	522	7,859	2,930	443	65	.389	.418	.806	1429	282.3	.386	119	234.6
23	Jimmy Bannon J. Bannon	.320	367	1,438	293	460	76	24	19	253	152	11	101	99	1,627	641	119	26	.389	.446	.835	314	40.7	.391	105	16.4
24	Elmer Flick E. Flick	.320	1,080	4,086	735	1,306	206	120	43	612	444	80	383	240	4,701	1,881	369	91	.397	.460	.857	866	292	.407	147	275.8
25	Ed Swartwood E. Swartwood	.319	139	504	114	161	24	11	3	68	93	17	11	54	614	216	38		.441	.429	.870	140	46.6	.427	150	46.2

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