player most ba before may 1, season, min 75 ab, since 1900

Before May 1, 2025, Terry Forster had the best batting average with 75+ at-bats, with an average of .397.

	NAME	AVG	AB	G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Terry Forster T. Forster	.397	78	429	7	31	4	1	0	7	2	0	9	1	0	86	37	5	6	0	0	0	.413	.474	.887
2	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.366	11,443	3,032	2,246	4,189	723	298	117		1,261	95		900		13,090	5,859	1,138	296					.512
3	Red Dorman R. Dorman	.364	77	25	12	28	6	0	0	10	10	1	6	1		89	34	6	1				.443	.442	.885
4	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	.360	1,172	304	231	422	92	31	19	222	139	11		48		1,332	633	142	10				.433	.540	.973
5	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.359	8,172	2,259	1,579	2,930	541	169	301		1,041	48	677	135		9,477	4,712	1,011	216				.434	.577	1.011
6	Joe Jackson J. Jackson	.356	4,979	1,332	873	1,771	308	168	54		522	60		203		5,693	2,577	530	132				.423	.518	.941
7	Livan Soto L. Soto	.351	77	35	12	27	6	1	1	9	8	0	18	1	1	87	38	8	1	1	0	1	.407	.494	.900
8	Lefty O'Doul L. O'Doul	.349	3,264	970	624	1,140	175	41	113		333	22	123	36		3,658	1,736	329	39				.413	.532	.945
9	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	.345	10,199	2,792	1,881	3,515	794	221	117		1,393	105		437		12,011	5,102	1,132	314				.429	.500	.929
10	Ted Williams T. Williams	.344	7,706	2,292	1,799	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	2,018	39	709	24	5	9,788	4,884	1,117	5	20	89	201	.482	.634	1.115
11	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.342	8,400	2,504	2,173	2,873	506	136	714	2,213	2,062	44	1,331	123		10,622	5,793	1,356	116				.474	.690	1.164
12	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.341	7,794	2,146	1,291	2,661	543	152	183		857	39	556	113		8,964	4,057	878	274				.409	.521	.930
13	Bill Terry B. Terry	.341	6,427	1,720	1,121	2,193	373	112	154	1,081	535	9	449	56		7,108	3,252	639	137				.393	.506	.899
14	Jack Cummings J. Cummings	.341	132	89	15	45	11	1	4	28	12	1	18	0		151	70	16	6				.400	.530	.930
15	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.340	8,001	2,164	1,888	2,721	534	163	493	1,998	1,511	46	789	102		9,664	5,060	1,190	106			2	.448	.632	1.080
16	George Sisler G. Sisler	.340	8,270	2,054	1,281	2,810	425	164	102		467	48	327	375		9,012	3,869	691	227				.378	.468	.846
17	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.338	9,288	2,440	1,383	3,141	543	85	135	1,138	790	24	434	319	125	10,232	4,259	763	45	85	203	259	.388	.459	.847
18	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	.336	7,496	1,987	1,083	2,522	516	100	50		454	99		294		8,254	3,388	666	208					.452
19	Riggs Stephenson R. Stephenson	.336	4,509	1,309	715	1,515	321	54	63	774	493	41	247	54		5,135	2,133	438	92				.406	.473	.879
20	Rudy Pemberton R. Pemberton	.336	134	52	22	45	13	1	3	23	7	6	22	3	1	147	69	17	0	0	0	3	.395	.515	.909
21	Showboat Fisher S. Fisher	.335	340	138	62	114	21	6	8	71	37	1	35	6		384	171	35	6				.402	.503	.905
22	Zaza Harvey Z. Harvey	.335	257	74	37	86	10	6	1	32	13	3		17		278	111	17	5				.374	.432	.806
23	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.334	8,759	2,215	1,507	2,928	539	149	307	1,834	618	30	737	88		9,518	4,686	995	111			23	.380	.535	.915
24	Art Rebel A. Rebel	.333	81	33	14	27	4	0	0	6	7	0	5	1		89	31	4	1			3	.386	.383	.769
25	Maurice Archdeacon M. Archdeacon	.333	384	128	84	128	14	4	0	29	48	4	39	13		449	150	18	13				.413	.391	.803