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In Cobb's time, major league records were kept very well, but not with the absolute accuracy seen later. [160] Thus, for many years, Cobb's lifetime batting average was reported as .367, but rigorous research of source documents late 20th century found that this is wrong, as some games had been reported incorrectly. [161] [162]
Gibson never recorded a batting average of under .316 in any qualifying season. Ty Cobb is second all-time with a career batting average of .366. He won a record 11 batting titles in the American League from 1907–1909, 1911–1915 and 1917–1919. Oscar Charleston is third with a career batting average of
Oscar Charleston, Ty Cobb, Ed Delahanty, and Rogers Hornsby (left to right) are the only players to record a .400 batting average in three different seasons. In baseball , batting average (AVG) is a measure of a batter's success rate in achieving a hit during an at bat , [ 1 ] and is calculated by dividing a player's hits by his at bats. [ 2 ]
And for as much as people love to cite Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hit streak as one of baseball's most unbreakable records, the odds of anyone matching Cobb's .366 lifetime batting average seem vastly ...
Ty Cobb won more batting titles than any other player, though the precise number is unclear because of the race in the 1910 American League. In baseball, batting average (AVG) is a measure of a batter's success rate in achieving a hit during an at bat. In Major League Baseball (MLB), it is calculated by dividing a player's hits by his at bats (AB).
His lifetime batting average of .358 is only exceeded by Ty Cobb's career mark of .366, and Oscar Charleston's .364. [97] He won seven batting titles in total, number three all-time at the time of his retirement, and a feat tied or exceeded by only five players (Cobb [11 or 12, depending on the source], Tony Gwynn [8], Honus Wagner [8], Rod ...
He broke Ty Cobb’s record of 4,191 hits with a single off San Diego Padres pitcher Eric Show on Sept. 11, 1985. By then, he’d been appointed player-manager – taking that post on Aug. 16 ...
Cobb holds the highest career batting average at .366, while Cal Ripken Jr. holds the lowest at .276. Derek Jeter, Wade Boggs, and Alex Rodriguez are the only players to hit a home run for their 3,000th hit, and Paul Molitor and Ichiro Suzuki are the only players to hit a triple for their 3,000th; all others hit a single or double.