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Highest caught-stealing %: Mike LaValliere, 72.73% (1993) [20] Most no-hitters caught: 2, Carlos Ruiz (2010) and Wilson Ramos (2015) (List of Major League Baseball no-hitters) Both of Ruiz's no-hitters were by Roy Halladay; the second was in Game 1 of the National League Division Series, Halladay's first career postseason start.
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 .364. He is the only player to have won consecutive Triple Crowns, having done so in 1924 and 1925.
The league batting average in MLB for the 2018 season was .248, with the highest modern-era MLB average being .296 in 1930, and the lowest being .237 in 1968. [18] For non-pitchers, a batting average below .230 is often considered poor, and one below .200 is usually unacceptable.
The highest single-season average in major-league history is .466, recorded by Josh Gibson in 1943, recognized since the integration of Negro league statistics on May 28, 2024. [71] The previous record holder was Hugh Duffy, with a batting average of .440 in 1894.
Josh Gibson holds the record for highest batting average, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging in a career. Barry Bonds holds the career home run and single-season home run records. Ichiro Suzuki collected 262 hits in 2004, breaking George Sisler 's 84-year-old record for most hits in a season. Record.
Nap Lajoie led the American League in its inaugural season with a .426 batting average, one of just 13 seasons of a .400+ average in the 20th century. He also won the 1903 and 1904 AL batting titles. In addition, Lajoie was a part of contested batting average races in 1902 and 1910.
List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a first baseman leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a second baseman leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a third baseman leaders. List of Major League Baseball career double plays as a shortstop leaders.
List of Major League Baseball players with a .400 batting average in a season. 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 ...