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1874 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Levi Meyerle led all of MLB in batting average in 1874 with .394, 35 points ahead of Cal McVey (.359). It stands 81st among all single seasons in MLB history. It was one of 2 times Levi Meyerle led in batting average.

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Levi Meyerle Led all of MLB in 1874 Levi Meyerle Chicago White Stockings
.394 Batting Average .035 clear of Cal McVey
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Levi Meyerle Levi Meyerle CH2 .394 53 254 100 .401
2 Cal McVey Cal McVey BS1 .359 70 343 123 .360
3 Lip Pike Lip Pike HR1 .355 52 234 83 .368
4 Jack Manning Jack Manning BL1 +1 .346 43 179 62 .354
5 John McMullin John McMullin PH1 .346 55 260 90 .366
6 Bill Craver Bill Craver PH2 .343 55 265 91 .353
7 Jim Holdsworth PH2 .340 57 285 97 .343
8 Ross Barnes Ross Barnes BS1 .340 51 259 88 .360
9 Cap Anson Cap Anson PH1 .335 55 260 87 .345
10 George Wright George Wright BS1 .329 60 313 103 .340
11 Al Spalding Al Spalding BS1 .329 71 362 119 .334
12 Wes Fisler Wes Fisler PH1 .328 37 180 59 .328
13 Scott Hastings Scott Hastings HR1 .324 52 247 80 .335
14 Mike McGeary Mike McGeary PH1 .321 54 271 87 .324
15 Dave Eggler Dave Eggler PH2 .318 58 299 95 .329
16 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke BS1 .314 70 331 104 .322
17 Joe Start Joe Start NY2 .314 63 306 96 .323
18 Davy Force Davy Force CH2 .313 59 294 92 .320
19 Andy Leonard Andy Leonard BS1 .313 71 339 106 .317
20 Jim Tipper Jim Tipper HR1 .305 45 197 60 .308
21 Deacon White Deacon White BS1 .301 70 352 106 .311
22 Paul Hines Paul Hines CH2 .295 59 271 80 .305
23 Dickey Pearce Dickey Pearce BR2 .294 56 255 75 .310
24 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton PH1 .292 55 243 71 .292
25 John Peters John Peters CH2 .289 55 239 69 .295
26 George Hall George Hall BS1 .288 47 222 64 .291
27 Tom Carey Tom Carey NY2 .286 64 287 82 .291
28 Jim Devlin Jim Devlin CH2 .286 45 203 58 .293
29 Doug Allison Doug Allison NY2 .283 65 318 90 .296
30 Everett Mills Everett Mills HR1 .283 53 244 69 .294
31 John Glenn CH2 .283 55 237 67 .298
32 Charles Fulmer Charles Fulmer PH2 .279 57 258 72 .285
33 Count Gedney Count Gedney PH1 .275 54 222 61 .297
34 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock NY2 .275 61 273 75 .277
35 Nat Hicks Nat Hicks PH2 .274 58 266 73 .288
36 Warren White BL1 .270 45 211 57 .277
37 Ned Cuthbert Ned Cuthbert CH2 .268 58 295 79 .280
38 Harry Schafer Harry Schafer BS1 .266 71 327 87 .268
39 Jack Chapman BR2 .264 53 242 64 .276
40 Dick Higham Dick Higham NY2 .261 65 333 87 .270
41 Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson BR2 .261 56 245 64 .267
42 Eddie Booth BR2 .254 44 185 47 .266
43 Fergy Malone Fergy Malone CH2 .251 47 223 56 .264
44 Tom York Tom York PH2 .250 50 224 56 .266
45 Harry Deane Harry Deane BL1 .246 47 203 50 .261
46 Candy Nelson Candy Nelson NY2 .246 65 297 73 .268
47 Bobby Mathews Bobby Mathews NY2 .242 65 298 72 .249
48 Oscar Bielaski Oscar Bielaski BL1 .241 43 187 45 .249
49 Asa Brainard Asa Brainard BL1 .240 47 196 47 .247
50 Bob Addy Bob Addy HR1 .239 50 213 51 .243
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