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1877 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Deacon White led all of MLB in batting average in 1877 with .387, 9 points ahead of John Cassidy (.378). It was one of 2 times Deacon White led in batting average.

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Deacon White Led all of MLB in 1877 Deacon White Boston Red Caps
.387 Batting Average .009 clear of John Cassidy
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Deacon White Deacon White BSN .387 59 266 103 .405
2 John Cassidy John Cassidy HAR .378 60 251 95 .386
3 Cal McVey Cal McVey CHN .368 60 266 98 .387
4 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke BSN .362 61 265 96 .407
5 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN .337 59 255 86 .360
6 Joe Start Joe Start HAR .332 60 271 90 .347
7 George Hall George Hall LS1 .323 61 269 87 .352
8 John Clapp John Clapp SL3 .318 60 255 81 .338
9 Jack Manning Jack Manning CN1 .317 57 252 80 .331
10 John Peters John Peters CHN .317 60 265 84 .320
11 Charley Jones Charley Jones CN1 +1 .313 57 240 75 .353
12 Mike Dorgan SL3 .308 60 266 82 .331
13 Joe Gerhardt Joe Gerhardt LS1 .304 59 250 76 .318
14 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .302 61 242 73 .319
15 Lip Pike Lip Pike CN1 .298 58 262 78 .321
16 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN .292 58 253 74 .304
17 Jumbo Latham LS1 .291 59 278 81 .304
18 Andy Leonard Andy Leonard BSN .287 58 272 78 .300
19 Orator Shafer Orator Shafer LS1 .285 61 260 74 .309
20 Tom York Tom York HAR .283 56 237 67 .292
21 Bill Crowley Bill Crowley LS1 .282 61 238 67 .293
22 Paul Hines Paul Hines CHN .280 60 261 73 .282
23 Bob Addy Bob Addy CN1 .278 57 245 68 .295
24 George Wright George Wright BSN .276 61 290 80 .298
25 Jim Devlin Jim Devlin LS1 .269 61 268 72 .287
26 Bill Hague Bill Hague LS1 .266 59 263 70 .285
27 Bill Craver Bill Craver LS1 .265 57 238 63 .280
28 Davy Force Davy Force SL3 .262 58 225 59 .297
29 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock HAR .260 58 277 72 .265
30 Pop Snyder Pop Snyder LS1 .258 61 248 64 .267
31 Al Spalding Al Spalding CHN .256 60 254 65 .265
32 Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson HAR .256 58 254 65 .265
33 Tom Carey Tom Carey HAR .255 60 274 70 .255
34 Jim Holdsworth HAR .254 55 260 66 .260
35 Lew Brown Lew Brown BSN .253 58 221 56 .273
36 Mike McGeary Mike McGeary SL3 .252 57 258 65 .258
37 George Bradley George Bradley CHN .243 55 214 52 .264
38 Art Croft SL3 .232 54 220 51 .235
39 Terry Larkin Terry Larkin HAR .228 58 228 52 .245
40 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond BSN .228 61 259 59 .231
41 John Glenn CHN .228 50 202 46 .257
42 Joe Blong Joe Blong SL3 .216 58 218 47 .230
43 Joe Battin Joe Battin SL3 .199 57 226 45 .220
44 Will Foley Will Foley CN1 .190 56 216 41 .205
45 Tricky Nichols Tricky Nichols SL3 .167 51 186 31 .180