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1878 MLB Batting Average Leaders

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Paul Hines led all of MLB in batting average in 1878 with .358, 4 points ahead of Abner Dalrymple (.354). It was one of 2 times Paul Hines led in batting average.

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Paul Hines Led all of MLB in 1878 Paul Hines Providence Grays
.358 Batting Average .004 clear of Abner Dalrymple
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Paul Hines Paul Hines PRO .358 62 257 92 .363
2 Abner Dalrymple Abner Dalrymple ML2 .354 61 271 96 .368
3 Bob Ferguson Bob Ferguson CHN .351 61 259 91 .375
4 Joe Start Joe Start CHN .351 61 285 100 .355
5 Cap Anson Cap Anson CHN .341 60 261 89 .372
6 Orator Shafer Orator Shafer IN1 .338 63 266 90 .369
7 Dick Higham Dick Higham PRO .320 62 281 90 .332
8 Deacon White Deacon White CN1 .314 61 258 81 .340
9 Charley Jones Charley Jones CN1 .310 61 261 81 .321
10 John Peters John Peters ML2 .309 55 246 76 .323
11 Tom York Tom York PRO .309 62 269 83 .329
12 Cal McVey Cal McVey CN1 .306 61 271 83 .319
13 Lew Brown Lew Brown PRO .305 58 243 74 .324
14 John Clapp John Clapp IN1 .304 63 263 80 .337
15 Joe Gerhardt Joe Gerhardt CN1 .297 60 259 77 .316
16 Bill Harbridge CHN .296 54 240 71 .313
17 Terry Larkin Terry Larkin CHN .288 58 226 65 .337
18 King Kelly King Kelly CN1 .283 60 237 67 .303
19 Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke BSN .278 60 255 71 .292
20 Will Foley Will Foley ML2 .271 56 229 62 .292
21 Frank Hankinson Frank Hankinson CHN .267 58 240 64 .282
22 John Cassidy John Cassidy CHN .266 60 256 68 .291
23 Jack Burdock Jack Burdock BSN .260 60 246 64 .269
24 Andy Leonard Andy Leonard BSN .260 60 262 68 .268
25 Chub Sullivan CN1 .258 61 244 63 .264
26 Jack Manning Jack Manning BSN .254 60 248 63 .283
27 Jake Goodman ML2 .246 60 252 62 .266
28 Charlie Bennett ML2 .245 49 184 45 .284
29 John Morrill John Morrill BSN .240 60 233 56 .256
30 Tim Murnane Tim Murnane PRO .239 49 188 45 .270
31 Tom Carey Tom Carey PRO .237 61 253 60 .237
32 Jack Remsen Jack Remsen CHN .232 56 224 52 .286
33 Ed Williamson Ed Williamson IN1 .232 63 250 58 .247
34 Billy Redmond ML2 .230 48 187 43 .262
35 Ezra Sutton Ezra Sutton BSN .226 60 239 54 .232
36 Russ McKelvy IN1 .225 63 253 57 .240
37 George Wright George Wright BSN .225 59 267 60 .242
38 Silver Flint Silver Flint IN1 .224 63 254 57 .230
39 Bill McClellan Bill McClellan CHN .224 48 205 46 .232
40 Billy Geer Billy Geer CN1 .219 61 237 52 .251
41 George Creamer George Creamer ML2 .212 50 193 41 .232
42 Pop Snyder Pop Snyder BSN .212 60 226 48 .216
43 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond BSN .212 59 236 50 .212
44 Mike Golden Mike Golden ML2 .206 55 214 44 .217
45 Joe Quest IN1 .205 62 278 57 .238
46 Bill Hague Bill Hague PRO .204 62 250 51 .220
47 Charlie Sweasy Charlie Sweasy PRO .175 55 212 37 .201
48 Art Croft IN1 .158 60 222 35 .176
49 Will White Will White CN1 .142 52 197 28 .176