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1888 American Association Batting Average Leaders

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Tip O'Neill led the American Association in batting average in 1888 with .335, 14 points ahead of John Reilly (.321). It was one of 2 times Tip O'Neill led in batting average.

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Tip O'Neill Led the AA in 1888 Tip O'Neill St. Louis Browns
.335 Batting Average .014 clear of John Reilly
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# Player Team AVG G AB H OBP
1 Tip O'Neill Tip O'Neill SL4 .335 130 529 177 .390
2 John Reilly John Reilly CN2 .321 127 527 169 .363
3 Hub Collins Hub Collins LS2 +1 .307 128 527 162 .373
4 Ed McKean Ed McKean CL3 .299 131 548 164 .340
5 Denny Lyons Denny Lyons PH4 .296 111 456 135 .363
6 Thomas Burns Thomas Burns BL2 +1 .293 131 529 155 .345
7 Harry Stovey Harry Stovey PH4 .287 130 530 152 .365
8 Tommy Tucker Tommy Tucker BL2 .287 136 520 149 .330
9 Chicken Wolf Chicken Wolf LS2 .286 128 538 154 .320
10 John Corkhill John Corkhill CN2 +1 .285 137 561 160 .316
11 Curt Welch Curt Welch PH4 .282 136 549 155 .355
12 Darby O'Brien Darby O'Brien BR3 .280 136 532 149 .327
13 Dave Foutz Dave Foutz BR3 .277 140 563 156 .314
14 Tommy McCarthy Tommy McCarthy SL4 .274 131 511 140 .328
15 Charlie Comiskey Charlie Comiskey SL4 .273 137 576 157 .292
16 George Pinkney George Pinkney BR3 .271 143 575 156 .358
17 Henry Larkin Henry Larkin PH4 .269 135 546 147 .326
18 Lou Bierbauer Lou Bierbauer PH4 .267 134 535 143 .301
19 Jumbo Davis Jumbo Davis KC2 .267 121 491 131 .304
20 Hick Carpenter Hick Carpenter CN2 .267 136 551 147 .280
21 Arlie Latham Arlie Latham SL4 .265 133 570 151 .325
22 Jay Faatz Jay Faatz CL3 .264 120 470 124 .312
23 Mike Griffin Mike Griffin BL2 .256 137 542 139 .331
24 Pete Hotaling Pete Hotaling CL3 .251 98 403 101 .307
25 Jim McTamany Jim McTamany KC2 .246 130 516 127 .345
26 Bid McPhee Bid McPhee CN2 .240 111 458 110 .312
27 Hugh Nicol Hugh Nicol CN2 .239 135 548 131 .330
28 Bill Phillips Bill Phillips KC2 .236 129 509 120 .284
29 Cub Stricker Cub Stricker CL3 .233 127 493 115 .311
30 William Robinson William Robinson SL4 .231 134 455 105 .400
31 Bob Gilks Bob Gilks CL3 .229 119 484 111 .245
32 George Tebeau George Tebeau CN2 .229 121 411 94 .338
33 Blondie Purcell Blondie Purcell BL2 +1 .227 119 472 107 .281
34 Bill Gleason Bill Gleason PH4 .224 123 499 112 .256
35 Bill White Bill White SL4 +1 .218 125 473 103 .269
36 Reddy Mack Reddy Mack LS2 .217 112 446 97 .320
37 Sam Barkley Sam Barkley KC2 .216 116 482 104 .262
38 Joe Werrick Joe Werrick LS2 .215 111 413 89 .274
39 Billy Shindle Billy Shindle BL2 .208 135 514 107 .249
40 Jack Farrell Jack Farrell BL2 .204 103 398 81 .256
41 Frank Fennelly CN2 +1 .200 135 495 99 .303
42 Harry Lyons Harry Lyons SL4 .194 123 499 97 .230
43 Bill Greenwood BL2 .191 115 409 78 .256
44 Henry Easterday Henry Easterday KC2 .190 115 401 76 .256