1906 NL Batting Average Leaders
Hits per at bat
Honus Wagner led the NL in batting average in 1906 with .339, 12 points ahead of Harry Steinfeldt (.327). It was one of 8 times Honus Wagner led in batting average.
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Led the NL in 1906
Honus Wagner
Pittsburgh Pirates
.339
Batting Average
.012 clear of Harry Steinfeldt
Showing Batting Average and the stats that give it context
Full stat line
| # | Player | Team | AVG | G | AB | H | OBP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Honus Wagner
|
PIT | .339 | 142 | 516 | 175 | .416 |
| 2 |
 Harry Steinfeldt
|
CHN | .327 | 151 | 539 | 176 | .395 |
| 3 |
 Harry Lumley
|
BRO | .324 | 133 | 484 | 157 | .386 |
| 4 |
 Frank Chance
|
CHN | .319 | 136 | 474 | 151 | .419 |
| 5 |
 Fred Clarke
|
PIT | .309 | 118 | 417 | 129 | .371 |
| 6 |
 Art Devlin
|
NY1 | .299 | 148 | 498 | 149 | .396 |
| 7 |
 Miller Huggins
|
CIN | .292 | 146 | 545 | 159 | .376 |
| 8 |
 Cy Seymour
|
CIN +1 | .286 | 151 | 576 | 165 | .339 |
| 9 |
 Tommy Leach
|
PIT | .286 | 133 | 476 | 136 | .333 |
| 10 |
 Fred Tenney
|
BSN | .283 | 143 | 544 | 154 | .357 |
| 11 |
 Sherry Magee
|
PHI | .282 | 154 | 563 | 159 | .348 |
| 12 |
 Roger Bresnahan
|
NY1 | .281 | 124 | 405 | 114 | .419 |
| 13 |
 Frank Schulte
|
CHN | .281 | 146 | 563 | 158 | .324 |
| 14 |
 Kitty Bransfield
|
PHI | .275 | 140 | 524 | 144 | .300 |
| 15 |
 John Barry
|
CIN +1 | .269 | 135 | 516 | 139 | .329 |
| 16 |
 Claude Ritchey
|
PIT | .269 | 152 | 484 | 130 | .369 |
| 17 |
 John Titus
|
PHI | .267 | 145 | 484 | 129 | .378 |
| 18 |
 George Browne
|
NY1 | .264 | 122 | 477 | 126 | .304 |
| 19 |
 Jimmy Sheckard
|
CHN | .262 | 149 | 549 | 144 | .349 |
| 20 |
 Tim Jordan
|
BRO | .262 | 129 | 450 | 118 | .352 |
| 21 |
 Pug Bennett
|
SLN | .262 | 153 | 595 | 156 | .334 |
| 22 |
 Del Howard
|
BSN | .261 | 147 | 545 | 142 | .306 |
| 23 |
 Bob Ganley
|
PIT | .258 | 137 | 511 | 132 | .316 |
| 24 |
 Spike Shannon
|
SLN +1 | .256 | 156 | 589 | 151 | .339 |
| 25 |
 Joe Nealon
|
PIT | .255 | 154 | 556 | 142 | .327 |
| 26 |
 Johnny Evers
|
CHN | .255 | 154 | 533 | 136 | .305 |
| 27 |
 Roy Thomas
|
PHI | .254 | 142 | 493 | 125 | .393 |
| 28 |
 Homer Smoot
|
SLN +1 | .252 | 146 | 563 | 142 | .300 |
| 29 |
 Johnny Bates
|
BSN | .252 | 140 | 504 | 127 | .315 |
| 30 |
 Whitey Alpermann
|
BRO | .252 | 128 | 441 | 111 | .284 |
| 31 | Dave Brain | BSN | .250 | 139 | 525 | 131 | .293 |
| 32 | Cozy Dolan | BSN | .248 | 152 | 549 | 136 | .318 |
| 33 | Phil Lewis | BRO | .243 | 136 | 452 | 110 | .309 |
| 34 |
 Sam Mertes
|
NY1 +1 | .241 | 124 | 444 | 107 | .315 |
| 35 |
 Bill Dahlen
|
NY1 | .240 | 143 | 471 | 113 | .357 |
| 36 |
 Jimmy Slagle
|
CHN | .239 | 127 | 498 | 119 | .324 |
| 37 |
 Dan McGann
|
NY1 | .237 | 134 | 451 | 107 | .344 |
| 38 |
 Joe Tinker
|
CHN | .233 | 148 | 523 | 122 | .293 |
| 39 |
 James Casey
|
BRO | .233 | 149 | 571 | 133 | .306 |
| 40 |
 Mickey Doolin
|
PHI | .230 | 154 | 535 | 123 | .270 |
| 41 |
 Joe Kelley
|
CIN | .228 | 129 | 465 | 106 | .300 |
| 42 |
 Kid Gleason
|
PHI | .227 | 135 | 494 | 112 | .281 |
| 43 |
 Al Bridwell
|
BSN | .227 | 120 | 459 | 104 | .297 |
| 44 |
 Billy Maloney
|
BRO | .221 | 151 | 566 | 125 | .286 |