Batting average (baseball)
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In baseball, batting average is determined by dividing a player's hits by their total at-bats. It is usually rounded to three decimal places and read without the decimal: A player with a batting avera
Top batting averages for the 1877 season, as published in The Buffalo Sunday Morning News— Deacon White led the league
Josh Gibson has the highest major-league career batting average (.371). He is also the most recent player to hit .400 in a season (1943).
Hugh Duffy had a .440 average for the 1894 season.
Fred Schemanske finished his brief major-league career with a 1.000 batting average.
Josh Gibson
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Joshua Gibson was an American professional baseball catcher who played primarily in the Negro leagues. In 1972, he became the second Negro league player to be inducted in the National Baseball Hall of
Batting average (baseball)
…the disappearance of the .400 hitter, with one of the more rigorous discussions of this question appearing in Stephen Jay Gould's 1996 book Full House. Josh Gibson hit .466 in 1943 while playing for the Homestead Grays of the Negro National League, one of several leagues within Negro league baseball that are now…
A water tower in Buena Vista, Georgia, proclaims the town to be the "Home of Josh Gibson".
Gibson (standing, center) with the 1932 Crawfords
Gibson's plaque in the Baseball Hall of Fame