<Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Player </Th> <Th> Avg </Th> <Th> Team (s) </Th> <Th> Year (s) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ty Cobb </Td> <Td>. 366 </Td> <Td> Philadelphia (AL), Detroit (AL) </Td> <Td> 1905 - 1928 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rogers Hornsby </Td> <Td>. 358 </Td> <Td> St. Louis (NL), New York (NL), Boston (NL), Chicago (NL), St. Louis (NL), St. Louis (AL) </Td> <Td> 1915--37 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Shoeless Joe Jackson </Td> <Td>. 356 </Td> <Td> Philadelphia (AL), Cleveland (AL), Chicago (AL) </Td> <Td> 1908 - 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Lefty O'Doul </Td> <Td>. 349 </Td> <Td> New York (AL), Boston (AL), New York (NL), Philadelphia (NL), Brooklyn </Td> <Td> 1919--23, 1928--34 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 5 </Td> <Td> Ed Delahanty </Td> <Td>. 346 </Td> <Td> Philadelphia (NL), Cleveland (PL), Philadelphia (NL), Washington </Td> <Td> 1888--1903 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Tris Speaker </Td> <Td>. 345 </Td> <Td> Boston (AL), Cleveland, Washington (AL), Philadelphia (AL) </Td> <Td> 1907--28 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Billy Hamilton </Td> <Td>. 34442 </Td> <Td> Kansas City (AA), Philadelphia (NL), Boston (NL) </Td> <Td> 1888--1901 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Ted Williams </Td> <Td>. 34441 </Td> <Td> Boston (AL) </Td> <Td> 1939--42, 1946--60 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Dan Brouthers </Td> <Td>. 34212 </Td> <Td> Troy, Buffalo, Detroit (NL), Boston (NL), Boston (PL), Brooklyn (NL), Baltimore (NL), Louisville, Philadelphia (NL), New York (NL) </Td> <Td> 1879--96, 1904 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Babe Ruth </Td> <Td>. 34206 </Td> <Td> Boston (AL), New York (AL), Boston (NL) </Td> <Td> 1914--36 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th> Player </Th> <Th> Avg </Th> <Th> Team (s) </Th> <Th> Year (s) </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ty Cobb </Td> <Td>. 366 </Td> <Td> Philadelphia (AL), Detroit (AL) </Td> <Td> 1905 - 1928 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rogers Hornsby </Td> <Td>. 358 </Td> <Td> St. Louis (NL), New York (NL), Boston (NL), Chicago (NL), St. Louis (NL), St. Louis (AL) </Td> <Td> 1915--37 </Td> </Tr>

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