Year Player Team League Average
1876 Ross Barnes Chicago White Stockings NL 0.429
1884 Fred Dunlap St. Louis Maroons UA 0.412
1887 Tip O’Neill St. Louis Browns AA 0.435
1887 Pete Browning Louisville Colonels AA 0.402
1894 Hugh Duffy Boston Beaneaters NL 0.440
1894 Tuck Turner Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.418
1894 Sam Thompson Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.415
1894 Ed Delahanty Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.404
1894 Billy Hamilton Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.403
1895 Jesse Burkett Cleveland Spiders NL 0.405
1895 Ed Delahanty Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.404
1896 Jesse Burkett Cleveland Spiders NL 0.410
1896 Hughie Jennings Baltimore Orioles NL 0.401
1897 Willie Keeler Baltimore Orioles NL 0.424
1899 Ed Delahanty Philadelphia Phillies NL 0.410
1901 Nap Lajoie Philadelphia Athletics AL 0.426
1911 Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers AL 0.420
1911 Shoeless Joe Jackson Cleveland Naps AL 0.408
1912 Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers AL 0.409
1920 George Sisler St. Louis Browns AL 0.407
1922 George Sisler St. Louis Browns AL 0.420
1922 Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals NL 0.401
1922 Ty Cobb Detroit Tigers AL 0.401
1923 Harry Heilmann Detroit Tigers AL 0.403
1924 Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals NL 0.424
1925 Rogers Hornsby St. Louis Cardinals NL 0.403
1930 Bill Terry New York Giants NL 0.401
1941 Ted Williams Boston Red Sox AL 0.406

You are no doubt quite familiar that “NL” means “National League” and “AL” means “American League”.

The “UA” stands for the Union Association Baseball League which lasted just one year 1884.

“AA” stands for the American Association Baseball League (1882-1891) and it does not mean “Double A Baseball”.

Batting “400” for an entire baseball season is an incredibly rare and difficult accomplishment.

In the entire history of baseball it has only been done 28 times by 20 different people.

It is surprising to think that five players have done this more than once.

Year Year Year Player
1895 1896 ——- Jessie Burkett
1920 1922 ——- George Sisler
1911 1912 1922 Ty Cobb
1894 1895 1899 Ed Delahanty
1922 1924 1925 Rogers Hornsby