First Basemen Single-Season
Batting Average
Leaderboard
 
* - Indicates Hall of Fame
+ - indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet 502PA requirement.
Rank    Player Batting Average PA Year Career Leaderboard
1.    Johnny Mize * .3802 697 1945  
2.    Johnny Mize * .3741 637 1938  
3.    Jimmie Foxx * .3731 686 1931  
4.    Harry Heilmann .3630 686 1930  
5.    Jack Bolling .3587 603 1942  
6.    Dale Alexander .3583 638 1932  
7.    Del Bissonette .3573 681 1930  
8.    Ferris Fain .3560 560 1949  
9.    Buddy Hassett .3503 654 1938  
10.    Ted Kluszewski * .3488 550 1959  
11.    Lou Gehrig .3484 664 1932  
12.    Ripper Collins .3476 625 1935  
13.    Pinky Whitney .3474 625 1936  
14.    Johnny Mize * .3469 642 1937  
15.    Buddy Hassett .3466 659 1943  
16.    Vic Wertz .3462 663 1950  
17.    Buddy Hassett .3459 633 1939  
18.    Chili Davis .3447 672 1990  
19.    Al Woods .3438 564 1989  
20.    Jack Bolling .3428 613 1944  
21.    Hal Trosky .3422 668 1938  
22.    Johnny Mize * .3422 699 1946  
23.    Dale Alexander .3419 676 1936  
24.    Johnny Mize * .3413 637 1942  
25.    Del Bissonette .3413 660 1932  
26.    Jack Bolling .3412 595 1940  
27.    Buzz Arlett .3412 712 1931  
28.    Bud Clancy .3406 528 1931  
29.    Buddy Hassett .3398 627 1942  
30.    Claudell Washington .3390 575 1982  
31.    Bud Clancy .3387 544 1933  
32.    Bill Terry .3379 566 1933  
33.    Al Woods .3377 577 1987  
34.    Clint Hurdle .3373 654 1985  
  Ted Kluszewski * .3373 653 1949  
36.    Del Bissonette .3368 652 1935  
37.    Jack Bolling .3366 653 1943  
38.    Johnny Mize * .3361 696 1943  
39.    Johnny Mize * .3358 612 1939  
40.    Johnny Mize * .3356 665 1940  
41.    Sam Leslie .3352 587 1935  
42.    Dale Alexander .3351 648 1933  
43.    Elbie Fletcher .3349 521 1939  
44.    Ripper Collins .3346 543 1939  
45.    Jimmie Foxx * .3339 689 1935  
46.    Jimmie Foxx * .3325 530 1933  
47.    Mickey Vernon .3320 540 1942  
48.    Del Bissonette .3315 606 1934  
49.    Ed Stevens .3311 507 1949  
50.    Cecil Cooper .3295 640 1987  
51.    Ted Kluszewski * .3294 672 1950  
52.    Buzz Arlett .3291 614 1933  
53.    Ripper Collins .3288 640 1934  
54.    Jimmie Foxx * .3287 671 1934  
55.    Johnny Mize * .3286 650 1941  
56.    Ted Kluszewski * .3286 683 1958  
57.    Joe Adcock .3285 629 1951  
58.    Lew Fonseca .3282 675 1931  
59.    Hank Greenberg * .3281 586 1937  
60.    Jack Bolling .3280 685 1945  
61.    Bobby Brown .3271 674 1956  
62.    John Herrnstein .3268 521 1974  
63.    Ripper Collins .3268 621 1933  
64.    Lou Gehrig .3268 665 1933  
65.    Dale Alexander .3267 668 1935  
66.    Joe Hauser .3267 686 1930  
67.    Jerry Turner .3264 562 1985  
68.    Earl Torgeson .3262 645 1948  
69.    Charlie Grimm .3261 676 1930  
70.    Jimmie Foxx * .3257 693 1938  
71.    Buddy Hassett .3255 657 1941  
72.    Hal Trosky .3253 645 1937  
73.    Hank Greenberg * .3247 686 1938  
74.    Jim Holt .3246 622 1974  
75.    Johnny Hopp .3244 534 1948  
76.    Jack Bolling .3243 561 1950  
77.    Jack Bolling .3241 538 1941  
78.    Vic Wertz .3239 564 1955  
79.    Randy Jackson .3238 646 1959  
80.    Buzz Arlett .3234 685 1932  
81.    Dale Alexander .3233 655 1930  
82.    Bill Terry .3233 615 1930  
83.    Jimmie Foxx * .3232 687 1937  
84.    Sam Leslie .3232 639 1931  
85.    Nap Reyes .3228 581 1953  
86.    Del Bissonette .3227 534 1936  
87.    Johnny Hopp .3220 612 1951  
88.    Nick Etten .3218 512 1944  
89.    Jack Bolling .3215 578 1946  
90.    Hank Greenberg * .3215 713 1936  
91.    Alvin Davis .3212 643 1987  
92.    Charlie Grimm .3211 675 1931  
93.    Ferris Fain .3211 525 1950  
94.    Buddy Hassett .3209 672 1937  
95.    Ron Santo .3208 550 1964  
96.    John Mayberry .3205 661 1975  
97.    Johnny Hopp .3205 640 1941  
98.    Del Bissonette .3204 688 1931  
99.    Dave Parker .3195 572 1978  
100.    Bobby Brown .3194 538 1955  
101.    Ted Kluszewski * .3193 687 1951  
102.    Johnny Mize * .3193 711 1949  
103.    Hank Greenberg * .3191 703 1941  
104.    Al Woods .3191 552 1990  
105.    Joe Adcock .3187 642 1958  
106.    Johnny Hopp .3187 706 1942  
107.    Joe Hauser .3186 658 1931  
108.    Ron Santo .3182 511 1966  
109.    Clint Hurdle .3179 641 1982  
110.    John Herrnstein .3178 538 1973  
111.    Sam Leslie .3174 614 1932  
112.    Dale Alexander .3174 662 1931  
113.    Pinky Whitney .3170 668 1932  
114.    Dave Stapleton .3167 589 1981  
115.    Ferris Fain .3160 518 1951  
116.    Hal Trosky .3160+ 496 1941  
117.    John Mayberry .3157 680 1976  
118.    Ferris Fain .3157 656 1955  
119.    Ed Stevens .3152 527 1950  
120.    Joe Hauser .3149 651 1933  
121.    Jack Bolling .3148 599 1948  
122.    Buddy Hassett .3146 641 1940  
123.    Chili Davis .3144 673 1989  
124.    Bud Clancy .3140 534 1932  
125.    Rusty Staub .3137 540 1976  
126.    Johnny Mize * .3137 703 1947  
127.    Dale Alexander .3136 635 1934  
128.    Clint Hurdle .3135 670 1984  
129.    Steve Kemp .3133 705 1988  
130.    Sam Leslie .3133 620 1933  
131.    Dave Stapleton .3132 672 1986  
132.    Joe Pepitone .3125 672 1971  
  Sam Leslie .3125 679 1936  
134.    Hank Greenberg * .3121 687 1942  
135.    Rusty Staub .3119 519 1978  
136.    Vic Wertz .3118 662 1954  
137.    Del Bissonette .3117 620 1937  
138.    Frank McCormick .3116 629 1938  
139.    Donn Clendenon .3114 648 1967  
140.    Rusty Staub .3113 644 1975  
141.    Ferris Fain .3113 686 1952  
142.    Wayne Belardi .3111 633 1957  
143.    Dave Parker .3110 632 1983  
144.    Clint Hurdle .3108 690 1987  
145.    Don Hurst .3106 567 1932  
146.    Joe Adcock .3103 673 1954  
147.    Jimmie Foxx * .3102 668 1930  
148.    Randy Jackson .3099 546 1958  
149.    Jerry Turner .3098+ 474 1990  
150.    Dave Stapleton .3097 641 1980  
151.    Joe Adcock .3096 658 1955  
152.    Sam Leslie .3095+ 483 1934  
153.    Dale Alexander .3094 532 1937  
154.    Buzz Arlett .3094 641 1934  
155.    Wally Backman .3093 682 1988  
156.    Ferris Fain .3092 724 1954  
157.    Pinky Whitney .3090 618 1930  
158.    Sam Leslie .3089 548 1938  
159.    Dick Sisler .3088 541 1953  
160.    Lew Fonseca .3087 655 1930  
161.    Jerry Turner .3085+ 494 1984  
162.    Ripper Collins .3084 554 1937  
163.    Hal Trosky .3083 666 1939  
164.    Lou Gehrig .3082 678 1930  
165.    Ferris Fain .3078 688 1958  
166.    Daryl Sconiers .3077 541 1989  
  Gordy Coleman .3077 565 1964  
168.    Jimmie Foxx * .3074 656 1932  
169.    Don Mattingly .3073 595 1987  
170.    Eddie Lukon .3072 511 1952  
171.    John Herrnstein .3071 567 1970  
172.    Lew Fonseca .3071 540 1934  
173.    John Olerud .3068 643 1990  
174.    Joe Adcock .3068 650 1961  
175.    Don Hurst .3068 642 1930  
176.    Joe Pepitone .3067 625 1969  
177.    Johnny Mize * .3067+ 449 1936  
  Harry Heilmann .3067 676 1931  
179.    Gordy Coleman .3064 512 1967  
180.    Nick Etten .3063 534 1941  
181.    Aaron Pointer .3059 601 1972  
182.    Don Mattingly .3055 631 1988  
183.    Hal Trosky .3055 622 1942  
184.    Cecil Cooper .3054 571 1978  
185.    Broderick Perkins .3053 524 1980  
186.    Kent Hrbek .3053 612 1989  
187.    Joe Pepitone .3052 537 1966  
188.    Duane Josephson .3051 606 1973  
189.    John Mayberry .3049 635 1974  
190.    Ed Morgan .3049 631 1933  
191.    Charlie Grimm .3047 509 1932  
192.    Mark Grace .3046 548 1990  
193.    Ripper Collins .3046 528 1938  
194.    Nap Reyes .3045 605 1947  
195.    Hal Trosky .3044 641 1936  
196.    Ripper Collins .3043 562 1936  
197.    Alvin Davis .3042 638 1990  
198.    Chili Davis .3041 658 1986  
199.    Roberto Clemente .3040 627 1962  
200.    Randy Jackson .3040 662 1955  
201.    Elbie Fletcher .3036 569 1940  
202.    Gene Hasson .3035 630 1940  
203.    Hank Greenberg * .3034 703 1935  
204.    Mickey Vernon .3031 567 1947  
205.    Gordy Coleman .3030+ 499 1966  
206.    Hank Greenberg * .3028 687 1940  
207.    Joe Adcock .3027 660 1957  
208.    Buzz Arlett .3026 693 1935  
209.    Johnny Hopp .3026 728 1946  
210.    Frank McCormick .3025+ 496 1941  
211.    David Green .3024 533 1987  
  Ed Morgan .3024 561 1932  
213.    Bobby Brown .3023 552 1950  
214.    Ferris Fain .3022 682 1953  
215.    Frank McCormick .3021 613 1935  
216.    Ted Kluszewski * .3020 669 1954  
217.    Bobby Brown .3019 563 1952  
  Hal Trosky .3019 644 1940  
219.    Joe Pepitone .3013 668 1972  
220.    Dave Revering .3012 637 1982  
221.    Ed Morgan .3012 586 1931  
222.    Del Bissonette .3010 654 1933  
223.    Norm Cash .3004 625 1965  
224.    Pinky Whitney .3002 517 1935  
225.    Pinky Whitney .2998 652 1938  
226.    Hank Greenberg * .2998 665 1939  
227.    Chili Davis .2997 683 1988  
228.    Jerry Turner .2996 585 1981  
229.    Dave Stapleton .2995 640 1983  
230.    David Green .2995 617 1988  
231.    Jack Bolling .2995 617 1949  
232.    Zeke Bonura .2991 651 1941  
233.    Ed Stevens .2991+ 491 1953  
234.    Duane Josephson .2990 617 1969  
235.    Mickey Vernon .2989+ 474 1945  
236.    Don Mattingly .2988 548 1985  
237.    Donn Clendenon .2988 605 1966  
238.    Ferris Fain .2986 651 1959  
239.    Zeke Bonura .2985 676 1938  
240.    Claudell Washington .2985 634 1977  
241.    Bobby Brown .2984 620 1958  
242.    Pinky Whitney .2983 637 1934  
243.    Joe Adcock .2983 653 1952  
244.    Lou Gehrig .2978 687 1931  
245.    Ted Kluszewski * .2977 699 1952  
246.    Curt Blefary .2975 621 1966  
247.    Clint Hurdle .2974 650 1986  
  Floyd Robinson .2974 651 1962  
249.    Lou Gehrig .2972 662 1934  
250.    Randy Jackson .2971 651 1956  
251.    Wally Backman .2970 612 1983  
252.    Andres Galarraga .2967 626 1990  
253.    Mike Schemer .2966+ 439 1948  
254.    Nick Etten .2966 600 1943  
255.    Don Hurst .2964 626 1933  
256.    Joe Pepitone .2962 631 1970  
  Bill Terry .2962 639 1932  
258.    Hank Greenberg * .2960 650 1945  
259.    Gene Hasson .2959 634 1942  
260.    Randy Jackson .2957 599 1961  
261.    Earl Torgeson .2955 651 1954  
262.    Cecil Cooper .2955 513 1985  
263.    Johnny Hopp .2954 581 1943  
264.    Jerry Turner .2952 543 1986  
265.    John Herrnstein .2952 506 1969  
266.    Harry Heilmann .2950 600 1932  
267.    Charlie Grimm .2949 579 1933  
268.    Bobby Brown .2948 659 1951  
269.    Wes Parker .2946 621 1977  
270.    Ted Kluszewski * .2946 672 1957  
271.    John Olerud .2945+ 487 1989  
272.    Earl Torgeson .2943 650 1952  
273.    Jim Holt .2942+ 459 1976  
274.    Johnny Mize * .2939 674 1944  
275.    Joe Pepitone .2939 618 1967  
276.    Rusty Staub .2938 523 1977  
277.    Ed Stevens .2937+ 495 1948  
278.    Joe Hauser .2937 624 1934  
279.    Donn Clendenon .2936+ 501 1965  
280.    John Mayberry .2935 710 1978  
281.    Carl Yastrzemski .2935 645 1970  
282.    Clint Hurdle .2934 630 1989  
283.    Cecil Cooper .2932 602 1979  
284.    John Mayberry .2929 700 1977  
285.    Tommy Henrich .2929 635 1941  
286.    Frank McCormick .2928 634 1939  
287.    Joe Hauser .2925 659 1932  
288.    Frank McCormick .2924 638 1937  
289.    Jimmie Foxx * .2923 688 1936  
290.    Joe Pepitone .2922 668 1975  
291.    Dave Parker .2921 531 1980  
292.    Ted Kluszewski * .2921 672 1955  
293.    Ed Morgan .2921 572 1935  
294.    Hal Trosky .2920 636 1944  
295.    Hal Trosky .2919 686 1943  
296.    Will Clark .2919 645 1989  
297.    Earl Torgeson .2918 631 1955  
298.    Clint Hurdle .2916 628 1983  
299.    Ted Kluszewski * .2915 633 1960  
300.    Luke Easter .2913 618 1947