Shortstops 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.    Charlie Hollocher .3579 682 1931  
2.    Boob Fowler .3543 657 1930  
3.    Vern Stephens .3538 680 1951  
4.    Charlie Hollocher .3503 641 1932  
5.    Joe Koppe .3488 517 1963  
6.    Boob Fowler .3472 639 1931  
7.    Al Cuccinello .3459 554 1951  
8.    Joe Cronin * .3452 683 1936  
9.    Richie Hebner * .3447 651 1977  
10.    Charlie Hollocher .3443 717 1930  
11.    Debs Garms .3405 626 1934  
12.    Lou Boudreau .3404 627 1944  
13.    Cookie Lavagetto .3394 636 1941  
14.    Buddy Blattner * .3388 650 1949  
15.    Richie Hebner * .3380 585 1971  
16.    Buddy Myer .3379 675 1934  
17.    Debs Garms .3376 693 1937  
18.    Harvey Kuenn .3362 648 1957  
19.    Debs Garms .3339 705 1936  
20.    Joe Sewell .3333 693 1930  
21.    Hubie Brooks .3327 588 1986  
22.    Hal Rhyne .3327 565 1933  
23.    Buddy Myer .3321 640 1930  
24.    Julio Franco .3317 661 1990  
25.    Tony Cuccinello .3303 636 1941  
26.    Richie Hebner * .3298 642 1976  
27.    Buddy Myer .3292 658 1935  
28.    Richie Hebner * .3290 608 1975  
29.    Sonny Jackson .3285 539 1971  
30.    Charlie Hollocher .3280 664 1933  
31.    Joe Cronin * .3279 682 1935  
32.    Tony Cuccinello .3265 643 1938  
33.    Joe Cronin * .3261 653 1931  
34.    Dick Smith .3258 667 1974  
35.    Buddy Myer .3254 580 1931  
36.    Buddy Blattner * .3242 691 1948  
37.    Ernie Banks .3238 667 1954  
38.    Richie Hebner * .3235 656 1980  
39.    Bill Barrett .3234 667 1930  
40.    Phil Rizzuto .3232 637 1949  
41.    Buddy Myer .3230 631 1937  
42.    Lou Boudreau .3228 642 1947  
43.    Tony Cuccinello .3228 661 1939  
44.    Lou Boudreau .3227 641 1942  
45.    Wayne Causey .3225 654 1968  
46.    Lou Klein .3223 617 1947  
47.    Tony Cuccinello .3222 594 1932  
48.    Richie Hebner * .3220 603 1974  
49.    Harvey Kuenn .3216 560 1954  
50.    Travis Jackson .3216 577 1935  
51.    Phil Rizzuto .3213 640 1943  
52.    Vern Stephens .3206 541 1943  
53.    Cookie Lavagetto .3203 729 1944  
54.    Lou Boudreau .3202 599 1941  
55.    Jim Gantner .3201 618 1987  
56.    Lou Klein .3198 532 1951  
57.    Luke Appling .3194 600 1937  
58.    Ken Boyer .3187 631 1963  
59.    Joe Cronin * .3186 646 1941  
60.    Howdy Caton .3180 655 1930  
61.    Vern Stephens .3180 610 1946  
62.    Buddy Blattner * .3179 684 1954  
63.    Rick Auerbach .3179 622 1981  
64.    Harvey Kuenn .3177 634 1963  
65.    Richie Hebner * .3174+ 490 1982  
66.    Lou Klein .3170 636 1950  
67.    Joe Sewell .3167 621 1932  
68.    George Kell .3166+ 454 1953  
69.    Julio Franco .3162 555 1987  
70.    Sonny Jackson .3158 505 1973  
71.    Wayne Causey .3156 659 1969  
72.    Joe Cronin * .3146 676 1930  
73.    Joe Koppe .3143 623 1964  
74.    Howdy Caton .3140 647 1931  
75.    Richie Hebner * .3139 572 1972  
76.    Ken Oberkfell .3134 551 1981  
77.    Richie Hebner * .3118 582 1973  
78.    Jim Gantner .3117+ 482 1990  
79.    Wayne Causey .3117 668 1965  
80.    Cookie Lavagetto .3116 693 1940  
81.    Richie Hebner * .3114 658 1978  
82.    Vern Stephens .3110 628 1948  
83.    Al Cuccinello .3109 560 1946  
84.    Tony Cuccinello .3107 701 1930  
85.    Howdy Caton .3105 563 1932  
86.    Buddy Blattner * .3104 671 1951  
87.    Jim Gantner .3103 593 1988  
88.    Johnny Ray .3101 585 1984  
  Lou Boudreau .3101 605 1951  
90.    Lou Klein .3100 613 1943  
91.    Al Cuccinello .3099 564 1947  
92.    Bobby Richardson .3094 559 1961  
93.    Jim Brideweser .3086 662 1961  
94.    Bill Barrett .3077 618 1932  
95.    Vern Stephens .3076 690 1950  
96.    Tony Cuccinello .3076 654 1942  
97.    Travis Jackson .3074 532 1937  
98.    Pinky Higgins .3073 617 1934  
99.    Lou Klein .3072 660 1949  
100.    Travis Jackson .3070 574 1939  
101.    Ken Boyer .3069 632 1962  
102.    Joe Cronin * .3063 630 1934  
103.    Al Cuccinello .3062 561 1949  
104.    Ken Oberkfell .3062 679 1985  
105.    Joe Cronin * .3061 678 1940  
106.    Cass Michaels .3060 640 1953  
107.    Joe Cronin * .3058 575 1933  
108.    Pinky Higgins .3057 583 1931  
109.    Debs Garms .3056 670 1935  
110.    Phil Rizzuto .3054 697 1946  
111.    Rick Auerbach .3052 634 1983  
112.    Phil Rizzuto .3049 635 1941  
113.    Phil Rizzuto .3048 666 1942  
114.    Skeeter Newsome .3042 578 1938  
  Buddy Myer .3042 622 1932  
116.    Phil Linz .3040 600 1966  
117.    Johnny Logan .3037 596 1956  
118.    Hal Rhyne .3036 583 1931  
119.    Tony Cuccinello .3035 629 1935  
120.    Debs Garms .3035 563 1938  
121.    Vern Stephens .3034 640 1945  
122.    Cookie Lavagetto .3033 624 1936  
123.    Jim Brideweser .3031 662 1958  
124.    Dick Allen .3031 644 1974  
125.    Alan Bannister .3031 642 1980  
126.    Buddy Myer .3025 634 1933  
127.    Ernest Riles .3025 572 1990  
128.    Tony Cuccinello .3024 629 1933  
129.    Travis Jackson .3024 582 1932  
130.    Luke Appling .3021 593 1933  
131.    Joe Sewell .3019 658 1931  
132.    Lou Boudreau .3018 559 1943  
133.    Richie Hebner * .3017 660 1979  
134.    Don Money .3015 509 1978  
135.    Ken Oberkfell .3014 652 1984  
136.    Jim Brideweser .3014 690 1955  
137.    Dave Hilton .3014 611 1981  
138.    Lou Klein .3012 619 1945  
139.    Phil Rizzuto .3008 531 1953  
140.    Tony Piet .3007 600 1937  
141.    Tony Kubek .3004 563 1961  
142.    Joe Cronin * .3003 665 1939  
143.    Buddy Blattner * .3002 585 1950  
144.    Luke Appling .3002 617 1939  
145.    Luke Appling .3000 656 1938  
146.    Wayne Causey .2998 668 1966  
147.    Alan Bannister .2998 591 1978  
148.    Lou Klein .2996+ 490 1946  
149.    Vern Stephens .2993 644 1952  
150.    Ken Boyer .2990 669 1965  
151.    Lou Klein .2990 626 1948  
152.    Jim Brideweser .2988 666 1954  
153.    Buddy Myer .2987 687 1938  
154.    Luke Appling .2986 635 1934  
155.    Dickie Thon .2984 637 1987  
156.    Enzo Hernandez .2984 620 1976  
157.    Lou Boudreau .2983 587 1946  
158.    Phil Rizzuto .2982 657 1945  
159.    Cookie Lavagetto .2979 540 1938  
160.    Tony Cuccinello .2975 648 1940  
161.    Johnny Ray .2973 543 1989  
162.    Jim Gantner .2970 646 1985  
163.    Brian Giles .2969 635 1985  
164.    Rick Auerbach .2965 645 1982  
165.    Bob Kennedy .2965+ 499 1944  
166.    George Kell .2963+ 497 1948  
167.    Shawon Dunston .2962 546 1987  
168.    Denny Doyle .2961 656 1974  
169.    Skeeter Newsome .2960 606 1941  
170.    Vern Stephens .2955 633 1953  
171.    Phil Garner .2955 520 1984  
172.    Buddy Blattner * .2954 615 1945  
173.    Odell Hale .2953 581 1939  
174.    Bob Meacham .2953 567 1989  
175.    Dave Hilton .2950 528 1984  
176.    Lou Klein .2949 541 1954  
177.    Sonny Jackson .2949+ 468 1970  
178.    Harvey Kuenn .2948 632 1956  
179.    Dick Smith .2947 641 1976  
180.    Bobby Richardson .2942 576 1963  
181.    Dickie Thon .2942 649 1985  
182.    Buddy Blattner * .2939 651 1953  
183.    Lou Klein .2939 555 1952  
184.    Bill Barrett .2937 649 1936  
185.    Barry Larkin .2931 666 1989  
186.    Odell Hale .2929 540 1934  
187.    Joe Koppe .2927 634 1961  
  Luke Appling .2927 680 1935  
189.    Eddie Lake .2926 645 1948  
190.    Jose Cardenal .2925+ 498 1973  
191.    Richie Hebner * .2925 591 1970  
192.    Danny O'Connell .2922 601 1958  
193.    Bill Akers .2920 547 1933  
194.    Cookie Lavagetto .2919 722 1942  
195.    Chris Speier .2918 528 1981  
196.    Ken Oberkfell .2918 602 1988  
197.    Glenn Beckert .2915 548 1969  
  Luke Appling .2915 580 1940  
199.    Joe Ferguson .2913 631 1976  
200.    Tony Piet .2913 577 1940  
201.    Shawon Dunston .2912 546 1988  
202.    Buddy Blattner * .2911 654 1952  
203.    Barry Larkin .2910 576 1988  
204.    Lou Boudreau .2910 644 1945  
205.    Vern Stephens .2909 671 1949  
206.    Bobby Richardson .2908 541 1966  
207.    Jose Baez .2907 518 1984  
208.    Tony Cuccinello .2906 621 1936  
209.    Ken Oberkfell .2905 539 1980  
210.    Charlie Hollocher .2905 554 1934  
211.    Travis Jackson .2901 557 1931  
212.    Barry Larkin .2901 703 1990  
213.    Roy Smalley .2899 597 1983  
214.    Ernie Banks .2899 627 1962  
215.    Phil Rizzuto .2895 649 1952  
216.    Otto Miller .2893 565 1930  
217.    Dave Rosello .2893 536 1978  
218.    Tony Kubek .2893 642 1960  
219.    Ray Morehart .2893 542 1930  
220.    Dave Rosello .2892 603 1983  
221.    Ken Boyer .2891 638 1961  
222.    Johnny Ray .2891 539 1986  
223.    Joe Sewell .2890 614 1933  
224.    Alvin Dark .2888 559 1952  
225.    Phil Rizzuto .2886 630 1944  
226.    Calvin Chapman .2886 528 1940  
227.    Tony Kubek .2886 536 1958  
228.    Bill Barrett .2884 696 1931  
229.    Jody Reed .2880 541 1990  
230.    Wayne Causey .2879 584 1963  
231.    Bill Barrett .2879 613 1935  
232.    Lou Boudreau .2878 516 1952  
233.    Buddy Blattner * .2873 651 1946  
234.    Joe Cronin * .2873 589 1942  
235.    Bobby Richardson .2872 588 1960  
236.    Ken Oberkfell .2872 698 1987  
237.    George Kell .2869 516 1952  
238.    Ty Cline .2868 607 1968  
239.    Gene Freese .2866+ 500 1961  
  Cookie Lavagetto .2866 538 1947  
241.    Bill Spiers .2866+ 448 1990  
242.    Johnny Butler .2866 539 1931  
243.    Tony Piet .2865 580 1941  
244.    Wayne Causey .2863 540 1970  
245.    Red Kress .2863 538 1933  
246.    Eddie Kasko .2860 587 1963  
247.    Doc Farrell .2860 593 1931  
248.    Ken Oberkfell .2860 660 1982  
249.    Bob Meacham .2860 671 1990  
250.    Damon Phillips .2857 528 1947  
  Lou Boudreau .2857 629 1940  
252.    Tom Matchick .2854 543 1975  
253.    Joe Cronin * .2852 636 1932  
254.    Doc Farrell .2850 626 1930  
255.    Buddy Blattner * .2849 606 1944  
256.    Otto Miller .2847 618 1935  
257.    Tony Cuccinello .2847 638 1931  
258.    Phil Linz .2846 593 1967  
  Odell Hale .2846 564 1936  
260.    Rick Auerbach .2845 637 1980  
261.    Denny Doyle .2844 597 1977  
262.    Brian Giles .2844 595 1986  
263.    Dick Allen .2842 682 1967  
264.    Don Money .2841 662 1976  
265.    Garry Templeton .2840 529 1982  
266.    Bob Aspromonte .2838 548 1962  
267.    Cookie Lavagetto .2837 738 1945  
268.    Jim Brideweser .2836 607 1956  
269.    Vern Stephens .2836 605 1944  
270.    Dave Rosello .2834 612 1980  
271.    Buddy Blattner * .2833 610 1955  
272.    George Kell .2832 619 1949  
  Al Cuccinello .2832 610 1944  
274.    Phil Linz .2832 560 1971  
275.    Johnny Ray .2831 617 1990  
276.    Ken Oberkfell .2830 684 1986  
277.    Bobby Richardson .2830+ 497 1967  
278.    Travis Jackson .2829 592 1936  
279.    Tony Kubek .2827 573 1966  
280.    Ron Oester .2826+ 493 1990  
281.    Specs Toporcer .2825+ 467 1930  
282.    Jim Gantner .2824+ 476 1983  
283.    Joe Hoover .2823 598 1946  
284.    Lou Boudreau .2823+ 494 1939  
285.    Chris Speier .2822 605 1974  
286.    Lou Boudreau .2822 693 1948  
287.    Tony Kubek .2821+ 499 1963  
  Buddy Blattner * .2821 568 1947  
289.    Pinky Higgins .2820 602 1935  
  Bill Narleski .2820 578 1930  
291.    Bob Heise .2818+ 450 1974  
292.    Hubie Brooks .2817 549 1982  
293.    Harvey Kuenn .2817 658 1958  
294.    Alan Bannister .2816 568 1977  
295.    Mike McNally .2814 576 1930  
296.    Ken Boyer .2810 637 1964  
297.    Al Cuccinello .2810 580 1945  
298.    Joe Ferguson .2809 633 1972  
299.    Lou Boudreau .2805 587 1950  
300.    Don Money .2803 657 1979