All-Time MLB Player Hitting Stat Leaders by Season

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PLAYER	YEAR	TEAM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 1 ‌ ‌ ‌	1923	DET	144	524	121	211	44	11	18	115	74	40	9	7	.403	.481	.632	1.113
2 HankH GreenbergGreenberg LF 2 ‌ ‌ ‌	1940	DET	148	573	129	195	50	8	41	150	93	75	6	3	.340	.433	.670	1.103
3 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 3 ‌ ‌ ‌	1927	DET	141	505	106	201	50	9	14	120	72	16	11	5	.398	.475	.616	1.091
4 TyT CobbCobb CF 4 ‌ ‌ ‌	1911	DET	146	591	147	248	47	24	8	127	44		83	--	.420	.467	.621	1.088
5 TyT CobbCobb CF 5 ‌ ‌ ‌	1925	DET	121	415	97	157	31	12	12	102	65	12	13	9	.378	.468	.598	1.066
6 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 6 ‌ ‌ ‌	1921	DET	149	602	114	237	43	14	19	139	53	37	2	6	.394	.444	.606	1.050
7 TyT CobbCobb CF 7 ‌ ‌ ‌	1921	DET	128	507	124	197	37	16	12	101	56	19	22	15	.389	.452	.596	1.048
8 TyT CobbCobb CF 8 ‌ ‌ ‌	1912	DET	140	553	119	227	30	23	7	83	43		61	--	.410	.458	.586	1.044
9 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 9 ‌ ‌ ‌	1922	DET	118	455	92	162	27	10	21	92	58	28	8	4	.356	.432	.598	1.030
10 MagglioM OrdonezOrdonez RF 10 ‌ ‌ ‌	2007	DET	157	595	117	216	54	0	28	139	76	79	4	1	.363	.434	.595	1.029
11 TyT CobbCobb CF 11 ‌ ‌ ‌	1922	DET	137	526	99	211	42	16	4	99	55	24	9	13	.401	.462	.565	1.027
12 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 12 ‌ ‌ ‌	1925	DET	150	573	97	225	40	11	13	134	67	27	6	6	.393	.457	.569	1.026
13 TyT CobbCobb CF 13 ‌ ‌ ‌	1917	DET	152	588	107	225	44	24	6	102	61	34	55	--	.383	.444	.570	1.014
14 TyT CobbCobb CF 14 ‌ ‌ ‌	1910	DET	140	509	106	196	36	13	8	91	64		65	--	.385	.458	.554	1.012
15 TyT CobbCobb CF 15 ‌ ‌ ‌	1913	DET	122	428	70	167	18	16	4	67	58	31	51	--	.390	.467	.535	1.002
16 HeinieH ManushManush CF 16 ‌ ‌ ‌	1926	DET	136	498	95	188	35	8	14	86	31	28	11	5	.378	.421	.564	.985
17 AlA WingoWingo LF 17 ‌ ‌ ‌	1925	DET	130	440	104	163	34	10	5	68	69	31	14	13	.370	.456	.527	.983
18 RockyR ColavitoColavito LF 18 ‌ ‌ ‌	1961	DET	163	583	129	169	30	2	45	140	113	75	1	2	.290	.402	.580	.982
19 BobbyB HigginsonHigginson LF 19 ‌ ‌ ‌	1996	DET	130	440	75	141	35	0	26	81	65	66	6	3	.320	.404	.577	.981
20 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 20 ‌ ‌ ‌	1926	DET	141	502	90	184	41	8	9	103	67	19	6	7	.367	.445	.534	.979
21 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 21 ‌ ‌ ‌	1929	DET	125	453	86	156	41	7	15	120	50	39	5	6	.344	.412	.565	.977
22 TyT CobbCobb CF 22 ‌ ‌ ‌	1915	DET	156	563	144	208	31	13	3	99	118	43	96	38	.369	.486	.487	.973
23 AlA KalineKaline RF 23 ‌ ‌ ‌	1955	DET	152	588	121	200	24	8	27	102	82	57	6	8	.340	.421	.546	.967
24 SamS CrawfordCrawford RF 24 ‌ ‌ ‌	1911	DET	146	574	109	217	36	14	7	115	61		37	--	.378	.438	.526	.964
25 HarryH HeilmannHeilmann RF 25 ‌ ‌ ‌	1924	DET	153	570	107	197	45	16	10	114	78	41	13	5	.346	.428	.533	.961

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