AB de Villiers (129*) and Virat Kohli (109) both scored centuries for RCB against GL at Chinnaswamy Stadium this IPL which is only the second time two batsmen scored 100s in the same T20 innings. Playing for Gloucestershire, Kevin O'Brien (119) and Hamish Marshall (102) did the same against Middlesex in 2011.
http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/282910.html
Notes: Three point one plate (3.1) appearances per scheduled game are needed to make this list, raw averages are presented to further clarify the one-hundred greatest single season batting averages, and a bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hibavg2.shtml
Ty Cobb of the Detroit Tigers, who also holds the highest career batting average of .366, led the AL in average in 11 (or 12) seasons. Honus Wagner and Gwynn are tied for the second-most titles, with eight apiece in the NL.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_batting_champions
Single Season Leaders for Batting Average. Ted Williams once commented about those that fail 'only' seven times out of ten attempts will be the greatest in the game. He was right about that and the list below reflects those great hitters who truly dominated during a single season of play.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hibavg2.shtml
Also, in 1887, when a player received a base on balls (walk) he was also awarded a hit in his official statistics. The rules of the day and Major League Baseball recognize the statistics as they were recorded and Baseball Almanac has also complied with the new direction.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hitting/hibavg2.shtml
Major League Baseball with 90+ answers. The highest batting average for a World Series game is, not surprisingly, 1.000. 17 players have gone 4-for-4 in a World Series game, with the most recent being Matt Holliday for Colorado in 2007. Paul Molitor had 5 hits in a 1982 World Series game, but needed six at-bats. Related Questions.
https://www.quora.com/Who-has-the-highest-batting-average-ever-in-a-major-league-world-series-baseball-game
The first batting average champion in the NL was Ross Barnes; in the league's inaugural 1876 season, Barnes batted .429 for the Chicago White Stockings. The American League (AL) was established in 1901, and Hall of Fame second baseman Nap Lajoie led that league with a .426 average for the Philadelphia Athletics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_batting_champions
But there was a team that scored almost a run per game more than those Yankees, that collected nearly 2000 hits and whose .346 batting average far surpassed that of the Giants. They were the opponents of the 1930 Philadelphia Phillies. The difference between the 1st and the 5th place teams in the chart above is 58 runs, 61 hits and 9 batting average points. The difference between the Phillies opponents and the top of the list are 132 runs, 211 hits and 27 points.
http://www.retrosheet.org/Research/RuaneT/phi1930_art.htm
Highest batting average for a career is .366 by Ty Cobb (1905-1928). Highest batting average for a season in the dead ball era is .4397 by Hugh Duffy in 1894 (age 27). Highest average in a season in the modern era is .406 by Ted Williams in 1941 (age 22). Highest batting average in the National League for 2012 was .336 by Buster Posey (age 25). The highest batting average in the American League in 2012 was .330 by Miguel Cabrera (age 29). Edit: Subtopics added on this question.
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Expanded to a full season, that would have resulted in 1096 runs and 1840 hits, which along with the .333 batting average, would have still broken all three team records. The third thing this team had going for it was the good fortune to face perhaps the worst pitching staff in modern major league history.
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highest batting average ever
The highest batting average ever is .366. The highest batting average ever was 0.366.