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1. Shoeless Joe Jackson (3rd, .356)

Despite finishing with the third highest career batting average behind only Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby, this model of consistency only had two second place finishes in his career, placing second to Ty Cobb in 1911 and 1912 despite hitting .408 and .395 in those seasons. And there was that little matter of the 1919 World Series.