Chicago White Sox all-time lists: Top 15 batting averages
Top 15 all-time batting averages: 8-10
10. Frank Thomas/Magglio Ordonez (.307)
Did you see this tie coming? I honestly didn’t, and I grew up watching these players.
Obviously, Thomas is one of the greatest Chicago White Sox of all time, winning back-to-back MVPs in 1994-95, four Silver Slugger awards, appearing in five All-Star games and leading the franchise in offensive WAR (74.4).
In his 16 seasons with Chicago, he hit for more than 20 home runs, .300 and 100 RBI seven straight times. And his 1994 season is probably one of the greatest seasons a hitter has ever had (.353/.487/1.217 with 38 home runs and 101 RBIs). And he only played in 113 games because of strike…
Meanwhile, “Maggs” played eight seasons with the White Sox, making four All-Star games and dominating alongside and in the absence of Thomas from 1997-2004. He especially wrecked shop in 1999-2003, averaging 32 home runs, 118 RBI and a .312 average
8. Luke Appling/Rip Radcliff (.310)
Appling, depending on who you ask, might be the greatest Chicago White Sox of all time. So of course he’d find his way onto the list somewhere.
He played the most games in White Sox history (20 years, 2422 games) and maintained consistent excellence throughout his career. He also compiled one of highest batting averages in history over a single season, hitting .388 in 1936.
Radcliff was a teammate of Appling’s in the 1930s, playing with the White Sox in his first six Major League seasons. He even hit .335 alongside Appling in 1936, earning an All-Star appearance.
Again, how did that team only end up 4th in the American League?