Derrek Lee had the best batting average in 2005, with an average of .335.

Interpreted as:

batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game leaders 2005

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Derrek Lee D. Lee	.335	2005	CHC	158	594	120	199	50	3	46	107	85	5	109	15	3	691	393	99	0	7	23	12	.418	.662	1.080	150	67.4	.444	170	60.9
2	Placido Polanco P. Polanco	.331	2005	TOT	129	501	84	166	27	2	9	56	33	11	25	4	3	551	224	38	2	4	0	12	.383	.447	.830	84	17.8	.365	124	16.4
3	Michael Young M. Young	.331	2005	TEX	159	668	114	221	40	5	24	91	58	3	91	5	2	732	343	69	0	3	0	20	.385	.513	.899	126	38.2	.389	136	32.1
4	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	.330	2005	STL	161	591	129	195	38	2	41	117	97	9	65	16	2	700	360	81	0	3	27	19	.430	.609	1.039	145	61.5	.432	167	59.1
5	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	.323	2005	FLA	158	613	106	198	43	2	33	116	64	2	125	1	0	685	344	78	0	6	12	20	.385	.561	.947	123	41.3	.399	146	39.9
6	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	.321	2005	NYY	162	605	124	194	29	1	48	130	91	16	139	21	6	715	369	78	0	3	8	8	.421	.610	1.031	151	65	.436	174	64.2
7	Todd Helton T. Helton	.320	2005	COL	144	509	92	163	45	2	20	79	106	9	80	3	0	626	272	67	1	1	22	14	.445	.534	.979	122	46.8	.416	145	35.7
8	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	.317	2005	LAA	141	520	95	165	29	2	32	108	61	8	48	13	1	594	294	63	0	5	26	16	.394	.565	.959	106	34.8	.397	148	34.8
9	Johnny Damon J. Damon	.316	2005	BOS	148	624	117	197	35	6	10	75	53	2	69	18	1	688	274	51	0	9	3	5	.366	.439	.805	96	14	.350	111	9.1
10	Brian Roberts B. Roberts	.314	2005	BAL	143	561	92	176	45	7	18	73	67	3	83	27	10	640	289	70	5	4	5	6	.387	.515	.903	109	32.4	.387	141	31.7
11	Sean Casey S. Casey	.312	2005	CIN	137	529	75	165	32	0	9	58	48	5	48	2	0	587	224	41	0	5	3	27	.371	.423	.795	82	11.3	.349	110	7.2
12	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.309	2005	NYY	159	654	122	202	25	5	19	70	77	11	117	14	5	752	294	49	7	3	3	15	.389	.450	.839	117	26.8	.369	128	26
13	Chad Tracy C. Tracy	.308	2005	ARI	145	503	73	155	34	4	27	72	35	8	78	3	1	553	278	65	1	6	4	10	.359	.553	.911	93	27.2	.385	130	20.7
14	Matt Holliday M. Holliday	.307	2005	COL	125	479	68	147	24	7	19	87	36	7	79	14	3	526	242	50	0	4	1	11	.361	.505	.866	83	20.2	.372	117	10.9
15	Randy Winn R. Winn	.306	2005	TOT	160	617	85	189	47	6	20	63	48	5	91	19	11	683	308	73	10	3	4	11	.360	.499	.859	106	24.1	.368	128	23.8
16	David Wright D. Wright	.306	2005	NYM	160	575	99	176	42	1	27	102	72	7	113	17	7	657	301	70	0	3	2	16	.388	.523	.912	115	36.4	.393	141	34.2
17	Jason Bay J. Bay	.306	2005	PIT	162	599	110	183	44	6	32	101	95	6	142	21	1	707	335	82	0	7	9	12	.402	.559	.961	132	47.3	.407	150	44.1
18	Brady Clark B. Clark	.306	2005	MIL	145	599	94	183	31	1	13	53	47	18	55	10	13	674	255	45	8	2	1	13	.372	.426	.798	96	15.3	.353	113	10.6
19	Victor Martinez V. Martinez	.305	2005	CLE	147	547	73	167	33	0	20	80	63	5	78	0	1	622	260	53	0	7	9	16	.378	.475	.853	96	21	.367	128	21.1
20	Hideki Matsui H. Matsui	.305	2005	NYY	162	629	108	192	45	3	23	116	63	3	78	2	2	703	312	71	0	8	7	16	.367	.496	.863	109	25	.369	128	24.3
21	Travis Hafner T. Hafner	.305	2005	CLE	137	486	94	148	42	0	33	108	79	9	123	0	0	578	289	75	0	4	7	9	.408	.595	1.003	116	46.3	.423	166	46.4
22	Miguel Tejada M. Tejada	.304	2005	BAL	162	654	89	199	50	5	26	98	40	7	83	5	1	704	337	81	0	3	9	26	.349	.515	.865	108	23.8	.367	127	23.1
23	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	.303	2005	SEA	162	679	111	206	21	12	15	68	48	4	66	33	8	739	296	48	2	6	23	5	.350	.436	.786	92	3.4	.331	106	5.2
24	Aramis Ramirez A. Ramirez	.302	2005	CHC	123	463	72	140	30	0	31	92	35	6	60	0	1	506	263	61	0	2	4	15	.358	.568	.926	88	27.5	.392	136	22.8
25	Ken Griffey Jr. K. Griffey Jr.	.301	2005	CIN	128	491	85	148	30	0	35	92	54	3	93	0	1	555	283	65	0	7	3	9	.369	.576	.946	100	33.5	.399	142	29.6