best average from 1997 to 2008 minimum 5000 pa

Between the 1997 and 2008 seasons, Albert Pujols had the best batting average when making 5,000+ plate appearances, with an average of .334.

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best average by a player from 1997 to 2008 minimum 5000 pa

	NAME	AVG	PA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	.334	5,382	1,239	4,578	947	1,531	342	13	319	977	696	60	506	45	26	2,856	674	1	47	154	157	.425	.624	1.049	1143	483.2	.435	168	468.8
2	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	.331	5,929	1,280	5,460	885	1,805	197	64	73	469	380	40	526	315	70	2,349	334	22	27	127	42	.377	.430	.807	825	98.1	.348	115	112.7
3	Todd Helton T. Helton	.328	7,116	1,661	5,962	1,143	1,957	471	31	310	1,116	1,041	49	810	36	26	3,420	812	3	61	170	145	.428	.574	1.002	1433	548.2	.422	140	370.7
4	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	.323	7,392	1,741	6,590	1,124	2,131	404	43	391	1,267	666	83	810	173	86	3,794	838	0	53	239	218	.390	.576	.965	1357	439	.401	143	406.4
5	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	.319	7,397	1,701	6,233	1,209	1,986	413	14	444	1,441	1,008	88	1,371	19	18	3,759	871	0	68	173	190	.417	.603	1.020	1512	594.9	.426	158	548.4
6	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.316	8,388	1,813	7,395	1,358	2,340	382	50	196	917	762	129	1,263	261	68	3,410	628	68	34	28	182	.388	.461	.849	1340	299.3	.373	127	286.1
7	Nomar Garciaparra N. Garciaparra	.315	5,854	1,345	5,339	899	1,681	360	49	222	904	391	59	512	88	31	2,805	631	4	61	53	125	.364	.525	.890	962	233.1	.379	126	200.8
8	Chipper Jones C. Jones	.314	7,378	1,718	6,212	1,175	1,951	394	27	355	1,178	1,081	16	954	116	38	3,464	776	1	68	136	180	.413	.558	.971	1413	496.3	.411	149	468.2
9	Magglio Ordonez M. Ordonez	.312	6,502	1,541	5,861	933	1,830	375	18	268	1,095	537	44	708	88	48	3,045	661	3	57	34	199	.371	.520	.891	1083	274	.381	130	247.6
10	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	.311	5,893	1,403	4,310	1,106	1,340	268	26	428	1,003	1,476	72	668	134	31	2,944	722	1	34	462	83	.490	.683	1.173	1431	696.9	.470	190	688.4
11	Ivan Rodriguez I. Rodriguez	.308	6,396	1,537	5,978	906	1,844	366	37	227	877	326	35	958	105	46	2,965	630	12	45	44	209	.345	.496	.841	948	154.1	.360	114	118.8
12	Moises Alou M. Alou	.308	5,525	1,332	4,888	766	1,507	283	23	248	914	554	29	590	53	16	2,580	554	0	54	59	149	.378	.528	.906	942	258.4	.386	133	234.9
13	Placido Polanco P. Polanco	.306	5,342	1,312	4,893	744	1,495	248	26	80	507	278	71	345	64	28	2,035	354	70	30	8	135	.350	.416	.766	689	29.9	.337	102	9.9
14	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	.304	8,191	1,831	7,063	1,445	2,145	368	23	512	1,462	912	137	1,475	261	61	4,095	903	8	71	78	174	.390	.580	.970	1559	544	.410	149	510.7
15	Bernie Williams B. Williams	.303	5,994	1,395	5,199	936	1,576	301	28	208	888	721	25	789	80	48	2,557	537	3	46	81	159	.388	.492	.879	985	238.3	.378	130	230.2
16	Sean Casey S. Casey	.302	5,644	1,405	5,066	690	1,531	322	12	130	735	477	62	577	18	8	2,267	464	0	39	69	156	.367	.447	.814	807	104.5	.353	109	68.3
17	Lance Berkman L. Berkman	.302	5,792	1,371	4,802	896	1,449	328	24	288	961	883	60	953	72	36	2,689	640	1	46	116	99	.413	.560	.973	1109	394.9	.411	148	355.6
18	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	.300	5,522	1,375	4,909	729	1,474	266	6	299	926	556	23	777	12	10	2,649	571	0	34	99	176	.372	.540	.911	936	248.2	.385	135	252.4
19	Bobby Abreu B. Abreu	.300	7,726	1,784	6,468	1,173	1,941	453	53	241	1,083	1,158	29	1,402	318	103	3,223	747	6	65	97	118	.405	.498	.903	1344	385	.390	135	350.1
20	Juan Pierre J. Pierre	.300	5,639	1,288	5,153	747	1,546	183	71	13	356	313	59	310	429	143	1,910	267	101	13	5	62	.346	.371	.717	649	-45	.319	86	-103.9
21	Michael Young M. Young	.300	5,396	1,216	4,960	743	1,488	275	41	115	652	355	16	799	69	21	2,190	431	25	40	8	135	.346	.442	.788	724	62.8	.343	102	15.6
22	Mike Sweeney M. Sweeney	.300	5,220	1,270	4,626	689	1,387	295	5	195	825	473	64	540	49	23	2,277	495	5	52	59	126	.369	.492	.861	817	166.2	.369	118	121.8
23	Jose Vidro J. Vidro	.298	5,708	1,418	5,113	720	1,524	341	12	128	654	478	37	556	23	16	2,273	481	36	44	35	145	.359	.445	.804	801	90.9	.350	108	62.6
24	Mark Loretta M. Loretta	.298	6,128	1,527	5,427	716	1,615	295	22	74	588	517	69	562	43	32	2,176	391	53	62	18	143	.362	.401	.763	798	36.2	.339	103	19.8
25	Shannon Stewart S. Stewart	.298	6,143	1,367	5,519	849	1,642	314	41	115	577	498	73	675	193	71	2,383	470	15	38	16	114	.361	.432	.793	854	90.1	.348	108	65.4