best batting average by a player after turning 40

5 players are tied for the highest career batting average by a player 40 or older, with an average of 1.000. The first three are Doug Brocail, Harry Gumbert and Charley O'Leary.

Interpreted as:
best batting average by a player after turning 40 years old
NAME AVG G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP OBP SLG OPS
1 Doug Brocail
D. Brocail
1.000
133
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
1.000
1.000
2.000
2 Harry Gumbert
H. Gumbert
1.000
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1.000
1.000
2.000
3 Charley O'Leary
C. O'Leary
1.000
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1.000
1.000
2.000
4 Lena Blackburne
L. Blackburne
1.000
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1.000
1.000
2.000
5 Benny Meyer
B. Meyer
1.000
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
1.000
2.000
3.000
6 Ellis Burks
E. Burks
.667
2
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
.667
.667
1.333
7 Clark Griffith
C. Griffith
.667
4
3
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
3
4
2
0
.667
1.333
2.000
8 John McDonald
J. McDonald
.500
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
.500
1.000
1.500
9 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
.500
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.500
.500
1.000
10 Kevin Brown
K. Brown
.500
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
.500
1.000
1.500
11 Orlando Pena
O. Pena
.500
42
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
.500
.500
1.000
12 Rudy Sommers
R. Sommers
.500
7
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
.500
.500
1.000
13 Bill Donovan
B. Donovan
.500
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
.500
.500
1.000
14 Mike Morgan
M. Morgan
.438
117
16
0
7
0
0
0
1
1
0
5
0
0
18
7
0
1
0
0
0
.471
.438
.908
15 Harry Davis
H. Davis
.400
18
25
2
10
2
0
0
3
0
3
0
29
12
2
1
.464
.480
.944
16 Hughie Jennings
H. Jennings
.400
5
5
1
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
0
5
2
0
0
.400
.400
.800
17 Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
.375
7
8
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
10
3
0
2
1
.375
.375
.750
18 Tony Gwynn
T. Gwynn
.355
94
186
17
66
18
1
2
27
16
0
11
1
1
202
92
21
0
0
3
4
.406
.495
.901
19 Eddie Collins
E. Collins
.344
129
221
45
76
14
1
1
20
51
0
10
6
279
95
16
7
.467
.430
.897
20 Ty Cobb
T. Cobb
.343
228
843
159
289
58
11
6
134
101
9
28
28
967
387
75
14
.419
.459
.878
21 Manny Mota
M. Mota
.337
92
83
3
28
1
0
0
11
6
0
8
0
0
92
29
1
3
0
1
3
.382
.349
.731
22 Dick Hall
D. Hall
.333
28
6
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
7
3
1
1
0
0
0
.333
.500
.833
23 Luke Hamlin
L. Hamlin
.333
16
33
3
11
0
0
0
5
5
0
3
0
41
11
0
3
0
.421
.333
.754
24 Kid Gleason
K. Gleason
.333
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
.333
.333
.667
25 Rogers Hornsby
R. Hornsby
.328
22
61
8
20
3
0
1
13
8
0
5
0
69
26
4
0
.406
.426
.832
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