best batting average by a player with a last name starting with a

Ty Cobb has the highest career batting average, with an average of .366.

Interpreted as:

best batting average with a minimum of 3000 PA by a player with a last name starting with a

	NAME	AVG	PA	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.366	13,068	0	3	0	0		3.60	0	0	0	1	5.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	2	20	0	0.00	3.60	0.00	0.00	0.0	10.0	1.60	.333	3.60	130	3.61	119	10.80	-0.3
2	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.358	9,475
3	Joe Jackson J. Jackson	.356	5,690
4	Lefty O'Doul L. O'Doul	.349	3,659	1	34	1	1	.500	4.87	19	0	0	0	77.2	104	42	71	1	49	5	27	372	2	2.20	5.68	0.39	0.12	5.1	13.2	1.97	.346	8.23	124	4.67	118	12.05	-6.2
5	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	.346	8,400
6	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	.345	11,988	0	1	0	0		9.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	2.00	.500	9.00	336	2.44	88	18.00	0
7	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	.344	7,608
8	Ted Williams T. Williams	.344	9,791	0	1	0	0		4.50	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	9	0	4.50	0.00		0.00	11.1	0.0	1.50	.375	4.50	100	1.84	42	13.50	0.6
9	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	.342	7,676	2	4	0	2	.000	7.83	8	2	0	0	23.0	44	20	37	0	11		1	127	4	3.13	4.30	0.73	0.00	6.3	8.7	2.39		14.48	291	3.52	138	17.22	-2.6
10	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.342	10,617	147	163	94	46	.671	2.28	488	107	17	4	1221.1	974	309	400	10	441	29	12	4,896	25	3.60	3.25	1.11	0.07	10.0	9.0	1.16	.245	2.95	82	2.81	100	7.18	-6.6
11	Dave Orr D. Orr	.342	3,411	0	3	0	0		7.20	1	0	0	0	10.0	11	8	13	2	5		3	49	2	0.90	4.50	0.20	1.80	2.0	10.2	1.60	.220	11.70	244	6.78	245	9.90	-5.2
12	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.342	8,960
13	Pete Browning P. Browning	.341	5,315	1	1	0	1	.000	54.00	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	3	0	2		0	5	0	0.00	54.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	40.0	12.00	1.000	81.00	1699	30.27	964	54.00	-1
14	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	.341	9,610
15	Bill Terry B. Terry	.341	7,111
16	George Sisler G. Sisler	.340	9,013	12	24	5	6	.455	2.35	63	9	1	3	111.0	91	29	36	0	52	6	8	453	2	5.11	4.22	1.21	0.00	13.9	11.5	1.29	.274	2.92	83	2.84	98	7.38	0.7
17	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.340	9,660
18	Jesse Burkett J. Burkett	.338	9,620	14	23	3	11	.214	5.56	84	6	0	0	123.0	144	76	129	3	94	14	8	617	16	6.15	6.88	0.89	0.22	13.6	15.2	1.93	.334	9.44	156	4.53	119	10.54	-10
19	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	.338	10,460
20	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.338	10,232
21	Jake Stenzel J. Stenzel	.338	3,425
22	Riggs Stephenson R. Stephenson	.336	5,134
23	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.334	9,515
24	John McGraw J. McGraw	.334	4,940
25	Paul Waner P. Waner	.333	10,762