best batting average in a season by a rookie yankee

Ben Paschal has the highest batting average by a Yankees rookie, with an average of .360 in 1925.

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best batting average with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game in a season by a rookie yankee

	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	Ben Paschal B. Paschal	.360	1925	NYY	89	247	49	89	16	5	12	55	22	2	29	14	9	275	151	33	4				.417	.611	1.028	60	23.5	.456	155	21.4
2	Earle Combs E. Combs	.342	1925	NYY	150	593	117	203	36	13	3	62	65	4	43	12	13	673	274	52	11				.411	.462	.873	116	27.8	.403	124	22.6
3	Charlie Keller C. Keller	.334	1939	NYY	111	398	87	133	21	6	11	83	81	0	49	6	3	490	199	38	11			4	.447	.500	.947	97	36.5	.436	146	31.4
4	Bob Meusel B. Meusel	.328	1920	NYY	119	460	75	151	40	7	11	83	20	2	72	4	4	494	238	58	12				.359	.517	.876	81	25.2	.403	126	16.9
5	Bill Dickey B. Dickey	.324	1929	NYY	130	447	60	145	30	6	10	65	14	1	16	4	6	473	217	46	11				.346	.485	.832	70	7.4	.371	113	8.6
6	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.323	1936	NYY	138	637	132	206	44	15	29	125	24	4	39	4	0	668	367	88	3				.352	.576	.928	121	33.1	.409	122	22.2
7	Ben Chapman B. Chapman	.316	1930	NYY	138	513	74	162	31	10	10	81	43	2	58	14	6	564	243	51	6				.371	.474	.845	90	10.5	.377	117	13.5
8	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.314	1996	NYY	157	582	104	183	25	6	10	78	48	9	102	14	7	654	250	41	6	9	1	13	.370	.430	.800	94	10.2	.354	106	5.5
9	Lyn Lary L. Lary	.309	1929	NYY	80	236	48	73	9	2	5	26	24	3	15	4	1	268	101	16	5				.380	.428	.808	40	4.6	.373	114	5.3
10	Phil Rizzuto P. Rizzuto	.307	1941	NYY	133	515	65	158	20	9	3	46	27	1	36	14	5	548	205	32	5			13	.343	.398	.741	68	4.4	.344	99	-0.6
11	Gil McDougald G. McDougald	.306	1951	NYY	131	402	72	123	23	4	14	63	56	4	54	14	5	473	196	41	11			12	.396	.488	.884	81	25.2	.405	142	24.6
12	Thurman Munson T. Munson	.302	1970	NYY	132	453	59	137	25	4	6	53	57	7	56	5	7	526	188	35	5	4	6	13	.386	.415	.801	76	16.9	.360	128	17.1
13	Andy Carey A. Carey	.302	1954	NYY	122	411	60	124	14	6	8	65	43	7	38	5	5	471	174	28	5	5		15	.373	.423	.797	65	12	.366	125	13.4
14	Roberto Kelly R. Kelly	.302	1989	NYY	137	441	65	133	18	3	9	48	41	6	89	35	12	496	184	30	8	0	3	9	.369	.417	.786	70	16.2	.357	125	14.1
15	Buddy Rosar B. Rosar	.298	1940	NYY	73	228	34	68	11	3	4	37	19	2	11	7	1	254	97	18	5			6	.357	.425	.783	36	4.9	.358	105	1.9
16	Tony Kubek T. Kubek	.297	1957	NYY	127	431	56	128	21	3	3	39	24	3	48	6	6	475	164	27	13	4	3	4	.335	.381	.716	53	0.1	.319	99	-0.8
17	Robinson Cano R. Cano	.297	2005	NYY	132	522	78	155	34	4	14	62	16	3	68	1	3	551	239	52	7	3	1	16	.320	.458	.778	70	3.9	.334	105	3.3
18	Miguel Andujar M. Andujar	.297	2018	NYY	149	573	83	170	47	2	27	92	25	4	97	2	1	606	302	76	0	4	2	9	.328	.527	.855	94	22.9	.361	129	21.2
19	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.295	1925	NYY	126	437	73	129	23	10	20	68	46	2	49	6	3	497	232	53	12				.365	.531	.896	84	18.9	.399	122	15.1
20	Jesse Hill J. Hill	.293	1935	NYY	107	392	69	115	20	3	4	33	42	0	32	14	4	444	153	27	10				.362	.390	.752	59	3.5	.351	101	0.6
21	Elston Howard E. Howard	.290	1955	NYY	97	279	33	81	8	7	10	43	20	1	36	0	0	305	133	25	1	4	5	4	.336	.477	.812	42	6.1	.352	116	6.2
22	Hideki Matsui H. Matsui	.287	2003	NYY	163	623	82	179	42	1	16	106	63	3	86	2	2	695	271	59	0	6	5	25	.353	.435	.788	94	8.4	.342	109	7.5
23	Red Rolfe R. Rolfe	.287	1934	NYY	89	279	54	80	13	2	0	18	26	0	16	2	3	309	97	15	4				.348	.348	.695	35	-3.4	.328	88	-5.2
24	Tom Tresh T. Tresh	.286	1962	NYY	157	622	94	178	26	5	20	93	67	8	74	4	8	712	274	51	8	7	3	3	.359	.441	.800	102	19.5	.356	119	16.8
25	Aaron Judge A. Judge	.284	2017	NYY	155	542	128	154	24	3	52	114	127	5	208	9	4	678	340	79	0	4	11	15	.422	.627	1.049	145	62.5	.430	174	61.5

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Rice

RBI

68

Rice

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.281

Rice

Team Pitching Leaders

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Schlittler

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ERA

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146

2nd

475

10th

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ERA

3.42

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	57	42	.576
Yankees	56	44	.560	1.5
Red Sox	51	48	.515	6.0
Orioles	49	52	.485	9.0
Blue Jays	46	54	.460	11.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 7/21	PIT	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Wed 7/22	PIT	@	NYY	1:35 PM
Fri 7/24	NYY	@	PHI	6:45 PM
Sat 7/25	NYY	@	PHI	6:05 PM
Sun 7/26	NYY	@	PHI	7:20 PM

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Final

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56 - 44

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HR Leaders

33

Alvarez

33

Schwarber

30

Goodman

RBI Leaders

76

Walker

75

Alvarez

72

Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

.335

Lopez

.324

Alvarez

.323

Arraez

Hit Leaders

130

Lopez

122

Arraez

118

Alvarez

Run Leaders

93

Wood

71

Reynolds

69

Neto

OBP Leaders

.432

Alvarez

.407

Soto

.405

Kurtz

SLG Leaders

.651

Alvarez

.594

Rice

.576

Buxton

SB Leaders

37

Nuñez

30

Witt

26

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

12

Sánchez

12

Gray

12

Ashby

Strikeout Leaders

173

Misiorowski

155

Cease

151

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

1.57

Misiorowski

2.06

Sale

2.20

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.77

Misiorowski

0.88

Yamamoto

0.95

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.54

Misiorowski

13.37

Cease

11.16

Luzardo

K/BB Leaders

6.18

Misiorowski

6.04

Sánchez

5.80

Schlittler

Walk Leaders

17

Rasmussen

20

Martinez

22

Woo

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

1,806.2

Ohtani

1,515.6

Wood

1,406.9

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,243.6

Ohtani

1,125

Wood

1,056

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

59-40

60-41

57-42

55-45

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Worst Record ATS

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40-61

43-58

44-57

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	58	41	.586
Phillies	56	45	.554	3.0
Marlins	52	49	.515	7.0
Nationals	51	50	.505	8.0
Mets	42	59	.416	17.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	63	37	.630
Cubs	56	44	.560	7.0
Cardinals	51	48	.515	11.5
Pirates	52	49	.515	11.5
Reds	45	54	.455	17.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	63	38	.624
Diamondbacks	51	49	.510	11.5
Padres	49	51	.490	13.5
Giants	42	58	.420	20.5
Rockies	40	62	.392	23.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	57	42	.576
Yankees	56	44	.560	1.5
Red Sox	51	48	.515	6.0
Orioles	49	52	.485	9.0
Blue Jays	46	54	.460	11.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	53	46	.535
Guardians	53	48	.525	1.0
Twins	49	52	.485	5.0
Tigers	47	53	.470	6.5
Royals	41	60	.406	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners	51	50	.505
Rangers	50	50	.500	0.5
Astros	48	54	.471	3.5
Athletics	43	57	.430	7.5
Angels	40	61	.396	11.0

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Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 7/3	STL	@	CHC	17-1
Fri 7/3	PIT	@	WSH	5-9
Fri 7/3	MIN	@	NYY	2-5
Fri 7/3	BAL	@	CIN	3-0
Fri 7/3	CWS	@	CLE	3-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 7/21	MIN	@	CLE	6:40 PM
Tue 7/21	LAD	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Tue 7/21	PIT	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Tue 7/21	TBR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 7/21	BAL	@	BOS	7:10 PM

Ben Paschal has the highest batting average by a Yankees rookie, with an average of .360 in 1925.

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