best batting avg with a minimum of 3000 plate appearances in the 1950s

Ted Williams had the best batting average when making 3,000+ plate appearances in the 1950s, with an average of .336.

	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	Ted Williams T. Williams	.336	4,053	995	3,175	660	1,068	196	15	227	729	845	15	292	7	3	1,975	438	0	18	79	91	.476	.622	1.098	942	472.7	.477	184	412.4
2	Stan Musial S. Musial	.330	6,272	1,456	5,366	948	1,771	356	61	266	972	842	24	339	28	30	3,047	683	7	33	90	133	.421	.568	.989	1240	514.7	.435	157	446.2
3	Hank Aaron H. Aaron	.323	3,866	886	3,524	612	1,137	205	46	179	617	281	13	315	20	9	1,971	430	18	30	59	107	.372	.559	.931	682	240.7	.403	150	239.1
4	Willie Mays W. Mays	.317	4,629	1,065	4,074	777	1,291	204	79	250	709	505	14	435	179	53	2,403	533	1	35	69	89	.391	.590	.981	887	358.3	.424	155	317.8
5	Harvey Kuenn H. Kuenn	.314	4,750	1,049	4,372	619	1,372	244	43	53	423	322	8	205	51	43	1,861	340	21	27	19	84	.360	.426	.786	644	98.5	.352	111	65.1
6	Richie Ashburn R. Ashburn	.313	6,965	1,523	5,997	952	1,875	252	82	19	422	828	37	395	158	75	2,348	353	90	13	20	63	.399	.392	.790	1003	199.3	.365	117	148.9
7	Jackie Robinson J. Robinson	.311	3,751	928	3,120	592	970	166	29	97	477	523	48	191	109	30	1,485	292	51	9	7	79	.416	.476	.892	656	218.3	.408	138	179.1
8	Al Kaline A. Kaline	.311	3,777	904	3,368	521	1,047	156	34	125	544	344	16	289	51	31	1,646	315	19	30	41	84	.374	.489	.863	598	166.6	.380	130	138.2
9	Mickey Mantle M. Mantle	.311	5,409	1,246	4,478	994	1,392	208	54	280	841	892	9	899	98	25	2,548	542	12	18	54	44	.425	.569	.994	1086	467.8	.437	172	466
10	George Kell G. Kell	.308	4,100	999	3,617	490	1,114	224	16	60	521	367	22	185	23	11	1,550	300	74	20	7	95	.373	.429	.802	588	108.8	.366	114	70.4
11	Duke Snider D. Snider	.308	6,010	1,418	5,219	970	1,605	274	57	326	1,031	711	11	851	77	48	2,971	657	44	25	74	132	.390	.569	.959	1122	425.7	.420	147	353.8
12	Minnie Minoso M. Minoso	.306	5,866	1,337	4,979	898	1,526	259	74	145	790	648	149	413	167	106	2,368	478	57	33	17	141	.400	.476	.875	983	311.7	.395	140	283.8
13	Ted Kluszewski T. Kluszewski	.302	5,016	1,272	4,565	683	1,380	220	23	239	823	408	23	274	16	9	2,363	482	3	17	60	112	.361	.518	.879	807	224.4	.388	127	168.5
14	Billy Goodman B. Goodman	.302	5,076	1,209	4,456	666	1,347	237	38	17	442	505	22	237	30	23	1,711	292	79	14	4	80	.375	.384	.759	673	85.4	.351	103	19.9
15	Nellie Fox N. Fox	.300	6,845	1,512	6,115	902	1,837	254	82	27	534	487	92	138	68	62	2,336	363	125	26	17	105	.360	.382	.742	848	59.6	.340	103	24.5
16	Carl Furillo C. Furillo	.299	5,147	1,307	4,683	654	1,399	235	28	159	784	369	40	329	25	26	2,167	422	31	24	28	157	.353	.463	.816	739	141.6	.365	112	81.7
17	Smoky Burgess S. Burgess	.298	3,090	930	2,751	339	820	156	24	80	404	302	7	167	10	10	1,264	260	9	21	26	76	.366	.459	.826	455	101.1	.369	118	68.1
18	Ferris Fain F. Fain	.297	3,021	720	2,424	363	721	137	13	31	333	560	13	139	24	12	977	181	16	8	3	70	.431	.403	.834	492	138.4	.394	130	111.8
19	Red Schoendienst R. Schoendienst	.297	5,587	1,272	5,107	732	1,517	284	51	69	511	383	16	209	34	27	2,110	404	62	19	7	121	.347	.413	.760	710	63.7	.345	102	17.4
20	Don Mueller D. Mueller	.296	4,451	1,158	4,227	482	1,250	131	36	64	510	162	13	137	11	8	1,645	231	28	21	12	87	.322	.389	.711	484	-32.1	.322	87	-69
21	Ernie Banks E. Banks	.295	3,954	922	3,562	582	1,051	156	48	228	661	327	23	433	35	34	1,987	432	10	32	67	78	.355	.558	.913	666	215.5	.393	135	172.8
22	Bob Nieman B. Nieman	.293	3,610	955	3,151	433	924	158	27	118	497	403	7	465	9	29	1,490	303	26	23	17	99	.372	.473	.845	558	146.1	.377	130	131.2
23	Wally Moon W. Moon	.293	3,546	847	3,117	493	914	139	47	97	405	388	9	339	63	45	1,438	283	13	19	29	66	.371	.461	.832	532	127.2	.370	119	84.1
24	Vic Power V. Power	.293	3,443	822	3,240	452	949	155	37	81	359	157	9	119	19	22	1,421	273	16	21	15	75	.325	.439	.764	432	38.6	.338	102	10
25	Johnny Temple J. Temple	.292	4,219	978	3,629	533	1,058	149	30	15	300	469	11	224	105	32	1,312	194	79	31	2	51	.371	.362	.733	527	45.8	.338	97	-15

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Ted Williams had the best batting average when making 3,000+ plate appearances in the 1950s, with an average of .336.

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