best batting avg with a minimum of 3000 plate appearances in the 2000s

Between the 2000 and 2009 seasons, Albert Pujols had the best batting average when making 3,000+ plate appearances, with an average of .334.

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	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	6,082	1,399	5,146	1,071	1,717	387	14	366	1,112	811	69	570	61	30	3,230	767	1	55	198	180	.427	.628	1.055	1295	551.8	.437	169	537.6
2	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	.333	6,607	1,426	6,099	973	2,030	228	68	84	515	412	44	597	341	79	2,646	380	24	28	142	43	.378	.434	.811	928	119.7	.350	116	134.1
3	Todd Helton T. Helton	.331	6,409	1,466	5,305	1,017	1,756	431	27	260	981	1,001	39	741	26	17	3,021	718	2	62	164	130	.436	.569	1.006	1299	508.8	.424	144	366.3
4	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	.323	6,094	1,432	5,415	929	1,751	324	30	315	1,037	569	66	670	147	67	3,080	669	0	44	213	190	.392	.569	.960	1107	355.6	.399	142	328.3
5	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	.322	4,072	986	2,871	772	925	178	12	317	697	1,128	53	427	54	9	2,078	507	0	20	390	49	.517	.724	1.241	1059	552.8	.490	203	542
6	Matt Holliday M. Holliday	.318	3,638	854	3,237	573	1,030	227	26	152	592	323	56	606	80	24	1,765	405	1	21	25	87	.387	.545	.933	656	210.8	.399	135	160.6
7	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.317	6,923	1,500	6,122	1,088	1,940	316	27	161	727	612	107	993	219	47	2,793	504	58	24	26	161	.387	.456	.844	1091	238.5	.371	125	221.8
8	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	.317	5,874	1,358	4,931	933	1,562	328	11	348	1,106	828	69	1,085	10	9	2,956	687	0	46	174	148	.419	.599	1.018	1190	466.7	.424	158	433.5
9	Magglio Ordonez M. Ordonez	.316	5,693	1,349	5,098	805	1,613	334	15	229	952	511	34	648	68	34	2,664	578	0	50	31	174	.379	.523	.902	972	269.4	.386	134	243.6
10	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	.311	4,441	1,040	3,921	630	1,220	253	12	209	753	446	33	825	24	13	2,124	474	5	36	90	125	.383	.542	.925	771	228	.390	138	213.2
11	Chipper Jones C. Jones	.311	5,887	1,387	4,935	916	1,535	306	20	273	921	884	14	768	59	25	2,700	599	0	54	127	138	.413	.547	.960	1104	377.9	.406	147	354.2
12	Moises Alou M. Alou	.310	4,227	1,023	3,766	574	1,168	220	13	187	675	400	20	418	33	8	1,975	420	0	41	39	122	.376	.524	.900	714	190.3	.383	130	163
13	David Wright D. Wright	.309	3,665	847	3,185	552	983	222	13	140	561	414	28	639	119	31	1,651	375	0	38	34	83	.389	.518	.907	629	182.2	.389	138	175.9
14	Nomar Garciaparra N. Garciaparra	.308	4,042	979	3,679	580	1,132	245	26	133	596	280	37	347	42	13	1,828	404	2	44	44	89	.359	.497	.856	619	118.6	.365	119	99.5
15	Robinson Cano R. Cano	.306	3,036	734	2,855	406	875	199	17	87	394	129	21	335	17	21	1,369	303	10	21	14	94	.339	.480	.818	427	57.2	.352	112	45.9
16	Placido Polanco P. Polanco	.305	5,655	1,332	5,177	792	1,581	267	25	88	549	294	79	358	68	27	2,162	380	72	33	9	142	.350	.418	.768	732	38.3	.338	102	14.5
17	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	.304	6,768	1,524	5,732	1,190	1,740	285	16	435	1,243	850	125	1,243	179	37	3,362	736	0	61	82	149	.401	.587	.988	1325	491.3	.416	154	459.7
18	Jose Vidro J. Vidro	.303	4,747	1,128	4,245	610	1,287	272	9	114	560	411	27	452	20	10	1,919	395	28	36	33	127	.366	.452	.818	688	100.4	.355	112	76.4
19	Michael Young M. Young	.302	5,989	1,351	5,501	819	1,662	311	43	137	720	402	17	889	77	24	2,470	491	25	44	10	151	.349	.449	.798	822	90.4	.347	105	36.6
20	Mike Sweeney M. Sweeney	.302	4,266	1,018	3,771	551	1,139	240	3	166	691	395	50	452	38	17	1,883	409	2	48	60	94	.371	.499	.871	676	148.4	.371	121	113.5
21	Juan Pierre J. Pierre	.301	6,064	1,433	5,533	804	1,663	199	79	13	387	340	67	337	459	155	2,059	291	110	14	8	69	.348	.372	.720	702	-42.3	.321	87	-101.1
22	Sean Casey S. Casey	.300	4,612	1,152	4,160	542	1,250	259	8	98	583	372	49	442	17	5	1,819	365	0	31	53	130	.362	.437	.800	637	66.8	.347	106	37
23	Jeff Kent J. Kent	.300	5,377	1,266	4,756	754	1,429	327	29	216	850	504	63	752	45	29	2,462	572	0	54	39	142	.371	.518	.889	890	225.2	.379	130	209.9
24	Lance Berkman L. Berkman	.300	6,248	1,473	5,169	959	1,553	357	25	309	1,026	968	61	1,030	74	39	2,887	691	1	49	130	110	.413	.559	.972	1192	424.5	.410	148	384.5
25	Shannon Stewart S. Stewart	.299	4,663	1,034	4,227	632	1,265	244	29	92	433	353	46	491	95	36	1,843	365	6	31	14	94	.357	.436	.793	644	67.4	.347	108	50.4

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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
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Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
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