17 players are tied for the best career batting average with 10+ games played and when batting 9th, with an average of 1.000. The first three are Randy Rosario, Jose Torres and Jeremy Horst.
Interpreted as:
best hitter batting 9th with 10 or more gp| NAME | AVG | G | BAT ORDER | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | R. Rosario | 1.000 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 2 | | J. Torres | 1.000 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 3 | | J. Horst | 1.000 | 55 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 4 | | E. Meek | 1.000 | 112 | 9 | 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 |
| 5 | | T. Hughes | 1.000 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 6 | | S. Munter | 1.000 | 57 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
| 7 | | S. Camp | 1.000 | 95 | 9 | 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 |
| 8 | | N. Cotts | 1.000 | 103 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
| 9 | | J. Valverde | 1.000 | 201 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
| 10 | | B. Lyon | 1.000 | 249 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
| 11 | | S. Montgomery | 1.000 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 12 | | E. Yan | 1.000 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | 5.000 |
| 13 | | S. Shirley | 1.000 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 14 | | M. Rowland | 1.000 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 15 | | M. Dupree | 1.000 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 16 | | D. Eddy | 1.000 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
| 17 | | M. Savransky | 1.000 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 18 | | B. Stokes | .667 | 74 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 |
| 19 | | R. Croushore | .667 | 46 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 |
| 20 | | M. Draper | .667 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 |
| 21 | | J. Stump | .667 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 |
| 22 | | Z. Britton | .625 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .625 | 1.125 | 1.750 |
| 23 | | L. Powell | .600 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .636 | .900 | 1.536 |
| 24 | | W. Matthews | .583 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .643 | .750 | 1.393 | ||||
| 25 | | B. Pena | .571 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .636 | .714 | 1.351 |
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