Larry Walker had the best batting average in the NL in 2001, with an average of .350.

Interpreted as:

best player batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game nl 2001

	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	Larry Walker L. Walker	.350	2001	COL	142	497	107	174	35	3	38	123	82	14	103	14	5	601	329	76	0	8	6	9	.449	.662	1.111	143	67.9	.461	162	49
2	Todd Helton T. Helton	.336	2001	COL	159	587	132	197	54	2	49	146	98	5	104	7	5	696	402	105	1	5	15	14	.432	.685	1.116	163	76.6	.457	160	54.8
3	Moises Alou M. Alou	.331	2001	HOU	136	513	79	170	31	1	27	108	57	3	57	5	1	581	284	59	0	8	14	18	.396	.554	.949	106	33.8	.396	136	27.1
4	Lance Berkman L. Berkman	.331	2001	HOU	156	577	110	191	55	5	34	126	92	13	121	7	9	688	358	94	0	6	5	8	.430	.620	1.051	151	65.5	.440	164	57.5
5	Chipper Jones C. Jones	.330	2001	ATL	159	572	113	189	33	5	38	102	98	2	82	9	10	677	346	76	0	5	20	13	.427	.605	1.032	141	57.3	.427	162	54.5
6	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	.329	2001	STL	161	590	112	194	47	4	37	130	69	9	93	1	3	676	360	88	1	7	6	21	.403	.610	1.013	139	54.7	.423	159	51.9
7	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	.328	2001	SFG	153	476	129	156	32	2	73	137	177	9	93	13	3	664	411	107	0	2	35	5	.515	.863	1.379	200	117.7	.537	234	116.6
8	Sammy Sosa S. Sosa	.328	2001	CHC	160	577	146	189	34	5	64	160	116	6	153	0	2	711	425	103	0	12	37	6	.437	.737	1.174	171	82.7	.465	186	79.8
9	Juan Pierre J. Pierre	.327	2001	COL	156	617	108	202	26	11	2	55	41	10	29	46	17	683	256	39	14	1	1	6	.378	.415	.793	98	12.9	.350	90	-8.5
10	Luis Gonzalez L. Gonzalez	.325	2001	ARI	162	609	128	198	36	7	57	142	100	14	83	1	1	728	419	100	0	5	24	14	.429	.688	1.117	168	77.8	.454	173	69.4
11	Rich Aurilia R. Aurilia	.324	2001	SFG	156	636	114	206	37	5	37	97	47	0	83	1	3	689	364	79	3	3	2	14	.369	.572	.941	126	40.6	.397	144	39.5
12	Paul Lo Duca P. Lo Duca	.320	2001	LAD	125	460	71	147	28	0	25	90	39	6	30	2	4	519	250	53	5	9	2	11	.374	.543	.917	91	26.3	.387	139	26.7
13	Jose Vidro J. Vidro	.319	2001	MON	124	486	82	155	34	1	15	59	31	10	49	4	1	531	236	50	2	2	2	18	.371	.486	.856	85	18.7	.369	117	11.9
14	Cliff Floyd C. Floyd	.317	2001	FLA	149	555	123	176	44	4	31	103	59	10	101	18	3	629	321	79	0	5	19	9	.390	.578	.968	117	38.6	.400	146	37.6
15	Jeff Cirillo J. Cirillo	.313	2001	COL	138	528	72	165	26	4	17	83	43	5	63	12	2	586	250	47	1	9	6	15	.364	.473	.838	87	14.7	.357	95	-3.7
16	Gary Sheffield G. Sheffield	.311	2001	LAD	143	515	98	160	28	2	36	100	94	4	67	10	4	618	300	66	0	5	13	12	.417	.583	1.000	124	47.2	.418	159	47.7
17	Sean Casey S. Casey	.310	2001	CIN	145	533	69	165	40	0	13	89	43	9	63	3	1	588	244	53	0	3	8	16	.369	.458	.827	87	14	.355	111	8.6
18	Brian Giles B. Giles	.309	2001	PIT	160	576	116	178	37	7	37	95	90	4	67	13	6	674	340	81	0	4	14	10	.404	.590	.994	133	49	.413	151	44.6
19	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	.307	2001	MON	159	599	107	184	45	4	34	108	60	9	88	37	16	671	339	83	0	3	24	24	.377	.566	.943	118	34.5	.388	130	25.9
20	Placido Polanco P. Polanco	.307	2001	STL	144	564	87	173	26	4	3	38	25	6	43	12	3	610	216	33	14	1	0	22	.342	.383	.725	72	-3.7	.320	92	-6.3
21	Phil Nevin P. Nevin	.306	2001	SDP	149	546	97	167	31	0	41	126	71	4	147	4	4	624	321	72	0	3	7	13	.388	.588	.976	120	42.9	.408	154	44.2
22	Jim Edmonds J. Edmonds	.304	2001	STL	150	500	95	152	38	1	30	110	93	4	136	5	5	608	282	69	1	10	12	8	.410	.564	.974	116	40.7	.406	148	38.2
23	Fernando Vina F. Vina	.303	2001	STL	154	631	95	191	30	8	9	56	32	22	35	17	7	690	264	47	3	2	3	7	.357	.418	.775	93	6.9	.339	104	4
24	Dmitri Young D. Young	.302	2001	CIN	142	540	68	163	28	3	21	69	37	5	77	8	5	586	260	52	1	3	10	22	.350	.481	.832	85	12.1	.352	109	6.8
25	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	.300	2001	NYM	141	503	81	151	29	0	36	94	67	2	87	0	2	573	288	65	0	1	19	20	.384	.573	.957	104	32.9	.395	143	32