Freddy Sanchez had the highest batting average in the NL in 2006, with an average of .344.

Interpreted as:

best player batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game nl 2006

	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	Freddy Sanchez F. Sanchez	.344	2006	PIT	157	582	85	200	53	2	6	85	31	7	52	3	2	632	275	61	3	9	6	12	.378	.473	.851	97	17.9	.365	120	16.2
2	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	.339	2006	FLA	158	576	112	195	50	2	26	114	86	10	108	9	6	676	327	78	0	4	27	18	.430	.568	.998	133	48.5	.415	153	46.6
3	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	.331	2006	STL	143	535	119	177	33	1	49	137	92	4	50	7	2	634	359	83	0	3	28	20	.431	.671	1.102	142	62.6	.447	174	61.7
4	Garrett Atkins G. Atkins	.329	2006	COL	157	602	117	198	48	1	29	120	79	7	76	4	0	695	335	78	0	7	6	24	.409	.556	.965	133	46.1	.409	138	34.6
5	Matt Holliday M. Holliday	.326	2006	COL	155	602	119	196	45	5	34	114	47	15	110	10	5	667	353	84	0	3	3	22	.387	.586	.973	129	44.9	.410	139	33.9
6	Paul Lo Duca P. Lo Duca	.318	2006	NYM	124	512	80	163	39	1	5	49	24	6	38	3	0	551	219	45	7	2	0	15	.355	.428	.783	74	5.1	.342	106	4.2
7	Lance Berkman L. Berkman	.315	2006	HOU	152	536	95	169	29	0	45	136	98	4	106	3	2	646	333	74	0	8	22	11	.420	.621	1.041	133	52.2	.426	159	49.6
8	Ryan Howard R. Howard	.313	2006	PHI	159	581	104	182	25	1	58	149	108	9	181	0	0	704	383	84	0	6	37	7	.425	.659	1.084	151	63	.436	162	57.5
9	David Wright D. Wright	.311	2006	NYM	154	582	96	181	40	5	26	116	66	5	113	20	5	661	309	71	0	8	13	15	.381	.531	.912	112	28.7	.382	132	27.7
10	Chase Utley C. Utley	.309	2006	PHI	160	658	131	203	40	4	32	102	63	14	132	15	4	739	347	76	0	4	1	9	.379	.527	.906	128	35.5	.388	131	29.7
11	Adrian Gonzalez A. Gonzalez	.304	2006	SDP	156	570	83	173	38	1	24	82	52	3	113	0	1	631	285	63	1	5	9	24	.362	.500	.862	97	17.9	.365	125	20.9
12	Nomar Garciaparra N. Garciaparra	.303	2006	LAD	122	469	82	142	31	2	20	93	42	8	30	3	0	523	237	53	0	4	9	15	.367	.505	.872	82	16.5	.369	122	15.1
13	Todd Helton T. Helton	.302	2006	COL	145	546	94	165	40	5	15	81	91	6	64	3	2	649	260	60	0	6	15	10	.404	.476	.880	106	24.9	.376	117	14.1
14	Kenny Lofton K. Lofton	.301	2006	LAD	129	469	79	141	15	12	3	41	45	0	42	32	5	522	189	30	6	2	1	16	.360	.403	.763	68	2.1	.336	101	0.6
15	Jamey Carroll J. Carroll	.300	2006	COL	136	463	84	139	23	5	5	36	56	3	66	10	12	534	187	33	9	3	1	10	.377	.404	.781	74	6.9	.347	97	-1.9
16	Jose Reyes J. Reyes	.300	2006	NYM	153	647	122	194	30	17	19	81	53	1	81	64	17	703	315	66	2	0	6	6	.354	.487	.841	104	16.1	.358	116	15
17	Rafael Furcal R. Furcal	.300	2006	LAD	159	654	113	196	32	9	15	63	73	1	98	37	13	736	291	56	5	3	3	7	.369	.445	.814	107	14.5	.355	113	12.5
18	Matt Murton M. Murton	.297	2006	CHC	144	455	70	135	22	3	13	62	45	5	62	5	2	508	202	38	1	2	1	16	.365	.444	.809	73	9.4	.353	106	4.2
19	Scott Rolen S. Rolen	.296	2006	STL	142	521	94	154	48	1	22	95	56	9	69	7	4	594	270	71	0	8	7	10	.369	.518	.887	96	21.7	.374	127	20.8
20	Omar Vizquel O. Vizquel	.295	2006	SFG	153	579	88	171	22	10	4	58	56	6	51	24	7	659	225	36	13	5	3	13	.361	.389	.749	82	-0.3	.331	95	-4.6
21	Ray Durham R. Durham	.293	2006	SFG	137	498	79	146	30	7	26	93	51	2	61	7	2	555	268	63	2	2	6	17	.360	.538	.898	91	21.8	.378	125	18.2
22	Edgar Renteria E. Renteria	.293	2006	ATL	149	598	100	175	40	2	14	70	62	3	89	17	6	673	261	56	8	2	0	17	.361	.436	.797	95	10.3	.349	108	6.7
23	Brad Hawpe B. Hawpe	.293	2006	COL	150	499	67	146	33	6	22	84	74	0	123	5	5	575	257	61	0	2	11	8	.383	.515	.898	96	23.4	.379	118	13.9
24	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	.293	2006	SDP	129	499	80	146	18	13	2	44	51	4	61	49	6	566	196	33	7	5	2	5	.360	.393	.752	71	0	.332	104	2.7
25	Hanley Ramirez H. Ramirez	.292	2006	FLA	158	633	119	185	46	11	17	59	56	4	128	51	15	700	304	74	5	2	0	7	.353	.480	.833	104	16.1	.358	115	14.1