highest avg 1970s player with at least 3000 ab

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Rod Carew had the best batting average with 3,000+ at-bats, with an average of .343.

	NAME	AVG	AB	G	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	Rod Carew R. Carew	.343	5,211	1,358	837	1,787	241	80	60	628	586	14	528	253	110	5,916	2,368	381	61	44	101	123	.408	.454	.862	950	308.5	.386	142	279.6
2	Bill Madlock B. Madlock	.320	3,098	837	457	991	171	25	73	382	290	30	222	99	53	3,464	1,431	269	20	26	64	95	.381	.462	.843	527	143.1	.375	130	116.7
3	Dave Parker D. Parker	.317	3,294	878	519	1,044	203	51	122	533	262	30	549	88	47	3,607	1,715	376	1	20	62	61	.370	.521	.891	599	197.2	.392	143	180.5
4	Pete Rose P. Rose	.314	6,523	1,604	1,068	2,045	394	64	79	580	783	50	464	105	60	7,399	2,804	537	9	34	87	111	.389	.430	.819	1100	295.5	.370	131	260.7
5	Jim Rice J. Rice	.310	3,152	802	515	976	149	49	172	583	236	26	600	39	23	3,456	1,739	370	4	38	30	91	.359	.552	.910	594	208.9	.399	142	169.1
6	George Brett G. Brett	.310	3,495	885	532	1,082	211	73	74	461	261	6	223	96	55	3,815	1,661	358	25	28	42	51	.356	.475	.831	563	140.1	.368	128	124.1
7	Ralph Garr R. Garr	.307	5,032	1,263	703	1,546	210	64	75	403	239	19	435	170	82	5,373	2,109	349	62	21	43	72	.340	.419	.759	675	95.4	.341	107	41.7
8	Steve Garvey S. Garvey	.304	4,826	1,289	645	1,469	248	32	159	736	286	15	548	63	38	5,199	2,258	439	22	50	65	129	.342	.468	.810	728	158.4	.359	125	151.6
9	Joe Torre J. Torre	.303	3,572	1,013	454	1,081	161	32	92	532	379	44	491	13	8	4,024	1,582	285	7	22	71	136	.374	.443	.817	585	155	.367	127	125.5
10	Al Oliver A. Oliver	.303	5,572	1,438	767	1,686	320	63	144	812	307	54	476	58	43	6,020	2,564	527	11	76	49	139	.341	.460	.801	829	173.9	.356	121	145.6
11	Bob Watson B. Watson	.301	5,000	1,393	671	1,507	250	34	149	822	518	44	628	23	24	5,625	2,272	433	10	53	83	124	.368	.454	.823	822	211.8	.367	131	201.1
12	Lou Brock L. Brock	.298	5,428	1,400	843	1,617	243	56	47	481	458	14	784	551	181	5,942	2,113	346	16	26	78	81	.353	.389	.742	722	78.4	.335	106	36.5
13	Ted Simmons T. Simmons	.297	5,213	1,412	652	1,550	299	34	151	828	563	25	406	10	28	5,868	2,370	484	7	60	138	172	.365	.455	.819	837	200.4	.362	124	163
14	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	.297	3,266	787	532	970	126	38	51	265	251	15	628	294	98	3,559	1,325	215	11	16	13	56	.348	.406	.754	454	58.4	.341	109	35
15	Manny Sanguillen M. Sanguillen	.297	4,459	1,242	496	1,323	177	51	60	518	204	20	270	24	31	4,744	1,782	288	19	42	87	128	.327	.400	.727	532	18.3	.322	100	0
16	Garry Maddox G. Maddox	.293	4,257	1,108	563	1,246	239	53	80	505	231	33	568	193	67	4,567	1,831	372	11	35	46	55	.331	.430	.762	572	72.9	.340	107	36.4
17	Rico Carty R. Carty	.293	3,609	1,044	442	1,056	176	8	126	569	441	6	367	11	9	4,095	1,626	310	2	37	41	133	.367	.451	.818	600	148.9	.367	126	123.4
18	Thurman Munson T. Munson	.292	5,258	1,397	690	1,536	228	30	112	692	428	42	561	48	49	5,806	2,160	370	21	57	58	155	.347	.411	.758	735	104.1	.341	117	107.1
19	Reggie Smith R. Smith	.292	4,646	1,286	776	1,355	247	39	225	750	621	26	669	80	43	5,352	2,355	511	3	56	71	102	.374	.507	.881	877	297	.390	143	260.7
20	Lou Piniella L. Piniella	.292	4,393	1,242	492	1,281	227	32	75	593	257	26	421	29	32	4,751	1,797	334	28	47	61	150	.331	.409	.740	562	46.6	.330	107	36.3
21	Bill Buckner B. Buckner	.291	4,357	1,160	506	1,270	208	22	68	477	190	19	205	116	46	4,635	1,726	298	34	35	48	114	.321	.396	.718	515	11.3	.321	97	-16.1
22	Mickey Rivers M. Rivers	.291	3,910	1,005	544	1,138	163	61	45	356	202	19	355	226	69	4,214	1,558	269	57	26	16	34	.327	.398	.725	489	27.2	.327	107	33.4
23	Willie Davis W. Davis	.290	4,127	1,082	552	1,198	181	70	81	527	176	17	386	158	45	4,391	1,762	332	22	49	33	62	.318	.427	.745	526	57.3	.333	108	41.2
24	Hal McRae H. McRae	.290	4,140	1,178	555	1,199	285	41	106	603	375	51	415	89	60	4,641	1,884	432	21	54	35	102	.352	.455	.807	656	146.8	.360	125	127
25	Ken Singleton K. Singleton	.289	4,812	1,405	701	1,392	218	15	171	715	888	13	857	21	31	5,778	2,153	404	23	42	92	142	.398	.447	.846	909	279.3	.381	140	267.3

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Wed 7/29	KCR	@	MIN	7:40 PM
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