Between the 1963 and 1981 seasons, Rod Carew had the best batting average, with an average of .332.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game by a player 1963 to 1981

	NAME	AVG	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	Rod Carew R. Carew	.332	1,982	7,548	1,159	2,505	371	101	82	857	790	21	845	328	155	8,506	3,324	554	95	52	120	176	.394	.440	.835	1298	388.3	.375	136	342.3
2	Roberto Clemente R. Clemente	.331	1,372	5,355	847	1,770	249	99	165	811	412	20	771	51	16	5,837	2,712	513	12	38	135	152	.378	.506	.884	954	348.9	.386	147	307.9
3	George Brett G. Brett	.318	1,091	4,291	661	1,366	271	89	104	622	346	8	268	125	67	4,709	2,127	464	25	39	65	69	.367	.496	.863	740	219.3	.380	137	198.8
4	Bill Madlock B. Madlock	.316	1,056	3,871	554	1,223	216	30	89	480	369	37	272	133	69	4,330	1,766	335	20	33	83	115	.378	.456	.834	646	167.1	.371	128	135.6
5	Luis Salazar L. Salazar	.313	153	569	65	178	23	13	4	63	25	2	97	22	10	607	239	40	8	3	3	11	.342	.420	.762	77	12.1	.342	120	13.4
6	Lyman Bostock L. Bostock	.311	526	2,004	305	624	102	30	23	250	171	9	174	45	28	2,214	855	155	10	20	20	64	.365	.427	.791	305	60.5	.355	122	55.8
7	Dave Parker D. Parker	.311	1,084	4,052	619	1,259	248	55	148	660	296	34	643	104	56	4,411	2,061	451	1	28	70	74	.360	.509	.869	700	210.6	.382	137	189.3
8	Pete Rose P. Rose	.310	2,937	11,910	1,915	3,697	672	122	155	1,110	1,292	87	990	171	132	13,395	5,078	949	43	63	144	201	.380	.426	.807	1936	505.4	.363	127	401.2
9	Hubie Brooks H. Brooks	.308	122	439	42	135	23	3	5	48	28	3	74	10	6	478	179	31	2	6	2	10	.349	.408	.756	61	9.6	.342	117	8.9
10	Ken Griffey K. Griffey	.307	1,047	3,857	672	1,186	201	60	60	424	422	6	497	150	47	4,330	1,687	321	22	23	20	53	.375	.437	.812	633	155.9	.367	128	137.8
11	Matty Alou M. Alou	.307	1,504	5,391	713	1,657	221	47	22	389	282	33	342	150	77	5,787	2,038	290	53	28	36	94	.344	.378	.722	675	72	.325	106	32.2
12	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	.307	1,082	4,008	586	1,231	236	29	134	601	264	11	521	65	37	4,365	1,927	399	37	45	52	74	.348	.481	.829	638	154.3	.366	127	135.2
13	Willie Wilson W. Wilson	.306	569	1,970	353	603	66	37	10	147	91	19	258	250	46	2,116	773	113	28	8	9	13	.341	.392	.734	253	17.2	.330	102	5.4
14	Ralph Garr R. Garr	.306	1,317	5,108	717	1,562	212	64	75	408	246	19	445	172	83	5,456	2,127	351	62	21	46	72	.339	.416	.755	679	89.8	.339	106	35.6
15	Jim Rice J. Rice	.305	1,034	4,107	647	1,252	189	56	213	731	300	33	763	49	28	4,493	2,192	458	5	48	38	121	.353	.534	.887	739	241.9	.390	137	191.9
16	Dave Stapleton D. Stapleton	.305	199	804	106	245	50	6	17	87	34	2	54	3	6	854	358	73	8	6	2	21	.332	.445	.777	113	19.6	.348	111	11
17	Garry Templeton G. Templeton	.305	713	2,990	443	911	125	69	25	281	94	4	379	138	79	3,114	1,249	219	10	16	19	42	.325	.418	.743	370	21.9	.329	103	9.9
18	Tony Oliva T. Oliva	.304	1,667	6,292	867	1,913	328	48	220	944	445	59	643	86	55	6,867	2,997	596	14	57	131	139	.353	.476	.829	1005	279.3	.364	129	220.6
19	Al Oliver A. Oliver	.303	1,836	7,120	972	2,158	411	69	184	1,054	391	74	593	74	55	7,687	3,259	664	15	87	79	188	.342	.458	.800	1055	218.9	.355	121	186.8
20	Steve Garvey S. Garvey	.303	1,565	5,918	786	1,792	298	34	195	906	347	19	665	72	54	6,367	2,743	527	26	57	77	154	.340	.464	.804	881	183.5	.356	125	178.7
21	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	.301	904	3,318	551	1,000	225	30	129	552	420	16	436	44	27	3,815	1,672	384	16	45	38	69	.378	.504	.882	628	205.2	.390	138	164.4
22	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	.300	355	1,365	249	410	53	14	16	114	215	9	161	189	59	1,613	539	83	14	10	11	17	.396	.395	.791	232	52.6	.363	130	54.4
23	Curt Flood C. Flood	.300	1,086	4,357	586	1,307	182	28	45	439	285	31	373	70	49	4,743	1,680	255	49	21	12	65	.346	.386	.731	580	89.9	.329	107	37.8
24	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	.299	950	3,279	549	982	217	40	71	475	461	13	439	61	34	3,786	1,492	328	7	26	44	75	.385	.455	.840	583	162.1	.376	134	147.1
25	Rico Carty R. Carty	.299	1,651	5,606	712	1,677	278	17	204	890	642	13	663	21	26	6,318	2,601	499	3	54	65	206	.369	.464	.833	957	272.6	.371	131	227.2