Between the 1965 and 2005 seasons, Tony Gwynn had the best batting average, with an average of .338.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game by a player 1965 to 2005

	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	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.338	2,440	9,288	1,383	3,141	543	85	135	1,138	790	24	434	319	125	10,232	4,259	763	45	85	203	259	.388	.459	.847	1582	379.2	.370	132	390.4
2	Todd Helton T. Helton	.337	1,279	4,560	924	1,535	373	24	271	915	773	40	622	33	23	5,424	2,769	668	3	48	131	111	.433	.607	1.040	1153	477.4	.435	146	326.9
3	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	.332	790	2,954	629	982	227	11	201	621	401	44	344	29	15	3,428	1,834	439	1	28	70	94	.416	.621	1.037	720	301.4	.432	166	290.6
4	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	.332	796	3,401	561	1,130	135	41	52	310	231	27	313	190	56	3,692	1,503	228	14	19	86	25	.377	.442	.819	525	74.2	.351	118	84.8
5	Roberto Clemente R. Clemente	.331	1,065	4,133	675	1,367	186	84	136	648	330	14	620	34	12	4,512	2,129	406	5	30	113	119	.380	.515	.895	749	283.9	.391	149	249.2
6	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.328	2,439	9,180	1,513	3,010	578	61	118	1,014	1,412	23	745	24	35	10,740	4,064	757	29	96	180	236	.415	.443	.858	1746	493.9	.381	132	411
7	Rod Carew R. Carew	.328	2,469	9,315	1,424	3,053	445	112	92	1,015	1,018	25	1,028	353	187	10,550	3,998	649	128	64	144	216	.393	.429	.822	1576	435.7	.369	132	379.9
8	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	.324	1,301	4,895	860	1,586	294	38	305	936	494	66	606	151	75	5,494	2,871	637	0	39	170	157	.391	.587	.977	1030	346.4	.406	145	317.6
9	Nomar Garciaparra N. Garciaparra	.320	1,071	4,363	765	1,395	305	50	191	740	307	50	444	86	29	4,777	2,373	546	5	52	37	92	.367	.544	.911	818	222.5	.387	131	192.1
10	Kirby Puckett K. Puckett	.318	1,783	7,244	1,071	2,304	414	57	207	1,085	450	56	965	134	76	7,831	3,453	678	23	58	85	188	.360	.477	.837	1182	280.7	.366	123	211.4
11	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.314	1,525	6,167	1,159	1,936	308	47	169	763	636	103	1,089	215	57	6,996	2,845	524	57	33	22	137	.386	.461	.847	1111	238.4	.372	125	226.2
12	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	.314	1,687	6,126	1,179	1,922	411	15	435	1,414	954	77	1,349	34	30	7,225	3,668	861	2	66	138	179	.409	.599	1.008	1456	554.2	.423	154	505
13	Larry Walker L. Walker	.313	1,988	6,907	1,355	2,160	471	62	383	1,311	913	138	1,231	230	76	8,030	3,904	916	7	65	117	153	.400	.565	.965	1532	556.6	.412	140	406.2
14	Matty Alou M. Alou	.312	1,331	5,065	681	1,580	216	45	21	373	269	29	304	145	73	5,440	1,949	282	50	27	33	90	.348	.385	.733	654	87.9	.330	109	50.1
15	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	.312	2,055	7,213	1,219	2,247	514	15	309	1,261	1,283	89	1,202	49	30	8,672	3,718	838	10	77	113	190	.418	.515	.933	1606	548.2	.405	147	523.9
16	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
17	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	.311	1,703	6,203	976	1,929	308	6	397	1,223	707	27	986	17	20	6,977	3,440	711	0	40	144	207	.382	.555	.936	1244	376	.396	144	393.1
18	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	.307	1,785	7,003	1,007	2,153	442	20	222	1,099	588	21	444	14	9	7,721	3,301	684	13	96	136	191	.358	.471	.830	1133	246.8	.361	124	221.6
19	Frank Thomas F. Thomas	.307	1,959	6,956	1,327	2,136	447	11	448	1,465	1,466	71	1,165	32	23	8,602	3,949	906	0	109	162	190	.427	.568	.995	1721	670.2	.424	159	642.9
20	Alex Rodriguez A. Rodriguez	.307	1,592	6,195	1,245	1,901	338	25	429	1,226	730	98	1,265	226	56	7,100	3,576	792	16	61	51	136	.385	.577	.962	1339	454.2	.407	146	418.3
21	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	.306	2,683	10,835	1,782	3,319	605	114	234	1,307	1,094	47	1,244	504	131	12,160	4,854	953	75	109	100	209	.369	.448	.817	1785	375.3	.361	122	319.5
22	Magglio Ordonez M. Ordonez	.306	1,083	4,112	662	1,259	257	15	195	749	363	35	466	82	38	4,555	2,131	467	3	42	21	139	.364	.518	.882	744	174.9	.377	127	155.5
23	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
24	Pete Rose P. Rose	.306	3,269	12,914	2,000	3,947	708	124	150	1,239	1,475	100	1,020	181	124	14,608	5,353	982	47	72	167	233	.379	.415	.794	2056	479.2	.358	123	378
25	Sean Casey S. Casey	.305	1,081	4,017	589	1,225	256	11	118	605	388	51	467	15	5	4,490	1,857	385	0	34	46	131	.371	.462	.833	672	111.9	.360	113	80.2