Between the 1971 and 1983 seasons, Wade Boggs had the highest batting average, with an average of .357.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game by a player 1971 to 1983

	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	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.357	257	920	151	328	58	8	10	118	127	1	57	4	3	1,066	432	76	7	11	6	24	.431	.470	.900	189	69	.402	146	57.4
2	Rod Carew R. Carew	.337	1,811	6,919	1,095	2,334	329	92	66	768	803	16	680	304	152	7,893	3,045	487	99	56	129	169	.405	.440	.845	1229	368.1	.379	137	333.4
3	Roberto Clemente R. Clemente	.329	234	900	150	296	48	15	23	146	55	0	114	1	2	966	443	86	1	10	12	34	.364	.492	.856	148	51	.380	143	45.2
4	Bill Madlock B. Madlock	.317	1,340	4,912	714	1,557	270	33	120	643	466	43	335	154	79	5,494	2,253	423	22	51	109	143	.378	.459	.836	821	211.5	.371	128	177
5	Lonnie Smith L. Smith	.316	482	1,592	322	503	96	20	21	148	154	27	201	171	68	1,791	702	137	8	10	7	28	.384	.441	.825	272	71.7	.371	134	68.5
6	George Brett G. Brett	.316	1,358	5,307	852	1,676	341	100	150	797	474	10	358	131	69	5,863	2,667	591	25	47	92	90	.370	.503	.873	938	287.3	.383	138	260.4
7	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
8	Al Oliver A. Oliver	.309	1,869	7,329	1,013	2,264	440	67	185	1,094	440	53	619	71	54	7,919	3,393	692	12	85	92	192	.349	.463	.812	1117	251.4	.359	125	228.4
9	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	.308	1,397	5,323	796	1,639	311	35	196	848	333	12	637	69	41	5,771	2,608	542	44	59	66	95	.346	.490	.836	856	214.6	.368	129	195.7
10	Ralph Garr R. Garr	.307	1,247	4,978	690	1,527	208	64	75	398	238	19	429	165	80	5,317	2,088	347	62	20	44	69	.339	.419	.759	668	94.3	.341	107	41.9
11	Willie Wilson W. Wilson	.305	842	3,131	530	956	107	60	15	226	150	26	414	346	65	3,348	1,228	182	31	10	13	21	.341	.392	.733	402	26.6	.330	102	8.2
12	Jim Rice J. Rice	.305	1,334	5,306	823	1,620	247	62	276	954	407	46	963	49	31	5,820	2,819	585	5	56	54	181	.356	.531	.888	962	314.8	.390	137	250.1
13	Dave Parker D. Parker	.305	1,301	4,848	728	1,479	296	62	166	758	346	35	777	123	70	5,267	2,397	524	1	37	78	92	.353	.494	.848	801	214.5	.373	131	190.4
14	Ken Griffey K. Griffey	.304	1,292	4,799	802	1,460	245	65	83	524	495	8	600	166	52	5,356	2,084	393	26	28	24	66	.368	.434	.803	767	173.6	.362	125	154
15	Pete Rose P. Rose	.304	2,027	8,087	1,248	2,458	456	68	68	724	940	66	519	124	80	9,163	3,254	592	23	47	101	148	.379	.402	.781	1255	256	.355	121	218.6
16	Pedro Guerrero P. Guerrero	.302	513	1,759	257	532	83	15	85	292	184	9	301	54	22	1,974	900	183	8	14	35	33	.369	.512	.880	321	101.1	.385	147	103.9
17	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.302	140	494	67	149	24	4	2	54	37	0	37	15	7	543	187	30	8	4	5	14	.348	.379	.726	64	2.6	.325	106	4
18	Matty Alou M. Alou	.301	471	1,723	210	519	75	9	13	153	105	9	111	37	17	1,865	651	97	15	13	8	45	.342	.378	.720	215	21.9	.328	106	12.4
19	Steve Garvey S. Garvey	.301	1,790	6,835	920	2,056	350	35	224	1,045	390	23	772	80	57	7,349	3,148	609	31	70	98	177	.337	.461	.798	999	190.7	.353	122	188.5
20	Tony Pena T. Pena	.301	363	1,270	121	382	60	9	28	151	56	5	157	9	15	1,347	544	97	11	5	13	35	.332	.428	.760	169	19.2	.336	109	14.2
21	Bob Watson B. Watson	.300	1,614	5,578	733	1,673	274	39	168	903	601	41	685	25	27	6,288	2,529	481	10	58	94	154	.369	.453	.822	918	234.4	.367	131	224.3
22	Bake McBride B. McBride	.299	1,071	3,853	548	1,153	167	55	63	430	248	40	457	183	63	4,202	1,619	285	22	39	28	64	.345	.420	.765	540	73.4	.343	111	51.7
23	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	.299	1,260	4,396	705	1,315	273	53	90	632	649	17	578	89	50	5,113	1,964	416	10	41	77	92	.388	.447	.835	778	207.4	.372	133	191.1
24	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	.298	1,159	4,227	696	1,260	283	34	172	712	533	21	591	53	37	4,860	2,127	489	21	58	52	85	.375	.503	.878	793	252.4	.387	137	206.5
25	Joe Torre J. Torre	.298	852	2,948	365	878	134	23	71	432	309	37	400	11	6	3,320	1,271	228	7	19	61	113	.369	.431	.801	463	113.2	.361	125	92.4