Before July 18, 2025, Terry Forster had the best batting average with 50+ at-bats, with an average of .397.
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highest batting average by a player before july 18 minumum 50 or more ab| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Forster | .397 | 78 | 429 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 37 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .413 | .474 | .887 |
| 2 | | D. Rowan | .385 | 65 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 71 | 28 | 2 | 1 | .429 | .431 | .859 | ||||||
| 3 | | T. Hughes | .373 | 59 | 17 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 63 | 30 | 5 | 0 | .413 | .508 | .921 | ||||
| 4 |  | T. Cobb | .366 | 11,443 | 3,032 | 2,246 | 4,189 | 723 | 298 | 117 | 1,261 | 95 | 900 | 13,090 | 5,859 | 1,138 | 296 | .512 | ||||||||
| 5 | | R. Asadoor | .364 | 55 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 60 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .397 | .455 | .851 |
| 6 | | R. Dorman | .364 | 77 | 25 | 12 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 89 | 34 | 6 | 1 | .443 | .442 | .885 | ||||
| 7 | | E. Delahanty | .360 | 1,172 | 304 | 231 | 422 | 92 | 31 | 19 | 222 | 139 | 11 | 48 | 1,332 | 633 | 142 | 10 | .433 | .540 | .973 | |||||
| 8 |  | R. Hornsby | .359 | 8,172 | 2,259 | 1,579 | 2,930 | 541 | 169 | 301 | 1,041 | 48 | 677 | 135 | 9,477 | 4,712 | 1,011 | 216 | .434 | .577 | 1.011 | |||||
| 9 | | J. Jackson | .356 | 4,979 | 1,332 | 873 | 1,771 | 308 | 168 | 54 | 522 | 60 | 203 | 5,693 | 2,577 | 530 | 132 | .423 | .518 | .941 | ||||||
| 10 | | L. Soto | .351 | 77 | 35 | 12 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 87 | 38 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .407 | .494 | .900 |
| 11 | | L. O'Doul | .349 | 3,264 | 970 | 624 | 1,140 | 175 | 41 | 113 | 333 | 22 | 123 | 36 | 3,658 | 1,736 | 329 | 39 | .413 | .532 | .945 | |||||
| 12 | | T. Speaker | .345 | 10,199 | 2,792 | 1,881 | 3,515 | 794 | 221 | 117 | 1,393 | 105 | 437 | 12,011 | 5,102 | 1,132 | 314 | .429 | .500 | .929 | ||||||
| 13 |  | T. Williams | .344 | 7,706 | 2,292 | 1,799 | 2,654 | 525 | 71 | 521 | 1,839 | 2,018 | 39 | 709 | 24 | 5 | 9,788 | 4,884 | 1,117 | 5 | 20 | 89 | 201 | .482 | .634 | 1.115 |
| 14 |  | B. Ruth | .342 | 8,400 | 2,504 | 2,173 | 2,873 | 506 | 136 | 714 | 2,213 | 2,062 | 44 | 1,331 | 123 | 10,622 | 5,793 | 1,356 | 116 | .474 | .690 | 1.164 | ||||
| 15 | | H. Heilmann | .341 | 7,794 | 2,146 | 1,291 | 2,661 | 543 | 152 | 183 | 857 | 39 | 556 | 113 | 8,964 | 4,057 | 878 | 274 | .409 | .521 | .930 | |||||
| 16 | | B. Terry | .341 | 6,427 | 1,720 | 1,121 | 2,193 | 373 | 112 | 154 | 1,081 | 535 | 9 | 449 | 56 | 7,108 | 3,252 | 639 | 137 | .393 | .506 | .899 | ||||
| 17 | | J. Cummings | .341 | 132 | 89 | 15 | 45 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 12 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 151 | 70 | 16 | 6 | .400 | .530 | .930 | ||||
| 18 |  | L. Gehrig | .340 | 8,001 | 2,164 | 1,888 | 2,721 | 534 | 163 | 493 | 1,998 | 1,511 | 46 | 789 | 102 | 9,664 | 5,060 | 1,190 | 106 | 2 | .448 | .632 | 1.080 | |||
| 19 | | G. Sisler | .340 | 8,270 | 2,054 | 1,281 | 2,810 | 425 | 164 | 102 | 467 | 48 | 327 | 375 | 9,012 | 3,869 | 691 | 227 | .378 | .468 | .846 | |||||
| 20 |  | H. Kim | .339 | 112 | 48 | 17 | 38 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 11 | 0 | 119 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .378 | .464 | .842 |
| 21 |  | T. Gwynn | .338 | 9,288 | 2,440 | 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 |
| 22 | | N. Lajoie | .336 | 7,496 | 1,987 | 1,083 | 2,522 | 516 | 100 | 50 | 454 | 99 | 294 | 8,254 | 3,388 | 666 | 208 | .452 | ||||||||
| 23 | | R. Stephenson | .336 | 4,509 | 1,309 | 715 | 1,515 | 321 | 54 | 63 | 774 | 493 | 41 | 247 | 54 | 5,135 | 2,133 | 438 | 92 | .406 | .473 | .879 | ||||
| 24 | | R. Pemberton | .336 | 134 | 52 | 22 | 45 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 147 | 69 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .395 | .515 | .909 |
| 25 | | S. Fisher | .335 | 340 | 138 | 62 | 114 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 71 | 37 | 1 | 35 | 6 | 384 | 171 | 35 | 6 | .402 | .503 | .905 | ||||
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