highest batting average before the all star game in a season since 1941 with at least 250 plate appearances

Since 1941, Ted Williams has the highest batting average with 250+ plate appearances in a season before the All-Star Game, with an average of .405 in 1941.

Interpreted as:
highest batting average by a player before the all star game in a season since 1941 with at least 250 plate appearances
NAME AVG PA SEASON TM G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP OBP SLG OPS
1 Ted Williams
T. Williams
.405
294
1941
BSA BSA
70
237
72
96
18
0
16
62
55
2
10
2
162
34
0
7
.520
.684
1.204
2 Stan Musial
S. Musial
.403
341
1948
SLN SLN
76
298
66
120
17
9
20
64
42
1
14
2
215
46
0
8
.478
.721
1.199
3 Rod Carew
R. Carew
.402
254
1983
CAL CAL
58
229
35
92
12
2
2
26
24
0
20
2
4
114
16
0
1
6
5
.457
.498
.955
4 Larry Walker
L. Walker
.398
369
1997
COL COL
84
309
79
123
25
3
25
68
49
11
50
19
6
229
53
0
0
8
4
.496
.741
1.237
5 John Olerud
J. Olerud
.395
372
1993
TOR TOR
87
304
58
120
37
1
15
69
59
4
29
0
1
204
53
0
5
22
7
.492
.671
1.163
6 Tony Gwynn
T. Gwynn
.394
365
1997
SDP SDP
82
330
55
130
23
1
13
71
26
1
12
8
5
194
37
1
7
7
6
.431
.588
1.019
7 Rod Carew
R. Carew
.394
395
1977
MIN MIN
88
343
70
135
20
14
6
58
45
3
33
10
10
201
40
0
4
11
4
.463
.586
1.049
8 Andres Galarraga
A. Galarraga
.391
290
1993
COL COL
69
271
42
106
24
3
13
65
14
3
42
1
4
175
40
0
2
8
4
.424
.646
1.070
9 Nomar Garciaparra
N. Garciaparra
.389
286
2000
BOS BOS
68
252
47
98
28
0
12
55
28
1
24
2
2
162
40
0
5
6
5
.444
.643
1.087
10 Ted Williams
T. Williams
.388
335
1948
BSA BSA
71
263
66
102
21
2
16
72
71
1
20
2
175
39
0
9
.519
.665
1.185
11 Darin Erstad
D. Erstad
.384
414
2000
ANA ANA
87
375
69
144
23
2
17
66
37
1
42
17
5
222
42
1
0
1
4
.441
.592
1.033
12 Tony Gwynn
T. Gwynn
.383
352
1994
SDP SDP
82
308
61
118
23
1
9
49
37
2
16
5
0
170
33
1
4
12
15
.447
.552
.999
13 Luis Arraez
L. Arraez
.383
362
2023
MIA MIA
86
329
40
126
18
1
3
42
27
4
19
1
2
155
22
0
2
8
12
.434
.471
.905
14 Frank Thomas
F. Thomas
.383
392
1994
CWS CWS
86
303
93
116
27
1
32
78
84
2
42
0
3
241
60
0
3
7
11
.515
.795
1.311
15 Todd Helton
T. Helton
.383
361
2000
COL COL
83
298
83
114
28
2
21
70
58
1
32
2
2
209
51
0
4
13
8
.479
.701
1.181
16 Rod Carew
R. Carew
.382
423
1974
MIN MIN
93
374
56
143
22
3
1
37
38
1
30
23
11
174
26
9
1
5
11
.440
.465
.905
17 Larry Walker
L. Walker
.382
316
1999
COL COL
73
275
73
105
17
3
25
77
26
11
36
9
3
203
45
0
4
5
8
.449
.738
1.188
18 Paul O'Neill
P. O'Neill
.382
326
1994
NYY NYY
78
275
51
105
16
1
16
62
50
0
45
4
3
171
33
0
1
10
7
.475
.622
1.097
19 Kenny Lofton
K. Lofton
.378
390
1994
CLE CLE
83
341
82
129
24
7
10
43
42
1
40
45
10
197
41
2
4
3
4
.443
.578
1.021
20 Derrek Lee
D. Lee
.378
367
2005
CHC CHC
84
315
69
119
27
2
27
72
42
5
61
10
2
231
56
0
5
9
5
.452
.733
1.186
21 Joe Mauer
J. Mauer
.378
327
2006
MIN MIN
76
286
46
108
22
1
7
45
38
0
30
7
1
153
30
0
3
7
10
.446
.535
.981
22 Justin Turner
J. Turner
.377
274
2017
LAD LAD
65
228
40
86
17
0
10
37
32
11
29
2
0
133
27
1
2
2
7
.473
.583
1.056
23 Chipper Jones
C. Jones
.376
358
2008
ATL ATL
83
298
56
112
15
1
18
51
56
1
40
2
0
183
34
0
3
9
9
.472
.614
1.086
24 Jose Vidro
J. Vidro
.375
355
2000
MON MON
80
325
64
122
31
1
15
62
23
2
40
5
2
200
47
0
5
3
7
.414
.615
1.029
25 Wade Boggs
W. Boggs
.375
397
1987
BOS BOS
87
333
71
125
21
4
17
55
58
2
30
0
1
205
42
1
3
14
7
.467
.616
1.083
StatMuse has game-level data for batting average and plate appearances going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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