highest batting average by a pitcher in a season with a minimum of 30 plate appearances

Dick Hall has the best batting average by a pitcher with 30+ plate appearances in a season, with an average of .464 in 1963.

	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	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Dick Hall D. Hall	.464	30	1963	BAL	48	28	7	13	1	0	1	4	0	0	8	0	0	17	2	2	0	0	0	.464	.607	1.071	7	3.9	.476	205	3.6
2	Ed Crane E. Crane	.452	38	1893	TOT	15	31	9	14	2	0	0	3	7	0	0	0		16	2					.553	.516	1.069	12	5.6	.521	185	5.5
3	Jim Tobin J. Tobin	.441	38	1937	PIT	21	34	7	15	4	0	0	6	4	0	3	0		19	4	0			2	.500	.559	1.059	9	4.4	.485	194	4.4
4	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	.433	107	1925	WSH	36	97	12	42	6	1	2	20	3	1	6	0	1	56	9	6				.455	.577	1.033	24	10.3	.469	165	9.8
5	Jack Bentley J. Bentley	.427	94	1923	NYG	52	89	9	38	6	2	1	14	3	0	4	0	0	51	9	2				.446	.573	1.019	21	9	.466	171	8.7
6	Herb Goodall H. Goodall	.422	48	1890	LOU	19	45	10	19	2	0	0	5	1	2		0		21	2					.458	.467	.925	12	4.5	.450	166	4.8
7	Hal McKain H. McKain	.419	37	1930	CWS	33	31	9	13	1	4	0	6	4	0	6	0	0	22	5	2				.486	.710	1.195	10	5.1	.511	199	5.2
8	Allen Watson A. Watson	.417	41	1995	STL	21	36	5	15	4	0	0	5	2	0	7	0	0	19	4	3	0	0	1	.447	.528	.975	9	3.4	.432	166	3.4
9	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	.406	36	1970	MIN	18	32	7	13	4	0	0	4	1	0	6	1	0	17	4	3	0	0	0	.424	.531	.955	7	3	.426	163	2.7
10	Carl Mays C. Mays	.406	33	1927	CIN	14	32	5	13	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0		19	3	1				.406	.594	1.000	7	2.8	.452	168	2.9
11	Charlie Hickman C. Hickman	.397	68	1899	BSN	19	63	15	25	2	7	0	15	2	2	7	1		41	9	1				.433	.651	1.084	18	8.1	.492	171	7.1
12	Carl Scheib C. Scheib	.396	55	1951	PHA	48	53	9	21	2	2	2	8	1	1	5	0	0	33	6	0			1	.418	.623	1.041	12	5.6	.466	174	5.1
13	Dontrelle Willis D. Willis	.387	34	2011	CIN	16	31	2	12	3	1	1	4	0	0	4	0	0	20	5	3	0	0	0	.387	.645	1.032	7	3.4	.443	183	3.3
14	Wes Obermueller W. Obermueller	.385	42	2004	MIL	24	39	2	15	3	0	0	5	1	0	14	0	0	18	3	2	0	0	1	.400	.462	.862	7	1.7	.378	128	1.5
15	Dan Schatzeder D. Schatzeder	.385	31	1986	TOT	58	26	5	10	2	1	1	2	5	0	10	0	0	17	4	0	0	0	0	.484	.654	1.138	8	4.2	.491	216	4.2
16	Earl Yingling E. Yingling	.383	71	1913	BKN	40	60	11	23	1	0	0	5	9	0	8	0		24	1	2				.464	.400	.864	13	4.8	.421	148	4
17	Fred Hutchinson F. Hutchinson	.382	36	1939	DET	13	34	5	13	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0			2	.417	.412	.828	6	1.3	.388	110	0.5
18	Curt Davis C. Davis	.381	115	1939	SLN	63	105	10	40	5	0	1	17	3	0	22	0		48	6	7			2	.398	.457	.855	19	4.7	.394	126	3.7
19	Jimmy Zinn J. Zinn	.381	50	1929	CLE	20	42	7	16	4	1	1	8	4	1	2	0	0	25	6	3				.447	.595	1.042	11	4.7	.464	163	4.3
20	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	.379	33	1961	CIN	30	29	6	11	0	0	1	4	2	1	4	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	.438	.483	.920	6	2.4	.415	149	2.1
21	Ellis Kinder E. Kinder	.379	30	1953	BOS	69	29	3	11	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	0	12	1	1			0	.379	.414	.793	4	0.6	.362	106	0.2
22	Johnny Cooney J. Cooney	.379	73	1923	BSN	42	66	7	25	1	0	0	3	4	0	2	0	1	26	1	3				.414	.394	.808	11	2.2	.385	122	2.1
23	Nels Potter N. Potter	.378	40	1948	TOT	28	37	1	14	1	0	0	4	1	0	3	0	0	15	1	2			2	.395	.405	.800	6	1.1	.376	120	1
24	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	.375	45	1980	PIT	20	40	3	15	3	0	1	11	1	0	2	0	0	21	4	4	0	0	0	.390	.525	.915	8	3.1	.408	157	2.9
25	Joe Genewich J. Genewich	.375	32	1929	NYG	25	32	7	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	1		12	0	0				.375	.375	.750	4	-0.1	.349	89	-0.5