highest batting average by a player after turning 40

5 players are tied for the best career batting average by a player 40 or older, with an average of 1.000. The first three are Doug Brocail, Harry Gumbert and Charley O'Leary.

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highest batting average by a player after turning 40 years old

	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
1	Doug Brocail D. Brocail	1.000	133	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
2	Harry Gumbert H. Gumbert	1.000	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
3	Charley O'Leary C. O'Leary	1.000	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0				1.000	1.000	2.000
4	Lena Blackburne L. Blackburne	1.000	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0				1.000	1.000	2.000
5	Benny Meyer B. Meyer	1.000	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0				1.000	2.000	3.000
6	Ellis Burks E. Burks	.667	2	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.333
7	Clark Griffith C. Griffith	.667	4	3	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	1	0		3	4	2	0				.667	1.333	2.000
8	John McDonald J. McDonald	.500	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	.500	1.000	1.500
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	.500	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
10	Kevin Brown K. Brown	.500	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	.500	1.000	1.500
11	Orlando Pena O. Pena	.500	42	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
12	Rudy Sommers R. Sommers	.500	7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		2	1	0	0				.500	.500	1.000
13	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	.500	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0				.500	.500	1.000
14	Mike Morgan M. Morgan	.438	117	16	0	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	18	7	0	1	0	0	0	.471	.438	.908
15	Harry Davis H. Davis	.400	18	25	2	10	2	0	0		3	0	3	0		29	12	2	1				.464	.480	.944
16	Hughie Jennings H. Jennings	.400	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0		5	2	0	0				.400	.400	.800
17	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	.375	7	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	3	0	2			1	.375	.375	.750
18	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.355	94	186	17	66	18	1	2	27	16	0	11	1	1	202	92	21	0	0	3	4	.406	.495	.901
19	Eddie Collins E. Collins	.344	129	221	45	76	14	1	1	20	51	0	10	6		279	95	16	7				.467	.430	.897
20	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.343	228	843	159	289	58	11	6	134	101	9	28	28		967	387	75	14				.419	.459	.878
21	Manny Mota M. Mota	.337	92	83	3	28	1	0	0	11	6	0	8	0	0	92	29	1	3	0	1	3	.382	.349	.731
22	Dick Hall D. Hall	.333	28	6	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.500	.833
23	Luke Hamlin L. Hamlin	.333	16	33	3	11	0	0	0	5	5	0	3	0		41	11	0	3			0	.421	.333	.754
24	Kid Gleason K. Gleason	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0				.333	.333	.667
25	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.328	22	61	8	20	3	0	1	13	8	0	5	0		69	26	4	0				.406	.426	.832