highest batting average by a player in their age 40 season

Ty Cobb has the highest batting average by a 40-year-old player in a season, with an average of .357 in 1927.

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highest batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player in their age 40 season

	NAME	AVG	Age	SEASON	TM	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	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.357	40	1927	PHA	133	490	104	175	32	7	5	93	67	5	12	22	16	574	236	44	12				.440	.482	.921	109	38.3	.429	138	29.8
2	Sam Rice S. Rice	.349	40	1930	WSH	147	593	121	207	35	13	1	73	55	3	14	13	8	668	271	49	17				.407	.457	.864	116	21.9	.393	123	21.7
3	Pete Rose P. Rose	.325	40	1981	PHI	107	431	73	140	18	5	0	33	46	3	26	4	4	484	168	23	1	3	5	8	.391	.390	.781	66	15.3	.357	124	12.9
4	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	.315	40	1999	NYM	121	438	89	138	30	0	12	42	82	2	82	37	14	526	204	42	1	3	1	4	.423	.466	.889	94	25.3	.396	135	25.2
5	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	.315	40	2016	BOS	151	537	79	169	48	1	38	127	80	2	86	2	0	626	333	87	0	7	15	22	.401	.620	1.021	126	52.2	.419	163	47.1
6	Luke Appling L. Appling	.306	40	1947	CWS	139	503	67	154	29	0	8	49	64	1	28	8	6	572	207	37	4			15	.386	.412	.797	82	17.3	.375	126	17.6
7	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	.305	40	1997	MIN	135	538	63	164	32	4	10	89	45	0	73	11	4	597	234	46	2	12	8	8	.351	.435	.786	77	3.7	.340	99	-0.5
8	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	.303	40	2020	MIN	53	185	33	56	6	0	16	33	25	4	58	0	0	214	110	22	0	0	5	8	.397	.595	.992	43	16.6	.411	166	17.3
9	Deacon White D. White	.298	40	1888	DET	125	527	75	157	22	5	4	71	21	9	24	12		557	201	31					.336	.381	.717	92	19.3	.338	121	16.2
10	Kenny Lofton K. Lofton	.296	40	2007	TOT	136	490	86	145	25	6	7	38	56	2	51	23	7	559	203	38	6	5	1	6	.367	.414	.781	76	7.2	.346	108	5.3
11	Jim O'Rourke J. O'Rourke	.295	40	1891	NYG	136	555	92	164	28	7	5	95	26	6	29	19		587	221	40					.334	.398	.732	94	8.7	.350	109	8.2
12	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	.294	40	2003	SEA	145	497	72	146	25	0	24	98	92	7	95	0	1	603	243	49	0	7	7	17	.406	.489	.895	104	30	.387	143	32.2
13	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	.290	40	1992	TOR	156	583	92	169	33	3	26	108	82	1	89	2	3	670	286	62	1	3	10	10	.377	.491	.867	107	34.7	.386	140	30
14	Joe Start J. Start	.284	40	1883	PRO	87	370	63	105	16	7	1	57	22		16			392	138	24						.373		69	9.9	.317	112	7.7
15	Nap Lajoie N. Lajoie	.280	40	1915	PHA	129	490	40	137	24	5	1	61	11	4	16	10	6	520	174	30	15				.301	.355	.656	52	-1.2	.315	93	-4.1
16	Cap Anson C. Anson	.272	40	1892	CHI	146	559	62	152	25	9	1	74	67	4	30	13		630	198	35					.354	.354	.708	99	14.9	.348	110	9.1
17	Willie Mays W. Mays	.271	40	1971	SFG	136	417	82	113	24	5	18	61	112	3	123	23	3	537	201	47	1	4	11	8	.425	.482	.907	93	37.8	.406	158	34
18	Jeff Conine J. Conine	.268	40	2006	TOT	142	489	54	131	26	4	10	66	40	4	65	3	2	539	195	40	1	5	4	13	.325	.399	.724	60	-8.1	.314	84	-11.1
19	George Brett G. Brett	.266	40	1993	KCR	145	560	69	149	31	3	19	75	39	3	67	7	5	612	243	53	0	10	9	20	.312	.434	.746	71	-2.2	.322	92	-5.8
20	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	.265	40	2021	TOT	140	513	79	136	21	1	32	86	51	7	126	3	0	580	255	54	0	9	10	14	.334	.497	.832	86	15.3	.346	123	16.3
21	Lave Cross L. Cross	.263	40	1906	WSH	130	494	55	130	14	6	1	46	28	0	16	19		538	159	21	16				.303	.322	.625	53	-0.4	.305	96	-2
22	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	.261	40	1985	SDP	137	440	66	115	23	1	15	61	72	0	59	0	0	515	185	39	0	3	5	10	.363	.420	.784	72	13	.350	124	14.2
23	Eddie Murray E. Murray	.260	40	1996	TOT	152	566	69	147	21	1	22	79	61	0	87	4	0	637	236	44	0	10	6	19	.327	.417	.743	75	-6.9	.323	85	-13.3
24	Darrell Evans D. Evans	.257	40	1987	DET	150	499	90	128	20	0	34	99	100	2	84	6	5	609	250	54	2	6	8	2	.379	.501	.880	101	26.3	.378	132	25.1
25	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.256	40	2014	NYY	145	581	47	149	19	1	4	50	35	6	87	10	2	634	182	24	8	4	0	15	.304	.313	.617	53	-15.2	.279	75	-17.5

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