highest batting average by an athletics rookie since 1960

Since 1960, Jacob Wilson has the best batting average by an Athletics rookie, with an average of .311 in 2025.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game by an athletics rookie since 1960

	NAME	AVG	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	Jacob Wilson J. Wilson	.311	2025	ATH	125	486	62	151	26	0	13	63	27	7	39	5	2	523	216	39	2	1	1	16	.355	.444	.800	77	14.8	.348	124	14.9
2	Mitchell Page M. Page	.307	1977	OAK	145	501	85	154	28	8	21	75	78	6	95	42	5	592	261	57	4	3	6	7	.405	.521	.926	107	38.1	.404	157	39.7
3	Ryon Healy R. Healy	.305	2016	OAK	72	269	36	82	20	0	13	37	12	1	60	0	0	283	141	33	1	0	1	7	.337	.524	.861	44	10.8	.364	132	10.8
4	Jemile Weeks J. Weeks	.303	2011	OAK	97	406	50	123	26	8	2	36	21	4	62	22	11	437	171	36	2	4	1	3	.340	.421	.761	55	5.7	.333	111	5.4
5	Manny Jimenez M. Jimenez	.301	1962	KCA	139	479	48	144	24	2	11	69	31	11	34	0	1	528	205	37	2	5	3	12	.354	.428	.782	72	11	.348	105	3.5
6	Tony Batista T. Batista	.298	1996	OAK	74	238	38	71	10	2	6	25	19	1	49	7	3	260	103	18	0	2	0	2	.350	.433	.783	36	2.1	.345	101	0.5
7	Billy Burns B. Burns	.294	2015	OAK	125	520	70	153	18	9	5	42	26	6	81	26	8	555	204	32	1	2	1	5	.334	.392	.726	64	1.7	.317	102	1.1
8	Yoenis Cespedes Y. Cespedes	.292	2012	OAK	129	487	70	142	25	5	23	82	43	7	102	16	4	540	246	53	0	3	5	9	.356	.505	.861	84	22.8	.368	137	23.1
9	Nick Kurtz N. Kurtz	.290	2025	ATH	117	420	90	122	26	2	36	86	63	2	151	2	1	488	260	64	0	3	3	4	.383	.619	1.002	100	41.9	.419	173	42.1
10	Troy Neel T. Neel	.290	1993	OAK	123	427	59	124	21	0	19	63	49	4	101	3	5	482	202	40	0	2	5	7	.367	.473	.840	74	16.9	.370	131	18.6
11	Brent Gates B. Gates	.290	1993	OAK	139	535	64	155	29	2	7	69	56	4	75	7	3	609	209	38	6	8	4	17	.357	.391	.747	77	4.2	.335	109	6.4
12	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	.289	1987	OAK	151	557	97	161	28	4	49	118	71	5	131	1	1	641	344	81	0	8	8	6	.370	.618	.987	124	45.2	.411	157	46.2
13	Ben Grieve B. Grieve	.288	1998	OAK	155	583	94	168	41	2	18	89	85	9	123	2	2	678	267	61	0	1	3	18	.386	.458	.844	108	23.8	.373	124	20.7
14	Ed Charles E. Charles	.288	1962	KCA	147	535	81	154	24	7	17	74	54	4	70	20	4	604	243	48	9	2	0	11	.356	.454	.811	89	19	.361	114	10.4
15	Travis Buck T. Buck	.288	2007	OAK	82	285	41	82	22	5	7	34	39	4	66	4	1	334	135	34	2	4	2	9	.377	.474	.850	52	10.6	.369	127	11.3
16	Terrence Long T. Long	.288	2000	OAK	138	584	104	168	34	4	18	80	43	1	77	5	0	631	264	56	0	3	1	18	.336	.452	.788	84	0.7	.342	99	-0.4
17	Luis Polonia L. Polonia	.287	1987	OAK	125	435	78	125	16	10	4	49	32	0	64	29	7	469	173	30	1	1	1	4	.335	.398	.733	57	-1.1	.323	100	-0.3
18	Ryan Sweeney R. Sweeney	.286	2008	OAK	115	384	53	110	18	2	5	45	38	3	67	9	1	433	147	25	2	6	3	9	.350	.383	.733	51	-1.2	.325	98	-0.8
19	Angel Mangual A. Mangual	.286	1971	OAK	94	287	32	82	8	1	4	30	17	0	27	1	4	307	104	13	1	2	1	8	.324	.362	.686	32	0.5	.313	100	0.1
20	Terry Steinbach T. Steinbach	.284	1987	OAK	122	391	66	111	16	3	16	56	32	9	66	1	2	438	181	35	3	3	2	10	.349	.463	.812	64	9.9	.353	119	10.7
21	Dick Howser D. Howser	.280	1961	KCA	158	611	108	171	29	6	3	45	92	5	38	37	9	719	221	38	8	3	0	8	.377	.362	.739	95	9.8	.341	100	0.4
22	Jose Tartabull J. Tartabull	.277	1962	KCA	107	310	49	86	6	5	0	22	20	1	19	19	5	341	102	11	8	2	0	1	.321	.329	.650	33	-6.8	.296	73	-11.7
23	John Donaldson J. Donaldson	.276	1967	KCA	105	377	27	104	16	5	0	28	37	2	39	6	3	421	130	21	4	1	3	4	.343	.345	.688	46	4.1	.312	102	1.1
24	Dan Johnson D. Johnson	.275	2005	OAK	109	375	54	103	21	0	15	58	50	1	52	0	1	434	169	36	0	8	1	11	.355	.451	.806	61	8.5	.350	117	9.1
25	Olmedo Saenz O. Saenz	.275	1999	OAK	97	255	41	70	18	0	11	41	22	15	47	1	1	295	121	29	0	3	1	6	.363	.475	.837	45	6.3	.366	115	6.1