highest batting average for a shortstop in 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Larry Milbourne had the best batting average by a shortstop, with an average of .313.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game for a shortstop in 1980s

	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	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Larry Milbourne L. Milbourne	.313	61	163	24	51	7	2	1	12	9	1	14	2	0	177	65	10	3	1	2	3	.351	.399	.749	22	3.1	.338	118	3.3
2	Robin Yount R. Yount	.303	704	2,825	507	856	179	44	95	410	241	8	292	64	18	3,126	1,408	318	16	36	17	64	.355	.498	.854	486	138	.375	137	136
3	Julio Franco J. Franco	.293	762	2,977	416	873	134	25	35	378	215	15	318	106	49	3,247	1,162	194	5	35	8	122	.340	.390	.731	391	18	.326	99	-3.8
4	Tony Fernandez T. Fernandez	.292	867	3,317	426	967	165	44	36	338	214	19	274	112	49	3,600	1,328	245	24	26	9	56	.336	.400	.736	440	30.3	.328	101	4.1
5	Jody Reed J. Reed	.290	264	892	140	259	66	4	4	76	122	8	65	6	9	1,054	345	74	25	7	1	17	.378	.387	.765	145	29.6	.350	116	19.3
6	Alan Trammell A. Trammell	.290	1,389	5,192	815	1,504	267	39	130	637	547	27	534	167	71	5,905	2,239	436	86	53	33	87	.357	.431	.788	819	153.2	.351	118	131.6
7	Barry Larkin B. Larkin	.289	414	1,511	229	437	66	14	31	154	106	15	120	79	18	1,666	624	111	17	17	12	24	.338	.413	.751	208	18.9	.333	107	10.4
8	Dave Stapleton D. Stapleton	.285	93	355	45	101	17	1	10	42	21	1	22	0	4	382	150	28	3	2	1	11	.325	.423	.747	47	7	.339	111	4.3
9	Hubie Brooks H. Brooks	.283	348	1,341	174	380	74	15	41	230	83	8	211	14	14	1,449	607	130	0	17	11	38	.325	.453	.778	188	18.8	.337	111	18.3
10	Vance Law V. Law	.281	114	359	40	101	20	1	5	54	26	1	46	4	2	398	138	26	7	5	1	10	.327	.384	.712	45	0.2	.319	94	-2.7
11	Rick Burleson R. Burleson	.280	401	1,509	203	423	68	3	18	126	155	6	136	17	24	1,707	551	89	27	10	5	41	.348	.365	.713	199	9.9	.326	100	-0.9
12	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	.277	1,315	5,055	793	1,402	266	24	204	744	553	16	635	19	22	5,680	2,328	494	2	54	22	162	.347	.461	.808	817	173.1	.357	123	153.6
13	Scott Fletcher S. Fletcher	.270	859	2,921	392	788	135	23	15	270	313	34	292	51	34	3,351	1,014	173	64	19	7	62	.345	.347	.692	378	-2.7	.317	93	-26.9
14	Dickie Thon D. Thon	.268	828	2,687	326	720	121	30	49	262	230	6	395	120	45	2,961	1,048	200	19	19	30	43	.325	.390	.715	334	1	.318	103	9.3
15	Ernest Riles E. Riles	.267	261	972	123	260	36	9	14	92	90	3	134	9	9	1,083	356	59	12	6	0	30	.330	.366	.696	120	-3.7	.315	92	-10.3
16	Roy Smalley R. Smalley	.266	594	1,991	272	530	90	5	69	259	285	5	324	6	9	2,317	837	164	15	21	22	44	.356	.420	.777	312	52.4	.348	115	40.2
17	Bob Bailor B. Bailor	.266	279	797	88	212	25	2	1	69	48	4	51	40	6	867	244	28	9	9	2	19	.308	.306	.614	72	-25.3	.281	74	-25.3
18	Bill Almon B. Almon	.264	579	1,576	192	416	74	10	18	171	112	6	290	65	29	1,725	564	102	12	19	4	24	.312	.358	.670	171	-21.4	.302	88	-24.2
19	Freddie Patek F. Patek	.264	86	273	41	72	10	5	5	34	15	1	26	7	6	299	107	20	8	2	1	11	.302	.392	.694	31	-2.4	.310	90	-3.4
20	Ron Washington R. Washington	.264	473	1,407	163	371	58	21	15	128	61	8	224	26	14	1,500	516	94	13	11	1	28	.296	.367	.663	144	-23.4	.297	78	-38.6
21	Ozzie Guillen O. Guillen	.263	769	2,761	314	726	98	35	6	224	86	5	228	101	46	2,926	912	139	54	20	10	51	.284	.330	.615	232	-101.2	.273	65	-122.1
22	Garry Templeton G. Templeton	.262	1,308	4,787	510	1,256	204	49	38	438	279	5	714	139	71	5,134	1,672	291	37	26	124	115	.302	.349	.651	441	-138.4	.284	78	-133.8
23	Dave Concepcion D. Concepcion	.262	951	3,545	378	930	164	17	30	380	303	5	492	94	42	3,918	1,218	211	24	41	25	119	.318	.344	.662	379	-59.1	.299	83	-76.1
24	Rafael Ramirez R. Ramirez	.262	1,233	4,640	484	1,217	189	28	49	414	220	19	511	99	67	4,973	1,609	266	62	32	26	96	.296	.347	.643	446	-111.1	.288	76	-135.5
25	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	.261	1,468	5,330	703	1,392	241	39	17	477	662	23	341	364	86	6,159	1,762	297	110	34	60	93	.343	.331	.674	648	-46	.308	94	-42.9