Bill Madlock had the best batting average in 1976, with an average of .339.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player in 1976

	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	Bill Madlock B. Madlock	.339	1976	CHC	142	514	68	174	36	1	15	84	56	11	27	15	11	588	257	52	3	4	15	21	.412	.500	.912	103	40.9	.411	149	32.2
2	Ken Griffey K. Griffey	.336	1976	CIN	148	562	111	189	28	9	6	74	62	1	65	34	11	628	253	43	0	3	0	3	.401	.450	.851	101	35.4	.393	144	30.7
3	George Brett G. Brett	.333	1976	KCR	159	645	94	215	34	14	7	67	49	1	36	21	11	705	298	55	2	8	4	8	.377	.462	.839	108	33.8	.381	144	32.9
4	Hal McRae H. McRae	.332	1976	KCR	149	527	75	175	34	5	8	73	64	8	43	22	12	609	243	47	2	8	7	13	.407	.461	.868	100	35.6	.395	154	34.8
5	Rod Carew R. Carew	.331	1976	MIN	156	605	97	200	29	12	9	90	67	1	52	49	22	687	280	50	8	6	14	12	.395	.463	.858	108	35.8	.387	148	34.8
6	Garry Maddox G. Maddox	.330	1976	PHI	146	531	75	175	37	6	6	68	42	4	59	29	12	586	242	49	0	9	8	10	.377	.456	.833	87	26	.376	132	21
7	Pete Rose P. Rose	.323	1976	CIN	162	665	130	215	42	6	10	63	86	6	54	9	5	759	299	58	0	2	7	17	.404	.450	.854	122	42.8	.393	144	37.1
8	Lyman Bostock L. Bostock	.323	1976	MIN	128	474	75	153	21	9	4	60	33	1	37	12	6	517	204	34	3	6	5	15	.364	.430	.794	71	17.1	.360	130	16.4
9	Joe Morgan J. Morgan	.320	1976	CIN	141	472	113	151	30	5	27	111	114	1	41	60	9	599	272	62	0	12	8	2	.444	.576	1.020	123	60.3	.454	184	55.8
10	Steve Garvey S. Garvey	.317	1976	LAD	162	631	85	200	37	4	13	80	50	1	69	19	8	696	284	54	5	9	11	20	.363	.450	.813	99	26.3	.367	132	24.7
11	Willie Montanez W. Montanez	.317	1976	TOT	163	650	74	206	29	2	11	84	36	1	47	2	5	691	272	42	1	3	11	26	.352	.418	.771	90	17.5	.350	112	9.3
12	Ron LeFlore R. LeFlore	.316	1976	DET	135	544	93	172	23	8	4	39	51	2	111	58	20	603	223	35	5	1	2	12	.376	.410	.786	85	21.4	.364	128	18.1
13	Fred Lynn F. Lynn	.314	1976	BOS	132	507	76	159	32	8	10	65	48	1	67	14	9	566	237	50	0	10	2	9	.367	.467	.835	86	26.2	.379	135	20.7
14	Dave Parker D. Parker	.313	1976	PIT	138	537	82	168	28	10	13	90	30	2	80	19	7	573	255	51	0	4	6	16	.349	.475	.824	84	23.7	.372	131	20
15	Bob Watson B. Watson	.313	1976	HOU	157	585	76	183	31	3	16	102	62	4	64	3	3	662	268	50	2	9	10	12	.377	.458	.835	100	30.5	.378	141	30.4
16	Mickey Rivers M. Rivers	.312	1976	NYY	137	590	95	184	31	8	8	67	13	3	51	43	7	613	255	47	2	5	0	3	.327	.432	.760	78	14.1	.346	123	15.1
17	Rico Carty R. Carty	.310	1976	CLE	152	552	67	171	34	0	13	83	67	0	45	1	1	628	244	47	0	9	9	18	.379	.442	.821	93	26.6	.373	141	27
18	Cesar Geronimo C. Geronimo	.307	1976	CIN	149	486	59	149	24	11	2	49	56	6	95	22	5	555	201	37	2	5	13	6	.382	.414	.795	76	18.2	.360	123	14
19	George Foster G. Foster	.306	1976	CIN	144	562	86	172	21	9	29	121	52	4	89	17	3	627	298	59	0	9	4	11	.364	.530	.894	106	39.7	.402	150	35
20	Greg Luzinski G. Luzinski	.304	1976	PHI	149	533	74	162	28	1	21	95	50	11	107	1	2	605	255	50	0	11	2	11	.369	.478	.847	95	31.1	.386	138	25.9
21	Thurman Munson T. Munson	.302	1976	NYY	152	616	79	186	27	1	17	105	29	9	38	14	11	665	266	45	1	10	6	17	.337	.432	.769	86	16.6	.349	125	17.8
22	Lou Brock L. Brock	.301	1976	STL	133	498	73	150	24	5	4	67	35	1	75	56	19	544	196	33	4	6	7	19	.344	.394	.738	65	8.2	.335	108	4.7
23	Bill Buckner B. Buckner	.301	1976	LAD	154	642	76	193	28	4	7	60	26	1	26	28	9	680	250	39	6	5	6	8	.326	.389	.716	77	5.5	.326	105	4
24	Ralph Garr R. Garr	.300	1976	CWS	136	527	63	158	22	6	4	36	17	2	41	14	5	558	204	32	8	4	2	6	.322	.387	.709	62	3.8	.324	105	3.1
25	Jose Cardenal J. Cardenal	.299	1976	CHC	136	521	64	156	25	2	8	47	32	1	39	23	14	560	209	35	3	3	0	5	.339	.401	.740	70	11.1	.342	104	2.8