George Brett had the highest batting average in 1980, with an average of .390.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player in 1980

	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	George Brett G. Brett	.390	1980	KCR	117	449	87	175	33	9	24	118	58	1	22	15	6	515	298	66	0	7	16	11	.454	.664	1.118	120	62.7	.478	198	59.2
2	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	.352	1980	MIL	153	622	96	219	33	4	25	122	39	2	42	17	6	678	335	62	7	8	15	16	.387	.539	.926	119	43	.403	151	40.7
3	Miguel Dilone M. Dilone	.341	1980	CLE	132	528	82	180	30	9	0	40	28	2	45	61	18	566	228	39	6	2	1	7	.375	.432	.807	82	18.4	.362	123	15.2
4	Mickey Rivers M. Rivers	.333	1980	TEX	147	630	96	210	32	6	7	60	20	1	34	18	7	661	275	45	6	4	1	4	.353	.437	.789	91	16.5	.353	119	15
5	Rod Carew R. Carew	.331	1980	CAL	144	540	74	179	34	7	3	59	59	1	38	23	15	612	236	44	9	3	7	15	.396	.437	.833	94	25	.373	132	22.9
6	Buddy Bell B. Bell	.329	1980	TEX	129	490	76	161	24	4	17	83	40	0	39	3	1	534	244	45	4	0	11	16	.379	.498	.877	87	26.9	.386	141	25.6
7	Willie Wilson W. Wilson	.326	1980	KCR	161	705	133	230	28	15	3	49	28	6	81	79	10	745	297	46	5	1	3	4	.357	.421	.778	100	16.3	.349	113	11.3
8	Bill Buckner B. Buckner	.324	1980	CHC	145	578	69	187	41	3	10	68	30	0	18	1	2	614	264	54	0	6	11	13	.353	.457	.810	85	16.4	.355	116	10.9
9	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	.321	1980	STL	159	595	111	191	39	8	16	99	86	4	73	14	8	690	294	63	1	4	4	14	.408	.494	.902	121	43.5	.402	155	42.8
10	Garry Templeton G. Templeton	.319	1980	STL	118	504	83	161	19	9	4	43	18	0	43	31	15	524	210	32	1	1	6	13	.342	.417	.759	65	6.5	.336	110	5.9
11	Al Oliver A. Oliver	.319	1980	TEX	163	656	96	209	43	3	19	117	39	5	47	5	7	709	315	65	1	8	9	14	.357	.480	.838	106	26.1	.368	129	24.5
12	Al Bumbry A. Bumbry	.318	1980	BAL	160	645	118	205	29	9	9	53	78	3	75	44	11	738	279	47	9	3	8	9	.392	.433	.825	111	28.6	.371	131	26.9
13	Bake McBride B. McBride	.309	1980	PHI	137	554	68	171	33	10	9	87	26	5	58	13	10	593	251	52	2	6	4	17	.342	.453	.795	81	14.1	.351	119	12.8
14	Cesar Cedeno C. Cedeno	.309	1980	HOU	137	499	71	154	32	8	10	73	66	1	72	48	15	569	232	50	1	2	11	13	.389	.465	.854	89	25.2	.378	146	29
15	Andre Dawson A. Dawson	.308	1980	MON	151	577	96	178	41	7	17	87	44	6	69	34	9	638	284	65	1	10	7	9	.358	.492	.850	97	25.6	.372	136	25.6
16	Bob Watson B. Watson	.307	1980	NYY	130	469	62	144	25	3	13	68	48	1	56	2	1	525	214	41	1	6	5	20	.368	.456	.825	77	18.6	.366	128	17.4
17	John Wathan J. Wathan	.305	1980	KCR	126	453	57	138	14	7	6	58	50	3	42	17	3	510	184	27	3	1	6	19	.377	.406	.783	70	12.9	.353	116	9.4
18	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	.304	1980	MIL	111	450	81	137	29	2	9	37	48	3	48	34	7	512	197	40	6	5	4	9	.372	.438	.809	74	16.5	.362	124	14.8
19	Ben Oglivie B. Oglivie	.304	1980	MIL	156	592	94	180	26	2	41	118	54	5	71	11	9	660	333	69	0	9	19	5	.362	.563	.925	113	38.8	.396	147	36.5
20	Steve Garvey S. Garvey	.304	1980	LAD	163	658	78	200	27	1	26	106	36	3	67	6	11	704	307	54	3	4	6	17	.341	.467	.808	99	20.3	.358	129	22.6
21	Mike Hargrove M. Hargrove	.304	1980	CLE	160	589	86	179	22	2	11	85	111	8	36	4	2	720	238	35	2	10	10	22	.415	.404	.819	110	29	.373	129	24.9
22	Ken Singleton K. Singleton	.304	1980	BAL	156	583	85	177	28	3	24	104	92	1	94	0	2	680	283	55	0	4	1	19	.397	.485	.882	116	39.6	.396	147	38
23	Dave Collins D. Collins	.303	1980	CIN	144	551	94	167	20	4	3	35	53	3	68	79	21	613	204	27	3	3	2	5	.366	.370	.736	76	7.7	.337	110	7
24	Ted Simmons T. Simmons	.303	1980	STL	145	495	84	150	33	2	21	98	59	2	45	1	0	562	250	56	0	6	13	13	.375	.505	.880	90	27.4	.384	143	26.8
25	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	.303	1980	OAK	158	591	111	179	22	4	9	53	117	5	54	100	26	722	236	35	6	3	7	6	.420	.399	.820	112	31.3	.377	137	31.2