Bill Madlock had the highest batting average in 1981, with an average of .341.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by a player in 1981

	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	.341	1981	PIT	82	279	35	95	23	1	6	45	34	3	17	18	6	320	138	30	0	4	7	5	.413	.495	.907	55	21.1	.404	153	18.4
2	Carney Lansford C. Lansford	.336	1981	BOS	102	399	61	134	23	3	4	52	34	2	28	15	10	438	175	30	1	2	3	6	.389	.439	.828	66	19.9	.376	136	16.8
3	Tom Paciorek T. Paciorek	.326	1981	SEA	104	405	50	132	28	2	14	66	35	4	50	13	10	452	206	44	1	7	3	10	.379	.509	.888	75	27.5	.397	152	25.2
4	Pete Rose P. Rose	.325	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
5	Dusty Baker D. Baker	.320	1981	LAD	103	400	48	128	17	3	9	49	29	1	43	10	7	438	178	29	3	5	1	9	.363	.445	.808	63	16.7	.366	134	16.3
6	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	.320	1981	MIL	106	416	70	133	35	1	12	60	28	3	30	5	4	453	206	48	1	5	2	16	.363	.495	.858	71	23.6	.385	152	25.1
7	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	.319	1981	OAK	108	423	89	135	18	7	6	35	64	2	68	56	22	493	185	31	0	4	4	7	.408	.437	.845	78	25.6	.385	152	27.3
8	Mike Hargrove M. Hargrove	.317	1981	CLE	94	322	43	102	21	0	2	49	60	5	16	5	4	398	129	23	4	7	5	14	.424	.401	.824	61	18.8	.379	140	17.2
9	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	.316	1981	PHI	102	354	78	112	19	2	31	91	73	4	71	12	4	434	228	52	0	3	18	9	.435	.644	1.080	94	48.7	.467	198	46.5
10	George Brett G. Brett	.314	1981	KCR	89	347	42	109	27	7	6	43	27	1	23	14	6	379	168	40	0	4	7	7	.361	.484	.846	57	16.6	.374	138	15.5
11	Bill Buckner B. Buckner	.311	1981	CHC	106	421	45	131	35	3	10	75	26	1	16	5	2	453	202	48	0	5	9	17	.349	.480	.829	65	17.3	.366	125	12.6
12	Richie Zisk R. Zisk	.311	1981	SEA	94	357	42	111	12	1	16	43	28	3	63	0	2	388	173	29	0	0	3	8	.366	.485	.851	61	20.2	.385	144	18.2
13	Ken Griffey K. Griffey	.311	1981	CIN	101	396	65	123	21	6	2	34	39	1	42	12	4	442	162	29	2	4	6	9	.370	.409	.780	59	12.2	.352	121	10
14	Milt May M. May	.310	1981	SFG	97	316	20	98	17	0	2	33	34	0	29	1	4	354	121	19	3	1	10	7	.376	.383	.759	44	7	.341	117	6.7
15	Al Oliver A. Oliver	.309	1981	TEX	102	421	53	130	29	1	4	55	24	2	28	3	0	448	173	34	0	1	10	17	.348	.411	.759	55	8.1	.339	118	8.7
16	Hubie Brooks H. Brooks	.307	1981	NYM	98	358	34	110	21	2	4	38	23	1	65	9	5	389	147	27	1	6	2	9	.345	.411	.756	49	7.8	.341	116	7
17	Jerry Remy J. Remy	.307	1981	BOS	88	358	55	110	9	1	0	31	36	0	30	9	2	410	121	10	13	3	2	6	.368	.338	.706	47	4	.327	102	1.1
18	Jerry Mumphrey J. Mumphrey	.307	1981	NYY	80	319	44	98	11	5	6	32	24	0	27	14	9	350	137	22	5	2	1	7	.354	.429	.783	47	10.6	.356	130	11.1
19	Dave Concepcion D. Concepcion	.306	1981	CIN	106	421	57	129	28	0	5	67	37	1	61	4	5	468	172	33	2	7	1	13	.358	.409	.767	61	12.1	.349	119	9.7
20	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	.306	1981	STL	103	376	65	115	27	4	8	48	61	2	45	12	5	444	174	39	0	5	6	9	.401	.463	.864	71	24.4	.389	145	21.6
21	Rod Carew R. Carew	.305	1981	CAL	93	364	57	111	17	1	2	21	45	0	45	16	9	421	136	20	10	2	7	8	.380	.374	.753	54	9.2	.344	121	9.3
22	Warren Cromartie W. Cromartie	.304	1981	MON	99	358	41	109	19	2	6	42	39	0	27	2	3	400	150	27	0	3	12	8	.370	.419	.789	53	10.8	.351	120	8.7
23	Bobby Grich B. Grich	.304	1981	CAL	100	352	56	107	14	2	22	61	40	4	71	2	4	404	191	38	5	3	4	5	.378	.543	.921	71	28.8	.411	167	28.9
24	Tim Raines T. Raines	.304	1981	MON	88	313	61	95	13	7	5	37	45	2	31	71	11	363	137	25	0	3	5	7	.391	.438	.829	54	16.1	.375	136	14.3
25	Willie Wilson W. Wilson	.303	1981	KCR	102	439	54	133	10	7	1	32	18	4	42	34	8	465	160	18	3	1	3	5	.335	.364	.700	51	1.6	.319	100	0.2