highest batting average in a season with at least 15 pa and at least 1 inning pitched

Terry Forster has the best batting average with 15+ plate appearances and 1.0+ inning pitched in a season, with an average of .526 in 1972.

Interpreted as:

highest batting average by a player in a season with at least 15 pa and at least 1 inning pitched

	NAME	AVG	PA	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Terry Forster T. Forster	.526	22	100.0	1972	CWS	62	6	5	.545	0	2.25	104	0	0	29	75	25	31	0	44	3	45	3	419	5	9.36	3.96	2.36	0.00	24.8	10.5	1.19	.280	2.79	71	1.72	52	6.75	17
2	Tom Baker T. Baker	.474	20	42.0	1935	BKN	11	1	0	1.000	1	4.29	10	1	0	0	48	20	25	2	20	0	6		194	2	2.14	4.29	0.50	0.43	5.2	10.3	1.62	.284	5.36	107	4.63	114	10.29	-2.7
3	Troy Mattes T. Mattes	.467	16	45.0	2001	MON	8	3	3	.500	8	6.00	26	0	0	0	51	30	33	9	21	4	0	2	207	6	5.20	4.20	1.24	1.80	12.6	10.1	1.60	.286	6.60	131	6.15	137	10.20	-8.1
4	Ray Steineder R. Steineder	.467	17	55.0	1923	PIT	15	2	0	1.000	2	4.75	23	1	0	0	58	29	30	3	18	2	8		233	0	3.76	2.95	1.28	0.49	9.9	7.7	1.38	.294	4.91	119	3.90	98	9.49	0.4
5	Earl Yingling E. Yingling	.467	18	38.0	1918	WSH	5	1	2	.333	2	2.13	15	2	0	0	30	9	15	0	12	0	1		145	1	3.55	2.84	1.25	0.00	10.3	8.3	1.11	.254	3.55	79	2.39	87	7.11	1.5
6	Dick Hall D. Hall	.464	30	111.2	1963	BAL	47	5	5	.500	3	2.98	74	0	0	12	91	37	39	12	16	4	21	6	436	0	5.96	1.29	4.63	0.97	17.0	3.7	0.96	.239	3.14	86	3.09	88	7.33	5.1
7	Russ Van Atta R. Van Atta	.462	15	58.2	1937	SLA	16	1	2	.333	6	5.52	34	1	0	0	74	36	41	2	32	0	4		280	2	5.22	4.91	1.06	0.31	12.1	11.4	1.81	.340	6.29	114	3.96	83	11.35	5.2
8	Enrique Romo E. Romo	.455	15	123.2	1980	PIT	74	5	5	.500	0	3.27	82	0	0	11	117	45	53	10	28	1	38	4	507	0	5.97	2.04	2.93	0.73	16.2	5.5	1.17	.277	3.86	87	3.17	86	8.51	7
9	Ed Crane E. Crane	.452	38	78.1	1893	TOT	12	2	6	.250	9	6.89	16	5	0	0	103	60	81	4	50	7	3		392	4	1.84	5.74	0.32	0.46	4.1	12.8	1.95	.314	9.31	153	5.68	126	11.83	-11.1
10	Dick Fowler D. Fowler	.444	18	37.1	1945	PHA	7	1	2	.333	3	4.82	21	2	1	0	41	20	21	1	18	0	3		167	2	5.06	4.34	1.17	0.24	12.6	10.8	1.58	.315	5.06	142	3.21	92	9.88	1.2
11	Ralph Caldwell R. Caldwell	.444	19	41.0	1904	PHN	6	2	2	.500	5	4.17	30	5	0	0	40	19	29	1	15	2	1		182	1	6.59	3.29	2.00	0.22	16.5	8.2	1.34	.291	6.37	154	2.52	90	8.78	1.2
12	Frank Donnelly F. Donnelly	.444	20	42.0	1893	CHI	7	3	1	.750	5	5.36	6	3	0	2	51	25	42	1	17	4	2		196	2	1.29	3.64	0.35	0.21	3.1	8.7	1.62	.298	9.00	113	4.77	100	10.93	0.1
13	Jim Tobin J. Tobin	.441	38	87.0	1937	PIT	20	6	3	.667	8	3.00	37	7	0	1	74	29	38	1	28	1	9		357	4	3.83	2.90	1.32	0.10	10.4	7.8	1.17	.252	3.93	77	3.34	84	7.66	6.4
14	Mike Morgan M. Morgan	.438	17	101.2	2000	ARI	60	5	5	.500	4	4.87	56	0	0	5	123	55	55	10	40	1	15	5	448	0	4.96	3.54	1.40	0.89	12.5	8.9	1.60	.331	4.87	103	4.51	95	10.89	2.7
15	Bobby Shantz B. Shantz	.438	20	89.1	1961	PIT	43	6	3	.667	6	3.32	61	2	1	2	91	33	38	5	26	4	16	6	377	0	6.15	2.62	2.35	0.50	16.2	6.9	1.31	.306	3.83	82	2.94	75	9.17	9.9
16	Matt Kilroy M. Kilroy	.438	17	35.0	1893	LOU	5	3	2	.600	5	9.00	4	5	1	0	57	35	41	2	23	4	0		188	2	1.03	5.91	0.17	0.51	2.1	12.2	2.29	.355	10.54	201	6.07	136	14.66	-6.8
17	Max Surkont M. Surkont	.435	24	55.2	1950	BSN	9	5	2	.714	6	3.23	21	2	0	0	63	20	29	5	20	2	3		246	0	3.40	3.23	1.05	0.81	8.5	8.1	1.49	.293	4.69	82	4.18	103	10.19	-1
18	Billy Rhines B. Rhines	.435	24	54.0	1899	PIT	9	4	4	.500	9	6.00	6	4	0	0	59	36	42	3	13	4	0		230	0	1.00	2.17	0.46	0.50	2.6	5.7	1.33	.275	7.00	159	4.38	116	9.83	-3.9
19	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	.433	107	229.0	1925	WSH	30	20	7	.741	29	3.07	108	16	3	0	217	78	95	7	78	7	1		967	1	4.24	3.07	1.38	0.28	11.2	8.1	1.29	.274	3.73	73	3.68	87	8.53	13.3
20	Bill Bayne B. Bayne	.429	16	50.2	1924	SLA	22	1	3	.250	3	4.44	20	0	0	0	47	25	31	4	29	8	9		236	1	3.55	5.15	0.69	0.71	8.5	12.3	1.50	.246	5.51	100	5.47	126	8.35	-5.8
21	Ross Barnes R. Barnes	.429	342	1.1	1876	CWS	1	0	0		0	20.25	0	0	0	0	7	3	8	0	0		0		13	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	5.25		54.00	844	2.23	93	47.25	0
22	Jack Bentley J. Bentley	.427	94	183.0	1923	NYG	31	13	8	.619	27	4.48	80	12	1	2	198	91	102	10	67	5	2		798	1	3.93	3.30	1.19	0.49	10.0	8.4	1.45	.296	5.02	116	3.95	103	9.74	-2.7
23	Herb Goodall H. Goodall	.422	48	109.0	1890	LOU	18	8	5	.615	13	3.39	46	8	1	4	94	41	73	2	51	10	5		478	6	3.80	4.21	0.90	0.17	9.6	10.7	1.33	.249	6.03	91	3.99	114	7.76	-7.5
24	Larry Jaster L. Jaster	.421	20	77.0	1969	MON	24	1	6	.143	11	5.49	39	1	0	0	95	47	60	17	28	2	6	6	353	3	4.56	3.27	1.39	1.99	11.0	7.9	1.60	.292	7.01	150	5.53	157	11.10	-16.8
25	Hal McKain H. McKain	.419	37	89.0	1930	CWS	32	6	4	.600	5	5.56	52	0	0	4	108	55	67	0	42	3	19		416	2	5.26	4.25	1.24	0.00	12.5	10.1	1.69	.339	6.78	123	3.85	84	10.92	7