Gil McDougald has the best career batting average in the postseason with 20+ at-bats, with an average of .409.
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highest batting average by a player in game 7 minimum 20 ab| NAME | AVG | AB | G | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. McDougald | .409 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .409 | .455 | .864 |
| 2 | | L. Smith | .381 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .458 | .524 | .982 |
| 3 |  | J. Altuve | .300 | 20 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .364 | .650 | 1.014 |
| 4 |  | M. Mantle | .300 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .533 | .897 |
| 5 | | B. Skowron | .280 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .680 | .960 |
| 6 | | E. Howard | .261 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .261 | .435 | .696 |
| 7 | | W. McGee | .250 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .300 | .550 |
| 8 | | Y. Berra | .200 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .333 | .640 | .973 |
StatMuse has game-level data for at-bats and batting average going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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