Between October 5, 1995 and October 5, 2025, Derek Jeter has the best batting average with 10,000+ at-bats, with an average of .310.
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highest batting average by a player in the MLB in the last 30 years at least 10000 at bats| 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 | ||
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| 1 |  | D. Jeter | .310 | 11,147 | 2,732 | 1,918 | 3,453 | 540 | 65 | 260 | 1,304 | 1,079 | 170 | 1,829 | 358 | 97 | 12,551 | 4,903 | 865 | 97 | 58 | 39 | 287 | .378 | .440 | .817 |
| 2 |  | M. Cabrera | .306 | 10,356 | 2,797 | 1,551 | 3,174 | 627 | 17 | 511 | 1,881 | 1,258 | 74 | 2,105 | 40 | 21 | 11,796 | 5,368 | 1,155 | 5 | 103 | 238 | 364 | .382 | .518 | .901 |
| 3 |  | A. Pujols | .296 | 11,421 | 3,080 | 1,914 | 3,384 | 686 | 16 | 703 | 2,218 | 1,373 | 123 | 1,404 | 117 | 43 | 13,041 | 6,211 | 1,405 | 1 | 123 | 316 | 426 | .374 | .544 | .918 |
| 4 |  | A. Rodriguez | .296 | 10,370 | 2,719 | 2,002 | 3,071 | 542 | 29 | 691 | 2,065 | 1,329 | 176 | 2,225 | 322 | 74 | 11,999 | 5,744 | 1,262 | 14 | 110 | 97 | 261 | .382 | .554 | .936 |
| 5 |  | A. Beltre | .286 | 11,068 | 2,933 | 1,524 | 3,166 | 636 | 38 | 477 | 1,707 | 848 | 97 | 1,732 | 121 | 42 | 12,130 | 5,309 | 1,151 | 14 | 103 | 112 | 279 | .339 | .480 | .819 |
StatMuse has game-level data for at-bats and batting average going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.
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