Lou Gehrig has the highest career batting average in the World Series when making 100+ plate appearances, with an average of .361.
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highest batting average by a player in world series minimum 100 plate appearances| NAME | AVG | PA | SERIES | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | L. Gehrig | .361 | 148 | World Series | 34 | 119 | 30 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 87 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .483 | .731 | 1.214 | |
| 2 |  | R. Jackson | .357 | 116 | World Series | 27 | 98 | 21 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 24 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .457 | .755 | 1.212 |
| 3 |  | B. Martin | .333 | 105 | World Series | 28 | 99 | 15 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .371 | .566 | .937 |
| 4 | | E. Collins | .328 | 145 | World Series | 34 | 128 | 20 | 42 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 53 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .381 | .414 | .795 | |
| 5 |  | B. Ruth | .326 | 166 | World Series | 41 | 129 | 37 | 42 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 96 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .470 | .744 | 1.214 | |
| 6 |  | D. Jeter | .321 | 173 | World Series | 38 | 156 | 32 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .384 | .449 | .832 |
| 7 | | S. Garvey | .319 | 118 | World Series | 28 | 113 | 13 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .342 | .407 | .749 |
| 8 | | G. Woodling | .318 | 104 | World Series | 26 | 85 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 45 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .442 | .529 | .972 | |
| 9 | | H. Greenberg | .318 | 101 | World Series | 23 | 85 | 17 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | .420 | .624 | 1.044 | |
| 10 | | B. Richardson | .305 | 138 | World Series | 36 | 131 | 16 | 40 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .331 | .405 | .735 |
| 11 | | T. Pendleton | .298 | 105 | World Series | 27 | 94 | 14 | 28 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 43 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .356 | .457 | .813 |
| 12 | | F. Frisch | .294 | 214 | World Series | 50 | 197 | 16 | 58 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 74 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | .338 | .376 | .714 | |
| 13 | | H. Hooper | .293 | 107 | World Series | 24 | 92 | 13 | 27 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 40 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .375 | .435 | .810 | |
| 14 | | B. Skowron | .293 | 141 | World Series | 39 | 133 | 19 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | .326 | .519 | .845 |
| 15 | | W. Schang | .287 | 111 | World Series | 32 | 94 | 8 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .362 | .404 | .766 | |
| 16 | | G. Goslin | .287 | 143 | World Series | 32 | 129 | 16 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 63 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .348 | .488 | .836 | |
| 17 | | M. Lemke | .286 | 100 | World Series | 24 | 91 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .330 | .374 | .704 |
| 18 | | D. Snider | .286 | 149 | World Series | 36 | 133 | 21 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 13 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 79 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .351 | .594 | .945 |
| 19 | | R. Youngs | .286 | 110 | World Series | 26 | 91 | 10 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .404 | .363 | .766 | |
| 20 | | R. Rolfe | .284 | 128 | World Series | 28 | 116 | 17 | 33 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .336 | .336 | .672 | |
| 21 | | L. Smith | .277 | 124 | World Series | 32 | 112 | 18 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 53 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .341 | .473 | .815 |
| 22 |  | Y. Gurriel | .276 | 104 | World Series | 25 | 98 | 9 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .317 | .429 | .746 |
| 23 | | Y. Berra | .274 | 295 | World Series | 75 | 259 | 41 | 71 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 39 | 32 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | .359 | .452 | .811 |
| 24 | | P. Wee Reese | .272 | 191 | World Series | 44 | 169 | 20 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .346 | .349 | .695 |
| 25 |  | J. DiMaggio | .271 | 220 | World Series | 51 | 199 | 27 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 30 | 19 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .338 | .422 | .760 | |
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