Bob McClure, Tug McGraw and Dick Barrett are tied for the best career batting average by a 39-year-old player, with an average of 1.000.
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highest career average by a player at 39 years old| NAME | AVG | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. McClure | 1.000 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 2 | | T. McGraw | 1.000 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 3 | | D. Barrett | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||
| 4 |  | R. Clemens | .667 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| 5 | | R. Starr | .667 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | |||
| 6 | | H. Gowdy | .571 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .571 | .571 | 1.143 | ||||
| 7 | | C. Speier | .545 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .583 | .818 | 1.402 |
| 8 | | D. Lowe | .500 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| 9 | | C. Schilling | .500 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| 10 | | S. Reed | .500 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| 11 | | L. Andersen | .500 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .500 | 1.167 |
| 12 | | D. Bair | .500 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| 13 | | S. Lollar | .500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| 14 | | P. Ragan | .500 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | |||
| 15 | | P. Borders | .400 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .600 | 1.000 |
| 16 | | R. Winegarner | .400 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 | |||
| 17 | | M. Mota | .395 | 49 | 38 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .521 | .500 | 1.021 |
| 18 |  | A. McCutchen | .375 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .412 | .688 | 1.099 |
| 19 |  | B. Bonds | .367 | 129 | 332 | 110 | 122 | 24 | 0 | 38 | 78 | 199 | 6 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 539 | 260 | 62 | 0 | 2 | 100 | 7 | .607 | .783 | 1.390 |
| 20 |  | W. Johnson | .348 | 26 | 46 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 50 | 24 | 4 | 1 | .388 | .522 | .909 | ||||
| 21 | | K. Williams | .346 | 32 | 78 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 94 | 40 | 10 | 4 | .433 | .513 | .946 | ||||
| 22 |  | T. Cobb | .339 | 79 | 233 | 48 | 79 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 273 | 119 | 27 | 13 | .408 | .511 | .918 | ||||
| 23 | | P. Molitor | .335 | 161 | 663 | 98 | 222 | 45 | 7 | 12 | 110 | 61 | 3 | 71 | 17 | 6 | 734 | 317 | 64 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | .390 | .478 | .868 |
| 24 |  | N. Cruz | .335 | 63 | 239 | 46 | 80 | 12 | 0 | 25 | 62 | 29 | 3 | 60 | 0 | 1 | 273 | 167 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | .410 | .699 | 1.109 |
| 25 | | J. Fassero | .333 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 |
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