highest career batting average after 1920 minimum 1000 at bats

Since 1921, Rogers Hornsby has the highest batting average with 1,000+ at-bats, with an average of .375.

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highest career batting average by a player after 1920 minimum 1000 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	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.375	5,581	1,555	1,210	2,092	420	97	265	1,224	803	27	442	64		6,572	3,501	782	161				.456	.627	1.083	1552	729.7	.484	180	693.9
2	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.366	5,232	1,429	978	1,917	414	102	152	1,139	640	24	344	69		6,083	2,991	668	187				.438	.572	1.009	1297	529	.456	156	465.3
3	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.360	3,705	993	743	1,333	265	77	48	664	454	26	117	113		4,296	1,896	390	111				.433	.512	.945	835	301.5	.434	144	255.8
4	Lefty O'Doul L. O'Doul	.350	3,236	938	620	1,134	174	41	113	540	331	23	119	35		3,629	1,729	328	39				.414	.534	.949	715	252.3	.427	143	213.6
5	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	.349	3,674	1,020	693	1,282	347	63	64	619	539	21	91	48		4,360	1,947	474	126				.435	.530	.965	872	330.8	.442	148	281.2
6	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.345	6,831	1,970	1,814	2,359	388	97	611	1,855	1,722	32	1,066	96		8,674	4,774	1,096	89				.479	.699	1.178	2274	1,186.8	.514	197	1,137.7
7	Ted Williams T. Williams	.344	7,706	2,292	1,798	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	2,021	39	709	24	4	9,791	4,884	1,117	5	20	86	197	.482	.634	1.116	2349	1,219.7	.493	188	1,067
8	Zack Wheat Z. Wheat	.341	3,357	888	565	1,146	199	52	72	535	245	22	112	35		3,677	1,665	323	53				.390	.496	.886	628	168.6	.405	132	154.3
9	Eddie Collins E. Collins	.341	3,253	957	568	1,110	162	42	19	444	523	19	80	160		3,942	1,413	223	147				.435	.434	.870	691	199.7	.411	131	165.1
10	Bill Terry B. Terry	.341	6,428	1,721	1,120	2,193	373	112	154	1,078	537	9	449	56		7,111	3,252	639	137				.393	.506	.899	1265	365	.407	136	346.7
11	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.340	8,001	2,164	1,888	2,721	534	163	493	1,995	1,508	45	790	102		9,660	5,060	1,190	106			2	.447	.632	1.080	2265	1,046.8	.477	173	980
12	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.338	9,288	2,440	1,383	3,141	543	85	135	1,138	790	24	434	319	125	10,232	4,259	763	45	85	203	259	.388	.459	.847	1582	379.2	.370	132	390.4
13	George Sisler G. Sisler	.336	5,280	1,288	811	1,776	263	100	62	775	282	26	188	179		5,728	2,425	425	140				.373	.459	.832	874	149.2	.381	109	64.7
14	Riggs Stephenson R. Stephenson	.336	4,508	1,310	714	1,515	321	54	63	773	494	41	247	53		5,134	2,133	438	91				.407	.473	.880	894	250.4	.405	132	216.5
15	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.334	8,759	2,215	1,507	2,927	539	149	307	1,828	615	30	737	88		9,515	4,685	995	111			23	.380	.535	.915	1714	519.5	.410	130	400.1
16	Paul Waner P. Waner	.333	9,459	2,549	1,627	3,152	605	191	113	1,309	1,091	38	376	104		10,762	4,478	909	174			45	.404	.473	.878	1868	537	.403	135	487.9
17	Dale Alexander D. Alexander	.331	2,450	662	369	811	164	30	61	459	248	6	197	20		2,736	1,218	255	32				.394	.497	.891	483	129.2	.402	126	99.7
18	Stan Musial S. Musial	.331	10,972	3,026	1,949	3,630	725	177	475	1,951	1,599	53	696	78	31	12,712	6,134	1,377	35	53	127	243	.417	.559	.976	2474	1,032.5	.435	158	896.7
19	Heinie Manush H. Manush	.330	7,654	2,008	1,288	2,524	491	160	110	1,183	506	70	345	113		8,416	3,665	761	186			1	.377	.479	.856	1366	310	.389	120	222.9
20	Ray Grimes R. Grimes	.329	1,533	432	268	504	101	25	27	263	203	17	133	21		1,783	736	153	30				.413	.480	.893	315	93.4	.413	135	81.8
21	Ken Williams K. Williams	.328	3,867	1,108	715	1,268	231	55	180	791	481	20	211	124		4,484	2,149	466	116				.405	.556	.961	869	311	.434	140	243.8
22	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.328	9,180	2,439	1,513	3,010	578	61	118	1,014	1,412	23	745	24	35	10,740	4,064	757	29	96	180	236	.415	.443	.858	1746	493.9	.381	132	411
23	Rod Carew R. Carew	.328	9,315	2,469	1,424	3,053	445	112	92	1,015	1,018	25	1,028	353	187	10,550	3,998	649	128	64	144	216	.393	.429	.822	1576	435.7	.369	132	379.9
24	Jack Fournier J. Fournier	.327	3,218	918	544	1,051	153	55	118	596	382	49	214	52		3,732	1,668	326	83				.406	.518	.924	689	223.3	.422	145	217.6
25	Edd Roush E. Roush	.325	4,255	1,100	663	1,385	226	100	47	581	293	23	115	108		4,687	1,952	373	116				.372	.459	.831	715	129.6	.381	120	122.9

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