highest career batting average minimum 45 pa

Herb Goodall has the best career batting average when making 45+ plate appearances, with an average of .422.

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highest career batting average by a player minimum 45 pa

	NAME	AVG	PA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Herb Goodall H. Goodall	.422	48	19	45	10	19	2	0	0	5	1	2		0		21	2					.458	.467	.925	12	4.5	.450	166	4.8
2	Terry Forster T. Forster	.397	86	414	78	7	31	4	1	0	7	2	0	9	1	0	37	5	6	0	0	0	.413	.474	.887	15	5.2	.398	151	4.7
3	Dave Rowan D. Rowan	.385	70	18	65	7	25	1	1	0	11	4	0	3	0		28	2	1				.420	.431	.851	12	3.8	.409	138	3.4
4	Kevin Rhomberg K. Rhomberg	.383	52	41	47	5	18	0	0	1	3	4	0	11	1	3	21	1	0	1	0	0	.423	.447	.870	9	2.9	.391	142	2.6
5	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	.373	63	17	59	8	22	2	3	0	5	4	0	8	0	1	30	5	0				.413	.508	.921	12	3.1	.411	131	2.8
6	Herm Merritt H. Merritt	.370	49	20	46	3	17	1	2	0	6	1	1	5	1	0	22	3	1				.396	.478	.874	8	2.1	.400	122	1.5
7	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.366	13,068	3,034	11,434	2,244	4,189	724	295	117	1,933	1,249	94	681	897		5,854	1,136	291				.433	.512	.945	2534	1,093.6	.445	165	975.1
8	Randy Asadoor R. Asadoor	.364	60	15	55	9	20	5	0	0	7	3	0	13	1	2	25	5	2	0	1	0	.397	.455	.851	9	2.6	.375	138	2.7
9	Red Dorman R. Dorman	.364	87	25	77	12	28	6	0	0	11	9	0	6	1	0	34	6	1				.430	.442	.872	15	4.4	.408	132	3.6
10	Rogers Hornsby R. Hornsby	.358	9,475	2,259	8,173	1,579	2,930	541	169	301	1,584	1,038	48	679	135		4,712	1,011	216				.434	.577	1.010	2018	899	.459	173	863.2
11	Joe Jackson J. Jackson	.356	5,690	1,332	4,981	873	1,772	307	168	54	785	519	59	234	202		2,577	529	131				.423	.517	.940	1090	480.3	.443	165	429.2
12	Livan Soto L. Soto	.351	87	35	77	12	27	6	1	1	9	8	0	18	1	1	38	8	1	1	0	1	.407	.494	.900	16	5.5	.390	156	5.5
13	Lefty O'Doul L. O'Doul	.349	3,659	970	3,264	624	1,140	175	41	113	542	333	23	122	36		1,736	329	39				.413	.532	.945	717	250.6	.426	142	211.5
14	George Nicol G. Nicol	.347	158	43	147	24	51	8	5	0	26	6	2	6	4		69	13	3				.381	.469	.850	30	2.2	.391	108	1.9
15	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	.346	8,400	1,837	7,511	1,600	2,597	522	186	101	1,466	741	94	366	455		3,794	809	54				.411	.505	.916	1836	616.8	.428	144	559.3
16	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	.345	11,988	2,789	10,195	1,882	3,514	792	222	117	1,531	1,381	103	394	436		5,101	1,131	309				.428	.500	.928	2264	921	.436	157	812.3
17	George Hall G. Hall	.345	557	121	537	104	185	22	21	5		20					264	48						.492		129	46.3	.390	145	38.1
18	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	.344	7,608	1,594	6,283	1,697	2,164	242	95	40	742	1,189	89	271	914		2,716	377	47				.455	.432	.888	1716	578.6	.433	142	505.5
19	Ted Williams T. Williams	.344	9,791	2,292	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	2,021	39	709	24	4	4,884	1,117	5	20	86	197	.482	.634	1.116	2349	1,219.7	.493	188	1,067
20	Dan Brouthers D. Brouthers	.342	7,676	1,673	6,711	1,523	2,296	460	205	106	994	840	105	83	256		3,484	771	20				.423	.519	.942	1874	728.6	.436	155	655.7
21	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.342	10,617	2,503	8,399	2,174	2,873	506	136	714	2,214	2,062	43	1,330	123		5,793	1,356	113				.474	.690	1.164	2727	1,436.8	.513	197	1,369.6
22	Dave Orr D. Orr	.342	3,411	791	3,289	536	1,125	198	108	37	504	98	15		66		1,650	343					.366	.502	.867	743	238.6	.397	143	226
23	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.342	8,960	2,147	7,787	1,291	2,660	542	151	183	1,540	856	40	550	113		4,053	876	277				.410	.520	.930	1682	619.2	.427	144	524
24	Pete Browning P. Browning	.341	5,315	1,183	4,820	954	1,646	295	85	46	612	466	20	102	258		2,249	426	0				.403	.467	.869	1191	407.6	.407	147	381.3
25	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	.341	9,610	2,123	8,591	1,719	2,932	241	145	33	810	524	129	136	495		3,562	419	366				.388	.415	.802	1640	406.6	.383	124	330.8

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Greene

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	33	16	.673
Phillies	25	24	.510	8.0
Nationals	24	25	.490	9.0
Marlins	22	27	.449	11.0
Mets	21	27	.438	11.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	28	18	.609
Cardinals	28	19	.596	0.5
Cubs	29	20	.592	0.5
Reds	25	24	.510	4.5
Pirates	24	24	.500	5.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	30	19	.612
Padres	29	19	.604	0.5
Diamondbacks	24	23	.511	5.0
Giants	20	29	.408	10.0
Rockies	19	30	.388	11.0

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Rays	32	15	.681
Yankees	30	19	.612	3.0
Blue Jays	21	27	.438	11.5
Red Sox	21	27	.438	11.5
Orioles	21	28	.429	12.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	28	22	.560
White Sox	25	23	.521	2.0
Twins	22	27	.449	5.5
Tigers	20	29	.408	7.5
Royals	20	29	.408	7.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Athletics	24	24	.500
Rangers	23	25	.479	1.0
Mariners	23	27	.460	2.0
Astros	20	30	.400	5.0
Angels	17	32	.347	7.5