highest career batting average since 1930

Since 1930, Bill Terry has the highest batting average, with an average of .352.

Interpreted as:

highest career batting average with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game by a player since 1930

	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	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Bill Terry B. Terry	.352	961	3,789	688	1,332	216	70	82	602	296	6	236	30		4,162	1,934	368	71				.399	.510	.910	766	237.3	.411	142	234.2
2	Lefty O'Doul L. O'Doul	.345	626	2,200	399	759	119	31	73	364	223	19	87	24		2,460	1,159	223	18				.410	.527	.937	478	164.9	.422	145	147.8
3	Ted Williams T. Williams	.344	2,292	7,706	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
4	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.343	1,397	5,255	1,257	1,802	328	91	347	1,360	1,028	30	439	72		6,339	3,353	766	26			2	.453	.638	1.091	1522	719.6	.481	174	666.9
5	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.338	2,440	9,288	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
6	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.331	713	2,405	607	797	110	24	198	652	632	8	351	22		3,066	1,549	332	21				.472	.644	1.116	764	375.1	.490	186	363.4
7	Stan Musial S. Musial	.331	3,026	10,972	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
8	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.329	157	490	82	161	45	6	19	97	64	1	52	2		570	275	70	15				.407	.561	.968	115	35.5	.424	133	30.2
9	Riggs Stephenson R. Stephenson	.329	471	1,607	226	528	101	13	14	263	164	9	82	11		1,799	697	128	19				.394	.434	.828	289	61.3	.382	124	55.3
10	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.328	2,439	9,180	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
11	Rod Carew R. Carew	.328	2,469	9,315	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
12	Dale Alexander D. Alexander	.327	507	1,824	259	596	121	15	36	322	192	6	134	15		2,036	855	172	14				.393	.469	.861	344	82.7	.392	121	58.8
13	Paul Waner P. Waner	.326	1,947	7,102	1,139	2,312	435	117	75	913	799	23	303	67		8,035	3,206	627	111			45	.396	.451	.847	1322	330.4	.390	131	312.8
14	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.325	1,736	6,821	1,390	2,214	389	131	361	1,537	790	46	369	30	0	7,671	3,948	881	14			130	.398	.579	.977	1517	604.1	.439	152	528.8
15	Monk Sherlock M. Sherlock	.324	92	299	51	97	18	2	0	38	27	0	28	0		335	119	20	9				.380	.398	.778	48	1	.359	83	-8.9
16	Joe Medwick J. Medwick	.324	1,984	7,635	1,198	2,471	540	113	205	1,383	437	26	551	42		8,142	3,852	858	44			112	.362	.505	.867	1336	368.3	.393	133	329
17	Heinie Manush H. Manush	.324	1,097	4,343	713	1,405	275	88	53	649	275	24	178	40		4,707	2,015	416	65			1	.367	.464	.831	731	137.7	.377	115	93.5
18	Mickey Cochrane M. Cochrane	.323	836	2,965	637	959	221	24	76	496	562	20	143	29		3,599	1,456	321	52				.434	.491	.926	698	243.2	.425	139	194.9
19	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.323	1,953	7,046	1,510	2,274	397	100	485	1,700	1,274	9	1,180	72		8,369	4,326	982	40			69	.427	.614	1.041	1856	820.5	.461	158	676.8
20	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	.322	1,745	6,625	1,360	2,134	452	83	160	1,137	969	35	256	112		7,710	3,232	695	81			27	.411	.488	.899	1404	439.3	.411	127	300.5
21	Sam Rice S. Rice	.321	543	1,714	327	551	95	32	4	194	152	8	47	31		1,907	722	131	33				.379	.421	.801	287	38.7	.368	109	23.2
22	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.321	1,395	5,477	948	1,758	302	89	192	1,115	409	21	489	39		5,937	2,814	583	30			23	.370	.514	.884	1018	271.9	.397	123	195.8
23	Babe Herman B. Herman	.320	1,005	3,640	584	1,166	259	71	123	639	344	7	378	60		4,027	1,936	453	36			1	.380	.532	.912	731	219.5	.407	140	214.5
24	Kirby Puckett K. Puckett	.318	1,783	7,244	1,071	2,304	414	57	207	1,085	450	56	965	134	76	7,831	3,453	678	23	58	85	188	.360	.477	.837	1182	280.7	.366	123	211.4
25	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	.318	2,147	8,155	1,328	2,590	477	46	449	1,496	737	103	985	181	94	9,059	4,506	972	0	64	250	277	.379	.553	.931	1575	464.6	.390	136	419

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