highest career batting average since 1947

Since 1947, Ted Williams has the highest batting average, with an average of .340.

Interpreted as:

highest career batting average with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game by a player since 1947

	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	Ted Williams T. Williams	.340	1,556	5,088	1,115	1,729	334	30	356	1,201	1,370	25	469	13	4	6,504	3,191	720	1	20	86	140	.480	.627	1.108	1540	786.4	.486	186	689.8
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Stan Musial S. Musial	.326	2,415	8,649	1,510	2,818	540	113	423	1,594	1,300	41	593	48	31	10,057	4,853	1,076	14	53	127	209	.414	.561	.975	1951	789.4	.430	154	672.6
6	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
7	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
8	Roberto Clemente R. Clemente	.317	2,433	9,454	1,416	3,000	440	166	240	1,305	621	35	1,230	83	46	10,212	4,492	846	36	66	167	275	.359	.475	.834	1513	405.9	.365	129	334.6
9	Luis Arraez L. Arraez	.317	840	3,244	436	1,028	169	18	36	308	230	20	215	31	17	3,533	1,341	223	15	24	18	67	.363	.413	.777	491	69	.338	117	70.9
10	Todd Helton T. Helton	.316	2,247	7,962	1,401	2,519	592	37	369	1,406	1,335	57	1,175	37	29	9,450	4,292	998	3	93	185	186	.414	.539	.953	1765	612.5	.405	132	389.5
11	Nomar Garciaparra N. Garciaparra	.313	1,434	5,586	927	1,747	370	52	229	936	403	59	554	95	31	6,116	2,908	651	5	63	54	129	.361	.521	.882	989	228.3	.376	124	194.6
12	Larry Walker L. Walker	.313	1,988	6,907	1,355	2,160	471	62	383	1,311	913	138	1,231	230	76	8,030	3,904	916	7	65	117	153	.400	.565	.965	1532	556.6	.412	140	406.2
13	George Kell G. Kell	.313	1,377	5,095	709	1,593	315	33	70	717	532	33	229	41	11	5,788	2,184	418	108	20	7	135	.380	.429	.809	846	170.6	.372	116	115.6
14	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	.312	2,302	8,244	1,544	2,574	547	20	555	1,831	1,329	109	1,813	38	33	9,774	4,826	1,122	2	90	216	243	.411	.585	.996	1931	719.5	.418	153	658.7
15	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	.312	2,055	7,213	1,219	2,247	514	15	309	1,261	1,283	89	1,202	49	30	8,672	3,718	838	10	77	113	190	.418	.515	.933	1606	548.2	.405	147	523.9
16	Lyman Bostock L. Bostock	.311	526	2,004	305	624	102	30	23	250	171	9	174	45	28	2,214	855	155	10	20	20	64	.365	.427	.791	305	60.5	.355	122	55.8
17	Jackie Robinson J. Robinson	.311	1,382	4,877	947	1,518	273	54	137	734	740	72	291	197	30	5,802	2,310	464	104	9	7	113	.409	.474	.883	993	315.6	.406	135	255.1
18	Harry Walker H. Walker	.311	459	1,508	213	469	69	23	5	111	162	5	105	23	0	1,702	599	97	27	0	0	23	.380	.397	.777	233	33.6	.366	110	21.6
19	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	.311	2,653	9,934	1,420	3,089	362	96	117	780	647	55	1,080	509	117	10,734	3,994	575	50	48	181	92	.355	.402	.757	1322	46.3	.328	104	61.4
20	Dale Mitchell D. Mitchell	.311	1,116	3,940	548	1,225	166	61	41	398	345	5	117	44	14	4,312	1,636	268	21	1	3	64	.367	.415	.782	589	82.6	.362	113	72.5
21	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.310	2,747	11,195	1,923	3,465	544	66	260	1,311	1,082	170	1,840	358	97	12,602	4,921	870	97	58	39	287	.377	.440	.817	1877	346.6	.360	119	305.9
22	Magglio Ordonez M. Ordonez	.309	1,848	6,978	1,076	2,156	426	21	294	1,236	651	45	852	94	50	7,742	3,506	741	3	65	36	242	.369	.502	.871	1245	292.4	.375	126	258.1
23	Bob Dillinger B. Dillinger	.308	670	2,679	368	825	117	44	10	202	232	10	171	98	5	2,952	1,060	171	31			75	.365	.396	.761	385	34.8	.356	99	-4
24	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	.308	1,912	6,911	1,048	2,127	344	8	427	1,335	759	30	1,113	17	20	7,745	3,768	779	0	45	146	229	.377	.545	.922	1347	382.3	.390	140	402.2
25	Richie Ashburn R. Ashburn	.308	2,189	8,365	1,322	2,574	317	109	29	586	1,198	43	571	234	92	9,736	3,196	455	112	18	25	83	.396	.382	.778	1374	247.3	.362	115	179.4