highest career batting average with a minimum of 1000 plate appearances since 1980

Since 1980, Tony Gwynn has the best batting average when making 1,000+ plate appearances, with an average of .338.

Interpreted as:

highest career batting average by a player with a minimum of 1000 plate appearances since 1980

	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	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.338	10,232	2,440	9,288	1,383	3,141	543	85	135	1,138	790	24	434	319	125	4,259	763	45	85	203	259	.388	.459	.847	1582	379.2	.370	132	390.4
2	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.328	10,740	2,439	9,180	1,513	3,010	578	61	118	1,014	1,412	23	745	24	35	4,064	757	29	96	180	236	.415	.443	.858	1746	493.9	.381	132	411
3	Luis Arraez L. Arraez	.319	3,120	746	2,866	401	915	154	17	31	272	208	19	199	23	14	1,196	202	7	20	18	58	.367	.417	.784	441	68.7	.341	118	68.6
4	Kirby Puckett K. Puckett	.318	7,831	1,783	7,244	1,071	2,304	414	57	207	1,085	450	56	965	134	76	3,453	678	23	58	85	188	.360	.477	.837	1182	280.7	.366	123	211.4
5	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	.318	9,059	2,147	8,155	1,328	2,590	477	46	449	1,496	737	103	985	181	94	4,506	972	0	64	250	277	.379	.553	.931	1575	464.6	.390	136	419
6	Todd Helton T. Helton	.316	9,450	2,247	7,962	1,401	2,519	592	37	369	1,406	1,335	57	1,175	37	29	4,292	998	3	93	185	186	.414	.539	.953	1765	612.5	.405	132	389.5
7	Rod Carew R. Carew	.314	3,077	724	2,671	396	838	125	19	15	238	332	5	266	64	56	1,046	159	52	17	38	63	.388	.392	.780	425	81.6	.353	119	69.7
8	Nomar Garciaparra N. Garciaparra	.313	6,116	1,434	5,586	927	1,747	370	52	229	936	403	59	554	95	31	2,908	651	5	63	54	129	.361	.521	.882	989	228.3	.376	124	194.6
9	Larry Walker L. Walker	.313	8,030	1,988	6,907	1,355	2,160	471	62	383	1,311	913	138	1,231	230	76	3,904	916	7	65	117	153	.400	.565	.965	1532	556.6	.412	140	406.2
10	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	.312	9,774	2,302	8,244	1,544	2,574	547	20	555	1,831	1,329	109	1,813	38	33	4,826	1,122	2	90	216	243	.411	.585	.996	1931	719.5	.418	153	658.7
11	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	.312	8,672	2,055	7,213	1,219	2,247	514	15	309	1,261	1,283	89	1,202	49	30	3,718	838	10	77	113	190	.418	.515	.933	1606	548.2	.405	147	523.9
12	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	.311	10,734	2,653	9,934	1,420	3,089	362	96	117	780	647	55	1,080	509	117	3,994	575	50	48	181	92	.355	.402	.757	1322	46.3	.328	104	61.4
13	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.310	12,602	2,747	11,195	1,923	3,465	544	66	260	1,311	1,082	170	1,840	358	97	4,921	870	97	58	39	287	.377	.440	.817	1877	346.6	.360	119	305.9
14	Magglio Ordonez M. Ordonez	.309	7,742	1,848	6,978	1,076	2,156	426	21	294	1,236	651	45	852	94	50	3,506	741	3	65	36	242	.369	.502	.871	1245	292.4	.375	126	258.1
15	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	.308	7,745	1,912	6,911	1,048	2,127	344	8	427	1,335	759	30	1,113	17	20	3,768	779	0	45	146	229	.377	.545	.922	1347	382.3	.390	140	402.2
16	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	.307	7,721	1,785	7,003	1,007	2,153	442	20	222	1,099	588	21	444	14	9	3,301	684	13	96	136	191	.358	.471	.830	1133	246.8	.361	124	221.6
17	Al Oliver A. Oliver	.307	3,248	797	3,006	366	924	190	12	58	444	207	15	238	18	16	1,312	260	3	17	59	97	.353	.436	.790	437	74.9	.348	120	74.4
18	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	.307	10,959	2,418	9,730	1,621	2,989	552	94	219	1,200	1,027	41	1,142	441	106	4,386	865	62	99	93	194	.372	.451	.823	1632	357.8	.364	123	305.3
19	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	.306	11,796	2,797	10,356	1,551	3,174	627	17	511	1,881	1,258	74	2,105	40	21	5,368	1,155	5	103	238	364	.382	.518	.901	1981	585.3	.382	139	547.8
20	Joe Mauer J. Mauer	.306	7,960	1,858	6,930	1,018	2,123	428	30	143	923	939	25	1,034	52	19	3,040	601	6	60	145	208	.388	.439	.827	1179	245.6	.358	123	220.6
21	Jose Altuve J. Altuve	.305	8,311	1,884	7,541	1,185	2,298	437	31	238	836	618	76	1,075	320	93	3,511	706	26	50	47	201	.361	.466	.827	1247	279	.356	129	283.9
22	Rusty Greer R. Greer	.305	4,420	1,027	3,829	643	1,166	258	25	119	614	519	22	555	31	15	1,831	402	6	44	16	91	.387	.478	.865	723	164.6	.378	121	120.5
23	Hal Morris H. Morris	.304	4,443	1,246	3,998	535	1,216	246	21	76	513	356	22	548	45	24	1,732	343	28	39	55	105	.361	.433	.794	611	73.9	.349	111	58.4
24	Mickey Rivers M. Rivers	.304	1,813	463	1,719	241	522	84	10	16	143	64	3	116	41	21	674	110	18	9	4	10	.328	.392	.720	209	8.1	.324	102	4.2
25	Chipper Jones C. Jones	.303	10,614	2,499	8,984	1,619	2,726	549	38	468	1,623	1,512	18	1,409	150	46	4,755	1,055	3	97	177	253	.401	.529	.930	1904	598.1	.397	141	563