highest lifetime batting average since 1940

Since 1940, Ted Williams has the best batting average, with an average of .346.

Interpreted as:

highest lifetime batting average with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game by a player since 1940

	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	.346	2,143	7,141	1,667	2,469	481	60	490	1,694	1,914	37	645	22	4	9,114	4,540	1,031	2	20	86	187	.485	.636	1.121	2199	1,153.6	.496	190	1,013.8
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	Jacob Wilson J. Wilson	.335	92	346	47	116	17	2	8	41	22	3	26	5	0	375	161	27	2	2	1	13	.378	.465	.843	60	16.5	.368	141	17.5
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Luis Arraez L. Arraez	.319	747	2,869	401	915	154	17	31	272	209	19	199	23	14	3,124	1,196	202	7	20	18	58	.367	.417	.784	441	68.2	.341	118	68.2
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.316	1,182	4,502	870	1,423	246	82	224	979	591	31	252	14	0	5,127	2,505	552	3			119	.399	.556	.956	978	386.9	.433	153	348
13	Rip Radcliff R. Radcliff	.314	397	1,293	158	406	58	16	13	165	98	3	43	12		1,409	535	87	15			25	.364	.414	.777	195	32.3	.361	100	2.4
14	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
15	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
16	Dale Mitchell D. Mitchell	.312	1,127	3,984	555	1,244	169	61	41	403	346	5	119	45	14	4,357	1,658	271	21	1	3	65	.368	.416	.784	597	86.3	.363	114	76
17	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
18	Barney McCosky B. McCosky	.312	1,023	3,561	544	1,111	181	57	20	339	427	8	216	38	1	4,068	1,466	258	72			55	.387	.412	.799	593	128.5	.375	114	69.7
19	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
20	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
21	Dixie Walker D. Walker	.311	1,363	4,856	704	1,512	291	56	68	759	597	13	204	44		5,516	2,119	415	50			70	.388	.436	.825	844	231.2	.388	129	186.4
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	Luke Appling L. Appling	.309	1,238	4,545	624	1,406	210	45	22	501	678	7	262	93		5,264	1,772	277	34			118	.400	.390	.790	766	173.1	.377	120	129.3