highest world series batting average for starting players

6 players are tied for the best career batting average in the World Series that they have started, with an average of 1.000. The first three are Andy Sonnanstine, Rick Reed and Kenny Rogers.

	NAME	AVG	GS	SERIES	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Andy Sonnanstine A. Sonnanstine	1.000	1	World Series	1	0	1	.000	6.75	2	0	0	0	4.0	6	3	5	1	3	0	0	0	24	0	4.50	6.75	0.67	2.25	8.3	12.5	2.25	.278	11.25	13.50
2	Rick Reed R. Reed	1.000	1	World Series	1	0	0		3.00	8	0	0	0	6.0	6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	26	0	12.00	1.50	8.00	0.00	30.8	3.8	1.17	.375	3.00	9.00
3	Kenny Rogers K. Rogers	1.000	2	World Series	2	1	0	1.000	4.50	5	0	0	0	10.0	7	5	5	1	5	0	0	0	41	0	4.50	4.50	1.00	0.90	12.2	12.2	1.20	.200	4.50	6.30
4	Tommy Greene T. Greene	1.000	1	World Series	1	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	2.1	7	7	7	0	4	0	0	0	17	0	3.86	15.43	0.25	0.00	5.9	23.5	4.71	.583	27.00	27.00
5	Kirby Higbe K. Higbe	1.000	1	World Series	1	0	0		7.36	1	0	0	0	3.2	6	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	19	0	2.45	4.91	0.50	0.00	5.3	10.5	2.18	.375	7.36	14.73
6	Red Ames R. Ames	1.000	1	World Series	1	0	1	.000	4.50	4	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	19	0	9.00	2.25	4.00	0.00	21.1	5.3	1.25	.286	11.25	9.00
7	Gene Bearden G. Bearden	.667	1	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	0.00	4	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	4.00	0.00		0.00	13.3	0.0	0.56	.192	0.00	5.00
8	Dutch Ruether D. Ruether	.571	3	World Series	3	1	1	.500	2.95	2	1	0	0	18.1	19	6	9	1	6	0	0	0	78	0	0.98	2.95	0.33	0.49	2.6	7.7	1.36	.261	4.42	9.33
9	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	.500	3	World Series	3	2	0	1.000	2.81	15	0	0	0	16.0	15	5	5	2	1	2	0	0	64	0	8.44	0.56	15.00	1.13	23.4	1.6	1.00	.295	2.81	8.44
10	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	.500	2	World Series	2	1	1	.500	5.00	10	0	0	0	9.0	10	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	37	0	10.00	2.00	5.00	1.00	27.0	5.4	1.33	.375	5.00	10.00
11	Edinson Volquez E. Volquez	.500	2	World Series	2	0	0		3.00	8	0	0	0	12.0	8	4	5	2	6	1	0	1	50	0	6.00	4.50	1.33	1.50	16.0	12.0	1.17	.182	3.75	6.00
12	Barry Zito B. Zito	.500	1	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	1.59	3	0	0	0	5.2	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	23	0	4.76	1.59	3.00	0.00	13.0	4.3	1.24	.316	1.59	9.53
13	Aaron Cook A. Cook	.500	1	World Series	1	0	1	.000	4.50	2	0	0	0	6.0	6	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	23	0	3.00	0.00		1.50	8.7	0.0	1.00	.250	4.50	9.00
14	Brad Penny B. Penny	.500	2	World Series	2	2	0	1.000	2.19	7	0	0	0	12.1	15	3	4	1	5	0	0	0	53	0	5.11	3.65	1.40	0.73	13.2	9.4	1.62	.350	2.92	10.95
15	Kirk Rueter K. Rueter	.500	1	World Series	1	0	0		4.50	2	0	0	0	6.0	9	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	26	0	3.00	0.00		1.50	7.7	0.0	1.50	.348	4.50	13.50
16	Sterling Hitchcock S. Hitchcock	.500	1	World Series	1	0	0		1.50	7	0	0	0	6.0	7	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	25	0	10.50	1.50	7.00	1.50	28.0	4.0	1.33	.375	3.00	10.50
17	Chad Ogea C. Ogea	.500	2	World Series	2	2	0	1.000	1.54	5	0	0	0	11.2	11	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	49	0	3.86	2.31	1.67	0.00	10.2	6.1	1.20	.275	1.54	8.49
18	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	.500	2	World Series	2	0	2	.000	8.00	9	0	0	0	9.0	17	8	10	2	4	1	0	0	50	0	9.00	4.00	2.25	2.00	18.0	8.0	2.33	.441	10.00	17.00
19	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	.500	2	World Series	2	0	2	.000	4.50	12	0	0	0	14.0	11	7	8	2	7	1	0	1	58	1	7.71	4.50	1.71	1.29	20.7	12.1	1.29	.250	5.14	7.07
20	Jose Santiago J. Santiago	.500	2	World Series	2	0	2	.000	7.04	5	0	0	0	7.2	16	6	6	0	3	0	0	0	39	0	5.87	3.52	1.67	0.00	12.8	7.7	2.48	.516	7.04	18.78
21	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	.500	2	World Series	2	0	1	.000	2.51	8	0	0	0	14.1	11	4	4	2	3	0	0	1	56	0	5.02	1.88	2.67	1.26	14.3	5.4	0.98	.209	2.51	6.91
22	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	.500	2	World Series	2	1	0	1.000	8.53	2	0	0	0	6.1	12	6	7	1	5	0	0	0	33	0	2.84	7.11	0.40	1.42	6.1	15.2	2.68	.440	9.95	17.05
23	Jim McDonald J. McDonald	.500	1	World Series	1	1	0	1.000	5.87	3	0	0	0	7.2	12	5	6	1	0	1	0	0	35	0	3.52	0.00		1.17	8.6	0.0	1.57	.367	7.04	14.09
24	Joe Hatten J. Hatten	.500	1	World Series	1	0	0		12.46	3	0	0	0	4.1	8	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	23	0	6.23	6.23	1.00	2.08	13.0	13.0	2.54	.438	12.46	16.62
25	Junior Thompson J. Thompson	.500	2	World Series	2	0	2	.000	14.63	5	0	0	0	8.0	13	13	13	5	8	0	0	0	43	1	5.63	9.00	0.63	5.63	11.6	18.6	2.63	.320	14.63	14.62