Rod Carew has the highest career batting average when making 70+ plate appearances against Nolan Ryan, with an average of .306.
| NAME | AVG | PA | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | R. Carew | .306 | 74 | 19 | 62 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 27 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .411 | .435 | .846 |
| 2 |  | G. Brett | .287 | 115 | 34 | 101 | 29 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 18 | 37 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .374 | .366 | .740 |
| 3 | | D. Parker | .281 | 71 | 22 | 64 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .338 | .313 | .651 |
| 4 | | S. Garvey | .278 | 78 | 23 | 72 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .321 | .375 | .696 |
| 5 | | B. Bell | .271 | 89 | 27 | 70 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .398 | .414 | .812 |
| 6 | | J. Mayberry | .267 | 79 | 22 | 60 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 9 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .430 | .483 | .914 |
| 7 | | S. Sax | .265 | 100 | 30 | 98 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .270 | .327 | .597 |
| 8 | | D. Murphy | .257 | 89 | 29 | 70 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .393 | .486 | .879 |
| 9 | | T. Raines | .257 | 79 | 24 | 70 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 | .343 | .676 |
| 10 | | A. Dawson | .244 | 89 | 29 | 82 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .292 | .451 | .743 |
| 11 | | S. Braun | .240 | 71 | 22 | 50 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .465 | .280 | .745 |
| 12 | | T. Flannery | .234 | 71 | 24 | 64 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .250 | .560 |
| 13 | | R. Yount | .232 | 79 | 23 | 69 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .329 | .406 | .735 |
| 14 | | C. Chambliss | .221 | 90 | 30 | 77 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .322 | .390 | .712 |
| 15 | | A. Otis | .221 | 74 | 20 | 68 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .284 | .426 | .710 |
| 16 | | J. Leonard | .206 | 72 | 24 | 63 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .292 | .286 | .577 |
| 17 | | D. Porter | .195 | 93 | 27 | 77 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .323 | .286 | .608 |
| 18 | | G. Nettles | .188 | 73 | 23 | 64 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .288 | .344 | .631 |
| 19 |  | M. Schmidt | .180 | 73 | 24 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 1 | 15 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .425 | .500 | .925 |
| 20 | | C. Davis | .163 | 87 | 28 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 | .225 | .455 |
| 21 | | J. Orta | .145 | 76 | 20 | 69 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .275 | .499 |
| 22 | | C. Washington | .144 | 102 | 32 | 90 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 39 | 22 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .225 | .244 | .470 |
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