lowest batting average pitcher in mlb history minimum 500 plate appearances

Dean Chance has the lowest career batting average by a pitcher when making 500+ plate appearances, with an average of .066.

	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	Dean Chance D. Chance	.066	759	403	662	17	44	2	0	0	16	30	5	420	0	0	46	2	61	1	0	2	.113	.069	.183	-40	-119.7	.093	-47	-124.2
2	Ben Sheets B. Sheets	.076	513	222	449	12	34	3	0	0	12	19	0	212	0	0	37	3	45	0	0	2	.113	.082	.196	-37	-99.5	.096	-56	-102.2
3	Bill Hands B. Hands	.078	562	280	472	19	37	6	0	0	19	39	1	249	0	0	43	6	48	2	0	2	.150	.091	.241	-16	-74.4	.125	-35	-84.4
4	Roger Craig R. Craig	.085	509	368	448	15	38	2	0	0	12	31	1	219	0	2	40	2	28	1	0	6	.146	.089	.235	-21	-78.4	.120	-39	-84.7
5	Al Leiter A. Leiter	.085	613	271	530	15	45	7	1	0	16	35	0	290	0	0	54	8	48	0	0	10	.142	.102	.243	-33	-110.2	.121	-38	-110
6	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	.088	774	407	673	32	59	2	2	0	22	46	4	322	0	0	65	4	50	1	0	3	.151	.097	.247	-24	-106.6	.125	-32	-115.6
7	Bob Buhl B. Buhl	.089	952	454	857	31	76	2	0	0	26	38	2	389	2	2	78	2	53			10	.129	.091	.220	-48	-154.7	.109	-38	-158.8
8	Ron Kline R. Kline	.092	548	715	491	14	45	2	1	0	14	15	2	221	1	0	49	3	39			7	.122	.100	.222	-29	-90.7	.107	-44	-95.4
9	John Burkett J. Burkett	.093	629	289	540	22	50	6	0	0	18	26	1	226	0	0	56	6	62	0	0	12	.136	.104	.240	-32	-107.3	.117	-39	-107.1
10	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	.097	858	397	776	26	75	9	0	2	28	43	1	386	0	1	90	11	35	3	0	10	.145	.116	.261	-28	-122.6	.127	-25	-126.7
11	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	.097	529	278	455	23	44	7	2	4	18	27	3	219	1	1	67	13	43	1	0	6	.152	.147	.300	-12	-70.2	.146	-19	-71.8
12	Aaron Harang A. Harang	.097	747	335	670	16	65	8	0	1	21	5	2	294	0	0	76	9	69	1	0	11	.106	.113	.220	-49	-136.9	.099	-53	-140.8
13	Scott Sanderson S. Sanderson	.097	571	310	474	20	46	13	0	2	26	26	4	224	0	0	65	15	66	1	0	3	.150	.137	.288	-15	-79.7	.139	-25	-81.9
14	Al Benton A. Benton	.098	579	455	512	22	50	7	0	0	14	7	1	200	0	0	57	7	59			13	.112	.111	.223	-35	-101.8	.107	-50	-110.6
15	Clay Kirby C. Kirby	.098	556	265	478	22	47	5	0	0	15	32	1	217	0	0	52	5	45	0	0	6	.157	.109	.265	-15	-74.5	.134	-22	-76.8
16	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	.099	686	515	588	23	58	9	2	0	17	13	0	221	0	0	71	11	85	0	0	3	.118	.121	.239	-41	-123.8	.109	-47	-127.5
17	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	.099	518	277	434	22	43	6	2	0	18	15	3	190	0	0	53	8	63	3	0	5	.134	.122	.256	-27	-90.9	.121	-40	-92.1
18	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	.101	655	287	545	27	55	1	0	0	18	17	1	178	1	0	56	1	90	2	0	6	.129	.103	.232	-35	-110.6	.109	-44	-113.8
19	Bill Monbouquette B. Monbouquette	.103	700	343	582	35	60	3	1	0	18	49	0	249	1	0	65	4	69	0	0	4	.173	.112	.284	-13	-89.9	.143	-20	-98.9
20	Vida Blue V. Blue	.104	618	270	512	37	53	9	0	4	15	49	3	271	0	2	74	13	53	1	0	2	.186	.145	.330	-3	-70.5	.165	-1	-69.7
21	Dave Davenport D. Davenport	.104	549	259	472	22	49	6	0	1	25	44	5	231	0		58	7	28				.188	.123	.311	0	-55.3	.167	0	-60.8
22	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	.106	712	309	597	29	63	9	0	7	21	22	2	282	0	0	93	16	90	1	0	5	.140	.156	.296	-29	-117.6	.136	-31	-120.5
23	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	.106	540	272	462	18	49	8	0	0	23	32	1	195	0	1	57	8	44	1	0	13	.165	.123	.289	-9	-64.7	.143	-16	-67.6
24	Dave Koslo D. Koslo	.109	571	349	516	31	56	12	0	3	30	36	1	222	1		77	15	18			5	.168	.149	.317	-12	-77.6	.159	-18	-82.2
25	Mike Morgan M. Morgan	.109	573	360	497	13	54	3	1	0	15	13	1	151	0	0	59	4	59	3	0	5	.132	.119	.251	-27	-94.6	.118	-40	-95.5