Ty Cobb has the highest career batting average by an outfielder, with an average of .366.

Interpreted as:

MLB outfielders highest batting average with a minimum of 3000 PA

	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	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.366	13,068	3,034	11,434	2,244	4,189	724	295	117	1,933	1,249	94	681	897		5,854	1,136	291				.433	.512	.945	2534	1,093.6	.445	165	975.1
2	Ed Delahanty E. Delahanty	.358	6,947	1,517	6,165	1,371	2,204	452	161	95	1,262	664	78	330	376		3,263	708	40				.427	.529	.956	1606	592.8	.445	152	550.3
3	Joe Jackson J. Jackson	.356	5,690	1,332	4,981	873	1,772	307	168	54	785	519	59	234	202		2,577	529	131				.423	.517	.940	1090	480.3	.443	165	429.2
4	Lefty O'Doul L. O'Doul	.353	3,581	894	3,192	618	1,126	173	41	113	532	329	23	114	35		1,720	327	37				.417	.539	.956	715	257.8	.430	145	219.5
5	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.346	7,733	1,847	6,676	1,148	2,312	482	131	166	1,353	780	36	475	103		3,554	779	241				.418	.532	.950	1504	575.1	.434	148	497
6	Tristram Speaker T. Speaker	.345	11,988	2,789	10,195	1,882	3,514	792	222	117	1,531	1,381	103	394	436		5,101	1,131	309				.428	.500	.928	2264	921	.436	157	812.3
7	Billy Hamilton B. Hamilton	.344	7,608	1,594	6,283	1,697	2,164	242	95	40	742	1,189	89	271	914		2,716	377	47				.455	.432	.888	1716	578.6	.433	142	505.5
8	Ted Williams T. Williams	.344	9,791	2,292	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	2,021	39	709	24	4	4,884	1,117	5	20	86	197	.482	.634	1.116	2349	1,219.7	.493	188	1,067
9	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.344	10,212	2,337	8,038	2,125	2,765	484	129	705	2,164	2,031	43	1,262	123		5,622	1,318	100				.479	.699	1.178	2665	1,414.6	.517	199	1,348.8
10	Willie Keeler W. Keeler	.342	9,439	2,082	8,434	1,693	2,882	235	143	31	788	512	127	128	485		3,496	409	366				.388	.415	.803	1609	401.4	.384	124	325.8
11	Pete Browning P. Browning	.340	4,539	1,011	4,085	786	1,387	245	74	37	612	427	20	102	258		1,891	356	0				.406	.463	.869	1009	337.4	.409	144	309.8
12	Jake Stenzel J. Stenzel	.339	3,383	757	2,990	661	1,013	189	71	32	530	299	58	110	292		1,440	292	36				.409	.482	.891	713	187.2	.417	130	172.5
13	Jesse Burkett J. Burkett	.338	9,620	2,067	8,426	1,720	2,850	320	182	75	952	1,029	75	561	389		3,759	577	90				.415	.446	.861	1921	592.9	.411	137	526.7
14	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
15	Bill Lange B. Lange	.338	3,095	696	2,733	599	924	126	73	31	491	298	21	103	353		1,289	230	43				.407	.472	.879	633	157.2	.413	126	125.6
16	Riggs Stephenson R. Stephenson	.335	4,028	997	3,528	541	1,183	240	41	50	598	402	26	179	40		1,655	331	72				.407	.469	.876	700	194.4	.403	133	173.1
17	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.334	9,515	2,215	8,759	1,507	2,927	539	149	307	1,828	615	30	737	88		4,685	995	111			23	.380	.535	.915	1714	519.5	.410	130	400.1
18	Mike Donlin M. Donlin	.334	4,248	1,014	3,823	668	1,277	175	96	50	540	309	20	306	213		1,794	321	96				.387	.469	.856	748	262.1	.405	140	204.6
19	Paul Waner P. Waner	.333	10,761	2,548	9,459	1,627	3,152	605	191	113	1,309	1,090	38	376	104		4,478	909	174			45	.404	.473	.878	1867	536.7	.403	135	487.6
20	Stan Musial S. Musial	.333	7,818	1,881	6,735	1,240	2,242	455	119	292	1,219	1,006	29	442	54	24	3,811	866	21	27	37	132	.420	.566	.986	1559	676	.443	162	591.7
21	Sam Thompson S. Thompson	.331	6,525	1,410	5,998	1,261	1,988	343	161	126	1,305	451	63	101	232		3,031	630	13				.384	.505	.890	1414	415	.410	135	375.3
22	Heinie Manush H. Manush	.330	8,416	2,008	7,654	1,288	2,524	491	160	110	1,183	506	70	345	113		3,665	761	186			1	.377	.479	.856	1366	310	.389	120	222.9
23	Babe Herman B. Herman	.330	5,206	1,285	4,695	753	1,548	338	90	156	843	437	9	459	82		2,534	584	65			1	.388	.540	.928	969	307.9	.414	141	290.6
24	Tip O'Neill T. O'Neill	.328	4,633	1,029	4,172	871	1,370	219	92	52	698	417	31	58	161		1,929	363					.395	.462	.858	1004	323.8	.403	136	258.9
25	Hugh Duffy H. Duffy	.326	7,840	1,736	7,043	1,554	2,293	325	119	106	1,302	664	29	186	574		3,174	550	104				.386	.451	.837	1526	360.6	.395	118	242.7