mlb player highest batting average with a minimum 8 pa in a game

Stan Hack, Ty Cobb and Max Carey are tied for the best batting average in a game with 8+ plate appearances, with an average of 1.000.

Interpreted as:
MLB player highest batting average with a minimum 8 pa in a regular-season game
NAME AVG PA DATE TM OPP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP
1 Stan Hack
S. Hack
1.000
10
8/9/1942
CHC CHC
@
CIN CIN
5
3
5
1
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
6
1
1
0
2 Ty Cobb
T. Cobb
1.000
8
7/10/1924
DET DET
@
WSH WSH
4
2
4
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
4
0
1
3 Max Carey
M. Carey
1.000
9
7/7/1922
PIT PIT
vs
NYG NYG
6
3
6
1
0
0
2
3
0
0
3
0
7
1
0
4 Brandon Crawford
B. Crawford
.875
8
8/8/2016
SFG SFG
@
MIA MIA
8
1
7
1
1
0
2
0
0
1
1
0
10
2
0
0
0
0
5 Skip Schumaker
S. Schumaker
.857
8
7/26/2008
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
7
3
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
6
0
1
0
0
0
6 Gene Richards
G. Richards
.857
8
7/26/1977
SDP SDP
vs
MON MON
7
1
6
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
0
7
1
0
0
1
0
7 Frank Demaree
F. Demaree
.857
8
7/5/1937
CHC CHC
vs
SLN SLN
7
2
6
3
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
9
3
0
0
8 Jim Essian
J. Essian
.833
8
4/11/1982
SEA SEA
@
OAK OAK
6
1
5
2
0
0
4
2
0
0
1
0
7
2
0
0
0
0
9 Cesar Geronimo
C. Geronimo
.833
8
6/29/1976
CIN CIN
@
SDP SDP
6
3
5
0
1
1
3
2
0
0
0
0
10
2
0
0
1
0
10 Hector Lopez
H. Lopez
.833
8
7/27/1956
KCA KCA
vs
NYY NYY
6
4
5
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
7
2
1
0
0
0
11 Lou Boudreau
L. Boudreau
.833
8
4/26/1948
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
6
2
5
2
2
0
4
2
0
0
0
1
11
4
0
0
12 Taylor Douthit
T. Douthit
.833
8
7/6/1929
SLN SLN
@
PHN PHN
6
4
5
0
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
13 Bibb Falk
B. Falk
.833
8
7/9/1921
CWS CWS
vs
NYY NYY
6
4
5
0
1
0
2
2
0
0
1
0
7
1
0
14 Aaron Ward
A. Ward
.833
8
7/9/1921
NYY NYY
@
CWS CWS
6
3
5
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
6
1
0
15 Home Run Baker
H. Run Baker
.833
8
7/10/1917
NYY NYY
@
SLA SLA
6
2
5
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
6
1
0
16 Johnny Burnett
J. Burnett
.818
11
7/10/1932
CLE CLE
vs
PHA PHA
11
4
9
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
11
2
0
17 Joe Mauer
J. Mauer
.800
8
5/28/2017
MIN MIN
vs
TBR TBR
5
1
4
1
0
1
2
3
0
1
0
0
8
2
0
0
1
0
18 Lenny Dykstra
L. Dykstra
.800
8
4/12/1986
NYM NYM
@
PHI PHI
5
1
4
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
4
0
2
0
0
0
19 Ron Northey
R. Northey
.800
8
9/24/1944
PHN PHN
vs
SLN SLN
5
0
4
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
20 Luke Appling
L. Appling
.800
8
8/26/1935
CWS CWS
vs
NYY NYY
5
3
4
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
21 Bill Terry
B. Terry
.800
8
6/15/1929
NYG NYG
@
PIT PIT
5
2
4
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
22 Alex Metzler
A. Metzler
.800
8
8/6/1928
CWS CWS
vs
NYY NYY
5
2
4
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
0
4
0
1
23 Elmer Miller
E. Miller
.800
8
7/10/1917
NYY NYY
@
SLA SLA
5
1
4
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
7
1
3
24 Burt Shotton
B. Shotton
.800
8
6/22/1915
SLA SLA
@
DET DET
5
2
4
0
1
0
1
2
1
0
1
6
1
0
25 Ryan Braun
R. Braun
.750
8
5/4/2019
MIL MIL
vs
NYM NYM
8
0
6
2
0
0
2
0
0
1
0
0
8
2
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for batting average and plate appearances going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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6/6
CHC CHC
@
DET DET
7:10 PM
Sat
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@
DET DET
1:10 PM
Sun
6/8
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@
DET DET
1:40 PM
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6/9
CHC CHC
@
PHI PHI
6:45 PM
Tue
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@
PHI PHI
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5/20
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@
MIL MIL
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5/20
DET DET
@
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5/20
SEA SEA
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CWS CWS
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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Fri
6/6
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