mlb player highest batting average with minimum 8 plate appearances in a game

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

Interpreted as:
MLB player highest batting average with minimum 8 plate appearances 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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HR

97

4th

R

382

2nd

SO

550

22nd

ERA

3.60

9th

2025 Division Standings
TEAM W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
43
28
.606
Brewers Brewers
38
33
.535
5.0
Cardinals Cardinals
36
34
.514
6.5
Reds Reds
36
35
.507
7.0
Pirates Pirates
29
43
.403
14.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/15
PIT PIT
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Tue
6/17
MIL MIL
@
CHC CHC
8:05 PM
Wed
6/18
MIL MIL
@
CHC CHC
8:05 PM
Thu
6/19
MIL MIL
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
6/20
SEA SEA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Last Game
CHC Cubs

43 - 28

2

Final

1

PIT Pirates

29 - 43

Sat 14 Jun 2025

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
42
26
.618
Blue Jays Blue Jays
38
31
.551
4.5
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
46
26
.639
Twins Twins
36
33
.522
8.5
AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
39
30
.565
Mariners Mariners
34
34
.500
4.5
NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
45
25
.643
Phillies Phillies
40
29
.580
4.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
43
28
.606
Brewers Brewers
38
33
.535
5.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
41
29
.586
Giants Giants
41
29
.586

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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
5/29
CIN CIN
@
CHC CHC
6-2
Thu
5/29
CWS CWS
@
BAL BAL
1-2
Thu
5/29
ATH ATH
@
TOR TOR
7-11
Thu
5/29
SFG SFG
@
MIA MIA
2-0
Thu
5/29
LAA LAA
@
CLE CLE
4-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
6/14
SDP SDP
@
AZ AZ
7:15 PM
Sat
6/14
NYY NYY
@
BOS BOS
7:15 PM
Sat
6/14
CLE CLE
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Sat
6/14
SFG SFG
@
LAD LAD
10:10 PM
Sun
6/15
CIN CIN
@
DET DET
12:05 PM