mlb players with highest career batting average since 1980

Since 1980, Kevin McGonigle has the best batting average, with an average of .800.

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MLB players with highest career batting average with a minimum of 1.55 PA per team game since 1980

	NAME	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Kevin McGonigle K. McGonigle	.800	1	5	2	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	2	0	0	0	0	.800	1.200	2.000	3	2.2	.862	474	2.2
2	Chase DeLauter C. DeLauter	.600	1	5	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	5	9	2	0	0	0	0	.600	1.800	2.400	3	2.7	.990	562	2.8
3	Justin Crawford J. Crawford	.500	1	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1	0.4	.447	180	0.4
4	Munetaka Murakami M. Murakami	.500	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	.750	2.000	2.750	2	1.8	.860	472	1.8
5	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.338	2,440	9,288	1,383	3,141	543	85	135	1,138	790	24	434	319	125	10,232	4,259	763	45	85	203	259	.388	.459	.847	1582	379.2	.370	132	390.4
6	Carson Benge C. Benge	.333	1	3	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	.600	1.333	1.933	2	1.5	.688	342	1.5
7	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.328	2,439	9,180	1,513	3,010	578	61	118	1,014	1,412	23	745	24	35	10,740	4,064	757	29	96	180	236	.415	.443	.858	1746	493.9	.381	132	411
8	Kirby Puckett K. Puckett	.318	1,783	7,244	1,071	2,304	414	57	207	1,085	450	56	965	134	76	7,831	3,453	678	23	58	85	188	.360	.477	.837	1182	280.7	.366	123	211.4
9	Vladimir Guerrero V. Guerrero	.318	2,147	8,155	1,328	2,590	477	46	449	1,496	737	103	985	181	94	9,059	4,506	972	0	64	250	277	.379	.553	.931	1575	464.6	.390	136	419
10	Luis Arraez L. Arraez	.317	842	3,251	436	1,029	169	18	36	308	231	20	215	31	17	3,541	1,342	223	15	24	18	67	.363	.413	.776	491	68.2	.337	116	70.1
11	Todd Helton T. Helton	.316	2,247	7,962	1,401	2,519	592	37	369	1,406	1,335	57	1,175	37	29	9,450	4,292	998	3	93	185	186	.414	.539	.953	1765	612.5	.405	132	389.5
12	Rod Carew R. Carew	.314	724	2,671	396	838	125	19	15	238	332	5	266	64	56	3,077	1,046	159	52	17	38	63	.388	.392	.780	425	81.6	.353	119	69.7
13	Nomar Garciaparra N. Garciaparra	.313	1,434	5,586	927	1,747	370	52	229	936	403	59	554	95	31	6,116	2,908	651	5	63	54	129	.361	.521	.882	989	228.3	.376	124	194.6
14	Larry Walker L. Walker	.313	1,988	6,907	1,355	2,160	471	62	383	1,311	913	138	1,231	230	76	8,030	3,904	916	7	65	117	153	.400	.565	.965	1532	556.6	.412	140	406.2
15	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	.312	2,302	8,244	1,544	2,574	547	20	555	1,831	1,329	109	1,813	38	33	9,774	4,826	1,122	2	90	216	243	.411	.585	.996	1931	719.5	.418	153	658.7
16	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	.312	2,055	7,213	1,219	2,247	514	15	309	1,261	1,283	89	1,202	49	30	8,672	3,718	838	10	77	113	190	.418	.515	.933	1606	548.2	.405	147	523.9
17	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	.311	2,653	9,934	1,420	3,089	362	96	117	780	647	55	1,080	509	117	10,734	3,994	575	50	48	181	92	.355	.402	.757	1322	46.3	.328	104	61.4
18	Derek Jeter D. Jeter	.310	2,747	11,195	1,923	3,465	544	66	260	1,311	1,082	170	1,840	358	97	12,602	4,921	870	97	58	39	287	.377	.440	.817	1877	346.6	.360	119	305.9
19	Magglio Ordonez M. Ordonez	.309	1,848	6,978	1,076	2,156	426	21	294	1,236	651	45	852	94	50	7,742	3,506	741	3	65	36	242	.369	.502	.871	1245	292.4	.375	126	258.1
20	Mike Piazza M. Piazza	.308	1,912	6,911	1,048	2,127	344	8	427	1,335	759	30	1,113	17	20	7,745	3,768	779	0	45	146	229	.377	.545	.922	1347	382.3	.390	140	402.2
21	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	.307	1,785	7,003	1,007	2,153	442	20	222	1,099	588	21	444	14	9	7,721	3,301	684	13	96	136	191	.358	.471	.830	1133	246.8	.361	124	221.6
22	Al Oliver A. Oliver	.307	797	3,006	366	924	190	12	58	444	207	15	238	18	16	3,248	1,312	260	3	17	59	97	.353	.436	.790	437	74.9	.348	120	74.4
23	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	.307	2,418	9,730	1,621	2,989	552	94	219	1,200	1,027	41	1,142	441	106	10,959	4,386	865	62	99	93	194	.372	.451	.823	1632	357.8	.364	123	305.3
24	Miguel Cabrera M. Cabrera	.306	2,797	10,356	1,551	3,174	627	17	511	1,881	1,258	74	2,105	40	21	11,796	5,368	1,155	5	103	238	364	.382	.518	.901	1981	585.3	.382	139	547.8
25	Joe Mauer J. Mauer	.306	1,858	6,930	1,018	2,123	428	30	143	923	939	25	1,034	52	19	7,960	3,040	601	6	60	145	208	.388	.439	.827	1179	245.6	.358	123	220.6

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Team Batting Leaders

1

Dingler

RBI

3

Dingler

AVG

.800

McGonigle

Team Pitching Leaders

1

Skubal

6

Skubal

ERA

6.75

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Team Rankings

13th

6th

19th

ERA

1.00

4th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	1	0	1.000
Tigers	1	0	1.000
White Sox	0	1	.000	1.0
Twins	0	1	.000	1.0
Royals	0	0		0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 3/27	DET	@	SDP	9:40 PM
Sat 3/28	DET	@	SDP	8:40 PM
Mon 3/30	DET	@	AZ	10:10 PM
Tue 3/31	DET	@	AZ	9:40 PM
Wed 4/1	DET	@	AZ	3:40 PM

Last Game

Tigers

1 - 0

Final

Padres

0 - 1

Thu 26 Mar 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

2

Lowe

2

DeLauter

2

Canzone

RBI Leaders

3

Pages

3

Contreras

3

Bohm

Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Hoskins

1.000

Wiemer

.800

McGonigle

Hit Leaders

4

Stanton

4

McGonigle

3

Anthony

Run Leaders

3

Lindor

3

DeLauter

2

Frelick

OBP Leaders

1.000

Hoskins

1.000

Wiemer

.833

Caminero

SLG Leaders

2.000

Lowe

2.000

Trout

2.000

Murakami

SB Leaders

2

Scott

1

Chisholm

1

Duran

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

1

Yamamoto

1

Crochet

1

Skubal

Strikeout Leaders

11

Misiorowski

10

Sánchez

9

Brown

ERA Leaders

1.80

Rasmussen

1.80

Misiorowski

1.80

Liberatore

WHIP Leaders

0.19

Schlittler

0.33

Myers

0.47

Fried

K/9 Leaders

27.00

Hall

27.00

Helsley

27.00

Woodford

K/BB Leaders

7.00

Webb

7.00

Boyd

4.00

Abbott

Walk Leaders

1

Abbott

1

Webb

1

Fried

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

58

Sánchez

52

Crochet

51

Misiorowski

DraftKings Points Leaders

35.7

Sánchez

33

DeLauter

32.3

Misiorowski

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

2-0

1-0

Worst Record ATS

1-0

2-0

1-0

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Mets	1	0	1.000
Phillies	1	0	1.000
Nationals	1	0	1.000
Braves	0	0		0.5
Marlins	0	0		0.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	1	0	1.000
Cardinals	1	0	1.000
Cubs	0	1	.000	1.0
Reds	0	1	.000	1.0
Pirates	0	1	.000	1.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	1	0	1.000
Rockies	0	0		0.5
Diamondbacks	0	1	.000	1.0
Padres	0	1	.000	1.0
Giants	0	1	.000	1.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Orioles	1	0	1.000
Red Sox	1	0	1.000
Yankees	1	0	1.000
Blue Jays	0	0		0.5
Rays	0	1	.000	1.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	1	0	1.000
Tigers	1	0	1.000
Royals	0	0		0.5
White Sox	0	1	.000	1.0
Twins	0	1	.000	1.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Angels	1	0	1.000
Athletics	0	0		0.5
Astros	0	1	.000	1.0
Mariners	0	1	.000	1.0
Rangers	0	1	.000	1.0