5 players are tied for the highest career batting average by a player 40 or older, with an average of 1.000. The first three are Doug Brocail, Harry Gumbert and Charley O'Leary.
Interpreted as:
most batting average by a player after turning 40 years old| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Brocail | 1.000 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 2 | | H. Gumbert | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |
| 3 | | C. O'Leary | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |||
| 4 | | L. Blackburne | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| 5 | | B. Meyer | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | |||
| 6 | | E. Burks | .667 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 |
| 7 | | C. Griffith | .667 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .667 | 1.333 | 2.000 | |||||
| 8 | | J. McDonald | .500 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| 9 | | C. Schilling | .500 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| 10 | | K. Brown | .500 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | 1.500 |
| 11 | | O. Pena | .500 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 |
| 12 | | R. Sommers | .500 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| 13 | | B. Donovan | .500 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | 1.000 | ||||
| 14 | | M. Morgan | .438 | 117 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .471 | .438 | .908 |
| 15 | | H. Davis | .400 | 18 | 25 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 1 | .464 | .480 | .944 | |||||
| 16 | | H. Jennings | .400 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .400 | .800 | ||||
| 17 | | C. Hubbell | .375 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .375 | .375 | .750 | |||
| 18 |  | T. Gwynn | .355 | 94 | 186 | 17 | 66 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 202 | 92 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | .406 | .495 | .901 |
| 19 | | E. Collins | .344 | 129 | 221 | 45 | 76 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 51 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 279 | 95 | 16 | 7 | .467 | .430 | .897 | ||||
| 20 |  | T. Cobb | .343 | 228 | 843 | 159 | 289 | 58 | 11 | 6 | 134 | 101 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 967 | 387 | 75 | 14 | .419 | .459 | .878 | ||||
| 21 | | M. Mota | .337 | 92 | 83 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 29 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .382 | .349 | .731 |
| 22 | | D. Hall | .333 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .500 | .833 |
| 23 | | L. Hamlin | .333 | 16 | 33 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .421 | .333 | .754 | |||
| 24 | | K. Gleason | .333 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .667 | ||||
| 25 |  | R. Hornsby | .328 | 22 | 61 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 69 | 26 | 4 | 0 | .406 | .426 | .832 | ||||
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