15 players are tied for the best career batting average for the Pirates against the Cardinals, with an average of 1.000. The first three are Ryan Lavarnway, Pat Mahomes and Clint Sodowsky.
| 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 |  | R. Lavarnway | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
| 2 | | P. Mahomes | 1.000 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 3 | | C. Sodowsky | 1.000 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 4 | | M. Alexander | 1.000 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 5 | | A. Holland | 1.000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.000 | 4.000 |
| 6 | | D. Bair | 1.000 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 |
| 7 | | D. Augustine | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 |
| 8 | | W. Cooper | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | |
| 9 | | R. Starr | 1.000 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |||
| 10 | | P. McClanahan | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| 11 | | H. Riconda | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |||
| 12 | | J. Stroner | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |||
| 13 | | H. Summa | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | |||
| 14 | | E. Sweeney | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| 15 | | H. Gardner | 1.000 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | ||||
| 16 | | B. Veil | .750 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | 1.750 | |||||
| 17 | | G. Allen | .667 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 1.667 | 2.333 |
| 18 | | G. Tenace | .667 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .750 | 1.000 | 1.750 |
| 19 | | A. Grunwald | .667 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .667 | 1.333 |
| 20 | | J. Walsh | .667 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||
| 21 | | J. Beimel | .600 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .667 | .800 | 1.467 |
| 22 | | E. Solomon | .600 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | .600 | 1.200 |
| 23 | | J. Gilbert | .600 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .778 | .600 | 1.378 | |||||
| 24 | | B. Kennedy | .571 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .571 | .857 | 1.429 | |||||
| 25 | | F. Kommers | .516 | 8 | 31 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 23 | 4 | 1 | .571 | .742 | 1.313 | ||||
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