Joe Cronin has the highest career batting average by a shortstop older than 33 with >300 at-bats, with an average of .323.
| NAME | AVG | AB | G | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Cronin | .323 | 439 | 120 | 86 | 142 | 32 | 7 | 16 | 82 | 71 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 521 | 236 | 55 | 10 | 17 | .419 | .538 | .956 | |||
| 2 | | W. Bloomquist | .318 | 371 | 95 | 55 | 118 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 0 | 67 | 7 | 10 | 389 | 151 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | .342 | .407 | .749 |
| 3 | | H. Wagner | .312 | 4,212 | 1,126 | 648 | 1,316 | 236 | 106 | 45 | 412 | 43 | 222 | 4,785 | 1,899 | 387 | 118 | .379 | .451 | .830 | ||||||
| 4 | | L. Appling | .306 | 3,636 | 968 | 489 | 1,114 | 172 | 30 | 22 | 390 | 555 | 6 | 198 | 84 | 4,225 | 1,412 | 224 | 28 | 98 | .399 | .388 | .787 | |||
| 5 | | S. Dunston | .301 | 544 | 156 | 78 | 164 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 69 | 12 | 4 | 81 | 35 | 10 | 570 | 252 | 48 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 11 | .319 | .463 | .782 |
| 6 |  | D. Jeter | .293 | 3,203 | 772 | 463 | 938 | 134 | 8 | 56 | 320 | 275 | 33 | 469 | 83 | 25 | 3,551 | 1,256 | 198 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 99 | .354 | .392 | .746 |
| 7 | | M. Scutaro | .291 | 1,050 | 266 | 149 | 306 | 64 | 2 | 20 | 119 | 92 | 5 | 109 | 8 | 7 | 1,169 | 434 | 86 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 25 | .349 | .413 | .762 |
| 8 | | B. Larkin | .289 | 2,657 | 713 | 450 | 769 | 165 | 24 | 56 | 295 | 327 | 12 | 294 | 86 | 23 | 3,030 | 1,150 | 245 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 68 | .368 | .433 | .801 |
| 9 |  | A. Trammell | .289 | 908 | 256 | 128 | 262 | 43 | 4 | 20 | 101 | 83 | 3 | 86 | 17 | 6 | 1,009 | 373 | 67 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 26 | .348 | .411 | .759 |
| 10 | | O. Bluege | .288 | 445 | 116 | 57 | 128 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 45 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 501 | 161 | 24 | 6 | 1 | .360 | .362 | .721 | |||
| 11 | | R. Peckinpaugh | .283 | 763 | 230 | 104 | 216 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 99 | 97 | 1 | 41 | 18 | 893 | 269 | 35 | 32 | .365 | .353 | .717 | ||||
| 12 | | M. Tejada | .282 | 1,439 | 363 | 176 | 406 | 86 | 2 | 32 | 163 | 55 | 16 | 139 | 11 | 8 | 1,523 | 592 | 120 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 65 | .314 | .411 | .725 |
| 13 | | A. Fletcher | .281 | 1,429 | 375 | 157 | 401 | 72 | 19 | 14 | 46 | 21 | 83 | 16 | 1,535 | 553 | 105 | 39 | .313 | .387 | .700 | |||||
| 14 | | D. Bancroft | .280 | 2,166 | 607 | 264 | 607 | 90 | 26 | 5 | 215 | 253 | 5 | 116 | 28 | 2,501 | 764 | 121 | 77 | .357 | .353 | .710 | ||||
| 15 | | A. Dark | .278 | 1,232 | 294 | 154 | 343 | 51 | 15 | 10 | 121 | 59 | 7 | 107 | 6 | 5 | 1,320 | 454 | 76 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 21 | .312 | .369 | .681 |
| 16 | | E. Andrus | .278 | 313 | 82 | 39 | 87 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 43 | 17 | 3 | 62 | 14 | 1 | 333 | 138 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .321 | .441 | .762 |
| 17 | | J. Carroll | .276 | 580 | 169 | 74 | 160 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 69 | 4 | 91 | 15 | 6 | 663 | 185 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 8 | .355 | .319 | .674 |
| 18 | | O. Smith | .275 | 3,443 | 898 | 488 | 947 | 154 | 26 | 12 | 290 | 377 | 10 | 202 | 177 | 49 | 3,921 | 1,189 | 192 | 64 | 27 | 17 | 62 | .346 | .345 | .691 |
| 19 |  | C. Ripken Jr. | .273 | 1,166 | 301 | 163 | 318 | 73 | 3 | 43 | 190 | 110 | 6 | 136 | 1 | 3 | 1,295 | 526 | 119 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 42 | .335 | .451 | .787 |
| 20 | | J. Vizcaino | .272 | 610 | 186 | 66 | 166 | 28 | 4 | 10 | 66 | 30 | 1 | 70 | 3 | 4 | 655 | 232 | 42 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | .305 | .380 | .685 |
| 21 | | L. Aparicio | .272 | 3,142 | 805 | 374 | 855 | 141 | 16 | 21 | 261 | 255 | 9 | 203 | 69 | 25 | 3,477 | 1,091 | 178 | 45 | 26 | 6 | 59 | .326 | .347 | .673 |
| 22 | | A. Escobar | .272 | 368 | 94 | 50 | 100 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 19 | 4 | 78 | 4 | 1 | 393 | 137 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .313 | .372 | .685 |
| 23 | | P. Wee Reese | .270 | 2,563 | 667 | 437 | 693 | 118 | 25 | 46 | 261 | 369 | 10 | 292 | 63 | 25 | 3,022 | 999 | 189 | 64 | 16 | 2 | 78 | .362 | .390 | .752 |
| 24 | | O. Cabrera | .269 | 1,273 | 316 | 151 | 342 | 72 | 3 | 14 | 132 | 68 | 3 | 141 | 26 | 10 | 1,375 | 462 | 89 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 35 | .303 | .363 | .666 |
| 25 | | O. Vizquel | .268 | 4,031 | 1,083 | 531 | 1,079 | 176 | 41 | 36 | 382 | 383 | 22 | 417 | 128 | 55 | 4,576 | 1,445 | 253 | 104 | 36 | 21 | 85 | .332 | .358 | .690 |
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