what active player in the mlb has the best career batting average with at least 5000 plate appearances

Jose Altuve has the highest career batting average by an active player when making 5,000+ plate appearances, with an average of .303.

	NAME	AVG	PA	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Jose Altuve J. Altuve	.303	8,696	1,976	7,881	1,236	2,388	455	32	255	889	655	80	1,139	325	96	3,672	742	27	53	50	215	.360	.466	.826	1304	289.5	.355	129	294.8
2	Freddie Freeman F. Freeman	.300	9,363	2,179	8,114	1,379	2,431	547	33	367	1,322	1,070	113	1,763	104	32	4,145	947	0	66	142	172	.386	.511	.897	1600	506.4	.381	142	474.4
3	Trea Turner T. Turner	.297	5,604	1,266	5,157	870	1,532	282	48	186	641	383	41	1,028	315	53	2,468	516	2	21	11	87	.349	.479	.828	850	180.4	.354	123	157.7
4	Mike Trout M. Trout	.294	7,200	1,648	5,966	1,196	1,754	325	55	404	1,018	1,067	106	1,662	214	38	3,401	784	0	61	130	75	.407	.570	.977	1392	555.5	.410	166	556.8
5	Mookie Betts M. Betts	.290	6,936	1,531	6,083	1,166	1,767	394	41	291	913	736	52	924	196	41	3,116	726	4	61	35	86	.369	.512	.881	1158	334.4	.374	136	307
6	Paul Goldschmidt P. Goldschmidt	.288	8,804	2,074	7,608	1,280	2,190	477	24	372	1,232	1,086	53	1,979	174	36	3,831	873	0	57	121	174	.378	.504	.882	1462	430.2	.375	137	385.9
7	Xander Bogaerts X. Bogaerts	.287	7,069	1,666	6,349	948	1,822	384	18	197	838	593	58	1,270	126	24	2,833	599	6	63	23	160	.350	.446	.796	999	164.8	.343	115	129.5
8	Christian Yelich C. Yelich	.285	7,025	1,616	6,108	1,033	1,741	327	35	233	851	834	51	1,548	221	42	2,837	595	5	27	60	123	.374	.464	.839	1094	267.5	.361	129	250.3
9	Starling Marte S. Marte	.285	6,307	1,530	5,751	877	1,639	291	55	163	667	342	166	1,267	361	100	2,529	509	22	26	18	121	.342	.440	.781	858	121	.339	115	116
10	Justin Turner J. Turner	.283	6,502	1,758	5,709	811	1,617	354	9	201	832	589	136	1,012	47	13	2,592	564	5	63	18	146	.360	.454	.814	963	197.8	.352	125	196.1
11	Nolan Arenado N. Arenado	.282	7,512	1,787	6,807	992	1,921	405	34	353	1,184	577	43	1,094	31	23	3,453	792	5	80	80	202	.338	.507	.846	1136	252.2	.356	116	148.1
12	Ketel Marte K. Marte	.281	5,092	1,230	4,534	688	1,273	270	43	171	587	471	41	809	65	19	2,142	484	6	40	29	92	.351	.472	.823	759	151.9	.351	121	133
13	Anthony Rendon A. Rendon	.280	5,022	1,173	4,350	683	1,218	295	16	158	671	547	64	779	55	17	2,019	469	4	57	30	94	.364	.464	.829	757	168.3	.356	122	141.1
14	Bryce Harper B. Harper	.280	7,665	1,785	6,435	1,154	1,801	401	24	363	1,051	1,105	52	1,654	152	52	3,339	788	13	60	137	139	.387	.519	.905	1322	422.1	.382	141	384.3
15	José Ramírez J. Ramírez	.279	6,757	1,609	5,970	1,001	1,668	398	43	285	949	666	45	802	287	62	3,007	726	19	57	110	87	.353	.504	.857	1050	247.6	.360	130	240.3
16	Manny Machado M. Machado	.279	8,195	1,894	7,424	1,082	2,069	396	18	369	1,144	663	30	1,433	113	41	3,608	783	14	64	72	224	.338	.486	.824	1193	230.2	.350	123	224.1
17	Carlos Correa C. Correa	.275	5,343	1,253	4,716	686	1,298	264	13	200	724	552	30	1,086	33	9	2,188	477	0	45	28	151	.352	.464	.816	786	150.7	.350	125	159.5
18	Francisco Lindor F. Lindor	.273	6,848	1,535	6,086	1,011	1,664	339	26	279	856	588	80	1,120	216	51	2,892	644	31	63	36	109	.342	.475	.817	999	183.5	.348	121	175.6
19	Alex Bregman A. Bregman	.272	5,327	1,225	4,590	758	1,250	293	18	209	725	627	67	716	43	15	2,206	520	1	42	17	120	.365	.481	.846	845	207.3	.362	133	214.7
20	Nick Castellanos N. Castellanos	.272	6,950	1,688	6,412	827	1,742	399	43	250	920	432	54	1,617	42	22	2,977	692	0	52	19	144	.321	.464	.785	934	112.7	.334	110	84.6
21	Andrew McCutchen A. McCutchen	.271	9,705	2,262	8,350	1,290	2,266	451	50	332	1,152	1,183	94	1,893	220	90	3,813	833	3	75	74	147	.365	.457	.822	1441	313.2	.356	125	289.9
22	J.T. Realmuto	.270	5,536	1,373	5,050	696	1,366	279	35	180	677	365	82	1,176	104	27	2,255	494	1	38	20	107	.328	.447	.774	733	73.1	.332	109	61.1
23	Marcell Ozuna M. Ozuna	.269	6,712	1,614	6,045	823	1,627	280	21	296	948	604	26	1,490	29	14	2,837	597	1	36	20	152	.336	.469	.806	959	169.5	.346	119	157.3
24	George Springer G. Springer	.266	6,352	1,445	5,555	982	1,480	249	23	293	796	676	85	1,315	120	41	2,654	565	2	34	14	121	.353	.478	.831	971	218.7	.357	130	229
25	Salvador Perez S. Perez	.264	6,897	1,707	6,477	710	1,712	320	11	303	1,016	271	96	1,303	6	1	2,963	634	0	53	43	196	.301	.457	.759	852	49.1	.323	102	17.3