what al catcher had the highest batting average in the 1960s

Gene Green had the best batting average by an AL catcher in the 1960s, with an average of .280.

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	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	Gene Green G. Green	.280	110	364	52	102	16	3	18	62	35	1	65	0	2	405	178	37	0	5	5	26	.341	.489	.830	59	11.3	.358	117	8.9
2	Earl Battey E. Battey	.277	990	3,228	346	894	139	12	91	410	376	25	383	12	10	3,691	1,330	242	35	27	40	118	.354	.412	.766	488	82.8	.341	109	41.5
3	Elston Howard E. Howard	.272	1,072	3,619	414	985	146	25	115	502	274	21	560	6	6	3,962	1,526	286	12	36	55	103	.324	.422	.746	482	54.6	.327	106	33.6
4	Sherm Lollar S. Lollar	.264	364	1,051	102	277	49	1	16	119	119	18	91	3	0	1,207	376	66	8	11	22	34	.345	.358	.703	134	-4.2	.315	92	-11.9
5	Yogi Berra Y. Berra	.263	270	738	91	194	28	1	33	125	77	6	58	3	2	831	323	62	0	10	12	22	.333	.438	.771	107	13.8	.339	110	9.7
6	Bill Freehan B. Freehan	.262	967	3,299	399	865	126	16	110	416	346	72	449	18	10	3,765	1,353	252	22	26	46	67	.343	.410	.753	480	92.7	.337	115	58.9
7	John Romano J. Romano	.256	824	2,576	333	660	106	9	124	389	377	28	452	6	8	3,024	1,156	239	10	33	27	65	.353	.449	.802	432	97.4	.355	122	81.3
8	Joe Azcue J. Azcue	.256	767	2,430	181	622	81	8	48	276	180	15	292	5	11	2,664	863	137	10	29	40	75	.308	.355	.663	255	-22.7	.294	86	-43.4
9	John Orsino J. Orsino	.247	274	859	104	212	38	3	36	107	84	16	159	3	3	970	364	77	2	9	11	28	.322	.424	.746	120	17.9	.330	110	11.6
10	Dick Brown D. Brown	.245	486	1,438	130	353	46	3	46	165	90	5	267	5	5	1,559	543	95	15	11	27	41	.290	.378	.668	146	-28	.291	78	-41.6
11	Joe Pignatano J. Pignatano	.243	92	243	31	59	10	3	4	22	36	4	42	2	2	292	87	17	7	2	2	0	.347	.358	.705	34	-0.5	.322	88	-4.3
12	John Roseboro J. Roseboro	.239	250	741	64	177	24	0	11	71	85	2	101	7	8	841	234	35	5	8	21	13	.316	.316	.632	73	-10.3	.285	79	-18.8
13	Tom Satriano T. Satriano	.239	302	758	50	181	18	3	9	86	104	4	103	3	5	878	232	30	6	6	15	21	.331	.306	.637	81	-7.2	.292	90	-11.2
14	Bob Tillman B. Tillman	.237	549	1,680	136	398	54	10	51	203	174	2	342	0	0	1,874	625	115	6	12	26	46	.307	.372	.679	192	-8.1	.301	83	-35.6
15	Gus Triandos G. Triandos	.236	396	1,295	119	306	59	0	49	181	146	8	232	0	0	1,464	512	108	7	8	18	40	.316	.395	.711	164	-1.5	.316	95	-9.8
16	Paul Casanova P. Casanova	.233	488	1,671	139	389	51	8	30	160	57	6	250	2	4	1,757	546	89	8	15	15	47	.258	.327	.585	126	-52.9	.260	68	-59.5
17	Buck Rodgers B. Rodgers	.232	932	3,033	259	704	114	18	31	288	234	17	409	17	27	3,353	947	163	32	37	45	82	.288	.312	.600	257	-98	.267	71	-107.7
18	Elrod Hendricks E. Hendricks	.228	184	478	55	109	13	1	19	61	58	3	95	0	1	543	181	33	0	4	7	7	.313	.379	.692	59	3.9	.315	101	0.8
19	Red Wilson R. Wilson	.216	77	222	22	48	7	0	2	24	22	1	21	3	0	249	61	9	1	3	2	4	.286	.275	.561	16	-11.7	.258	53	-14.4
20	Don Zimmer D. Zimmer	.199	95	226	20	45	6	0	2	17	26	2	59	2	0	258	57	8	1	3	1	7	.284	.252	.536	17	-10.5	.250	57	-12.6
21	Lou Berberet L. Berberet	.194	85	232	18	45	4	0	5	23	41	1	31	2	0	278	64	9	0	4	4	6	.313	.276	.589	22	-9.5	.275	61	-13.2

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