what al catcher had the highest batting average in the 1970s

Thurman Munson had the highest batting average by an AL catcher in the 1970s, with an average of .292.

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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	Thurman Munson T. Munson	.292	1,397	5,258	690	1,536	228	30	112	692	428	42	561	48	49	5,806	2,160	370	21	57	58	155	.347	.411	.758	735	104.1	.341	117	107.1
2	Carlton Fisk C. Fisk	.285	854	3,057	505	872	159	28	134	464	343	40	486	47	21	3,478	1,489	321	12	26	26	65	.362	.487	.849	541	165.1	.380	134	129.5
3	Duane Josephson D. Josephson	.279	187	591	66	165	26	2	14	80	46	3	63	2	1	648	237	42	2	6	6	28	.331	.401	.732	77	7.2	.329	99	-0.4
4	Manny Sanguillen M. Sanguillen	.275	152	571	42	157	17	5	6	58	22	2	35	2	5	601	202	28	2	4	4	13	.302	.354	.656	54	-15.8	.291	80	-14.1
5	Brian Downing B. Downing	.264	734	2,193	299	580	85	7	45	260	340	19	344	27	15	2,602	814	137	33	17	15	62	.366	.371	.737	331	42.6	.341	112	36.7
6	Ray Fosse R. Fosse	.261	879	2,825	288	737	114	13	59	315	195	17	329	14	19	3,084	1,054	186	28	19	34	79	.311	.373	.684	314	-17.2	.308	91	-28.4
7	Bob Stinson B. Stinson	.259	466	1,264	136	328	49	6	28	149	158	18	188	7	7	1,478	473	83	25	13	11	33	.347	.374	.721	175	10.2	.329	102	2.9
8	Charlie Moore C. Moore	.258	585	1,693	193	437	75	19	19	181	155	3	209	18	25	1,881	607	113	23	7	2	42	.320	.359	.679	196	-13.4	.311	92	-16.7
9	Gene Tenace G. Tenace	.257	343	1,009	150	259	35	3	48	164	182	17	233	9	7	1,218	444	86	6	4	6	17	.378	.440	.818	185	54.9	.375	142	58
10	Butch Wynegar B. Wynegar	.256	577	2,024	244	518	85	6	31	250	268	12	202	5	5	2,356	708	122	36	16	19	45	.344	.350	.694	261	-2.1	.319	95	-13.9
11	Bill Freehan B. Freehan	.255	677	2,329	249	594	98	14	72	282	238	37	260	4	11	2,632	936	184	10	18	19	59	.331	.402	.733	317	36.6	.334	107	17.7
12	Jim Sundberg J. Sundberg	.254	875	2,754	288	699	112	18	29	293	318	14	397	12	16	3,171	934	159	67	18	11	90	.332	.339	.671	331	-20.9	.311	92	-26.2
13	Darrell Porter D. Porter	.252	974	3,184	463	801	134	31	108	476	510	27	562	23	25	3,776	1,321	273	16	39	54	55	.356	.415	.771	499	82	.347	116	70.5
14	Lance Parrish L. Parrish	.252	240	827	112	208	39	6	36	113	65	5	188	6	7	903	367	81	4	2	2	25	.309	.444	.753	112	9.6	.335	102	2.4
15	Milt May M. May	.251	297	987	82	248	34	3	29	115	68	4	86	0	0	1,083	375	66	14	10	7	31	.299	.380	.679	107	-15.7	.303	82	-22.2
16	Fred Kendall F. Kendall	.249	103	317	18	79	13	1	3	39	16	1	27	0	1	346	103	17	7	5	1	8	.283	.325	.608	26	-14.4	.272	63	-15
17	Ellie Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	.248	635	1,816	182	451	66	6	14	173	279	44	250	14	16	2,197	571	86	35	23	21	55	.358	.314	.672	236	2.4	.316	101	0.1
18	Jim Essian J. Essian	.247	416	1,112	125	275	50	3	21	131	144	4	114	5	7	1,302	394	74	27	15	3	39	.332	.354	.686	140	-6	.314	95	-7.1
19	Earl Williams E. Williams	.245	250	872	105	214	34	1	36	135	106	10	186	0	4	1,007	358	71	7	12	11	23	.330	.411	.741	122	12.5	.335	113	14.5
20	Ed Herrmann E. Herrmann	.244	568	1,737	176	423	57	2	62	213	172	16	238	5	5	1,951	670	121	8	18	45	51	.314	.386	.700	204	-2.7	.312	92	-15.5
21	Jerry McNertney J. McNertney	.243	111	296	27	72	11	1	6	22	22	4	33	1	4	329	103	18	5	2	4	14	.302	.348	.650	30	-6.9	.292	78	-8.6
22	Ed Kirkpatrick E. Kirkpatrick	.240	367	1,153	148	277	44	4	36	151	154	6	175	10	13	1,327	437	84	3	11	25	24	.330	.379	.709	146	7	.319	101	0.3
23	George Mitterwald G. Mitterwald	.237	431	1,352	136	321	44	4	45	162	121	7	336	9	10	1,497	508	93	9	8	17	35	.302	.376	.677	150	-10.4	.305	86	-22.3
24	Dick Billings D. Billings	.232	357	1,153	95	268	43	1	15	139	76	9	183	6	11	1,254	358	59	4	12	8	32	.282	.310	.593	93	-36	.271	72	-38.9
25	Jeff Newman J. Newman	.229	385	1,023	100	234	37	3	35	122	53	3	164	4	4	1,101	382	75	14	8	5	23	.267	.373	.640	93	-32.1	.284	76	-30.9

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