what hitter had the best batting average in 1989

Kirby Puckett had the highest batting average in a season in 1989, with an average of .339.

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	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	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	Kirby Puckett K. Puckett	.339	1989	MIN	159	635	75	215	45	4	9	85	41	3	59	11	4	684	295	58	0	5	9	21	.379	.465	.843	106	31.4	.374	133	25.5
2	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.336	1989	SDP	158	604	82	203	27	7	4	62	56	1	30	40	16	679	256	38	11	7	16	12	.389	.424	.813	98	23.8	.360	133	24.2
3	Carney Lansford C. Lansford	.336	1989	OAK	148	551	81	185	28	2	2	52	51	9	25	37	15	616	223	32	1	4	2	21	.398	.405	.803	92	24.6	.366	136	25.4
4	Will Clark W. Clark	.333	1989	SFG	159	588	104	196	38	9	23	111	74	5	103	8	3	675	321	70	0	8	14	6	.407	.546	.953	126	52.4	.416	174	54.9
5	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.330	1989	BOS	156	621	113	205	51	7	3	54	107	7	51	2	6	742	279	61	0	7	19	19	.430	.449	.879	124	43.6	.391	143	36.4
6	Robin Yount R. Yount	.318	1989	MIL	160	614	101	195	38	9	21	103	63	6	71	19	3	690	314	68	3	4	9	9	.384	.511	.896	118	42.8	.396	149	38.4
7	Julio Franco J. Franco	.316	1989	TEX	150	548	80	173	31	5	13	92	66	1	69	21	3	621	253	49	0	6	11	27	.386	.462	.848	97	29.3	.376	136	25.3
8	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	.315	1989	MIL	155	615	84	194	35	4	11	56	64	4	67	27	11	696	270	50	4	9	4	11	.379	.439	.818	104	28.1	.367	130	23.7
9	Lonnie Smith L. Smith	.315	1989	ATL	134	482	89	152	34	4	21	79	76	11	95	25	12	577	257	59	1	7	3	7	.415	.533	.948	109	46.5	.420	166	41.8
10	Steve Sax S. Sax	.315	1989	NYY	158	651	88	205	26	3	5	63	52	1	44	43	17	717	252	34	8	5	2	19	.364	.387	.751	93	15.1	.341	115	12.1
11	Mark Grace M. Grace	.314	1989	CHC	142	510	74	160	28	3	13	79	80	0	42	14	7	596	233	44	3	3	13	13	.405	.457	.862	96	31.6	.384	143	28
12	Pedro Guerrero P. Guerrero	.311	1989	STL	162	570	60	177	42	1	17	117	79	4	84	2	0	665	272	60	0	12	13	17	.391	.477	.868	107	34.6	.383	147	34.2
13	Harold Baines H. Baines	.309	1989	TOT	146	505	73	156	29	1	16	72	73	1	79	0	3	583	235	46	0	4	13	15	.395	.465	.860	94	30.1	.381	140	26.8
14	Mike Greenwell M. Greenwell	.308	1989	BOS	145	578	87	178	36	0	14	95	56	3	44	13	5	641	256	50	0	4	15	21	.370	.443	.813	92	22.3	.359	122	16.1
15	Ruben Sierra R. Sierra	.306	1989	TEX	162	634	101	194	35	14	29	119	43	2	82	8	2	689	344	78	0	10	2	7	.347	.543	.889	115	39.8	.390	145	35.4
16	Alvin Davis A. Davis	.305	1989	SEA	142	498	84	152	30	1	21	95	101	6	49	0	1	611	247	52	0	6	15	15	.424	.496	.920	109	43	.407	154	37.7
17	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	.303	1989	NYY	158	631	79	191	37	2	23	113	51	1	30	3	0	693	301	62	0	10	18	15	.351	.477	.828	100	24.4	.360	127	21.4
18	Harold Reynolds H. Reynolds	.300	1989	SEA	153	613	87	184	24	9	0	43	55	3	45	25	18	677	226	33	3	3	1	4	.359	.369	.728	84	9.9	.333	105	4.1
19	Jerry Browne J. Browne	.299	1989	CLE	153	598	83	179	31	4	5	45	68	1	64	14	6	685	233	40	14	4	10	9	.370	.390	.759	89	14.8	.342	113	10.4
20	George Bell G. Bell	.297	1989	TOR	153	613	88	182	41	2	18	104	33	4	60	4	3	664	281	61	0	14	3	18	.330	.458	.788	90	17.5	.348	117	13.2
21	Roberto Alomar R. Alomar	.295	1989	SDP	158	623	82	184	27	1	7	56	53	1	76	42	17	702	234	35	17	8	4	10	.347	.376	.723	84	7.4	.327	110	7.8
22	Jim Eisenreich J. Eisenreich	.293	1989	KCR	134	475	64	139	33	7	9	59	37	0	44	27	8	519	213	49	3	4	9	8	.341	.448	.790	70	13.2	.347	118	10.4
23	Jerome Walton J. Walton	.293	1989	CHC	116	475	64	139	23	3	5	46	27	6	77	24	7	515	183	31	2	5	1	6	.335	.385	.721	61	4.9	.326	103	1.8
24	Jose Oquendo J. Oquendo	.291	1989	STL	163	556	59	162	28	7	1	48	79	0	59	3	5	650	207	36	7	8	7	12	.375	.372	.747	83	12.7	.339	117	12.3
25	Kevin Mitchell K. Mitchell	.291	1989	SFG	154	543	100	158	34	6	47	125	87	3	115	3	4	640	345	87	0	7	32	6	.388	.635	1.023	126	56.8	.431	185	59.2

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