what third baseman had the highest batting average in their career who played a minimum of 8000 pa

Wade Boggs has the best career batting average by a third baseman when making 8,000+ plate appearances, with an average of .327.

	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	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.327	10,359	2,335	8,842	1,462	2,892	564	60	113	970	1,377	23	724	23	35	3,915	737	25	92	176	227	.415	.443	.858	1685	476.3	.381	132	397.9
2	Pie Traynor P. Traynor	.320	8,237	1,924	7,507	1,177	2,405	368	163	58	1,271	469	30	272	157		3,273	589	231				.363	.436	.799	1181	148.5	.367	108	86.3
3	Chipper Jones C. Jones	.302	9,292	2,180	7,878	1,424	2,376	480	35	415	1,417	1,310	15	1,236	140	42	4,171	930	3	86	141	225	.398	.529	.928	1660	515	.396	141	486.2
4	Stan Hack S. Hack	.301	8,506	1,938	7,278	1,239	2,193	363	81	57	642	1,092	21	466	165		2,889	501	115			39	.394	.397	.791	1253	252.9	.375	124	240
5	Adrian Beltre A. Beltre	.286	12,130	2,933	11,068	1,524	3,166	636	38	477	1,707	848	97	1,732	121	42	5,309	1,151	14	103	112	279	.339	.480	.819	1705	256.1	.350	115	216.7
6	Aramis Ramirez A. Ramirez	.283	8,986	2,194	8,136	1,098	2,303	495	24	386	1,417	633	127	1,238	29	18	4,004	905	3	87	58	233	.341	.492	.833	1310	239	.357	115	169.8
7	Buddy Bell B. Bell	.282	9,414	2,239	8,447	1,098	2,380	400	55	192	1,067	795	35	737	50	73	3,466	647	58	79	76	246	.343	.410	.753	1188	132.9	.337	109	102.4
8	Scott Rolen S. Rolen	.281	8,518	2,038	7,398	1,211	2,077	517	43	316	1,287	899	127	1,410	118	49	3,628	876	1	93	57	150	.364	.490	.855	1321	276.8	.368	122	242.1
9	Ron Santo R. Santo	.279	8,979	2,126	7,768	1,109	2,171	353	66	337	1,290	1,071	36	1,271	35	39	3,667	756	13	91	93	240	.366	.472	.838	1365	409.5	.371	128	282.1
10	Eddie Mathews E. Mathews	.273	9,590	2,254	8,101	1,456	2,212	338	70	496	1,396	1,381	23	1,399	66	35	4,178	904	33	52	95	117	.378	.516	.894	1625	548.9	.393	145	526.1
11	Robin Ventura R. Ventura	.267	8,096	1,977	6,912	987	1,848	335	14	289	1,154	1,053	23	1,148	24	38	3,078	638	33	75	131	173	.363	.445	.808	1140	156.2	.352	114	142.8
12	Brooks Robinson B. Robinson	.267	11,782	2,896	10,654	1,232	2,848	482	68	268	1,357	860	53	990	28	22	4,270	818	101	114	120	297	.322	.401	.723	1355	88	.322	104	55.5
13	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	.267	9,417	2,246	7,803	1,417	2,082	377	54	515	1,502	1,420	76	1,766	173	89	4,112	946	16	102	193	146	.381	.527	.908	1606	553	.396	147	504.1
14	Evan Longoria E. Longoria	.264	8,206	1,986	7,306	1,017	1,930	431	26	342	1,159	730	72	1,696	58	19	3,439	799	1	97	87	206	.333	.471	.804	1119	163.4	.343	118	170.3
15	Ron Cey R. Cey	.261	8,214	2,026	7,056	965	1,845	322	21	312	1,128	990	61	1,201	24	29	3,145	655	26	81	116	181	.354	.446	.799	1145	231.5	.356	123	212.1
16	Tim Wallach T. Wallach	.258	8,665	2,136	7,876	888	2,033	423	35	255	1,110	633	73	1,265	51	65	3,291	713	6	77	87	189	.316	.418	.734	1014	17.3	.323	102	22.2
17	Gary Gaetti G. Gaetti	.255	9,806	2,502	8,941	1,130	2,280	443	39	360	1,340	634	96	1,599	96	65	3,881	842	32	103	57	236	.308	.434	.742	1162	15.9	.325	95	-54.7
18	Eddie Yost E. Yost	.254	9,175	2,109	7,346	1,215	1,863	337	56	139	682	1,614	99	920	72	48	2,729	532	98	18	15	133	.394	.371	.765	1289	226.8	.362	114	163.5
19	Sal Bando S. Bando	.254	8,288	2,019	7,060	982	1,790	289	38	242	1,039	1,031	75	923	75	46	2,881	569	65	57	69	149	.352	.408	.760	1084	196	.346	121	195.6
20	Graig Nettles G. Nettles	.248	9,878	2,579	8,682	1,153	2,157	316	25	378	1,280	1,049	48	1,142	31	34	3,657	719	11	88	92	189	.330	.421	.751	1230	142.9	.337	112	125.5