which first baseman had the highest batting average in the 1980s

Wade Boggs had the highest batting average by a first baseman in the 1980s, with an average of .349.

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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	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.349	104	338	51	118	14	1	5	44	35	0	21	1	0	381	149	20	4	4	4	9	.406	.441	.847	60	17.5	.378	129	13.1
2	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	.324	1,008	4,010	615	1,298	272	15	164	716	314	10	237	8	7	4,409	2,092	451	13	62	82	99	.369	.522	.891	729	228.5	.384	141	214
3	George Hendrick G. Hendrick	.318	144	529	73	168	33	3	18	97	51	2	76	3	4	593	261	54	0	11	15	12	.373	.493	.866	92	25.1	.374	136	24.6
4	Rod Carew R. Carew	.314	724	2,671	396	838	125	19	15	238	332	5	266	64	56	3,077	1,046	159	52	17	38	63	.388	.392	.780	425	81.6	.353	119	69.7
5	Al Oliver A. Oliver	.311	436	1,663	196	518	107	7	30	241	132	7	139	9	9	1,811	729	144	2	7	38	55	.363	.438	.802	251	47.8	.352	124	49.6
6	Pedro Guerrero P. Guerrero	.311	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
7	Johnny Bench J. Bench	.309	52	178	14	55	8	0	8	25	17	0	21	0	2	196	87	16	1	0	3	4	.369	.489	.858	31	10.3	.385	143	9.3
8	Ken Griffey K. Griffey	.306	118	458	60	140	21	3	11	46	34	2	45	6	1	499	200	35	3	2	3	3	.355	.437	.792	69	13.1	.353	122	13
9	Mark Grace M. Grace	.305	276	996	139	304	51	7	20	136	140	0	85	17	10	1,146	429	78	3	7	18	25	.388	.431	.819	172	46.7	.367	132	39.8
10	Dwight Evans D. Evans	.305	154	541	109	165	37	2	34	123	106	3	98	4	6	657	308	73	0	7	6	10	.417	.569	.986	132	51.3	.420	156	46.7
11	Juan Beniquez J. Beniquez	.304	132	411	54	125	13	5	8	42	34	5	46	4	3	460	172	26	9	1	3	16	.364	.418	.782	64	11.4	.349	116	9.1
12	Will Clark W. Clark	.304	582	2,100	361	638	125	22	98	352	257	17	406	26	28	2,410	1,101	245	12	24	62	20	.380	.524	.905	407	133.1	.389	152	141.6
13	Cecil Cooper C. Cooper	.303	1,010	4,129	567	1,251	234	23	138	670	234	11	411	45	21	4,435	1,945	395	17	44	42	104	.339	.471	.810	624	126.6	.355	123	117.3
14	Pat Tabler P. Tabler	.301	542	1,903	240	572	102	11	32	261	154	14	276	11	10	2,092	792	145	7	14	13	48	.355	.416	.771	279	36.3	.342	109	22.1
15	Keith Hernandez K. Hernandez	.300	1,357	4,932	744	1,480	273	32	114	735	742	24	674	63	42	5,756	2,159	419	4	54	93	107	.390	.438	.828	872	220.5	.368	134	226.2
16	Warren Cromartie W. Cromartie	.294	261	955	115	281	52	7	20	112	90	2	91	10	11	1,057	407	79	4	6	36	32	.354	.426	.780	134	18.3	.341	114	16.2
17	George Brett G. Brett	.294	396	1,473	228	433	86	8	58	261	213	7	145	34	10	1,717	709	152	0	24	43	43	.380	.481	.862	270	75.9	.374	133	66.2
18	Ricky Jordan R. Jordan	.293	213	796	104	233	37	4	23	118	30	5	101	5	4	840	347	64	0	9	7	24	.319	.436	.755	105	13.4	.334	112	11.4
19	Eddie Murray E. Murray	.293	1,500	5,612	858	1,642	289	19	274	996	754	13	733	52	18	6,437	2,791	582	0	58	133	138	.374	.497	.872	1033	308.3	.380	139	292.3
20	Tom Paciorek T. Paciorek	.291	445	1,438	172	419	90	9	31	181	78	20	240	16	8	1,559	620	130	7	16	11	28	.333	.431	.764	199	22.6	.338	106	11.1
21	Kent Hrbek K. Hrbek	.290	1,156	4,178	624	1,212	224	16	201	724	523	17	564	19	16	4,767	2,071	441	5	44	77	101	.368	.496	.864	757	216.9	.377	130	168.8
22	Bill Buckner B. Buckner	.290	1,226	4,711	548	1,366	276	27	102	685	240	23	227	62	26	5,038	2,002	405	8	56	56	124	.324	.425	.749	607	36.9	.329	100	-4.8
23	Alvin Davis A. Davis	.290	881	3,180	461	921	176	9	131	530	531	24	403	7	11	3,772	1,508	316	2	35	67	78	.392	.474	.866	612	183	.380	134	150.6
24	Wally Joyner W. Joyner	.288	620	2,347	341	676	121	8	85	381	230	18	231	24	8	2,644	1,068	214	13	36	41	56	.351	.455	.806	371	70.1	.351	119	62.1
25	Mike Hargrove M. Hargrove	.288	788	2,607	328	750	118	10	23	327	442	21	217	12	16	3,125	957	151	22	33	28	89	.391	.367	.758	420	71.6	.348	114	51.3

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