which mlb player has the best batting average 2023

Aaron Judge has the best batting average this season, with an average of .409.

Interpreted as:

Which MLB player has the best batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game 2023 this regular season?

	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	Aaron Judge A. Judge	.409	2025	NYY	40	154	38	63	11	2	14	39	24	2	38	3	2	180	120	27	0	0	6	5	.494	.779	1.274	52	31.1	.532	254	31.5
2	Paul Goldschmidt P. Goldschmidt	.349	2025	NYY	40	152	24	53	11	0	4	20	12	1	29	2	0	166	76	15	0	1	2	3	.398	.500	.898	29	10	.390	155	10.4
3	Jacob Wilson J. Wilson	.348	2025	ATH	39	155	22	54	9	0	3	22	7	0	9	2	0	163	72	12	1	0	0	4	.377	.465	.841	26	7.4	.371	142	7.8
4	Jonathan Aranda J. Aranda	.342	2025	TBR	36	114	18	39	9	0	5	18	15	3	30	0	0	133	63	14	0	1	0	3	.429	.553	.981	27	12	.427	186	12.9
5	Steven Kwan S. Kwan	.331	2025	CLE	40	157	25	52	8	0	4	17	15	1	15	5	0	174	72	12	1	0	0	0	.393	.459	.852	29	8.9	.378	148	9.5
6	Manny Machado M. Machado	.324	2025	SDP	39	145	28	47	14	0	3	20	15	0	27	7	1	161	70	17	0	1	1	4	.385	.483	.868	27	8.3	.379	145	8.6
7	Pete Alonso P. Alonso	.320	2025	NYM	41	150	28	48	15	1	9	34	26	5	35	0	1	182	92	25	0	1	1	7	.434	.613	1.047	40	19.3	.448	191	19.7
8	Fernando Tatis Jr. F. Tatis Jr.	.320	2025	SDP	38	147	33	47	5	1	9	23	16	1	28	8	2	165	81	15	0	1	1	2	.388	.551	.939	31	12	.406	163	12.3
9	Brendan Donovan B. Donovan	.318	2025	STL	39	151	21	48	12	0	3	19	13	2	17	3	1	168	69	15	1	1	0	3	.377	.457	.834	27	7.3	.368	136	7.2
10	Josh Smith J. Smith	.316	2025	TEX	35	114	18	36	4	1	4	10	14	1	23	4	1	130	54	9	1	0	1	0	.395	.474	.869	22	7.1	.382	150	7.4
11	Teoscar Hernández T. Hernández	.315	2025	LAD	33	130	21	41	10	0	9	34	4	0	25	4	0	135	78	19	0	1	0	4	.333	.600	.933	25	9.1	.399	157	9.1
12	Bobby Witt Jr. B. Witt Jr.	.315	2025	KCR	42	162	26	51	17	0	5	23	17	3	33	14	4	184	83	22	0	2	4	0	.386	.512	.898	32	10.3	.385	146	9.7
13	Will Smith W. Smith	.314	2025	LAD	33	105	14	33	8	0	3	21	20	1	28	2	2	129	50	11	0	3	0	1	.419	.476	.895	23	8.1	.394	153	8.1
14	Alex Bregman A. Bregman	.311	2025	BOS	41	164	29	51	15	0	9	31	15	5	35	1	1	185	93	24	0	1	1	3	.384	.567	.951	35	14	.410	163	13.2
15	Trea Turner T. Turner	.310	2025	PHI	38	155	25	48	7	0	2	14	13	2	31	9	4	170	61	9	0	0	0	2	.371	.394	.764	24	4	.344	118	3.6
16	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	.308	2025	LAD	39	156	44	48	8	4	12	21	27	0	46	10	3	183	100	24	0	0	4	0	.410	.641	1.051	40	18.6	.442	185	18.5
17	Maikel Garcia M. Garcia	.306	2025	KCR	41	144	15	44	10	1	4	17	16	0	24	10	5	162	68	15	1	1	0	1	.373	.472	.845	26	7.3	.371	137	6.8
18	Gavin Sheets G. Sheets	.304	2025	SDP	36	112	15	34	7	0	5	21	9	1	32	1	0	123	56	12	0	1	0	2	.358	.500	.858	20	5.8	.374	142	6.1
19	Francisco Lindor F. Lindor	.301	2025	NYM	40	163	27	49	7	0	9	26	13	6	29	6	1	185	83	16	0	3	0	3	.368	.509	.877	31	9.9	.382	147	10.3
20	George Springer G. Springer	.297	2025	TOR	37	118	21	35	9	1	5	18	22	0	36	6	0	141	61	15	0	1	1	4	.404	.517	.921	26	9.6	.400	163	10.1
21	Brice Turang B. Turang	.296	2025	MIL	38	142	30	42	3	0	3	16	17	1	34	9	3	163	54	6	1	2	0	0	.370	.380	.751	22	3.2	.338	114	2.8
22	Josh Naylor J. Naylor	.293	2025	AZ	40	150	20	44	10	0	4	23	18	1	22	6	2	171	66	14	0	2	1	8	.368	.440	.808	25	5.6	.356	125	5
23	Keibert Ruiz K. Ruiz	.292	2025	WSH	35	130	13	38	5	0	2	14	8	2	15	0	1	140	49	7	0	0	0	2	.343	.377	.720	17	1	.323	105	0.9
24	Geraldo Perdomo G. Perdomo	.292	2025	AZ	41	144	20	42	9	0	5	30	27	1	21	9	0	179	66	14	2	5	0	1	.395	.458	.854	29	8.7	.375	138	8.1
25	Jake Meyers J. Meyers	.291	2025	HOU	38	110	16	32	5	1	2	13	12	0	23	7	1	125	45	8	2	1	0	2	.358	.409	.767	17	2.7	.341	122	3.2