who had the best batting average from 1930 to 1990

Between 1930 and 1990, Bill Terry had the highest batting average, with an average of .352.

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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	Bill Terry B. Terry	.352	961	3,789	688	1,332	216	70	82	602	296	6	236	30		4,162	1,934	368	71				.399	.510	.910	766	237.3	.411	142	234.2
2	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.346	1,338	5,153	912	1,784	358	41	70	586	841	18	407	14	22	6,084	2,434	469	23	49	106	137	.436	.472	.908	1089	400.5	.402	148	344.3
3	Lefty O'Doul L. O'Doul	.345	626	2,200	399	759	119	31	73	364	223	19	87	24		2,460	1,159	223	18				.410	.527	.937	478	164.9	.422	145	147.8
4	Ted Williams T. Williams	.344	2,292	7,706	1,798	2,654	525	71	521	1,839	2,021	39	709	24	4	9,791	4,884	1,117	5	20	86	197	.482	.634	1.116	2349	1,219.7	.493	188	1,067
5	Lou Gehrig L. Gehrig	.343	1,397	5,255	1,257	1,802	328	91	347	1,360	1,028	30	439	72		6,339	3,353	766	26			2	.453	.638	1.091	1522	719.6	.481	174	666.9
6	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.331	713	2,405	607	797	110	24	198	652	632	8	351	22		3,066	1,549	332	21				.472	.644	1.116	764	375.1	.490	186	363.4
7	Stan Musial S. Musial	.331	3,026	10,972	1,949	3,630	725	177	475	1,951	1,599	53	696	78	31	12,712	6,134	1,377	35	53	127	243	.417	.559	.976	2474	1,032.5	.435	158	896.7
8	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.329	1,201	4,651	696	1,531	221	61	49	488	426	12	256	238	92	5,156	2,021	331	41	26	108	115	.385	.435	.819	757	172.6	.361	129	175.3
9	Harry Heilmann H. Heilmann	.329	157	490	82	161	45	6	19	97	64	1	52	2		570	275	70	15				.407	.561	.968	115	35.5	.424	133	30.2
10	Riggs Stephenson R. Stephenson	.329	471	1,607	226	528	101	13	14	263	164	9	82	11		1,799	697	128	19				.394	.434	.828	289	61.3	.382	124	55.3
11	Rod Carew R. Carew	.328	2,469	9,315	1,424	3,053	445	112	92	1,015	1,018	25	1,028	353	187	10,550	3,998	649	128	64	144	216	.393	.429	.822	1576	435.7	.369	132	379.9
12	Dale Alexander D. Alexander	.327	507	1,824	259	596	121	15	36	322	192	6	134	15		2,036	855	172	14				.393	.469	.861	344	82.7	.392	121	58.8
13	Paul Waner P. Waner	.326	1,947	7,102	1,139	2,312	435	117	75	913	799	23	303	67		8,035	3,206	627	111			45	.396	.451	.847	1322	330.4	.390	131	312.8
14	Joe DiMaggio J. DiMaggio	.325	1,736	6,821	1,390	2,214	389	131	361	1,537	790	46	369	30	0	7,671	3,948	881	14			130	.398	.579	.977	1517	604.1	.439	152	528.8
15	Monk Sherlock M. Sherlock	.324	92	299	51	97	18	2	0	38	27	0	28	0		335	119	20	9				.380	.398	.778	48	1	.359	83	-8.9
16	Joe Medwick J. Medwick	.324	1,984	7,635	1,198	2,471	540	113	205	1,383	437	26	551	42		8,142	3,852	858	44			112	.362	.505	.867	1336	368.3	.393	133	329
17	Heinie Manush H. Manush	.324	1,097	4,343	713	1,405	275	88	53	649	275	24	178	40		4,707	2,015	416	65			1	.367	.464	.831	731	137.7	.377	115	93.5
18	Mickey Cochrane M. Cochrane	.323	836	2,965	637	959	221	24	76	496	562	20	143	29		3,599	1,456	321	52				.434	.491	.926	698	243.2	.425	139	194.9
19	Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.323	1,953	7,046	1,510	2,274	397	100	485	1,700	1,274	9	1,180	72		8,369	4,326	982	40			69	.427	.614	1.041	1856	820.5	.461	158	676.8
20	Charlie Gehringer C. Gehringer	.322	1,745	6,625	1,360	2,134	452	83	160	1,137	969	35	256	112		7,710	3,232	695	81			27	.411	.488	.899	1404	439.3	.411	127	300.5
21	Sam Rice S. Rice	.321	543	1,714	327	551	95	32	4	194	152	8	47	31		1,907	722	131	33				.379	.421	.801	287	38.7	.368	109	23.2
22	Al Simmons A. Simmons	.321	1,395	5,477	948	1,758	302	89	192	1,115	409	21	489	39		5,937	2,814	583	30			23	.370	.514	.884	1018	271.9	.397	123	195.8
23	Babe Herman B. Herman	.320	1,005	3,640	584	1,166	259	71	123	639	344	7	378	60		4,027	1,936	453	36			1	.380	.532	.912	731	219.5	.407	140	214.5
24	Kirby Puckett K. Puckett	.320	1,070	4,395	624	1,407	237	41	108	586	244	29	561	89	53	4,708	2,050	386	12	28	36	103	.358	.466	.824	698	164.9	.363	122	120.7
25	Arky Vaughan A. Vaughan	.318	1,817	6,622	1,173	2,103	356	128	96	926	937	46	276	118		7,721	3,003	580	116			32	.406	.453	.859	1306	378.3	.399	138	364.7

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Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
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White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0