who had the highest batting average at age 18

John Paciorek, Bud Swartz and Doc Bass are tied for the highest career batting average by an 18-year-old player, with an average of 1.000.

		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
1		John Paciorek J. Paciorek	1.000	1	3	4	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000
2		Bud Swartz B. Swartz	1.000	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0			0	1.000	1.000	2.000
3		Doc Bass D. Bass	1.000	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0				1.000	1.000	2.000
4		Tom Egan T. Egan	.500	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
5		Wally Bunker W. Bunker	.500	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
6		Elbie Fletcher E. Fletcher	.500	8	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		4	2	0	0				.500	.500	1.000
7		Ben Rochefort B. Rochefort	.500	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		2	1	0	0				.500	.500	1.000
8		Ferdie Moore F. Moore	.500	2	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0		5	2	0	1				.500	.500	1.000
9		Brian Milner B. Milner	.444	2	9	3	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	6	1	0	0	0	0	.444	.667	1.111
10		Jim Baumer J. Baumer	.400	8	10	2	4	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	0		14	7	2	0			0	.571	.700	1.271
11		Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	.400	5	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0		14	4	0	2			0	.500	.400	.900
12		Hank Ruszkowski H. Ruszkowski	.375	3	8	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0		8	3	0	0			1	.375	.375	.750
13		Whitey Lockman W. Lockman	.356	21	87	9	31	5	0	1	10	6	0	5	1		95	39	6	2			0	.398	.448	.846
14		Harry Chiti H. Chiti	.355	9	31	1	11	2	0	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	34	13	2	1			3	.394	.419	.813
15		Kenny Kuhn K. Kuhn	.333	4	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.333	.762
16		Ed Baecht E. Baecht	.333	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		3	1	0	0				.333	.333	.667
17		Bob O'Farrell B. O'Farrell	.333	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0				.333	.333	.667
18		Rick Wise R. Wise	.313	21	16	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	0	0	21	5	0	2	1	0	0	.368	.313	.681
19		Granny Hamner G. Hamner	.313	7	16	2	5	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	0		17	7	2	0			0	.353	.438	.790
20		Joe Cicero J. Cicero	.313	10	32	6	10	2	2	0	4	0	0	2	0		32	16	4	0				.313	.500	.813
21		Jimmie Foxx J. Foxx	.313	26	32	8	10	2	1	0	6	1	0	6	1		35	14	3	2				.333	.438	.771
22		Phil Cavarretta P. Cavarretta	.303	82	327	48	99	18	9	5	52	20	1	33	3		351	150	32	3				.345	.459	.804
23		Bill Southworth B. Southworth	.286	3	7	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	3	0	0	9	5	1	0	0	0	0	.444	.714	1.159
24		Mel Ott M. Ott	.282	82	163	23	46	7	3	1	19	13	0	9	2		180	62	11	4				.335	.380	.716
25		Mike McCormick M. McCormick	.273	24	22	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	8	0	0	24	6	0	1	1	0	0	.261	.273	.534

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