who had the highest batting average at age 40 having at least 100 pa

Tony Gwynn has the best career batting average by a 40-year-old player when making 100+ plate appearances, with an average of .377.

	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
1	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.377	139	38	130	14	49	11	1	1	16	9	0	4	1	1	65	13	0	0	3	3	.417	.500	.917
2	Eddie Collins E. Collins	.363	232	83	179	41	65	11	1	1	13	46	0	6	6		81	13	7				.493	.453	.946
3	Barry Bonds B. Bonds	.359	255	62	156	54	56	12	3	20	46	92	5	20	3	1	134	35	0	2	42	1	.600	.859	1.459
4	Ty Cobb T. Cobb	.357	574	133	490	104	175	32	7	5	93	67	5	12	22		236	44	12				.440	.482	.921
5	Sam Rice S. Rice	.349	669	147	593	121	207	35	13	1	73	56	3	14	13		271	49	17				.408	.457	.865
6	Johnny Cooney J. Cooney	.321	477	123	442	52	142	25	2	0	29	26	0	15	3		171	27	9			13	.359	.387	.746
7	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	.315	526	121	438	89	138	30	0	12	42	82	2	82	37	14	204	42	1	3	1	4	.423	.466	.889
8	David Ortiz D. Ortiz	.315	626	151	537	79	169	48	1	38	127	80	2	86	2	0	333	87	0	7	15	22	.401	.620	1.021
9	Pete Rose P. Rose	.314	486	108	433	72	136	16	5	0	33	46	3	26	4	3	162	21	1	3	5	8	.381	.374	.756
10	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	.313	623	139	560	56	175	35	5	8	87	47	1	77	11	4	244	48	2	13	9	14	.359	.436	.795
11	Harold Baines H. Baines	.312	486	135	430	62	134	18	1	25	103	54	0	48	1	2	229	44	0	2	3	16	.387	.533	.919
12	Paul Waner P. Waner	.311	267	82	225	29	70	16	0	1	27	35	1	9	0		89	17	6			9	.406	.396	.802
13	Kenny Lofton K. Lofton	.310	373	91	329	55	102	18	5	3	25	35	1	34	7	4	139	26	5	3	1	3	.375	.422	.797
14	Luke Appling L. Appling	.306	573	139	503	67	154	29	0	8	49	65	1	28	8		207	37	4			15	.387	.412	.798
15	Nelson Cruz N. Cruz	.305	489	122	426	70	130	17	1	34	77	51	8	111	1	0	251	52	0	4	8	17	.387	.589	.976
16	Moises Alou M. Alou	.303	362	94	333	46	101	28	1	15	56	26	0	34	3	1	176	44	0	3	3	16	.351	.529	.879
17	Ken Griffey K. Griffey	.300	155	66	140	19	42	4	0	4	25	12	1	8	2	1	58	8	0	2	0	1	.355	.414	.769
18	Gabby Hartnett G. Hartnett	.300	165	64	150	20	45	5	0	5	26	12	1	15	0		65	10	2			5	.356	.433	.789
19	Chuck Hostetler C. Hostetler	.297	290	88	263	40	78	9	2	0	20	21	0	31	4		91	11	6			4	.349	.346	.695
20	Bob Boone B. Boone	.295	392	122	352	38	104	17	0	5	39	29	2	26	2	2	136	22	9	0	2	9	.352	.386	.739
21	Edgar Martinez E. Martinez	.294	603	145	497	72	146	25	0	24	98	92	7	95	0	1	243	49	0	7	7	17	.406	.489	.895
22	Dave Winfield D. Winfield	.294	678	158	589	94	173	34	3	26	109	83	1	91	2	4	291	63	1	4	9	10	.380	.494	.874
23	Al Nixon A. Nixon	.293	328	93	311	38	91	18	2	4	41	13	1	20	5		125	24	3				.323	.402	.725
24	Jim Edmonds J. Edmonds	.291	114	42	103	21	30	7	0	8	15	10	0	22	1	0	61	15	0	1	0	1	.351	.592	.943
25	Barry Larkin B. Larkin	.290	313	93	279	43	81	11	3	8	39	28	1	31	1	0	122	22	2	3	1	12	.354	.437	.791