Tony Perez has the highest career batting average by a 43-year-old player when making 100+ plate appearances, with an average of .305.
| 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 |  | T. Perez | .305 | 216 | 74 | 190 | 23 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 81 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .380 | .426 | .806 |
| 2 |  | P. Rose | .293 | 394 | 116 | 352 | 38 | 103 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .361 | .338 | .699 |
| 3 |  | O. Vizquel | .291 | 393 | 107 | 347 | 36 | 101 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 33 | 2 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 120 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 8 | .352 | .346 | .698 |
| 4 |  | J. Franco | .290 | 397 | 123 | 352 | 53 | 102 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 1 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 147 | 26 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | .359 | .418 | .777 |
| 5 |  | C. Yastrzemski | .284 | 462 | 119 | 398 | 42 | 113 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 66 | 60 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 1 | 176 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 16 | .381 | .442 | .823 |
| 6 |  | B. Bonds | .269 | 143 | 40 | 108 | 25 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | .441 | .556 | .996 |
| 7 |  | H. Wagner | .265 | 263 | 74 | 230 | 15 | 61 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 24 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 70 | 8 | 8 | .337 | .304 | .642 | ||||
| 8 |  | I. Suzuki | .255 | 215 | 136 | 196 | 19 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .318 | .332 | .649 |
| 9 | | C. Fisk | .241 | 501 | 134 | 460 | 42 | 111 | 25 | 0 | 18 | 74 | 32 | 7 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 190 | 43 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 19 | .299 | .413 | .712 |
| 10 | | L. Appling | .234 | 144 | 50 | 128 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 41 | 7 | 4 | 7 | .300 | .320 | .620 | |||
| 11 |  | R. Henderson | .223 | 222 | 72 | 179 | 40 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 38 | 4 | 47 | 8 | 2 | 63 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .369 | .352 | .721 |
| 12 |  | D. Winfield | .191 | 130 | 46 | 115 | 11 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .285 | .287 | .572 |
| 13 |  | G. Nettles | .184 | 110 | 84 | 98 | 9 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .255 | .276 | .530 |
| 14 | | E. Slaughter | .161 | 130 | 80 | 112 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .264 | .313 | .576 |
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