Sam Rice has the best career batting average by a 44-year-old player when making 100+ plate appearances, with an average of .293.
| 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 |  | S. Rice | .293 | 365 | 97 | 335 | 48 | 98 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 26 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 122 | 21 | 2 | .347 | .364 | .711 | ||||
| 2 |  | J. Franco | .286 | 274 | 111 | 241 | 34 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 31 | 1 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 92 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | .369 | .382 | .750 |
| 3 |  | T. Perez | .269 | 206 | 67 | 182 | 14 | 49 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 28 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .340 | .379 | .719 |
| 4 |  | P. Rose | .259 | 484 | 115 | 390 | 59 | 101 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 85 | 4 | 35 | 8 | 1 | 122 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | .393 | .313 | .706 |
| 5 |  | O. Vizquel | .230 | 167 | 56 | 152 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .270 | .283 | .553 |
| 6 |  | C. Fisk | .229 | 214 | 62 | 188 | 12 | 43 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | .313 | .309 | .622 |
| 7 |  | C. Yastrzemski | .214 | 113 | 31 | 103 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .283 | .282 | .565 |
| 8 |  | B. Wallace | .153 | 108 | 32 | 98 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .202 | .163 | .365 |
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