Julio Franco has the best career batting average by a 45-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 | ||
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| 1 |  | J. Franco | .293 | 305 | 112 | 270 | 34 | 79 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 45 | 32 | 0 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 120 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | .364 | .444 | .808 |
| 2 |  | O. Vizquel | .241 | 154 | 56 | 145 | 12 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | .268 | .290 | .558 |
| 3 |  | P. Rose | .219 | 272 | 72 | 237 | 15 | 52 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 30 | 4 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 64 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .316 | .270 | .586 |
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