who has hit the best batting average in the world series with more than 20 plate appearances

Phil Garner and Dave Robertson are tied for the highest career batting average in the World Series when making >20 plate appearances, with an average of .500.

NAME AVG PA SERIES G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO SB CS TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP OBP SLG OPS
1 Phil Garner
P. Garner
.500
28
World Series
7
24
4
12
4
0
0
5
3
1
1
0
0
16
4
0
0
2
0
.571
.667
1.238
2 Dave Robertson
D. Robertson
.500
23
World Series
6
22
3
11
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
14
2
0
0
0
.522
.636
1.158
3 Amos Otis
A. Otis
.478
26
World Series
6
23
4
11
2
0
3
7
3
0
3
0
0
22
5
0
0
1
2
.538
.957
1.495
4 Barry Bonds
B. Bonds
.471
30
World Series
7
17
8
8
2
0
4
6
13
0
3
0
0
22
6
0
0
7
0
.700
1.294
1.994
5 Max Carey
M. Carey
.458
31
World Series
7
24
6
11
4
0
0
2
2
3
3
3
1
15
4
2
0
0
.552
.625
1.177
6 David Ortiz
D. Ortiz
.455
59
World Series
14
44
14
20
6
0
3
14
14
0
5
0
0
35
9
0
1
4
0
.576
.795
1.372
7 Alan Trammell
A. Trammell
.450
23
World Series
5
20
5
9
1
0
2
6
2
0
2
1
1
16
3
1
0
0
0
.500
.800
1.300
8 Bobby Brown
B. Brown
.439
46
World Series
17
41
9
18
5
3
0
9
5
0
3
0
0
29
8
0
0
0
.500
.707
1.207
9 Jake Powell
J. Powell
.435
27
World Series
8
23
8
10
1
0
1
5
4
0
5
1
1
14
2
0
0
1
.519
.609
1.127
10 Marty Barrett
M. Barrett
.433
35
World Series
7
30
1
13
2
0
0
4
5
0
2
0
0
15
2
0
0
1
0
.514
.500
1.014
11 Pablo Sandoval
P. Sandoval
.426
50
World Series
12
47
9
20
4
0
3
8
2
1
7
0
0
33
7
0
0
1
2
.460
.702
1.162
12 Rusty Staub
R. Staub
.423
28
World Series
7
26
1
11
2
0
1
6
2
0
2
0
0
16
3
0
0
0
0
.464
.615
1.080
13 Tommy Pham
T. Pham
.421
21
World Series
5
19
3
8
3
0
1
2
1
0
5
0
0
14
4
0
1
0
0
.429
.737
1.165
14 Paul Molitor
P. Molitor
.418
61
World Series
13
55
15
23
2
2
2
11
5
1
4
2
1
35
6
0
0
0
1
.475
.636
1.112
15 Pepper Martin
P. Martin
.418
60
World Series
15
55
14
23
7
1
1
9
5
0
6
7
2
35
9
0
0
0
.467
.636
1.103
16 Tommy Thevenow
T. Thevenow
.417
26
World Series
8
24
5
10
1
0
1
4
0
1
1
0
0
14
2
1
0
0
.440
.583
1.023
17 Robin Yount
R. Yount
.414
31
World Series
7
29
6
12
3
0
1
6
2
0
2
0
0
18
4
0
0
0
1
.452
.621
1.072
18 Bob Boone
B. Boone
.412
22
World Series
6
17
3
7
2
0
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
9
2
0
1
0
0
.500
.529
1.029
19 Bill Bruton
B. Bruton
.412
22
World Series
7
17
2
7
0
0
1
2
5
0
5
0
0
10
1
0
0
0
1
.545
.588
1.134
20 Lance Berkman
L. Berkman
.410
50
World Series
11
39
9
16
3
0
1
11
10
0
12
1
0
22
4
0
1
3
0
.520
.564
1.084
21 Bobby Doerr
B. Doerr
.409
24
World Series
6
22
1
9
1
0
1
3
2
0
2
0
0
13
2
0
0
0
.458
.591
1.049
22 J.T. Snow
J.T. Snow
.407
29
World Series
7
27
6
11
1
0
1
4
2
0
1
0
0
15
2
0
0
0
0
.448
.556
1.004
23 Jeremy Peña
J. Peña
.400
26
World Series
6
25
5
10
2
0
1
3
1
0
7
0
1
15
3
0
0
0
0
.423
.600
1.023
24 Todd Zeile
T. Zeile
.400
21
World Series
5
20
1
8
2
0
0
1
1
0
5
0
0
10
2
0
0
1
0
.429
.500
.929
25 Ricky Ledee
R. Ledee
.400
24
World Series
7
20
1
8
4
0
0
5
3
0
5
0
1
12
4
0
1
0
0
.458
.600
1.058
StatMuse has game-level data for batting average and plate appearances going back to the 1903 playoffs.
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R

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SO

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AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
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