who has the highest batting average in baseball hall of fame pitcher

Sam Rice and Roger Bresnahan are tied for the highest career batting average by a pitcher Hall of Famer, with an average of .375.

	NAME	AVG	HOF	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Sam Rice S. Rice	.375	1963	4	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	3	0	0				.375	.375	.750	1	0.2	.360	121	0.2
2	Roger Bresnahan R. Bresnahan	.375	1945	6	16	1	6	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0		17	6	0	0				.412	.375	.787	3	0.5	.385	112	0.3
3	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	.299	1936	166	361	49	108	22	7	9	50	31	0	68	0		405	171	38	13				.355	.474	.828	62	22.3	.396	148	20.7
4	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	.269	1967	882	1,937	207	521	98	13	36	273	97	6	266	1		2,083	753	147	43			13	.306	.389	.695	220	-37.6	.318	80	-55.3
5	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	.248	1977	487	1,730	209	429	42	29	8	176	27	6	141	25		1,765	553	79	2				.262	.320	.582	165	-104.1	.274	61	-108.8
6	Burleigh Grimes B. Grimes	.248	1964	632	1,535	157	380	62	11	2	168	69	5	241	15		1,685	470	75	76				.282	.306	.588	118	-85.1	.277	56	-93.5
7	John Ward J. Ward	.247	1964	206	858	138	212	26	10	3		15					873	267	39						.311		110	-6.7	.260	94	-6.4
8	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	.236	1939	647	2,466	307	582	64	11	9	113	158	9	11	26		2,633	695	84					.284	.282	.566	328	-56.5	.270	83	-69.6
9	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	.235	1936	934	2,324	241	547	94	41	24	255	110	13	418	13		2,517	795	159	70				.274	.342	.616	214	-62.8	.293	74	-75.1
10	Ted Lyons T. Lyons	.233	1955	705	1,563	162	364	49	9	5	149	73	7	201	0		1,726	446	63	83			9	.270	.285	.556	101	-113.9	.261	44	-133.1
11	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	.233	1976	605	1,174	148	273	54	9	37	147	93	2	237	2	0	1,321	456	100	49	3	0	9	.289	.388	.678	129	-24.4	.310	81	-29.1
12	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	.226	1987	302	658	60	149	16	3	6	51	8	0	160	2	0	710	189	25	39	5	0	10	.234	.287	.521	35	-37.5	.235	49	-39.5
13	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	.226	1949	650	2,090	273	472	58	24	16	278	137	12	307	19		2,264	626	98	25				.277	.300	.577	215	-113	.280	59	-140.5
14	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	.225	1953	324	717	76	161	23	4	8	76	9	1	104	5		766	216	35	39				.235	.301	.536	36	-59.2	.245	35	-61.8
15	Mickey Welch M. Welch	.224	1973	607	2,201	268	492	93	16	12	88	82	3	14	10		2,286	653	121					.252	.297	.549	255	-74.2	.255	75	-86.7
16	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	.219	1963	546	1,974	254	432	73	26	24	213	81	1	118	31		2,060	629	123	4				.250	.319	.569	217	-88.2	.266	64	-116.1
17	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	.215	1936	647	1,687	151	362	50	12	7	167	116	17	218	20		1,889	457	69	69				.272	.271	.543	140	-65	.268	65	-77.7
18	Early Wynn E. Wynn	.214	1972	796	1,704	136	365	59	5	17	173	141	2	330	1	0	1,903	485	81	52	4	0	33	.274	.285	.559	120	-96.3	.264	55	-104.2
19	Chief Bender C. Bender	.212	1953	506	1,147	102	243	40	10	6	116	75	10	160	20		1,274	321	56	42				.266	.280	.546	91	-42.1	.269	68	-46.4
20	Cy Young C. Young	.210	1937	918	2,960	325	623	87	35	18	290	81	10	373	29		3,101	834	140	50				.234	.282	.516	198	-212.2	.245	45	-238.4
21	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	.209	1938	703	1,810	154	378	60	13	11	163	77	2	276	3		1,977	497	84	88				.242	.275	.517	97	-128.2	.247	41	-142.4
22	Bobby Wallace B. Wallace	.207	1953	34	111	16	23	3	3	0	11	6	2	18	0		125	32	6	6				.261	.288	.549	9	-11.7	.263	39	-13.3
23	CC Sabathia	.207	2025	48	121	7	25	3	0	3	15	2	0	36	0	0	127	37	6	4	0	0	7	.220	.306	.525	5	-10.3	.229	30	-10.8
24	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	.206	1981	596	1,328	132	274	44	5	24	144	63	8	415	13	10	1,489	400	73	72	18	0	13	.243	.301	.545	89	-69.6	.247	49	-86.2
25	Eddie Plank E. Plank	.206	1946	630	1,607	130	331	39	7	3	122	71	24	266	13		1,778	393	49	76				.250	.245	.495	103	-87.8	.244	51	-98