best starting pitcher batting average since 2000 100+ pa

Since 2000, Micah Owings has the best batting average by a starting pitcher when making 100+ plate appearances, with an average of .302.

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	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	Micah Owings M. Owings	.302	149	64	139	21	42	10	2	6	23	5	0	46	0	0	74	18	3	2	0	1	.322	.532	.854
2	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	.274	386	95	329	53	90	15	5	19	55	55	2	93	5	2	172	39	0	0	7	6	.381	.523	.904
3	Brandon Backe B. Backe	.270	150	72	126	19	34	5	2	4	16	9	2	45	1	0	55	11	13	0	0	1	.328	.437	.765
4	Mike Hampton M. Hampton	.267	467	194	415	53	111	13	1	16	56	19	1	111	1	3	174	30	29	3	0	7	.299	.419	.718
5	Darren Oliver D. Oliver	.247	101	45	89	6	22	4	0	1	9	3	2	27	0	0	29	5	7	0	0	3	.287	.326	.613
6	Carlos Zambrano C. Zambrano	.245	709	285	660	74	162	26	3	24	68	10	0	225	1	0	266	53	36	3	0	13	.256	.403	.659
7	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	.243	242	113	210	19	51	11	1	2	30	0	0	58	0	0	70	14	32	0	0	3	.243	.333	.576
8	Dontrelle Willis D. Willis	.242	424	173	368	41	89	12	5	9	39	21	2	63	0	1	138	26	32	1	0	4	.286	.375	.661
9	Wade LeBlanc W. LeBlanc	.240	143	74	121	6	29	1	0	0	2	3	1	30	0	0	30	1	18	0	0	1	.264	.248	.512
10	Omar Daal O. Daal	.231	159	80	134	12	31	6	0	2	15	6	0	27	0	0	43	8	19	0	0	5	.264	.321	.585
11	Chris Narveson C. Narveson	.227	131	63	110	5	25	3	0	0	12	5	1	42	0	0	28	3	15	0	0	0	.267	.255	.522
12	Daniel Hudson D. Hudson	.226	127	53	106	7	24	5	0	1	21	5	1	35	0	0	32	6	14	1	0	3	.265	.302	.567
13	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	.224	591	246	514	49	115	29	1	9	34	25	2	110	9	1	173	39	46	4	0	7	.261	.337	.597
14	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	.223	902	353	783	52	175	31	2	8	68	7	2	89	0	0	234	41	108	2	0	27	.232	.299	.531
15	Brandon Duckworth B. Duckworth	.222	128	64	108	8	24	4	0	0	8	10	0	19	0	0	28	4	10	0	0	5	.288	.259	.547
16	Henderson Alvarez III H. Alvarez III	.220	115	54	100	5	22	4	0	1	9	1	0	36	0	0	29	5	12	2	0	0	.223	.290	.513
17	John Thomson J. Thomson	.218	242	106	202	13	44	5	1	0	14	6	0	80	0	0	51	6	33	1	0	2	.239	.252	.492
18	Braden Looper B. Looper	.216	207	91	171	14	37	5	1	0	18	10	1	55	0	0	44	6	25	0	0	4	.264	.257	.521
19	Tyler Chatwood T. Chatwood	.209	221	113	187	10	39	3	1	0	16	7	0	44	0	0	44	4	27	0	0	1	.237	.235	.472
20	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	.208	412	174	375	26	78	9	0	3	29	14	0	112	1	0	96	12	23	0	0	8	.237	.256	.493
21	Kevin Tapani K. Tapani	.208	126	58	106	4	22	2	0	1	6	4	0	34	0	1	27	3	16	0	0	1	.236	.255	.491
22	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	.207	158	70	135	11	28	3	1	2	12	1	0	43	0	0	39	6	21	1	0	3	.212	.289	.501
23	Russ Ortiz R. Ortiz	.206	481	205	399	34	82	21	0	4	38	30	2	104	0	0	115	25	46	4	0	8	.262	.288	.550
24	Max Fried M. Fried	.203	138	64	118	15	24	6	0	0	8	8	0	38	0	0	30	6	12	0	0	0	.254	.254	.508
25	Jeff Weaver J. Weaver	.203	221	93	192	11	39	5	1	0	13	6	1	64	0	0	46	6	22	0	0	1	.231	.240	.471

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