highest batting average by a player in 2003 with a minimum of 244 pa through july 1, 2003

Albert Pujols had the best batting average with 244+ plate appearances in 2003, with an average of .381.

	NAME	AVG	PA	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Albert Pujols A. Pujols	.381	347	2003	STL	81	307	74	117	29	0	23	72	32	4	26	0	1	215	52	0	4	5	4	.441	.700	1.141
2	Melvin Mora M. Mora	.350	284	2003	BAL	65	234	49	82	16	1	12	39	40	6	47	5	3	136	29	2	2	0	1	.454	.581	1.035
3	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	.342	365	2003	SEA	80	342	60	117	16	3	7	26	20	1	33	21	5	160	26	2	0	7	0	.380	.468	.848
4	Milton Bradley M. Bradley	.341	301	2003	CLE	67	249	43	85	26	0	6	37	44	4	51	13	4	129	32	0	4	3	8	.442	.518	.960
5	Nomar Garciaparra N. Garciaparra	.341	373	2003	BOS	79	343	71	117	23	12	12	56	19	4	26	8	3	200	47	1	6	0	7	.376	.583	.959
6	Todd Helton T. Helton	.337	373	2003	COL	84	312	72	105	29	2	14	64	55	1	36	0	1	180	45	0	5	9	13	.432	.577	1.009
7	Edgar Renteria E. Renteria	.334	347	2003	STL	80	311	48	104	26	1	7	56	29	0	25	17	3	153	34	2	5	5	10	.386	.492	.877
8	Hank Blalock H. Blalock	.332	299	2003	TEX	71	274	46	91	18	1	12	46	25	0	47	0	2	147	31	0	0	1	9	.388	.536	.924
9	Mike Lieberthal M. Lieberthal	.331	277	2003	PHI	64	248	33	82	14	1	5	35	23	4	27	0	0	113	20	0	2	1	3	.394	.456	.849
10	Jose Vidro J. Vidro	.330	326	2003	MON	77	279	46	92	24	0	10	41	41	3	26	2	1	146	34	0	3	4	9	.417	.523	.940
11	Eric Byrnes E. Byrnes	.328	293	2003	OAK	70	262	50	86	17	6	11	41	28	1	37	7	1	148	34	0	2	4	1	.392	.565	.957
12	Scott Podsednik S. Podsednik	.328	267	2003	MIL	74	232	43	76	8	6	3	24	27	4	42	17	5	105	17	4	0	0	5	.407	.453	.859
13	Richard Hidalgo R. Hidalgo	.323	267	2003	HOU	65	232	43	75	21	0	13	39	29	4	40	4	4	135	34	0	2	1	3	.404	.582	.986
14	Bill Mueller B. Mueller	.323	279	2003	BOS	71	248	40	80	30	3	5	34	23	2	39	1	3	131	38	4	2	1	4	.382	.528	.910
15	Manny Ramirez M. Ramirez	.322	356	2003	BOS	80	298	66	96	20	0	17	61	49	4	37	1	0	167	37	0	5	18	13	.419	.560	.979
16	Mike Sweeney M. Sweeney	.321	266	2003	KCR	62	215	40	69	11	0	12	50	47	1	29	2	2	116	23	0	3	4	6	.440	.540	.979
17	Gary Sheffield G. Sheffield	.320	333	2003	ATL	77	284	66	91	18	0	22	65	41	4	24	11	3	175	40	0	4	4	6	.408	.616	1.025
18	Michael Young M. Young	.319	343	2003	TEX	80	320	49	102	13	5	7	35	20	0	56	6	1	146	25	1	2	0	6	.357	.456	.813
19	Ronnie Belliard R. Belliard	.318	255	2003	COL	59	220	33	70	18	0	2	22	29	0	40	1	1	94	20	5	1	0	3	.396	.427	.823
20	Kevin Millar K. Millar	.318	297	2003	BOS	71	258	42	82	22	1	12	57	30	2	48	1	1	142	35	0	7	3	8	.384	.550	.934
21	Luis Castillo L. Castillo	.318	354	2003	FLA	80	318	54	101	8	3	5	23	30	1	24	14	9	130	16	4	1	0	3	.377	.409	.786
22	Ray Durham R. Durham	.318	277	2003	SFG	61	233	34	74	17	2	3	15	36	2	51	7	2	104	22	4	2	2	2	.410	.446	.857
23	Paul Lo Duca P. Lo Duca	.317	315	2003	LAD	74	284	30	90	19	2	5	29	22	4	27	0	1	128	26	5	0	3	7	.374	.451	.825
24	Luis Gonzalez L. Gonzalez	.316	353	2003	ARI	81	310	54	98	27	1	17	60	39	2	31	4	2	178	45	0	2	8	11	.394	.574	.968
25	Rocco Baldelli R. Baldelli	.315	336	2003	TBD	78	314	42	99	18	6	5	39	13	3	67	16	5	144	29	3	3	2	4	.345	.459	.804