highest batting average in a season, minimum 500 plate appearances, by an a's batter since 1970

Since 1970, Jason Giambi has the best batting average for the Oakland Athletics with 500+ plate appearances in a season, with an average of .342 in 2001.

	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	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	.342	671	2001	OAK	154	520	109	178	47	2	38	120	129	13	83	2	0	343	87	0	9	24	17	.477	.660	1.137	162	78.3	.465	193	78.7
2	Carney Lansford C. Lansford	.336	616	1989	OAK	148	551	81	185	28	2	2	52	51	9	25	37	15	223	32	1	4	2	21	.398	.405	.803	92	24.6	.366	136	25.4
3	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	.333	664	2000	OAK	152	510	108	170	29	1	43	137	137	9	96	2	0	330	73	0	8	6	9	.476	.647	1.123	163	75.5	.471	182	74.3
4	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	.325	594	1990	OAK	136	489	119	159	33	3	28	61	97	4	60	65	10	282	64	2	2	2	13	.439	.577	1.016	125	58.9	.447	190	60.9
5	Erubiel Durazo E. Durazo	.321	578	2004	OAK	142	511	80	164	35	1	22	88	56	9	104	3	2	267	58	0	2	9	7	.396	.523	.919	102	30.2	.392	139	28.8
6	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	.315	695	1999	OAK	158	575	115	181	36	1	33	123	105	7	106	1	1	318	70	0	8	6	11	.422	.553	.975	137	46.6	.418	149	46
7	Mark Kotsay M. Kotsay	.314	673	2004	OAK	148	606	78	190	37	3	15	63	55	2	70	8	5	278	55	5	5	5	6	.370	.459	.829	99	16	.358	117	14.3
8	Mark McGwire M. McGwire	.312	548	1996	OAK	130	423	104	132	21	0	52	113	116	8	112	0	0	309	73	0	1	16	14	.467	.730	1.198	142	71.8	.489	190	68.5
9	Jacob Wilson J. Wilson	.311	523	2025	ATH	125	486	62	151	26	0	13	63	27	7	39	5	2	216	39	2	1	1	16	.355	.444	.800	77	14.8	.348	124	14.9
10	Claudell Washington C. Washington	.308	635	1975	OAK	148	590	86	182	24	7	10	77	32	5	80	40	15	250	41	1	7	9	12	.345	.424	.769	81	11.3	.345	120	14.2
11	Miguel Tejada M. Tejada	.308	715	2002	OAK	162	662	108	204	30	0	34	131	38	11	84	7	2	336	64	0	4	3	21	.354	.508	.861	112	26.5	.371	130	26
12	Mitchell Page M. Page	.307	592	1977	OAK	145	501	85	154	28	8	21	75	78	6	95	42	5	261	57	4	3	6	7	.405	.521	.926	107	38.1	.404	157	39.7
13	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	.307	705	1988	OAK	158	610	120	187	34	0	42	124	78	10	128	40	16	347	76	1	6	10	15	.391	.569	.959	134	56.9	.419	170	56.8
14	Joe Rudi J. Rudi	.305	653	1972	OAK	147	593	94	181	32	9	19	75	37	2	62	3	4	288	60	15	6	6	15	.345	.486	.830	95	31.5	.372	151	33.2
15	Dave Henderson D. Henderson	.304	570	1988	OAK	146	507	100	154	38	1	24	94	47	4	92	2	4	266	63	5	7	1	14	.363	.525	.887	96	34.1	.391	152	34
16	Scott Brosius S. Brosius	.304	500	1996	OAK	114	428	73	130	25	0	22	71	59	7	85	7	2	221	47	1	5	4	11	.393	.516	.909	89	24.4	.392	131	21.4
17	Rickey Henderson R. Henderson	.303	722	1980	OAK	158	591	111	179	22	4	9	53	117	5	54	100	26	236	35	6	3	7	6	.420	.399	.820	112	31.3	.377	137	31.2
18	Josh Donaldson J. Donaldson	.301	668	2013	OAK	158	579	89	174	37	3	24	93	76	6	110	5	2	289	64	1	6	2	15	.384	.499	.883	110	36.7	.384	148	36.2
19	Carney Lansford C. Lansford	.300	651	1984	OAK	151	597	70	179	31	5	14	74	40	3	62	9	3	262	50	2	9	6	12	.342	.439	.781	86	13.7	.345	118	13.8
20	Mike Bordick M. Bordick	.300	572	1992	OAK	154	504	62	151	19	4	3	48	40	9	59	12	6	187	26	14	5	2	10	.358	.371	.729	69	7.4	.334	113	8.3
21	Jay Payton J. Payton	.296	588	2006	OAK	142	557	78	165	32	3	10	59	22	4	52	8	4	233	45	0	5	1	12	.325	.418	.743	69	-5.1	.321	92	-5.8
22	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	.295	657	1998	OAK	153	562	92	166	28	0	27	110	81	5	102	2	2	275	55	0	9	7	16	.384	.489	.873	107	25.5	.378	126	22.4
23	Jason Kendall J. Kendall	.295	626	2006	OAK	143	552	76	163	23	0	1	50	53	12	54	11	5	189	24	4	5	2	19	.367	.342	.709	73	-5.5	.321	92	-6.2
24	Harold Baines H. Baines	.295	566	1991	OAK	141	488	76	144	25	1	20	90	72	1	67	0	1	231	46	0	5	22	12	.383	.473	.857	87	23.1	.371	135	23.3
25	Matt Stairs M. Stairs	.294	593	1998	OAK	149	523	88	154	33	1	26	106	59	6	93	8	3	267	60	1	4	4	13	.370	.511	.880	97	24	.380	128	21.3