highest career batting average for left-handed hitters since 1947

Since 1947, Ted Williams has the best batting average by a left-hander, with an average of .340.

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	NAME	AVG	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	Ted Williams T. Williams	.340	1,556	5,088	1,115	1,729	334	30	356	1,201	1,370	25	469	13	4	6,504	3,191	720	1	20	86	140	.480	.627	1.108	1540	786.4	.486	186	689.8
2	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	.338	2,440	9,288	1,383	3,141	543	85	135	1,138	790	24	434	319	125	10,232	4,259	763	45	85	203	259	.388	.459	.847	1582	379.2	.370	132	390.4
3	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	.328	2,439	9,180	1,513	3,010	578	61	118	1,014	1,412	23	745	24	35	10,740	4,064	757	29	96	180	236	.415	.443	.858	1746	493.9	.381	132	411
4	Rod Carew R. Carew	.328	2,469	9,315	1,424	3,053	445	112	92	1,015	1,018	25	1,028	353	187	10,550	3,998	649	128	64	144	216	.393	.429	.822	1576	435.7	.369	132	379.9
5	Stan Musial S. Musial	.326	2,415	8,649	1,510	2,818	540	113	423	1,594	1,300	41	593	48	31	10,057	4,853	1,076	14	53	127	209	.414	.561	.975	1951	789.4	.430	154	672.6
6	Todd Helton T. Helton	.316	2,247	7,962	1,401	2,519	592	37	369	1,406	1,335	57	1,175	37	29	9,450	4,292	998	3	93	185	186	.414	.539	.953	1765	612.5	.405	132	389.5
7	Luis Arraez L. Arraez	.316	991	3,840	503	1,213	202	25	42	372	264	25	243	41	18	4,188	1,591	269	21	38	22	82	.360	.414	.775	576	76.7	.337	116	79.3
8	Larry Walker L. Walker	.313	1,988	6,907	1,355	2,160	471	62	383	1,311	913	138	1,231	230	76	8,030	3,904	916	7	65	117	153	.400	.565	.965	1532	556.6	.412	140	406.2
9	Lyman Bostock L. Bostock	.311	526	2,004	305	624	102	30	23	250	171	9	174	45	28	2,214	855	155	10	20	20	64	.365	.427	.791	305	60.5	.355	122	55.8
10	Harry Walker H. Walker	.311	459	1,508	213	469	69	23	5	111	162	5	105	23	0	1,702	599	97	27	0	0	23	.380	.397	.777	233	33.6	.366	110	21.6
11	Ichiro Suzuki I. Suzuki	.311	2,653	9,934	1,420	3,089	362	96	117	780	647	55	1,080	509	117	10,734	3,994	575	50	48	181	92	.355	.402	.757	1322	46.3	.328	104	61.4
12	Dale Mitchell D. Mitchell	.311	1,116	3,940	548	1,225	166	61	41	398	345	5	117	44	14	4,312	1,636	268	21	1	3	64	.367	.415	.782	589	82.6	.362	113	72.5
13	Richie Ashburn R. Ashburn	.308	2,189	8,365	1,322	2,574	317	109	29	586	1,198	43	571	234	92	9,736	3,196	455	112	18	25	83	.396	.382	.778	1374	247.3	.362	115	179.4
14	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	.307	1,785	7,003	1,007	2,153	442	20	222	1,099	588	21	444	14	9	7,721	3,301	684	13	96	136	191	.358	.471	.830	1133	246.8	.361	124	221.6
15	Matty Alou M. Alou	.307	1,667	5,789	780	1,777	236	50	31	427	311	36	377	156	80	6,220	2,206	317	55	29	38	101	.345	.381	.726	734	80	.327	106	38.1
16	Joe Mauer J. Mauer	.306	1,858	6,930	1,018	2,123	428	30	143	923	939	25	1,034	52	19	7,960	3,040	601	6	60	145	208	.388	.439	.827	1179	245.6	.358	123	220.6
17	Dixie Walker D. Walker	.306	365	1,118	142	342	54	7	12	166	175	1	55	7		1,313	446	73	19			20	.400	.399	.799	194	41.4	.380	115	25.1
18	Ralph Garr R. Garr	.306	1,317	5,108	717	1,562	212	64	75	408	246	19	445	172	83	5,456	2,127	351	62	21	46	72	.339	.416	.755	679	89.8	.339	106	35.6
19	George Brett G. Brett	.305	2,707	10,349	1,583	3,154	665	137	317	1,596	1,096	33	908	201	97	11,624	5,044	1,119	26	120	229	235	.369	.487	.857	1799	496.2	.374	132	436.3
20	Rusty Greer R. Greer	.305	1,027	3,829	643	1,166	258	25	119	614	519	22	555	31	15	4,420	1,831	402	6	44	16	91	.387	.478	.865	723	164.6	.378	121	120.5
21	Tony Oliva T. Oliva	.304	1,676	6,301	870	1,917	329	48	220	947	448	59	645	86	55	6,879	3,002	597	14	57	131	139	.353	.476	.830	1008	281.1	.365	129	222.2
22	Hal Morris H. Morris	.304	1,246	3,998	535	1,216	246	21	76	513	356	22	548	45	24	4,443	1,732	343	28	39	55	105	.361	.433	.794	611	73.9	.349	111	58.4
23	Will Clark W. Clark	.303	1,976	7,173	1,186	2,176	440	47	284	1,205	937	59	1,190	67	48	8,283	3,562	771	13	101	155	100	.384	.497	.880	1356	372.4	.381	136	356.6
24	Mark Grace M. Grace	.303	2,245	8,065	1,179	2,445	511	45	173	1,146	1,075	34	642	70	48	9,290	3,565	729	17	99	114	192	.383	.442	.825	1393	277.1	.364	120	225.5
25	Al Oliver A. Oliver	.303	2,368	9,049	1,189	2,743	529	77	219	1,326	535	82	756	84	64	9,778	4,083	825	17	95	119	254	.344	.451	.795	1331	259.5	.352	121	228

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Braves - y	94	68	.580
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Tue 9/15	CWS	@	CLE	6-7
Tue 9/15	ATH	@	TBR	1-2
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Sat 10/17	TBR	@	CLE	8:00 PM
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