highest lead-off batting average by a mlb player all-time

Ralph Garr had a .300 batting average when leading off a game in his career.

	NAME	AVG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	OBP	SLG	OPS
1	Ralph Garr R. Garr	.300	537	510	153	18	14	9	9	26	1	38	537	226	41	0	0	0	.335	.443	.778
2	Davey Nelson D. Nelson	.194	108	98	19	3	0	0	0	10	0	16	108	22	3	0	0	0	.269	.224	.493
3	Bill North B. North	.257	697	606	156	14	3	6	6	87	4	120	697	194	23	0	0	0	.354	.320	.675
4	Pete Rose P. Rose	.285	1,097	1,001	285	56	3	5	5	87	9	60	1,097	362	64	0	0	0	.347	.362	.709
5	Bobby Bonds B. Bonds	.236	301	259	61	10	5	7	7	41	1	77	301	102	22	0	0	0	.342	.394	.736
6	Ed Brinkman E. Brinkman	.100	11	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	.182	.100	.282
7	Lou Brock L. Brock	.285	501	471	134	20	4	2	2	29	1	78	501	168	26	0	0	0	.327	.357	.684
8	Al Bumbry A. Bumbry	.288	1,069	970	279	43	11	12	12	98	1	164	1,069	380	66	0	0	0	.354	.392	.745
9	Sergio Ferrer S. Ferrer	.357	16	14	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	16	8	2	0	0	0	.438	.571	1.009
10	Greg Gross G. Gross	.303	332	290	88	10	4	0	0	42	0	22	332	106	14	0	0	0	.392	.366	.757
11	Tommy Harper T. Harper	.250	121	108	27	6	0	2	2	12	1	20	121	39	8	0	0	0	.331	.361	.692
12	Pat Kelly P. Kelly	.312	247	205	64	9	6	3	3	40	2	27	247	94	18	0	0	0	.429	.459	.888
13	Davey Lopes D. Lopes	.260	1,058	934	243	40	7	28	28	119	5	151	1,058	381	75	0	0	0	.347	.408	.755
14	Don Money D. Money	.299	208	194	58	7	1	10	10	13	1	24	208	97	18	0	0	0	.346	.500	.846
15	Freddie Patek F. Patek	.254	213	193	49	8	2	1	1	19	1	39	213	64	11	0	0	0	.324	.332	.656
16	Mickey Rivers M. Rivers	.288	784	753	217	45	11	11	11	29	2	65	784	317	67	0	0	0	.316	.421	.737
17	Rennie Stennett R. Stennett	.243	309	292	71	9	4	1	1	16	1	29	309	91	14	0	0	0	.285	.312	.596
18	Bobby Tolan B. Tolan	.227	81	75	17	4	0	2	2	3	3	12	81	27	6	0	0	0	.284	.360	.644
19	Buddy Bradford B. Bradford	.346	28	26	9	1	0	1	1	2	0	4	28	13	2	0	0	0	.393	.500	.893
20	Dave Cash D. Cash	.281	746	691	194	36	8	3	3	51	4	32	746	255	47	0	0	0	.334	.369	.703
21	Wayne Garrett W. Garrett	.200	107	90	18	1	1	1	1	17	0	17	107	24	3	0	0	0	.327	.267	.594
22	John Lowenstein J. Lowenstein	.203	153	143	29	1	1	1	1	9	1	24	153	35	3	0	0	0	.255	.245	.500
23	Roger Metzger R. Metzger	.286	15	14	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	15	7	2	0	0	0	.333	.500	.833
24	Roy White R. White	.244	147	131	32	5	3	0	0	15	1	13	147	43	8	0	0	0	.327	.328	.655
25	Paul Blair P. Blair	.222	57	54	12	2	0	1	1	3	0	4	57	17	3	0	0	0	.263	.315	.578

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