Freddie Freeman had the best batting average by a first baseman in 2022, with an average of .325.

Interpreted as:

MLB best average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game for first baseman 2022

	NAME	AVG	SEASON	TM	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Freddie Freeman F. Freeman	.325	2022	LAD	159	612	117	199	47	2	21	100	84	5	102	13	3	708	313	70	7	12	6	.407	.511	.918	128	46.6	.393	158	47.7
2	Paul Goldschmidt P. Goldschmidt	.317	2022	STL	151	561	106	178	41	0	35	115	79	5	141	7	0	649	324	76	4	1	7	.404	.578	.981	131	56.5	.419	176	57.5
3	Luis Arraez L. Arraez	.316	2022	MIN	144	547	88	173	31	1	8	49	50	3	43	4	4	603	230	40	3	2	6	.375	.420	.795	88	19	.350	131	20.8
4	José Abreu J. Abreu	.304	2022	CWS	157	601	85	183	40	0	15	75	62	12	110	0	0	679	268	55	4	2	19	.378	.446	.824	106	27.8	.361	137	28.3
5	Nathaniel Lowe N. Lowe	.302	2022	TEX	157	593	74	179	26	3	27	76	48	4	147	2	2	645	292	56	0	2	10	.358	.492	.851	104	30	.368	141	29.7
6	Vladimir Guerrero Jr. V. Guerrero Jr.	.274	2022	TOR	160	638	90	175	35	0	32	97	58	6	116	8	3	706	306	67	4	6	26	.339	.480	.818	104	23.4	.351	132	25.5
7	Ty France T. France	.274	2022	SEA	140	551	65	151	27	1	20	83	35	21	94	0	0	612	240	48	5	3	18	.338	.436	.774	83	13.3	.337	125	17.2
8	Pete Alonso P. Alonso	.271	2022	NYM	160	597	95	162	27	0	40	131	67	12	128	5	1	685	309	67	9	16	17	.352	.518	.869	109	30.5	.366	142	33.1
9	Josh Bell J. Bell	.266	2022	TOT	156	552	78	147	29	3	17	71	81	5	102	0	1	644	233	49	6	4	22	.362	.422	.784	91	17.4	.344	124	17.6
10	C.J. Cron	.257	2022	COL	150	575	79	148	28	3	29	102	43	8	164	0	0	631	269	60	5	6	16	.315	.468	.783	85	12.5	.335	101	0.6
11	Ryan Mountcastle R. Mountcastle	.250	2022	BAL	145	555	62	139	28	1	22	85	43	4	154	4	1	609	235	51	7	1	12	.305	.423	.729	73	3	.316	108	5.5
12	Rhys Hoskins R. Hoskins	.246	2022	PHI	156	589	81	145	33	2	30	79	72	6	169	2	1	671	272	65	4	0	12	.332	.462	.794	96	18.9	.345	123	17.7
13	Yuli Gurriel Y. Gurriel	.242	2022	HOU	146	545	53	132	40	0	8	53	30	6	73	8	0	584	196	48	3	0	13	.288	.360	.647	55	-11.6	.285	85	-9.9
14	Christian Walker C. Walker	.242	2022	ARI	160	583	84	141	25	2	36	94	69	8	131	2	2	667	278	63	7	2	15	.327	.477	.804	96	19.3	.346	123	18.1
15	Matt Olson M. Olson	.240	2022	ATL	162	616	86	148	44	0	34	103	75	4	170	0	0	699	294	78	4	6	13	.325	.477	.802	99	18.9	.344	121	16.8
16	Seth Brown S. Brown	.230	2022	OAK	150	500	55	115	26	3	25	73	51	3	146	11	2	555	222	54	1	3	7	.305	.444	.749	70	6	.323	116	10.2
17	Anthony Rizzo A. Rizzo	.224	2022	NYY	130	465	77	104	21	1	32	75	58	23	101	6	5	548	223	54	2	6	13	.338	.480	.817	81	18.5	.352	134	20.8
18	Rowdy Tellez R. Tellez	.219	2022	MIL	153	529	67	116	23	0	35	89	62	5	121	2	1	599	244	58	3	9	20	.306	.461	.767	77	8.2	.327	110	7.1