Denard Span has the best career batting average when making 25+ plate appearances against Justin Verlander, with an average of .413.
| NAME | AVG | PA | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | D. Span | .413 | 47 | 14 | 46 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .426 | .609 | 1.034 |
| 2 |  | S. Perez | .413 | 67 | 22 | 63 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 42 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .418 | .667 | 1.085 |
| 3 | | B. Butler | .402 | 97 | 31 | 87 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .464 | .540 | 1.004 |
| 4 | | M. Izturis | .400 | 32 | 11 | 30 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .438 | .433 | .871 |
| 5 |  | T. France | .379 | 29 | 9 | 29 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .379 | .552 | .931 |
| 6 | | M. Bourn | .378 | 42 | 13 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .452 | .514 | .966 |
| 7 | | N. Aoki | .375 | 33 | 10 | 24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .375 | .875 |
| 8 |  | J. Abreu | .365 | 57 | 19 | 52 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .421 | .769 | 1.190 |
| 9 |  | D. Jeter | .359 | 44 | 13 | 39 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .432 | .436 | .868 |
| 10 | | A. Rios | .347 | 53 | 17 | 49 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .396 | .510 | .906 |
| 11 | | C. Blake | .346 | 31 | 10 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .452 | .500 | .952 |
| 12 |  | D. Ortiz | .343 | 39 | 13 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .410 | .657 | 1.067 |
| 13 | | L. Chisenhall | .340 | 50 | 18 | 47 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 31 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .380 | .660 | 1.040 |
| 14 | | H. Matsui | .333 | 25 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .360 | .500 | .860 |
| 15 | | K. Suzuki | .333 | 43 | 14 | 42 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .349 | .381 | .730 |
| 16 |  | J. RamÃrez | .326 | 50 | 17 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | .674 | 1.074 |
| 17 | | O. Cabrera | .326 | 45 | 13 | 43 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .356 | .465 | .821 |
| 18 | | C. Crisp | .323 | 35 | 11 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .364 | .484 | .848 |
| 19 | | V. Wells | .320 | 28 | 9 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .393 | .440 | .833 |
| 20 | | J. Mauer | .317 | 97 | 30 | 82 | 26 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .423 | .537 | .959 |
| 21 |  | A. Rodriguez | .314 | 40 | 13 | 35 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .400 | .771 | 1.171 |
| 22 |  | M. Moreland | .313 | 35 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .371 | .500 | .871 |
| 23 | | E. Aybar | .313 | 36 | 12 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .343 | .375 | .718 |
| 24 | | C. Crawford | .313 | 32 | 10 | 32 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .313 | .313 | .625 |
| 25 |  | DJ LeMahieu | .308 | 29 | 10 | 26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .379 | .577 | .956 |
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