player most ba in the 9th inning, season, min 59 pa

Paul Molitor has the best batting average with 59+ plate appearances in the 9th inning in a season, with an average of .429 in 1991.

NAME AVG PA SEASON TM G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SO TB XBH SH SF IBB OBP SLG OPS
1 Paul Molitor
P. Molitor
.429
66
1991
MIL MIL
66
56
24
2
1
3
15
7
0
3
37
6
0
0
3
.492
.661
1.153
2 Ted Simmons
T. Simmons
.426
59
1975
STL STL
59
54
23
4
0
1
8
5
0
2
30
5
0
0
3
.475
.556
1.030
3 Sean Casey
S. Casey
.421
62
2003
CIN CIN
62
57
24
3
0
1
12
5
0
4
30
4
0
0
0
.468
.526
.994
4 Dan Uggla
D. Uggla
.417
65
2010
FLA FLA
65
60
25
6
0
3
10
5
0
20
40
9
0
0
1
.462
.667
1.128
5 Carlos Beltran
C. Beltran
.417
62
1999
KCR KCR
62
60
25
5
1
3
13
1
0
8
41
9
0
1
0
.419
.683
1.103
6 Keith Hernandez
K. Hernandez
.408
59
1982
STL STL
59
49
20
1
0
2
8
7
0
5
27
3
1
2
3
.466
.551
1.017
7 Albert Pujols
A. Pujols
.407
59
2016
LAA LAA
58
54
22
1
0
5
15
5
0
3
38
6
0
0
3
.458
.704
1.161
8 Luis Gonzalez
L. Gonzalez
.400
66
1999
ARI ARI
66
55
22
4
0
2
8
10
1
6
32
6
0
0
2
.500
.582
1.082
9 Fred McGriff
F. McGriff
.393
67
1988
TOR TOR
66
56
22
4
1
4
7
9
2
17
40
9
0
0
1
.493
.714
1.207
10 Don Mattingly
D. Mattingly
.393
62
1986
NYY NYY
62
56
22
5
0
1
11
4
0
1
30
6
0
2
2
.419
.536
.955
11 Willie Montanez
W. Montanez
.387
64
1975
TOT
64
62
24
2
0
1
10
2
0
3
29
3
0
0
1
.406
.468
.874
12 Marcell Ozuna
M. Ozuna
.386
64
2014
MIA MIA
63
57
22
2
0
7
15
6
0
16
45
9
0
1
0
.438
.789
1.227
13 Chase Utley
C. Utley
.385
62
2005
PHI PHI
60
52
20
7
0
3
12
9
1
12
36
10
0
0
1
.484
.692
1.176
14 Robinson Cano
R. Cano
.382
60
2009
NYY NYY
60
55
21
4
0
1
5
4
0
6
28
5
0
1
1
.417
.509
.926
15 Chili Davis
C. Davis
.380
60
1986
SFG SFG
60
50
19
4
0
3
10
6
1
6
32
7
1
2
3
.441
.640
1.081
16 Lane Thomas
L. Thomas
.379
60
2022
WSH WSH
60
58
22
2
0
2
7
2
0
15
30
4
0
0
0
.400
.517
.917
17 Scott Spiezio
S. Spiezio
.377
60
2003
ANA ANA
60
53
20
3
3
5
19
6
0
5
44
11
0
1
1
.433
.830
1.264
18 Alex Gonzalez
A. Gonzalez
.377
59
2002
CHC CHC
59
53
20
4
1
5
10
4
0
18
41
10
2
0
0
.421
.774
1.195
19 Michael Tucker
M. Tucker
.375
60
2004
SFG SFG
60
48
18
1
0
3
7
10
1
11
28
4
0
1
0
.483
.583
1.067
20 Tony Batista
T. Batista
.375
62
2000
TOR TOR
62
56
21
4
0
10
17
6
0
10
55
14
0
0
0
.435
.982
1.418
21 Tom Brunansky
T. Brunansky
.375
64
1988
TOT
64
56
21
3
0
5
12
7
0
11
39
8
1
0
0
.444
.696
1.141
22 Andre Dawson
A. Dawson
.375
62
1982
MON MON
62
56
21
4
1
3
7
2
3
7
36
8
0
1
0
.419
.643
1.062
23 Gary Carter
G. Carter
.373
63
1984
MON MON
63
59
22
6
0
3
7
4
0
6
37
9
0
0
0
.413
.627
1.040
24 Adam LaRoche
A. LaRoche
.373
64
2009
TOT
63
51
19
3
0
6
15
11
0
6
40
9
0
2
6
.469
.784
1.253
25 Jose Reyes
J. Reyes
.373
59
2007
NYM NYM
59
51
19
2
1
2
8
7
0
6
29
5
1
0
2
.448
.569
1.017
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