Hideki Matsui had the best batting average against left-handed pitchers with 100+ games played in 2005, with an average of .354.
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top 10 batting averages by a player vs lefties in 2005, minimum 100 games| NAME | AVG | G | SEASON | TM | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SO | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | OBP | SLG | OPS | ||
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| 1 |  | H. Matsui | .354 | 104 | 2005 |  NYY | 209 | 74 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 16 | 0 | 33 | 229 | 121 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .393 | .579 | .972 |
| 2 |  | D. Ortiz | .302 | 102 | 2005 |  BOS | 205 | 62 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 46 | 20 | 1 | 38 | 229 | 109 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .362 | .532 | .894 |
| 3 | | M. Teixeira | .292 | 101 | 2005 |  TEX | 171 | 50 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 33 | 191 | 85 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .361 | .497 | .858 |
| 4 | | B. Abreu | .275 | 109 | 2005 |  PHI | 207 | 57 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 3 | 45 | 235 | 84 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .353 | .406 | .759 |
| 5 | | E. Chavez | .264 | 111 | 2005 |  OAK | 216 | 57 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 41 | 20 | 2 | 61 | 241 | 91 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .328 | .421 | .749 |
| 6 | | A. Dunn | .197 | 107 | 2005 |  CIN | 188 | 37 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 62 | 224 | 87 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .321 | .463 | .784 |
| 7 | | H. Blalock | .196 | 109 | 2005 | TEX | 194 | 38 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 53 | 202 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .228 | .356 | .583 |
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