CAREER LEADERS FOR BATTING AVERAGE

The Top 1,000 Best Batting Averages in MLB History | Baseball Almanac

Ted Williams once commented about those that fail 'only' seven times out of ten attempts will be the greatest in the game. He was right, and the list below reflects those great career hitters.

Notes: A minimum of 1,000 career games played and 1,000 career at-bats are needed to make this list, raw averages are presented to further clarify the one-thousand greatest career batting averages of all-time, and a bold faced entry denotes that the player was active during the previous Major League season. Research by Baseball Almanac.

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"I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher." - Hall of Famer Hornsby, Roger. Parker, Clifton Blue. Author. Big and Little Poison: Paul and Lloyd Waner, Baseball Brothers. McFarland Publishing. 9 December 2002. Page 92.

Batting Average

All Time Leaders | 'Top 1,000'

Ty Cobb .366 (.36636) 1
Rogers Hornsby .358 (.35850) 2
Joe Jackson .356 (.35575) 3
Ed Delahanty .346 (.34590) 4
Tris Speaker .345 (.34468) 5
Ted Williams .344 (.34441) 6
Billy Hamilton .344 (.34429) 7
Babe Ruth .342 (.34206) 8
Harry Heilmann .342 (.34159) 9
Pete Browning .341 (.34149) 10
Willie Keeler .341 (.34129) 11
Bill Terry .341 (.34116) 12
George Sisler .340 (.34015) 13
Lou Gehrig .340 (.34008) 14
Nap Lajoie .339 (.33914) 15
Jesse Burkett .338 (.33844) 16
Tony Gwynn .338 (.33818) 17
Riggs Stephenson .336 (.33607) 18
Dan Brouthers .335 (.33509) 19
Al Simmons .334 (.33417) 20
John McGraw .334 (.33359) 21
Paul Waner .333 (.33323) 22
Eddie Collins .333 (.33310) 23
Mike Donlin .333 (.33264) 24
Cap Anson .331 (.33084) 25
Stan Musial .331 (.33084)  
Heinie Manush .330 (.32976) 27
Honus Wagner .329 (.32886) 28
Wade Boggs .328 (.32789) 29
Rod Carew .328 (.32775) 30
Sam Thompson .327 (.32712) 31
Tip O'Neill .326 (.32573) 32
Bob Fothergill .325 (.32548) 33
Jimmie Foxx .325 (.32530) 34
Earle Combs .325 (.32475) 35
Joe DiMaggio .325 (.32459) 36
Babe Herman .324 (.32447) 37
Hugh Duffy .324 (.32406) 38
Joe Medwick .324 (.32364) 39
Edd Roush .323 (.32269) 40
Sam Rice .322 (.32226) 41
Ross Youngs .322 (.32224) 42
Kiki Cuyler .321 (.32104) 43
Charlie Gehringer .320 (.32043) 44
Chuck Klein .320 (.32007) 45
Pie Traynor .320 (.31962) 46
Mickey Cochrane .320 (.31960) 47
Ken Williams .319 (.31921) 48
Kirby Puckett .318 (.31806) 49
Earl Averill .318 (.31780) 50
Vladimir Guerrero .318 (.31760) 51
Arky Vaughan .318 (.31758) 52
Roberto Clemente .317 (.31733) 53
Chick Hafey .317 (.31697) 54
Joe Kelley .317 (.31687) 55
Zack Wheat .317 (.31671) 56
George Van Haltren .317 (.31654) 57
Lloyd Waner .316 (.31639) 58
Todd Helton .316 (.31638) 59
Frankie Frisch .316 (.31607) 60
Goose Goslin .316 (.31597) 61
Bibb Falk .314 (.31449) 62
Cecil Travis .314 (.31420) 63
Hank Greenberg .313 (.31350) 64
Jack Fournier .313 (.31317) 65
Elmer Flick .313 (.31302) 66
Nomar Garciaparra .313 (.31275) 67
Larry Walker .313 (.31273) 68
Bill Dickey .313 (.31254) 69
Dale Mitchell .312 (.31225) 70
Manny Ramirez .312 (.31223) 71
Johnny Mize .312 (.31212) 72
Joe Sewell .312 (.31211) 73
Fred Clarke .312 (.31186) 74
Barney McCosky .312 (.31184) 75
Edgar Martinez .312 (.31152) 76
Hughie Jennings .311 (.31138) 77
Freddie Lindstrom .311 (.31135) 78
Bing Miller .311 (.31133) 79
Jackie Robinson .311 (.31126) 80
Baby Doll Jacobson .311 (.31124) 81
Taffy Wright .311 (.31119) 82
Rip Radcliff .311 (.31100) 83
Ichiro Suzuki .311 (.31095) 84
Ginger Beaumont .311 (.31078) 85
Denny Lyons .310 (.31043) 86
Elmer Smith .310 (.31042) 87
Luke Appling .310 (.31041) 88
Irish Meusel .310 (.31041)  
Bobby Veach .310 (.30995) 90
Roger Connor .310 (.30988) 91
Jim Bottomley .310 (.30960) 92
John Stone .310 (.30952) 93
Derek Jeter .310 (.30951) 94
Sam Crawford .309 (.30940) 95
Bob Meusel .309 (.30922) 96
Magglio Ordonez .309 (.30897) 97
Jack Tobin .309 (.30871) 98
Spud Davis .308 (.30834) 99
Mike Piazza .308 (.30777) 100
Richie Ashburn .308 (.30771) 101
Jimmy Ryan .308 (.30769) 102
Jake Beckley .308 (.30758) 103
Stuffy McInnis .307 (.30747) 104
Don Mattingly .307 (.30744) 105
Joe Vosmik .307 (.30738) 106
Home Run Baker .307 (.30715) 107
Jose Altuve .307 (.30713) 108
George Burns .307 (.30701) 109
Matty Alou .307 (.30696) 110
Hack Wilson .307 (.30693) 111
Mike Tiernan .307 (.30678) 112
Johnny Pesky .307 (.30664) 113
Jim O'Rourke .307 (.30653) 114
Miguel Cabrera .306 (.30649) 115
George Kell .306 (.30648) 116
Joe Mauer .306 (.30635) 117
Paul Molitor .306 (.30632) 118
Dixie Walker .306 (.30623) 119
Cupid Childs .306 (.30616) 120
Ernie Lombardi .306 (.30606) 121
Ralph Garr .306 (.30579) 122
Hank Aaron .305 (.30500) 123
Chick Stahl .305 (.30499) 124
George Brett .305 (.30476) 125
Bill Madlock .305 (.30452) 126
Rusty Greer .305 (.30452)  
Billy Herman .304 (.30427) 128
Tony Oliva .304 (.30424) 129
Hal Morris .304 (.30415) 130
Mel Ott .304 (.30415)  
Manny Mota .304 (.30405) 132
Curt Walker .304 (.30362) 133
Chipper Jones .303 (.30343) 134
Will Clark .303 (.30336) 135
Charlie Jamieson .303 (.30335) 136
Moises Alou .303 (.30325) 137
Cy Seymour .303 (.30324) 138
Mark Grace .303 (.30316) 139
Jake Daubert .303 (.30314) 140
Al Oliver .303 (.30313) 141
George Harper .303 (.30312) 142
Henry Larkin .303 (.30288) 143
Steve Brodie .303 (.30286) 144
Pete Rose .303 (.30285) 145
Mike Greenwell .303 (.30283) 146
Buddy Myer .303 (.30278) 147
Harvey Kuenn .303 (.30262) 148
Hal Trosky .302 (.30246) 149
Ed McKean .302 (.30232) 150
George Grantham .302 (.30226) 151
Ben Chapman .302 (.30225) 152
Sean Casey .302 (.30221) 153
Carl Reynolds .302 (.30189) 154
Tommy Holmes .302 (.30188) 155
Buster Posey .302 (.30181) 156
Willie Mays .302 (.30172) 157
Joe Cronin .301 (.30149) 158
Rube Bressler .301 (.30147) 159
Stan Hack .301 (.30132) 160
Freddie Freeman .301 (.30131) 161
King Kelly .301 (.30108) 162
Frank Thomas .301 (.30101) 163
Robinson Cano .301 (.30081) 164
Mike Trout .301 (.30063) 165
Patsy Donovan .301 (.30056) 166
Roberto Alomar .300 (.30023) 167
John Kruk .300 (.30023)  
Wally Berger .300 (.30021) 169
Pedro Guerrero .300 (.30007) 170
Deacon White .300 (.30006) 171
Michael Young .300 (.29995) 172
Ethan Allen .300 (.29991) 173
Enos Slaughter .300 (.29990) 174
Earl Sheely .300 (.29971) 175
Billy Goodman .300 (.29961) 176
Oyster Burns .300 (.29955) 177
Frank Demaree .299 (.29947) 178
Carl Furillo .299 (.29947)  
Dustin Pedroia .299 (.29929) 180
Bake McBride .299 (.29925) 181
Rico Carty .299 (.29914) 182
Buck Ewing .299 (.29908) 183
Jack Doyle .299 (.29906) 184
Matt Holliday .299 (.29904) 185
Kenny Lofton .299 (.29901) 186
Frank McCormick .299 (.29897) 187
Sam West .299 (.29896) 188
Harry Rice .299 (.29893) 189
Dante Bichette .299 (.29870) 190
Minnie Minoso .298 (.29837) 191
Cecil Cooper .298 (.29827) 192
Jim Rice .298 (.29812) 193
Mickey Mantle .298 (.29807) 194
Jose Vidro .298 (.29806) 195
Barry Bonds .298 (.29806)  
Pepper Martin .298 (.29803) 197
Julio Franco .298 (.29803)  
Dom DiMaggio .298 (.29787) 199
Ted Kluszewski .298 (.29786) 200
Joe Judge .298 (.29780) 201
Pete Fox .298 (.29773) 202
Jo-Jo Moore .298 (.29759) 203
Michael Brantley .298 (.29752) 204
Joe Torre .297 (.29743) 205
Billy Southworth .297 (.29732) 206
Gabby Hartnett .297 (.29726) 207
Al Kaline .297 (.29725) 208
Buddy Lewis .297 (.29709) 209
Placido Polanco .297 (.29692) 210
Bernie Williams .297 (.29686) 211
Mike Sweeney .297 (.29684) 212
Jeff Bagwell .297 (.29678) 213
High Pockets Kelly .297 (.29668) 214
Orlando Cepeda .297 (.29658) 215
Shannon Stewart .297 (.29656) 216
Ivan Rodriguez .296 (.29650) 217
Ken Griffey .296 (.29644) 218
Ryan Braun .296 (.29644)  
Mike Griffin .296 (.29642) 220
Roy Johnson .296 (.29640) 221
Bob Johnson .296 (.29639) 222
Manny Sanguillen .296 (.29633) 223
Albert Pujols .296 (.29630) 224
David Wright .296 (.29627) 225
Frank Chance .296 (.29625) 226
Ripper Collins .296 (.29625)  
Johnny Hopp .296 (.29624) 228
Daniel Murphy .296 (.29616) 229
Jeff Cirillo .296 (.29615) 230
Trea Turner .296 (.29609) 231
Keith Hernandez .296 (.29607) 232
Don Mueller .296 (.29606) 233
Doc Cramer .296 (.29595) 234
Charlie Blackmon .296 (.29566) 235
Duke Snider .295 (.29549) 236
Brian Harper .295 (.29546) 237
Paul Hines .295 (.29541) 238
George Gore .295 (.29539) 239
Charlie Hickman .295 (.29533) 240
Hardy Richardson .295 (.29531) 241
Juan Gonzalez .295 (.29530) 242
Heinie Zimmerman .295 (.29525) 243
Bob Watson .295 (.29523) 244
Lou Boudreau .295 (.29507) 245
Pinky Whitney .295 (.29506) 246
Victor Martinez .295 (.29505) 247
Kevin Seitzer .295 (.29500) 248
John Olerud .295 (.29492) 249
Bob Nieman .295 (.29490) 250
Mickey Rivers .295 (.29490)  
Albert Belle .295 (.29489) 252
Barry Larkin .295 (.29482) 253
Alex Rodriguez .295 (.29481) 254
Smoky Burgess .295 (.29479) 255
Mark Loretta .295 (.29474) 256
Willie McGee .295 (.29468) 257
Juan Pierre .295 (.29462) 258
George Davis .295 (.29454) 259
Jimmy Johnston .294 (.29448) 260
Mookie Betts .294 (.29441) 261
Joey Votto .294 (.29440) 262
Bip Roberts .294 (.29419) 263
Jimmy Collins .294 (.29419)  
Steve Garvey .294 (.29417) 265
Frank Robinson .294 (.29412) 266
Gee Walker .294 (.29405) 267
Joe Stripp .294 (.29399) 268
Duff Cooley .294 (.29381) 269
Fred Tenney .294 (.29375) 270
Tommy Davis .294 (.29365) 271
Tim Raines .294 (.29362) 272
Howie Kendrick .294 (.29361) 273
Glenn Wright .294 (.29352) 274
Buck Freeman .293 (.29349) 275
Lance Berkman .293 (.29348) 276
Mike Easler .293 (.29317) 277
Jeff Heath .293 (.29309) 278
Mo Vaughn .293 (.29284) 279
Paul Goldschmidt .293 (.29279) 280
Kip Selbach .293 (.29279)  
Luis Polonia .293 (.29277) 282
Curt Flood .293 (.29275) 283
Phil Cavarretta .293 (.29272) 284
Garret Anderson .293 (.29271) 285
Lou Brock .293 (.29259) 286
Debs Garms .293 (.29251) 287
Pinky Higgins .292 (.29250) 288
DJ LeMahieu .292 (.29243) 289
Del Pratt .292 (.29241) 290
Tony Lazzeri .292 (.29220) 291
Cy Williams .292 (.29218) 292
Mule Haas .292 (.29212) 293
Heinie Groh .292 (.29206) 294
Dick Allen .292 (.29185) 295
Gary Sheffield .292 (.29174) 296
Dmitri Young .292 (.29168) 297
Lave Cross .292 (.29156) 298
Thurman Munson .292 (.29154) 299
Joe Cunningham .291 (.29149) 300
Sherry Magee .291 (.29149)  
Tommy McCarthy .291 (.29146) 302
Fred Schulte .291 (.29138) 303
Ellis Burks .291 (.29134) 304
David Segui .291 (.29131) 305
Bobby Abreu .291 (.29127) 306
Darryl Hamilton .291 (.29124) 307
Frank Catalanotto .291 (.29106) 308
Carlos Baerga .291 (.29105) 309
Bill Mueller .291 (.29103) 310
Taylor Douthit .291 (.29101) 311
Xander Bogaerts .291 (.29098) 312
Hal Chase .291 (.29095) 313
Lance Johnson .291 (.29095)  
Pete Runnels .291 (.29091) 315
Wally Moses .291 (.29065) 316
Brian Giles .291 (.29064) 317
Lou Piniella .291 (.29061) 318
Travis Jackson .291 (.29050) 319
Frank Baumholtz .290 (.29048) 320
Tommy Tucker .290 (.29048)  
Ira Flagstead .290 (.29041) 322
Charlie Grimm .290 (.29039) 323
Jim Eisenreich .290 (.29036) 324
Brett Butler .290 (.29034) 325
John Anderson .290 (.29033) 326
Roy Thomas .290 (.29022) 327
Bruce Campbell .290 (.29021) 328
Luis Castillo .290 (.29017) 329
Carl Crawford .290 (.29016) 330
Josh Hamilton .290 (.29010) 331
Mike Hargrove .290 (.29008) 332
Billy Williams .290 (.28995) 333
Larry Doyle .290 (.28991) 334
Jimmy Wolf .290 (.28986) 335
Ferris Fain .290 (.28982) 336
Dave Parker .290 (.28981) 337
Roberto Kelly .290 (.28976) 338
Carney Lansford .290 (.28975) 339
Billy Butler .290 (.28972) 340
Hal McRae .290 (.28969) 341
Gene Richards .290 (.28966) 342
Jeff Kent .290 (.28960) 343
Troy Tulowitzki .290 (.28955) 344
Johnny Ray .290 (.28951) 345
Danny Murphy .289 (.28950) 346
Odell Hale .289 (.28938) 347
Alvin Dark .289 (.28938)  
Mark Grudzielanek .289 (.28928) 349
Harold Baines .289 (.28926) 350
Marty McManus .289 (.28919) 351
Wally Joyner .289 (.28904) 352
Milt Stock .289 (.28901) 353
Todd Walker .289 (.28898) 354
Bill Buckner .289 (.28892) 355
Chuck Knoblauch .289 (.28888) 356
Wally Moon .289 (.28887) 357
Hanley Ramirez .289 (.28886) 358
Red Schoendienst .289 (.28883) 359
Jerry Mumphrey .289 (.28880) 360
Red Rolfe .289 (.28879) 361
Hank Severeid .289 (.28873) 362
Larry Gardner .289 (.28873)  
John Reilly .289 (.28864) 364
Bob Elliott .289 (.28862) 365
Gregg Jefferies .289 (.28859) 366
Harry Stovey .289 (.28853) 367
Nellie Fox .288 (.28845) 368
Rafael Palmeiro .288 (.28839) 369
Andres Galarraga .288 (.28817) 370
Alex Johnson .288 (.28791) 371
Bobby Doerr .288 (.28789) 372
Lonnie Smith .288 (.28781) 373
Dave Magadan .288 (.28781)  
Ron LeFlore .288 (.28780) 375
Jason Kendall .288 (.28779) 376
Tony Fernandez .288 (.28770) 377
Paul O'Neill .288 (.28765) 378
Nick Markakis .288 (.28764) 379
Justin Turner .288 (.28760) 380
Ken Boyer .287 (.28746) 381
Carson Bigbee .287 (.28745) 382
Dummy Hoy .287 (.28744) 383
Augie Galan .287 (.28735) 384
Lu Blue .287 (.28726) 385
Reggie Smith .287 (.28722) 386
Adrian Gonzalez .287 (.28716) 387
Eddie Murray .287 (.28714) 388
Richie Zisk .287 (.28713) 389
Javy Lopez .287 (.28708) 390
Jack Smith .287 (.28707) 391
Gavvy Cravath .287 (.28702) 392
Martin Prado .287 (.28699) 393
Lou Finney .287 (.28698) 394
Starling Marte .287 (.28694) 395
George Burns .287 (.28684) 396
Walter Holke .287 (.28680) 397
Jack McCarthy .287 (.28677) 398
J.D. Martinez .287 (.28664) 399
Greg Gross .287 (.28652) 400
Whitey Witt .287 (.28650) 401
Lee Lacy .286 (.28644) 402
Nolan Arenado .286 (.28638) 403
Phil Bradley .286 (.28633) 404
José Abreu .286 (.28631) 405
Charlie Keller .286 (.28628) 406
Felipe Alou .286 (.28628)  
Dee Strange-Gordon .286 (.28623) 408
Johnny Cooney .286 (.28618) 409
Vern Stephens .286 (.28613) 410
David Ortiz .286 (.28611) 411
Adrián Beltré .286 (.28605) 412
Jack Glasscock .286 (.28602) 413
Tony Gonzalez .286 (.28585) 414
Christian Yelich .286 (.28585)  
Vada Pinson .286 (.28585)  
Red Kress .286 (.28583) 417
Edgar Renteria .286 (.28580) 418
Sparky Adams .286 (.28577) 419
Mickey Vernon .286 (.28576) 420
Woody English .286 (.28571) 421
Paul Lo Duca .286 (.28571)  
Dick Groat .286 (.28568) 423
Bill White .286 (.28567) 424
Cesar Cedeno .285 (.28550) 425
Willie Wilson .285 (.28547) 426
Andy Pafko .285 (.28544) 427
Robin Yount .285 (.28543) 428
Miguel Tejada .285 (.28539) 429
Ezra Sutton .285 (.28538) 430
Eddie Waitkus .285 (.28538)  
Al Rosen .285 (.28537) 432
Clyde Milan .285 (.28536) 433
Alan Trammell .285 (.28535) 434
Melky Cabrera .285 (.28526) 435
Carl Yastrzemski .285 (.28520) 436
Walker Cooper .285 (.28520)  
Jeff Conine .285 (.28489) 438
Carlos Guillen .285 (.28483) 439
Ted Simmons .285 (.28479) 440
Andre Ethier .285 (.28479)  
Jack Clements .285 (.28474) 442
Carlos Lee .285 (.28473) 443
Lenny Dykstra .285 (.28471) 444
Garry Maddox .285 (.28463) 445
Max Carey .285 (.28463)  
Yogi Berra .285 (.28458) 447
Fielder Jones .285 (.28457) 448
Ryne Sandberg .285 (.28456) 449
Carlos González .285 (.28452) 450
Edgardo Alfonzo .284 (.28449) 451
Johnny Damon .284 (.28441) 452
Johnny Temple .284 (.28440) 453
Del Ennis .284 (.28439) 454
Randy Winn .284 (.28435) 455
Fred McGriff .284 (.28434) 456
Jose Cruz .284 (.28432) 457
Casey Stengel .284 (.28428) 458
Joe Randa .284 (.28427) 459
Jimmie Wilson .284 (.28422) 460
Jim Edmonds .284 (.28419) 461
Andy High .284 (.28409) 462
Matt Kemp .284 (.28405) 463
Jacoby Ellsbury .284 (.28395) 464
Patsy Dougherty .284 (.28390) 465
Vic Power .284 (.28382) 466
Dan McGann .284 (.28380) 467
Dick Bartell .284 (.28379) 468
Wally Schang .284 (.28378) 469
Ken Griffey, Jr. .284 (.28375) 470
Kevin Mitchell .284 (.28374) 471
James Loney .284 (.28369) 472
Gene Woodling .284 (.28369)  
Duffy Lewis .284 (.28369)  
Amos Strunk .284 (.28366) 475
Rondell White .284 (.28355) 476
Sid Gordon .283 (.28345) 477
Whit Merrifield .283 (.28342) 478
Jim Delahanty .283 (.28330) 479
Don Slaught .283 (.28329) 480
Larry Doby .283 (.28328) 481
Jon Jay .283 (.28322) 482
Jose Reyes .283 (.28310) 483
Damaso Garcia .283 (.28309) 484
Aramis Ramirez .283 (.28306) 485
Anthony Rendon .283 (.28306)  
Fred Lynn .283 (.28303) 487
Luis Gonzalez .283 (.28295) 488
Eric Young .283 (.28289) 489
Floyd Robinson .283 (.28289)  
Delmon Young .283 (.28286) 491
Dave Cash .283 (.28286)  
Glenn Beckert .283 (.28283) 493
Shawn Green .283 (.28283)  
Lorenzo Cain .283 (.28280) 495
Dave Winfield .283 (.28265) 496
Prince Fielder .283 (.28260) 497
Mike Kreevich .283 (.28251) 498
Kent Hrbek .282 (.28246) 499
John Titus .282 (.28246)  
Les Mann .282 (.28244) 501
Bruce Bochte .282 (.28244)  
Yunel Escobar .282 (.28241) 503
Elmer Valo .282 (.28236) 504
Bill Skowron .282 (.28231) 505
Ken Singleton .282 (.28224) 506
Tim Salmon .282 (.28210) 507
George Case .282 (.28210)  
Hideki Matsui .282 (.28208) 509
Fernando Vina .282 (.28208)  
Tom Paciorek .282 (.28197) 511
Dick Siebert .282 (.28185) 512
Brian Jordan .282 (.28178) 513
Tommy Henrich .282 (.28177) 514
Darin Erstad .282 (.28171) 515
B.J. Surhoff .282 (.28167) 516
Stan Spence .282 (.28158) 517
Willie Stargell .282 (.28157) 518
Pat Tabler .282 (.28151) 519
Al Bumbry .281 (.28142) 520
Gus Bell .281 (.28141) 521
Derrek Lee .281 (.28138) 522
Gary Matthews .281 (.28138)  
Craig Biggio .281 (.28135) 524
Frank LaPorte .281 (.28134) 525
Justin Morneau .281 (.28128) 526
Denard Span .281 (.28126) 527
Maury Wills .281 (.28123) 528
Warren Cromartie .281 (.28113) 529
Jean Segura .281 (.28111) 530
Ed Konetchy .281 (.28108) 531
Ival Goodman .281 (.28106) 532
Hy Myers .281 (.28106)  
Danny Litwhiler .281 (.28105) 534
Bryce Harper .281 (.28102) 535
Kevin Youkilis .281 (.28087) 536
Tilly Walker .281 (.28084) 537
Steve Sax .281 (.28084)  
Willie Kamm .281 (.28081) 539
Scott Rolen .281 (.28075) 540
Wally Pipp .281 (.28073) 541
Harry Hooper .281 (.28071) 542
Rick Ferrell .281 (.28069) 543
Bernie Friberg .281 (.28064) 544
Scott Podsednik .281 (.28059) 545
Starlin Castro .281 (.28059)  
Cleon Jones .281 (.28055) 547
Rafael Furcal .281 (.28053) 548
Bobby Avila .281 (.28052) 549
David Eckstein .280 (.28050) 550
Terry Moore .280 (.28043) 551
Alvin Davis .280 (.28042) 552
Jimmy Dykes .280 (.28039) 553
Terry Puhl .280 (.28033) 554
A.J. Pierzynski .280 (.28025) 555
Joe Dugan .280 (.28022) 556
Steve Henderson .280 (.28014) 557
Mickey Hatcher .280 (.28013) 558
Corey Dickerson .280 (.28003) 559
Jack Rowe .280 (.27996) 560
Candy LaChance .280 (.27993) 561
Angel Pagan .280 (.27987) 562
Jesus Alou .280 (.27986) 563
Carlos Delgado .280 (.27983) 564
Tony Cuccinello .280 (.27959) 565
Tommy Griffith .280 (.27956) 566
Buddy Bell .279 (.27949) 567
Hank Majeski .279 (.27945) 568
Manny Machado .279 (.27944) 569
Andre Dawson .279 (.27944)  
Rusty Staub .279 (.27942) 571
Johnny Groth .279 (.27941) 572
Jackie Jensen .279 (.27941)  
Tony Perez .279 (.27940) 574
Roger Bresnahan .279 (.27940)  
Wes Covington .279 (.27938) 576
Gus Suhr .279 (.27937) 577
Reed Johnson .279 (.27934) 578
Vic Davalillo .279 (.27931) 579
David Justice .279 (.27929) 580
Felix Millan .279 (.27923) 581
Keith Moreland .279 (.27920) 582
Willie Davis .279 (.27916) 583
Whitey Lockman .279 (.27912) 584
David Peralta .279 (.27910) 585
John Valentin .279 (.27904) 586
Dave Bancroft .279 (.27903) 587
Carlos Beltran .279 (.27897) 588
Hunter Pence .279 (.27897)  
José Ramírez .279 (.27896) 590
Paul Konerko .279 (.27880) 591
José Iglesias .279 (.27878) 592
Ralph Kiner .279 (.27877) 593
Ryan Klesko .279 (.27874) 594
Patsy Tebeau .279 (.27872) 595
Rickey Henderson .279 (.27872)  
Bobby Bonilla .279 (.27866) 597
Mark Koenig .279 (.27862) 598
Chris Chambliss .279 (.27856) 599
Sam Mertes .279 (.27855) 600
Jay Payton .279 (.27853) 601
Mike Lowell .279 (.27851) 602
Dick Hoblitzell .278 (.27837) 603
Dusty Baker .278 (.27835) 604
Aubrey Huff .278 (.27834) 605
Skip Schumaker .278 (.27829) 606
Red Smith .278 (.27822) 607
Ray Chapman .278 (.27820) 608
Max Flack .278 (.27818) 609
Jim Ray Hart .278 (.27809) 610
Cliff Floyd .278 (.27806) 611
Steve Kemp .278 (.27797) 612
George Bell .278 (.27797)  
Mike Mitchell .278 (.27790) 614
Ken Oberkfell .278 (.27780) 615
Johnny Bates .278 (.27779) 616
J.D. Drew .278 (.27779)  
Jorge Orta .278 (.27775) 618
George Hendrick .278 (.27774) 619
Cesar Tovar .278 (.27761) 620
Claudell Washington .278 (.27759) 621
Johnny Grubb .278 (.27756) 622
Hoot Evers .278 (.27756)  
Pablo Sandoval .278 (.27750) 624
Doug Glanville .277 (.27750)  
Bob Skinner .277 (.27744) 626
Ryan Zimmerman .277 (.27743) 627
Vic Wertz .277 (.27742) 628
Yadier Molina .277 (.27734) 629
Michael Cuddyer .277 (.27733) 630
Joe Adcock .277 (.27732) 631
Ray Durham .277 (.27727) 632
Marco Scutaro .277 (.27727)  
Bob Horner .277 (.27720) 634
Melvin Mora .277 (.27720)  
Joey Cora .277 (.27718) 636
Jerry Lynch .277 (.27718)  
Herman Long .277 (.27717) 638
Orlando Merced .277 (.27714) 639
Fred Luderus .277 (.27706) 640
Joe Kuhel .277 (.27705) 641
Chick Gandil .277 (.27703) 642
David Freese .277 (.27701) 643
Alex Rios .277 (.27699) 644
Jacque Jones .277 (.27688) 645
Dolph Camilli .277 (.27685) 646
Art Fletcher .277 (.27685)  
Torii Hunter .277 (.27684) 648
Ron Santo .277 (.27680) 649
Hank Bauer .277 (.27677) 650
Amos Otis .277 (.27675) 651
Harry Davis .277 (.27672) 652
Enos Cabell .277 (.27671) 653
Bobby Murcer .277 (.27667) 654
Adam Jones .277 (.27664) 655
Deacon McGuire .277 (.27664)  
Jason Giambi .277 (.27659) 657
Leon Durham .277 (.27655) 658
Lou Whitaker .276 (.27643) 659
Jim Thome .276 (.27642) 660
Dave Foutz .276 (.27642)  
Mel Hall .276 (.27637) 662
Roy Cullenbine .276 (.27636) 663
George McQuinn .276 (.27632) 664
Al Martin .276 (.27628) 665
Ken Keltner .276 (.27626) 666
Vinny Castilla .276 (.27617) 667
Danny Cater .276 (.27612) 668
Chone Figgins .276 (.27611) 669
Eric Hosmer .276 (.27611)  
Roy Campanella .276 (.27610) 671
Gil McDougald .276 (.27609) 672
Brian Roberts .276 (.27608) 673
Mark Kotsay .276 (.27599) 674
Gary Ward .276 (.27595) 675
Greg Luzinski .276 (.27594) 676
Dave Martinez .276 (.27593) 677
Randy Velarde .276 (.27592) 678
Nick Castellanos .276 (.27591) 679
Andrew McCutchen .276 (.27582) 680
Jack Rothrock .276 (.27582)  
Al Zarilla .276 (.27581) 682
Elmer Smith .276 (.27574) 683
Richie Hebner .276 (.27572) 684
Derek Bell .276 (.27567) 685
Cal Ripken, Jr. .276 (.27565) 686
Willie Randolph .276 (.27563) 687
Lee Magee .276 (.27559) 688
Topsy Hartsel .276 (.27558) 689
Ron Northey .276 (.27554) 690
Tom Daly .276 (.27552) 691
Ping Bodie .275 (.27548) 692
Rich Aurilia .275 (.27548)  
Kris Bryant .275 (.27542) 694
Duke Farrell .275 (.27540) 695
Jerry Remy .275 (.27520) 696
Wally Backman .275 (.27519) 697
Rudy York .275 (.27517) 698
Shane Victorino .275 (.27516) 699
Muddy Ruel .275 (.27514) 700
Geoff Jenkins .275 (.27511) 701
Cliff Heathcote .275 (.27504) 702
Brandon Phillips .275 (.27501) 703
Marv Owen .275 (.27499) 704
Marlon Byrd .275 (.27496) 705
Jimmy Williams .275 (.27495) 706
Chase Utley .275 (.27490) 707
Gerardo Parra .275 (.27480) 708
Irv Noren .275 (.27477) 709
David DeJesus .275 (.27471) 710
Jose Cardenal .275 (.27470) 711
Ray Boone .275 (.27457) 712
Bernard Gilkey .275 (.27456) 713
Shin-Soo Choo .275 (.27452) 714
Willie Montanez .275 (.27452)  
Chili Davis .274 (.27441) 716
Eric McNair .274 (.27440) 717
Hans Lobert .274 (.27438) 718
Trot Nixon .274 (.27433) 719
Troy O'Leary .274 (.27431) 720
Elston Howard .274 (.27429) 721
Francisco Lindor .274 (.27425) 722
Mookie Wilson .274 (.27424) 723
Ernie Banks .274 (.27417) 724
George Foster .274 (.27410) 725
Orlando Palmeiro .274 (.27409) 726
Jermaine Dye .274 (.27406) 727
Rennie Stennett .274 (.27405) 728
Willard Marshall .274 (.27404) 729
Jim Gantner .274 (.27403) 730
Travis Fryman .274 (.27403)  
Jimmy Sheckard .274 (.27403)  
David Murphy .274 (.27401) 733
Lee Maye .274 (.27396) 734
Juan Beniquez .274 (.27392) 735
Jonathan Lucroy .274 (.27391) 736
Kevin Millar .274 (.27389) 737
Donn Clendenon .274 (.27388) 738
Bucky Harris .274 (.27386) 739
Mike Lieberthal .274 (.27383) 740
Frank Malzone .274 (.27377) 741
Nelson Cruz .274 (.27370) 742
Juan Rivera .274 (.27370)  
Bengie Molina .274 (.27369) 744
Milt Thompson .274 (.27360) 745
Carlos May .274 (.27354) 746
Larry Herndon .274 (.27353) 747
Andy Van Slyke .274 (.27351) 748
Wilbert Robinson .273 (.27350) 749
George Browne .273 (.27349) 750
Frank Howard .273 (.27343) 751
Orlando Hudson .273 (.27337) 752
Claude Ritchey .273 (.27336) 753
Raul Mondesi .273 (.27331) 754
Fred Merkle .273 (.27326) 755
Gil Hodges .273 (.27326)  
Wil Cordero .273 (.27325) 757
Larry Biittner .273 (.27325)  
Joe Orsulak .273 (.27324) 759
Sammy Sosa .273 (.27323) 760
Jorge Posada .273 (.27315) 761
Ben Oglivie .273 (.27313) 762
Bob O'Farrell .273 (.27310) 763
Willie Horton .273 (.27309) 764
Bobby Lowe .273 (.27307) 765
Phil Rizzuto .273 (.27304) 766
Jose Offerman .273 (.27302) 767
Chet Lemon .273 (.27301) 768
Ron Hunt .273 (.27297) 769
Todd Hollandsworth .273 (.27296) 770
Ronnie Belliard .273 (.27294) 771
Sandy Alomar, Jr. .273 (.27285) 772
Scott Hatteberg .273 (.27283) 773
Aaron Rowand .273 (.27275) 774
Travis Hafner .273 (.27266) 775
Peanuts Lowrey .273 (.27264) 776
Bill Bruton .273 (.27262) 777
Rick Burleson .273 (.27262)  
Austin Jackson .273 (.27262)  
Tony Womack .273 (.27262)  
Danny Tartabull .273 (.27260) 781
J.T. Realmuto .273 (.27255) 782
Larry Hisle .273 (.27253) 783
Roger Cedeno .273 (.27253)  
AJ Pollock .273 (.27251) 785
Adam Lind .272 (.27245) 786
Tito Francona .272 (.27241) 787
Jamey Carroll .272 (.27241)  
John Ward .272 (.27238) 789
Rance Mulliniks .272 (.27235) 790
Jim Piersall .272 (.27233) 791
Carlos Correa .272 (.27228) 792
Raul Ibanez .272 (.27225) 793
Al Smith .272 (.27217) 794
Bobby Higginson .272 (.27210) 795
Bill Dahlen .272 (.27206) 796
Dave Collins .272 (.27206)  
Marquis Grissom .272 (.27202) 798
Buck Weaver .272 (.27199) 799
Ken Caminiti .272 (.27195) 800
Bill Sweeney .272 (.27194) 801
Harlond Clift .272 (.27190) 802
Dwight Evans .272 (.27190)  
Ossie Bluege .272 (.27189) 804
Adam Kennedy .272 (.27188) 805
Bill Hallman .272 (.27179) 806
Omar Vizquel .272 (.27177) 807
Orlando Cabrera .272 (.27177)  
Ray Lankford .272 (.27162) 809
Norm Siebern .272 (.27159) 810
Leon Wagner .272 (.27158) 811
Rey Sanchez .272 (.27155) 812
Ray Knight .271 (.27148) 813
Tim McCarver .271 (.27148)  
Garry Templeton .271 (.27147) 815
Norm Cash .271 (.27144) 816
Doug Mientkiewicz .271 (.27144)  
Sixto Lezcano .271 (.27141) 818
Johnny Kling .271 (.27140) 819
Duane Kuiper .271 (.27138) 820
Bid McPhee .271 (.27138)  
Myril Hoag .271 (.27137) 822
Joe Morgan .271 (.27132) 823
Denny Walling .271 (.27131) 824
Billy Werber .271 (.27130) 825
Merv Rettenmund .271 (.27123) 826
Eddie Mathews .271 (.27117) 827
Elbie Fletcher .271 (.27116) 828
Carl Everett .271 (.27116)  
Steve Finley .271 (.27115) 830
Roy White .271 (.27113) 831
Cristian Guzman .271 (.27109) 832
Tom Herr .271 (.27108) 833
Heinie Peitz .271 (.27105) 834
Russ Snyder .271 (.27100) 835
Johnny Wyrostek .271 (.27099) 836
Steve Braun .271 (.27096) 837
Erick Aybar .271 (.27092) 838
Bill Bradley .271 (.27090) 839
Charlie Hemphill .271 (.27087) 840
Mike Lansing .271 (.27084) 841
Kid Elberfeld .271 (.27077) 842
Milton Bradley .271 (.27074) 843
Tommy Dowd .271 (.27073) 844
Omar Infante .271 (.27073)  
Don Kolloway .271 (.27072) 846
Tino Martinez .271 (.27071) 847
Terry Steinbach .271 (.27063) 848
Max Bishop .271 (.27058) 849
Corey Hart .271 (.27058)  
Burt Shotton .271 (.27058)  
Bill Spiers .271 (.27054) 852
Glenallen Hill .271 (.27052) 853
Bobby Thomson .270 (.27042) 854
Davy Jones .270 (.27041) 855
Gene Moore .270 (.27039) 856
Rube Oldring .270 (.27036) 857
Johnny Evers .270 (.27033) 858
Alfonso Soriano .270 (.27032) 859
Frank Schulte .270 (.27032)  
Jody Reed .270 (.27031) 861
Kevin Bass .270 (.27030) 862
Josh Harrison .270 (.27027) 863
Kitty Bransfield .270 (.27025) 864
Mike Marshall .270 (.27025)  
Earl Battey .270 (.27022) 866
Jose Guillen .270 (.27021) 867
Alexei Ramirez .270 (.27016) 868
Jose Vizcaino .270 (.27012) 869
Vernon Wells .270 (.27010) 870
Phil Nevin .270 (.27006) 871
Dave Philley .270 (.27001) 872
Birdie Tebbetts .270 (.26998) 873
Al Cowens .270 (.26997) 874
Red Murray .270 (.26996) 875
Dan Gladden .270 (.26994) 876
Brook Jacoby .270 (.26991) 877
Walt Dropo .270 (.26988) 878
Hank Gowdy .270 (.26984) 879
Juan Encarnacion .270 (.26980) 880
Terry Pendleton .270 (.26977) 881
Dan Ford .270 (.26976) 882
Willie McCovey .270 (.26973) 883
Endy Chavez .270 (.26961) 884
Glenn Myatt .270 (.26960) 885
Otis Nixon .270 (.26960)  
Mike Stanley .270 (.26954) 887
Jim Tabor .270 (.26954)  
Chief Wilson .269 (.26946) 889
Shawon Dunston .269 (.26944) 890
Possum Whitted .269 (.26942) 891
Hector Lopez .269 (.26938) 892
Matty McIntyre .269 (.26933) 893
Cookie Lavagetto .269 (.26931) 894
Ian Kinsler .269 (.26930) 895
Pee Wee Reese .269 (.26930)  
Tommy Leach .269 (.26925) 897
Chief Zimmer .269 (.26925)  
Bobby Adams .269 (.26922) 899
Lyn Lary .269 (.26917) 900
Hubie Brooks .269 (.26917)  
Willie Bloomquist .269 (.26911) 902
Rick Miller .269 (.26910) 903
Carlton Fisk .269 (.26907) 904
Stan Javier .269 (.26907)  
Elvis Andrus .269 (.26904) 906
Marcell Ozuna .269 (.26898) 907
Deivi Cruz .269 (.26891) 908
Solly Hofman .269 (.26891)  
Lenny Harris .269 (.26886) 910
Julio Lugo .269 (.26881) 911
Eric Davis .269 (.26875) 912
Lonny Frey .269 (.26862) 913
Art Devlin .269 (.26859) 914
Darrin Fletcher .269 (.26858) 915
Tommy Helms .269 (.26856) 916
Rich Rollins .269 (.26854) 917
Mark Teixeira .268 (.26845) 918
Mark DeRosa .268 (.26837) 919
Eddie Rosario .268 (.26831) 920
Eddie Stanky .268 (.26831)  
Johnny Logan .268 (.26831)  
Hughie Critz .268 (.26830) 923
Matt Williams .268 (.26829) 924
Jimmy Slagle .268 (.26821) 925
Willie Crawford .268 (.26812) 926
Mickey Morandini .268 (.26810) 927
Joe Gordon .268 (.26809) 928
Dode Paskert .268 (.26807) 929
George Scott .268 (.26799) 930
Ken Landreaux .268 (.26798) 931
Billy Shindle .268 (.26793) 932
Bobby Wallace .268 (.26793)  
Tito Fuentes .268 (.26788) 934
Delino DeShields .268 (.26787) 935
Gabe Kapler .268 (.26785) 936
Kirk Gibson .268 (.26785)  
Bobby Bonds .268 (.26778) 938
George Wood .268 (.26768) 939
Eric Chavez .268 (.26767) 940
Eric Karros .268 (.26766) 941
Snuffy Stirnweiss .268 (.26766)  
Eddie Robinson .268 (.26763) 943
Bill Nicholson .268 (.26758) 944
Tom Goodwin .268 (.26755) 945
Ruben Sierra .268 (.26753) 946
Aaron Ward .268 (.26752) 947
Jerry Lumpe .268 (.26751) 948
J.T. Snow .268 (.26751)  
Mike Schmidt .267 (.26748) 950
Johnny Bench .267 (.26743) 951
Brooks Robinson .267 (.26732) 952
Shad Barry .267 (.26731) 953
Harry Steinfeldt .267 (.26730) 954
George Springer .267 (.26729) 955
Brian Downing .267 (.26729)  
Matt Lawton .267 (.26727) 957
Jim Northrup .267 (.26726) 958
Neifi Perez .267 (.26721) 959
Dan Driessen .267 (.26720) 960
César Hernández .267 (.26718) 961
Jayson Werth .267 (.26714) 962
Von Hayes .267 (.26710) 963
Neil Walker .267 (.26707) 964
Billy Nash .267 (.26706) 965
Billy Rogell .267 (.26704) 966
Wes Parker .267 (.26702) 967
Reggie Sanders .267 (.26694) 968
Lee May .267 (.26692) 969
Bill Virdon .267 (.26689) 970
Jhonny Peralta .267 (.26686) 971
Robin Ventura .267 (.26685) 972
Jim Russell .267 (.26676) 973
Salvador Perez .267 (.26673) 974
Blondie Purcell .267 (.26671) 975
Jack Clark .267 (.26669) 976
Dave Concepcion .267 (.26665) 977
Jay Johnstone .267 (.26664) 978
Roy Sievers .267 (.26664)  
Mariano Duncan .267 (.26662) 980
Lenny Green .267 (.26658) 981
Lou Bierbauer .267 (.26656) 982
Dale Long .267 (.26656)  
Joe Girardi .267 (.26654) 984
Sam Mele .267 (.26651) 985
Hank Sauer .266 (.26647) 986
Sam Chapman .266 (.26644) 987
Jason Bay .266 (.26637) 988
Ben Zobrist .266 (.26633) 989
Ron Fairly .266 (.26629) 990
Ricky Gutierrez .266 (.26624) 991
Bill Doran .266 (.26622) 992
Tony Kubek .266 (.26614) 993
Nemo Leibold .266 (.26614)  
Sam Wise .266 (.26608) 995
Bobby Grich .266 (.26604) 996
Rocky Colavito .266 (.26603) 997
Jeffrey Leonard .266 (.26601) 998
Jose Canseco .266 (.26598) 999
Michael Bourn .266 (.26589) 1000
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