Batting Average All-Time Leaders on Baseball Almanac

Career Leaders for Batting Average

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.

Important notes: 1,000 career games played & 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.

"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 Rogers Hornsby

Batting Average All Time Leaders 'Top 1,000'
Name	Batting Average	Rank
Ty Cobb	.366 (.36636)	1
Rogers Hornsby	.358 (.35850)	2
Joe Jackson	.356 (.35575)	3
Pete Browning	.349 (.34892)	4
Ed Delahanty	.346 (.34590)	5
Tris Speaker	.345 (.34468)	6
Ted Williams	.344 (.34441)	7
Billy Hamilton	.344 (.34429)	8
Dan Brouthers	.342 (.34212)	9
Babe Ruth	.342 (.34206)	10
Harry Heilmann	.342 (.34159)	11
Willie Keeler	.341 (.34129)	12
Bill Terry	.341 (.34116)	13
George Sisler	.340 (.34015)	14
Lou Gehrig	.340 (.34008)	15
Jesse Burkett	.338 (.33844)	16
Tony Gwynn	.338 (.33818)	17
Nap Lajoie	.338 (.33810)	18
Riggs Stephenson	.336 (.33607)	19
Al Simmons	.334 (.33417)	20
John McGraw	.334 (.33359)	21
Tip O'Neill	.334 (.33357)	22
Paul Waner	.333 (.33323)	23
Eddie Collins	.333 (.33320)	24
Mike Donlin	.333 (.33264)	25
Cap Anson	.331 (.33084)	26
Stan Musial	.331 (.33084)
Sam Thompson	.331 (.33072)	28
Heinie Manush	.330 (.32976)	29
Albert Pujols	.328 (.32842)	30
Wade Boggs	.328 (.32789)	31
Rod Carew	.328 (.32775)	32
Honus Wagner	.327 (.32742)	33
Ichiro Suzuki	.326 (.32564)	34
Bob Fothergill	.325 (.32548)	35
Jimmie Foxx	.325 (.32530)	36
Earle Combs	.325 (.32475)	37
Joe DiMaggio	.325 (.32459)	38
Babe Herman	.324 (.32447)	39
Hugh Duffy	.324 (.32406)	40
Joe Medwick	.324 (.32364)	41
Edd Roush	.323 (.32269)	42
Todd Helton	.323 (.32259)	43
Sam Rice	.322 (.32226)	44
Ross Youngs	.322 (.32224)	45
Kiki Cuyler	.321 (.32104)	46
Charlie Gehringer	.320 (.32043)	47
Chuck Klein	.320 (.32007)	48
Pie Traynor	.320 (.31962)	49
Mickey Cochrane	.320 (.31960)	50
Ken Williams	.319 (.31921)	51
Kirby Puckett	.318 (.31806)	52
Denny Lyons	.318 (.31790)	53
Earl Averill	.318 (.31780)	54
Vladimir Guerrero	.318 (.31760)	55
Arky Vaughan	.318 (.31758)	56
Roberto Clemente	.317 (.31733)	57
Chick Hafey	.317 (.31697)	58
Joe Kelley	.317 (.31687)	59
Miguel Cabrera	.317 (.31680)	60
Zack Wheat	.317 (.31671)	61
Roger Connor	.317 (.31653)	62
Lloyd Waner	.316 (.31639)	63
Frankie Frisch	.316 (.31607)	64
Goose Goslin	.316 (.31597)	65
George Van Haltren	.316 (.31567)	66
Matt Holliday	.315 (.31503)	67
Bibb Falk	.314 (.31449)	68
Cecil Travis	.314 (.31420)	69
Hank Greenberg	.313 (.31350)	70
Jack Fournier	.313 (.31317)	71
Elmer Flick	.313 (.31302)	72
Derek Jeter	.313 (.31293)	73
Nomar Garciaparra	.313 (.31275)	74
Larry Walker	.313 (.31273)	75
Bill Dickey	.313 (.31254)	76
Dale Mitchell	.312 (.31225)	77
Manny Ramirez	.312 (.31223)	78
Johnny Mize	.312 (.31212)	79
Joe Sewell	.312 (.31211)	80
Elmer Smith	.312 (.31203)	81
Fred Clarke	.312 (.31186)	82
Barney McCosky	.312 (.31184)	83
Edgar Martinez	.312 (.31152)	84
Hughie Jennings	.311 (.31138)	85
Freddie Lindstrom	.311 (.31135)	86
Bing Miller	.311 (.31133)	87
Jackie Robinson	.311 (.31126)	88
Baby Doll Jacobson	.311 (.31124)	89
Taffy Wright	.311 (.31119)	90
Rip Radcliff	.311 (.31100)	91
Ginger Beaumont	.311 (.31078)	92
Mike Tiernan	.311 (.31053)	93
Luke Appling	.310 (.31041)	94
Irish Meusel	.310 (.31041)
Bobby Veach	.310 (.30995)	96
Henry Larkin	.310 (.30990)	97
Jim O'Rourke	.310 (.30989)	98
Jim Bottomley	.310 (.30960)	99
John Stone	.310 (.30952)	100
Sam Crawford	.309 (.30940)	101
Bob Meusel	.309 (.30922)	102
Magglio Ordonez	.309 (.30897)	103
Oyster Burns	.309 (.30894)	104
Jack Tobin	.309 (.30871)	105
Ed McKean	.308 (.30835)	106
Spud Davis	.308 (.30834)	107
Mike Piazza	.308 (.30777)	108
Robinson Cano	.308 (.30775)	109
Richie Ashburn	.308 (.30771)	110
King Kelly	.308 (.30760)	111
Jake Beckley	.308 (.30758)	112
Stuffy McInnis	.307 (.30747)	113
Don Mattingly	.307 (.30744)	114
Joe Vosmik	.307 (.30738)	115
Frank Baker	.307 (.30715)	116
George Burns	.307 (.30701)	117
Matty Alou	.307 (.30696)	118
Hack Wilson	.307 (.30693)	119
Johnny Pesky	.307 (.30664)	120
George Kell	.306 (.30648)	121
Jimmy Ryan	.306 (.30647)	122
Paul Molitor	.306 (.30632)	123
Dixie Walker	.306 (.30623)	124
Cupid Childs	.306 (.30616)	125
Ernie Lombardi	.306 (.30606)	126
Ralph Garr	.306 (.30579)	127
Hank Aaron	.305 (.30500)	128
Chick Stahl	.305 (.30499)	129
George Brett	.305 (.30476)	130
Bill Madlock	.305 (.30452)	131
Rusty Greer	.305 (.30452)
Billy Herman	.304 (.30427)	133
Tony Oliva	.304 (.30424)	134
Chipper Jones	.304 (.30418)	135
Hal Morris	.304 (.30415)	136
Mel Ott	.304 (.30415)
Manny Mota	.304 (.30405)	138
Michael Young	.304 (.30362)	139
Curt Walker	.304 (.30362)
Deacon White	.303 (.30347)	141
Will Clark	.303 (.30336)	142
Charlie Jamieson	.303 (.30335)	143
Victor Martinez	.303 (.30334)	144
Moises Alou	.303 (.30325)	145
Cy Seymour	.303 (.30324)	146
Mark Grace	.303 (.30316)	147
Jake Daubert	.303 (.30314)	148
Al Oliver	.303 (.30313)	149
George Harper	.303 (.30312)	150
Buck Ewing	.303 (.30300)	151
Mike Griffin	.303 (.30290)	152
Steve Brodie	.303 (.30286)	153
Pete Rose	.303 (.30285)	154
Mike Greenwell	.303 (.30283)	155
Buddy Myer	.303 (.30278)	156
Harvey Kuenn	.303 (.30262)	157
Hal Trosky	.302 (.30246)	158
George Grantham	.302 (.30226)	159
Ben Chapman	.302 (.30225)	160
Sean Casey	.302 (.30221)	161
Carl Reynolds	.302 (.30189)	162
Tommy Holmes	.302 (.30188)	163
Willie Mays	.302 (.30172)	164
Alex Rodriguez	.302 (.30166)	165
Joe Cronin	.301 (.30149)	166
Rube Bressler	.301 (.30147)	167
Stan Hack	.301 (.30132)	168
Frank Thomas	.301 (.30101)	169
George Gore	.301 (.30091)	170
Placido Polanco	.301 (.30089)	171
Paul Hines	.301 (.30082)	172
Patsy Donovan	.301 (.30056)	173
Roberto Alomar	.300 (.30023)	174
John Kruk	.300 (.30023)
Wally Berger	.300 (.30021)	176
Pedro Guerrero	.300 (.30007)	177
David Wright	.300 (.29993)	178
Ethan Allen	.300 (.29991)	179
Enos Slaughter	.300 (.29990)	180
Earl Sheely	.300 (.29971)	181
Billy Goodman	.300 (.29961)	182
Frank Demaree	.299 (.29947)	183
Carl Furillo	.299 (.29947)
Bake McBride	.299 (.29925)	185
Hardy Richardson	.299 (.29918)	186
Rico Carty	.299 (.29914)	187
Jack Doyle	.299 (.29906)	188
Kenny Lofton	.299 (.29901)	189
Frank McCormick	.299 (.29897)	190
Sam West	.299 (.29896)	191
Harry Rice	.299 (.29893)	192
Dante Bichette	.299 (.29870)	193
Minnie Minoso	.298 (.29837)	194
Cecil Cooper	.298 (.29827)	195
Jim Rice	.298 (.29812)	196
Mickey Mantle	.298 (.29807)	197
Jose Vidro	.298 (.29806)	198
Barry Bonds	.298 (.29806)
Pepper Martin	.298 (.29803)	200
Julio Franco	.298 (.29803)
Dom DiMaggio	.298 (.29787)	202
Ted Kluszewski	.298 (.29786)	203
Joe Judge	.298 (.29780)	204
Pete Fox	.298 (.29773)	205
Jo-Jo Moore	.298 (.29759)	206
Joe Torre	.297 (.29743)	207
Billy Southworth	.297 (.29732)	208
Gabby Hartnett	.297 (.29726)	209
Al Kaline	.297 (.29725)	210
Buddy Lewis	.297 (.29709)	211
Bernie Williams	.297 (.29686)	212
Mike Sweeney	.297 (.29684)	213
Jeff Bagwell	.297 (.29678)	214
George Kelly	.297 (.29668)	215
Orlando Cepeda	.297 (.29658)	216
Shannon Stewart	.297 (.29656)	217
Ivan Rodriguez	.296 (.29650)	218
Ken Griffey	.296 (.29644)	219
Roy Johnson	.296 (.29640)	220
Bob Johnson	.296 (.29639)	221
Manny Sanguillen	.296 (.29633)	222
Frank Chance	.296 (.29625)	223
Ripper Collins	.296 (.29625)
Johnny Hopp	.296 (.29624)	225
Jeff Cirillo	.296 (.29615)	226
Lance Berkman	.296 (.29607)	227
Keith Hernandez	.296 (.29607)
Don Mueller	.296 (.29606)	229
Juan Pierre	.296 (.29606)
Doc Cramer	.296 (.29595)	231
Duke Snider	.295 (.29549)	232
Brian Harper	.295 (.29546)	233
Charlie Hickman	.295 (.29533)	234
Juan Gonzalez	.295 (.29530)	235
Heinie Zimmerman	.295 (.29525)	236
Bob Watson	.295 (.29523)	237
Lou Boudreau	.295 (.29507)	238
Pinky Whitney	.295 (.29506)	239
Kevin Seitzer	.295 (.29500)	240
Harry Stovey	.295 (.29496)	241
John Olerud	.295 (.29492)	242
Bob Nieman	.295 (.29490)	243
Mickey Rivers	.295 (.29490)
Albert Belle	.295 (.29489)	245
Barry Larkin	.295 (.29482)	246
Smoky Burgess	.295 (.29479)	247
Mark Loretta	.295 (.29474)	248
Jimmy Wolf	.295 (.29468)	249
Willie McGee	.295 (.29468)
George Davis	.295 (.29454)	251
Jimmy Johnston	.294 (.29448)	252
Bip Roberts	.294 (.29419)	253
Jimmy Collins	.294 (.29419)
Steve Garvey	.294 (.29417)	255
Frank Robinson	.294 (.29412)	256
Gee Walker	.294 (.29405)	257
Joe Stripp	.294 (.29399)	258
Duff Cooley	.294 (.29381)	259
Fred Tenney	.294 (.29375)	260
Tommy Davis	.294 (.29365)	261
Tommy Tucker	.294 (.29364)	262
Tim Raines	.294 (.29362)	263
Glenn Wright	.294 (.29352)	264
Buck Freeman	.293 (.29349)	265
Bobby Abreu	.293 (.29331)	266
Mike Easler	.293 (.29317)	267
Adrian Gonzalez	.293 (.29313)	268
Jeff Heath	.293 (.29309)	269
Mo Vaughn	.293 (.29284)	270
Kip Selbach	.293 (.29279)	271
Luis Polonia	.293 (.29277)	272
Curt Flood	.293 (.29275)	273
Lave Cross	.293 (.29273)	274
Phil Cavarretta	.293 (.29272)	275
Garret Anderson	.293 (.29271)	276
Carl Crawford	.293 (.29265)	277
Lou Brock	.293 (.29259)	278
Debs Garms	.293 (.29251)	279
Pinky Higgins	.292 (.29250)	280
Del Pratt	.292 (.29241)	281
Tony Lazzeri	.292 (.29220)	282
Cy Williams	.292 (.29218)	283
Mule Haas	.292 (.29212)	284
Heinie Groh	.292 (.29206)	285
John Reilly	.292 (.29197)	286
Jose Reyes	.292 (.29194)	287
Dick Allen	.292 (.29185)	288
Gary Sheffield	.292 (.29174)	289
Tommy McCarthy	.292 (.29173)	290
Dmitri Young	.292 (.29168)	291
Thurman Munson	.292 (.29154)	292
Joe Cunningham	.291 (.29149)	293
Sherry Magee	.291 (.29149)
Fred Schulte	.291 (.29138)	295
Ellis Burks	.291 (.29134)	296
David Segui	.291 (.29131)	297
Darryl Hamilton	.291 (.29124)	298
Frank Catalanotto	.291 (.29106)	299
Carlos Baerga	.291 (.29105)	300
Bill Mueller	.291 (.29103)	301
Taylor Douthit	.291 (.29101)	302
Hal Chase	.291 (.29095)	303
Lance Johnson	.291 (.29095)
Pete Runnels	.291 (.29091)	305
Wally Moses	.291 (.29065)	306
Brian Giles	.291 (.29064)	307
Lou Piniella	.291 (.29061)	308
Travis Jackson	.291 (.29050)	309
Frank Baumholtz	.290 (.29048)	310
Ira Flagstead	.290 (.29041)	311
Charlie Grimm	.290 (.29039)	312
Jim Eisenreich	.290 (.29036)	313
Brett Butler	.290 (.29034)	314
John Anderson	.290 (.29033)	315
Roy Thomas	.290 (.29022)	316
Bruce Campbell	.290 (.29021)	317
Jack Glasscock	.290 (.29018)	318
Luis Castillo	.290 (.29017)	319
Mike Hargrove	.290 (.29008)	320
Billy Williams	.290 (.28995)	321
Larry Doyle	.290 (.28991)	322
Chase Utley	.290 (.28986)	323
Ferris Fain	.290 (.28982)	324
Dave Parker	.290 (.28981)	325
Roberto Kelly	.290 (.28976)	326
Carney Lansford	.290 (.28975)	327
Hal McRae	.290 (.28969)	328
Gene Richards	.290 (.28966)	329
Jeff Kent	.290 (.28960)	330
Johnny Ray	.290 (.28951)	331
Danny Murphy	.289 (.28950)	332
Odell Hale	.289 (.28938)	333
Al Dark	.289 (.28938)
Mark Grudzielanek	.289 (.28928)	335
Harold Baines	.289 (.28926)	336
Marty McManus	.289 (.28919)	337
Wally Joyner	.289 (.28904)	338
Milt Stock	.289 (.28901)	339
Todd Walker	.289 (.28898)	340
Bill Buckner	.289 (.28892)	341
Chuck Knoblauch	.289 (.28888)	342
Wally Moon	.289 (.28887)	343
Red Schoendienst	.289 (.28883)	344
Jerry Mumphrey	.289 (.28880)	345
Red Rolfe	.289 (.28879)	346
Hank Severeid	.289 (.28873)	347
Larry Gardner	.289 (.28873)
Bob Elliott	.289 (.28862)	349
Gregg Jefferies	.289 (.28859)	350
Nellie Fox	.288 (.28845)	351
Rafael Palmeiro	.288 (.28839)	352
Andres Galarraga	.288 (.28817)	353
Alex Johnson	.288 (.28791)	354
Bobby Doerr	.288 (.28789)	355
Lonnie Smith	.288 (.28781)	356
Dave Magadan	.288 (.28781)
Ron LeFlore	.288 (.28780)	358
Jason Kendall	.288 (.28779)	359
Tony Fernandez	.288 (.28770)	360
Paul O'Neill	.288 (.28765)	361
Ezra Sutton	.288 (.28755)	362
Ken Boyer	.287 (.28746)	363
Carson Bigbee	.287 (.28745)	364
Dummy Hoy	.287 (.28744)	365
Augie Galan	.287 (.28735)	366
Lu Blue	.287 (.28726)	367
Reggie Smith	.287 (.28722)	368
Eddie Murray	.287 (.28714)	369
Richie Zisk	.287 (.28713)	370
Javy Lopez	.287 (.28708)	371
Jack Smith	.287 (.28707)	372
Gavvy Cravath	.287 (.28702)	373
Lou Finney	.287 (.28698)	374
George Burns	.287 (.28684)	375
Walter Holke	.287 (.28680)	376
Jack McCarthy	.287 (.28677)	377
Greg Gross	.287 (.28652)	378
Whitey Witt	.287 (.28650)	379
Lee Lacy	.286 (.28644)	380
Jack Rowe	.286 (.28637)	381
Phil Bradley	.286 (.28633)	382
Carlos Lee	.286 (.28629)	383
Charlie Keller	.286 (.28628)	384
Felipe Alou	.286 (.28628)
Jack Clements	.286 (.28625)	386
Johnny Cooney	.286 (.28618)	387
Vern Stephens	.286 (.28613)	388
Tony Gonzalez	.286 (.28585)	389
Vada Pinson	.286 (.28585)
Red Kress	.286 (.28583)	391
Edgar Renteria	.286 (.28580)	392
Sparky Adams	.286 (.28577)	393
Mickey Vernon	.286 (.28576)	394
Johnny Damon	.286 (.28576)
Woody English	.286 (.28571)	396
Paul Lo Duca	.286 (.28571)
Dick Groat	.286 (.28568)	398
Bill White	.286 (.28567)	399
Cesar Cedeno	.285 (.28550)	400
Willie Wilson	.285 (.28547)	401
Andy Pafko	.285 (.28544)	402
Robin Yount	.285 (.28543)	403
Eddie Waitkus	.285 (.28538)	404
Al Rosen	.285 (.28537)	405
Clyde Milan	.285 (.28536)	406
Alan Trammell	.285 (.28535)	407
Miguel Tejada	.285 (.28533)	408
Carl Yastrzemski	.285 (.28520)	409
Walker Cooper	.285 (.28520)
Hideki Matsui	.285 (.28502)	411
Jeff Conine	.285 (.28489)	412
Carlos Guillen	.285 (.28483)	413
Ted Simmons	.285 (.28479)	414
Lenny Dykstra	.285 (.28471)	415
Garry Maddox	.285 (.28463)	416
Max Carey	.285 (.28463)
Yogi Berra	.285 (.28458)	418
Fielder Jones	.285 (.28457)	419
Ryne Sandberg	.285 (.28456)	420
Edgardo Alfonzo	.284 (.28449)	421
A.J. Pierzynski	.284 (.28442)	422
Johnny Temple	.284 (.28440)	423
Del Ennis	.284 (.28439)	424
Randy Winn	.284 (.28435)	425
Fred McGriff	.284 (.28434)	426
Jose Cruz	.284 (.28432)	427
Casey Stengel	.284 (.28428)	428
Joe Randa	.284 (.28427)	429
Jimmie Wilson	.284 (.28422)	430
Jim Edmonds	.284 (.28419)	431
Aramis Ramirez	.284 (.28413)	432
Andy High	.284 (.28409)	433
Patsy Dougherty	.284 (.28390)	434
Vic Power	.284 (.28382)	435
Dan McGann	.284 (.28380)	436
Dick Bartell	.284 (.28379)	437
Wally Schang	.284 (.28378)	438
Kevin Mitchell	.284 (.28374)	439
Ken Griffey	.284 (.28373)	440
Gene Woodling	.284 (.28369)	441
Duffy Lewis	.284 (.28369)
Amos Strunk	.284 (.28366)	443
David DeJesus	.284 (.28364)	444
Rondell White	.284 (.28355)	445
Sid Gordon	.283 (.28345)	446
Jim Delahanty	.283 (.28330)	447
Don Slaught	.283 (.28329)	448
Carlos Beltran	.283 (.28329)
Larry Doby	.283 (.28328)	450
David Ortiz	.283 (.28319)	451
Damaso Garcia	.283 (.28309)	452
Fred Lynn	.283 (.28303)	453
Luis Gonzalez	.283 (.28295)	454
Eric Young	.283 (.28289)	455
Floyd Robinson	.283 (.28289)
Dave Cash	.283 (.28286)	457
Glenn Beckert	.283 (.28283)	458
Shawn Green	.283 (.28283)
Dave Winfield	.283 (.28265)	460
Mike Kreevich	.283 (.28251)	461
Rafael Furcal	.282 (.28248)	462
Kent Hrbek	.282 (.28246)	463
John Titus	.282 (.28246)
Les Mann	.282 (.28244)	465
Bruce Bochte	.282 (.28244)
Elmer Valo	.282 (.28236)	467
Bill Skowron	.282 (.28231)	468
Ken Singleton	.282 (.28224)	469
Scott Rolen	.282 (.28224)
Tim Salmon	.282 (.28210)	471
George Case	.282 (.28210)
Fernando Vina	.282 (.28208)	473
Tom Paciorek	.282 (.28197)	474
Dick Siebert	.282 (.28185)	475
Paul Konerko	.282 (.28182)	476
Brian Jordan	.282 (.28178)	477
Tommy Henrich	.282 (.28177)	478
Darin Erstad	.282 (.28171)	479
B.J. Surhoff	.282 (.28167)	480
Stan Spence	.282 (.28158)	481
Willie Stargell	.282 (.28157)	482
Pat Tabler	.282 (.28151)	483
Al Bumbry	.281 (.28142)	484
Gus Bell	.281 (.28141)	485
Mark Teixeira	.281 (.28141)
Justin Morneau	.281 (.28141)
Derrek Lee	.281 (.28138)	488
Brian Roberts	.281 (.28138)
Gary Matthews	.281 (.28138)
Craig Biggio	.281 (.28135)	491
Frank LaPorte	.281 (.28134)	492
Maury Wills	.281 (.28123)	493
Warren Cromartie	.281 (.28113)	494
Ed Konetchy	.281 (.28108)	495
Ival Goodman	.281 (.28106)	496
Hy Myers	.281 (.28106)
Danny Litwhiler	.281 (.28105)	498
Jason Giambi	.281 (.28102)	499
Marlon Byrd	.281 (.28088)	500
Tilly Walker	.281 (.28084)	501
Steve Sax	.281 (.28084)
Willie Kamm	.281 (.28081)	503
Wally Pipp	.281 (.28073)	504
Harry Hooper	.281 (.28071)	505
Rick Ferrell	.281 (.28069)	506
Bernie Friberg	.281 (.28064)	507
Cleon Jones	.281 (.28055)	508
Travis Hafner	.281 (.28053)	509
Bobby Avila	.281 (.28052)	510
David Eckstein	.280 (.28050)	511
Chone Figgins	.280 (.28045)	512
Terry Moore	.280 (.28043)	513
Alvin Davis	.280 (.28042)	514
Raul Ibanez	.280 (.28041)	515
Jimmy Dykes	.280 (.28039)	516
Terry Puhl	.280 (.28033)	517
Joe Dugan	.280 (.28022)	518
Steve Henderson	.280 (.28014)	519
Mickey Hatcher	.280 (.28013)	520
Dave Foutz	.280 (.28007)	521
Candy LaChance	.280 (.27993)	522
Jesus Alou	.280 (.27986)	523
Carlos Delgado	.280 (.27983)	524
Tony Cuccinello	.280 (.27959)	525
Tommy Griffith	.280 (.27956)	526
Buddy Bell	.279 (.27949)	527
Scott Podsednik	.279 (.27947)	528
Aubrey Huff	.279 (.27946)	529
Hank Majeski	.279 (.27945)	530
Andre Dawson	.279 (.27944)	531
Rusty Staub	.279 (.27942)	532
Johnny Groth	.279 (.27941)	533
Jackie Jensen	.279 (.27941)
Tony Perez	.279 (.27940)	535
Roger Bresnahan	.279 (.27940)
Wes Covington	.279 (.27938)	537
Gus Suhr	.279 (.27937)	538
Patsy Tebeau	.279 (.27934)	539
Vic Davalillo	.279 (.27931)	540
David Justice	.279 (.27929)	541
Felix Millan	.279 (.27923)	542
Keith Moreland	.279 (.27920)	543
Willie Davis	.279 (.27916)	544
Whitey Lockman	.279 (.27912)	545
John Valentin	.279 (.27904)	546
Dave Bancroft	.279 (.27903)	547
Ralph Kiner	.279 (.27877)	548
Ryan Klesko	.279 (.27874)	549
Rickey Henderson	.279 (.27872)	550
Bobby Bonilla	.279 (.27866)	551
Mark Koenig	.279 (.27862)	552
Chris Chambliss	.279 (.27856)	553
Sam Mertes	.279 (.27855)	554
Jay Payton	.279 (.27853)	555
Mike Lowell	.279 (.27851)	556
Mark Kotsay	.278 (.27846)	557
Dick Hoblitzell	.278 (.27837)	558
Dusty Baker	.278 (.27835)	559
Tom Daly	.278 (.27833)	560
Red Smith	.278 (.27822)	561
Ray Chapman	.278 (.27820)	562
Max Flack	.278 (.27818)	563
Jim Ray Hart	.278 (.27809)	564
Cliff Floyd	.278 (.27806)	565
Steve Kemp	.278 (.27797)	566
George Bell	.278 (.27797)
Deacon McGuire	.278 (.27790)	568
Mike Mitchell	.278 (.27790)
Ken Oberkfell	.278 (.27780)	570
Johnny Bates	.278 (.27779)	571
J.D. Drew	.278 (.27779)
Jorge Orta	.278 (.27775)	573
Jamey Carroll	.278 (.27774)	574
George Hendrick	.278 (.27774)
Cesar Tovar	.278 (.27761)	576
Claudell Washington	.278 (.27759)	577
Johnny Grubb	.278 (.27756)	578
Hoot Evers	.278 (.27756)
Doug Glanville	.277 (.27750)	580
Bob Skinner	.277 (.27744)	581
Vic Wertz	.277 (.27742)	582
Orlando Hudson	.277 (.27733)	583
Joe Adcock	.277 (.27732)	584
Ray Durham	.277 (.27727)	585
Bob Horner	.277 (.27720)	586
Melvin Mora	.277 (.27720)
Joey Cora	.277 (.27718)	588
Jerry Lynch	.277 (.27718)
Herman Long	.277 (.27717)	590
Orlando Merced	.277 (.27714)	591
Fred Luderus	.277 (.27706)	592
Joe Kuhel	.277 (.27705)	593
Chick Gandil	.277 (.27703)	594
Jim Thome	.277 (.27691)	595
Jacque Jones	.277 (.27688)	596
Dolph Camilli	.277 (.27685)	597
Art Fletcher	.277 (.27685)
Ron Santo	.277 (.27680)	599
Hank Bauer	.277 (.27677)	600
Amos Otis	.277 (.27675)	601
Harry Davis	.277 (.27672)	602
Enos Cabell	.277 (.27671)	603
Bobby Murcer	.277 (.27667)	604
Leon Durham	.277 (.27655)	605
Lou Whitaker	.276 (.27643)	606
Mel Hall	.276 (.27637)	607
Roy Cullenbine	.276 (.27636)	608
George McQuinn	.276 (.27632)	609
Al Martin	.276 (.27628)	610
Ken Keltner	.276 (.27626)	611
Adrian Beltre	.276 (.27619)	612
Bid McPhee	.276 (.27618)	613
Vinny Castilla	.276 (.27617)	614
Danny Cater	.276 (.27612)	615
Roy Campanella	.276 (.27610)	616
Gil McDougald	.276 (.27609)	617
Gary Ward	.276 (.27595)	618
Greg Luzinski	.276 (.27594)	619
Dave Martinez	.276 (.27593)	620
Randy Velarde	.276 (.27592)	621
Jack Rothrock	.276 (.27582)	622
Al Zarilla	.276 (.27581)	623
Elmer Smith	.276 (.27574)	624
Richie Hebner	.276 (.27572)	625
Derek Bell	.276 (.27567)	626
Cal Ripken, Jr.	.276 (.27565)	627
Willie Randolph	.276 (.27563)	628
Lee Magee	.276 (.27559)	629
Topsy Hartsel	.276 (.27558)	630
Ron Northey	.276 (.27554)	631
Wilbert Robinson	.275 (.27550)	632
Ping Bodie	.275 (.27548)	633
Rich Aurilia	.275 (.27548)
Duke Farrell	.275 (.27540)	635
Coco Crisp	.275 (.27527)	636
Jerry Remy	.275 (.27520)	637
Wally Backman	.275 (.27519)	638
Rudy York	.275 (.27517)	639
Muddy Ruel	.275 (.27514)	640
John Ward	.275 (.27514)
Geoff Jenkins	.275 (.27511)	642
Cliff Heathcote	.275 (.27504)	643
Marv Owen	.275 (.27499)	644
Jimmy Williams	.275 (.27495)	645
Ryan Howard	.275 (.27491)	646
Irv Noren	.275 (.27477)	647
Alex Rios	.275 (.27470)	648
Jose Cardenal	.275 (.27470)
Billy Nash	.275 (.27458)	650
Ray Boone	.275 (.27457)	651
Bernard Gilkey	.275 (.27456)	652
Willie Montanez	.275 (.27452)	653
Chili Davis	.274 (.27441)	654
Eric McNair	.274 (.27440)	655
Hans Lobert	.274 (.27438)	656
Trot Nixon	.274 (.27433)	657
Troy O'Leary	.274 (.27431)	658
Vernon Wells	.274 (.27431)
Jason Bay	.274 (.27430)	660
Elston Howard	.274 (.27429)	661
Mookie Wilson	.274 (.27424)	662
Alfonso Soriano	.274 (.27421)	663
Ernie Banks	.274 (.27417)	664
George Foster	.274 (.27410)	665
Orlando Palmeiro	.274 (.27409)	666
Jermaine Dye	.274 (.27406)	667
Rennie Stennett	.274 (.27405)	668
Willard Marshall	.274 (.27404)	669
Jim Gantner	.274 (.27403)	670
Travis Fryman	.274 (.27403)
Jimmy Sheckard	.274 (.27403)
Blondie Purcell	.274 (.27403)
Lee Maye	.274 (.27396)	674
Juan Beniquez	.274 (.27392)	675
Kevin Millar	.274 (.27389)	676
Donn Clendenon	.274 (.27388)	677
Bucky Harris	.274 (.27386)	678
Mike Lieberthal	.274 (.27383)	679
Frank Malzone	.274 (.27377)	680
Bengie Molina	.274 (.27369)	681
Torii Hunter	.274 (.27366)	682
Milt Thompson	.274 (.27360)	683
Carlos May	.274 (.27354)	684
Larry Herndon	.274 (.27353)	685
Andy Van Slyke	.274 (.27351)	686
George Browne	.273 (.27349)	687
Frank Howard	.273 (.27343)	688
Claude Ritchey	.273 (.27336)	689
Raul Mondesi	.273 (.27331)	690
Fred Merkle	.273 (.27326)	691
Gil Hodges	.273 (.27326)
Bill Phillips	.273 (.27326)
Wil Cordero	.273 (.27325)	694
Larry Biittner	.273 (.27325)
Joe Orsulak	.273 (.27324)	696
Sammy Sosa	.273 (.27323)	697
Jorge Posada	.273 (.27315)	698
George Wood	.273 (.27313)	699
Ben Oglivie	.273 (.27313)
Bob O'Farrell	.273 (.27310)	701
Willie Horton	.273 (.27309)	702
Bobby Lowe	.273 (.27307)	703
Phil Rizzuto	.273 (.27304)	704
Jose Offerman	.273 (.27302)	705
Chet Lemon	.273 (.27301)	706
Ron Hunt	.273 (.27297)	707
Todd Hollandsworth	.273 (.27296)	708
Ronnie Belliard	.273 (.27294)	709
Sandy Alomar, Jr.	.273 (.27285)	710
Scott Hatteberg	.273 (.27283)	711
Aaron Rowand	.273 (.27275)	712
Peanuts Lowrey	.273 (.27264)	713
Bill Bruton	.273 (.27262)	714
Rick Burleson	.273 (.27262)
Tony Womack	.273 (.27262)
Danny Tartabull	.273 (.27260)	717
Larry Hisle	.273 (.27253)	718
George Pinkney	.273 (.27253)
Roger Cedeno	.273 (.27253)
Mark DeRosa	.272 (.27243)	721
Tito Francona	.272 (.27241)	722
Rance Mulliniks	.272 (.27235)	723
Jimmy Piersall	.272 (.27233)	724
Omar Vizquel	.272 (.27231)	725
Adam Kennedy	.272 (.27220)	726
Al Smith	.272 (.27217)	727
Bobby Higginson	.272 (.27210)	728
Jimmy Rollins	.272 (.27209)	729
Bill Dahlen	.272 (.27206)	730
Dave Collins	.272 (.27206)
Marquis Grissom	.272 (.27202)	732
Buck Weaver	.272 (.27199)	733
Ken Caminiti	.272 (.27195)	734
Bill Sweeney	.272 (.27194)	735
Harlond Clift	.272 (.27190)	736
Dwight Evans	.272 (.27190)
Ossie Bluege	.272 (.27189)	738
Bill Hallman	.272 (.27179)	739
Orlando Cabrera	.272 (.27177)	740
Brandon Phillips	.272 (.27170)	741
Sam Wise	.272 (.27169)	742
Ray Lankford	.272 (.27162)	743
Michael Cuddyer	.272 (.27161)	744
Norm Siebern	.272 (.27159)	745
Leon Wagner	.272 (.27158)	746
Rey Sanchez	.272 (.27155)	747
Ray Knight	.271 (.27148)	748
Tim McCarver	.271 (.27148)
Garry Templeton	.271 (.27147)	750
Norm Cash	.271 (.27144)	751
Doug Mientkiewicz	.271 (.27144)
Sixto Lezcano	.271 (.27141)	753
Johnny Kling	.271 (.27140)	754
Duane Kuiper	.271 (.27138)	755
Myril Hoag	.271 (.27137)	756
Joe Morgan	.271 (.27132)	757
Denny Walling	.271 (.27131)	758
Bill Werber	.271 (.27130)	759
Merv Rettenmund	.271 (.27123)	760
Eddie Mathews	.271 (.27117)	761
Elbie Fletcher	.271 (.27116)	762
Carl Everett	.271 (.27116)
Steve Finley	.271 (.27115)	764
Roy White	.271 (.27113)	765
Cristian Guzman	.271 (.27109)	766
Tom Herr	.271 (.27108)	767
Heinie Peitz	.271 (.27105)	768
Russ Snyder	.271 (.27100)	769
Johnny Wyrostek	.271 (.27099)	770
Steve Braun	.271 (.27096)	771
Bill Bradley	.271 (.27090)	772
Charlie Hemphill	.271 (.27087)	773
Mike Lansing	.271 (.27084)	774
Kid Elberfeld	.271 (.27077)	775
Milton Bradley	.271 (.27074)	776
Tommy Dowd	.271 (.27073)	777
Don Kolloway	.271 (.27072)	778
Tino Martinez	.271 (.27071)	779
Terry Steinbach	.271 (.27063)	780
Max Bishop	.271 (.27058)	781
Burt Shotton	.271 (.27058)
Bill Spiers	.271 (.27054)	783
Glenallen Hill	.271 (.27052)	784
Marco Scutaro	.270 (.27044)	785
Bobby Thomson	.270 (.27042)	786
Davy Jones	.270 (.27041)	787
Gene Moore	.270 (.27039)	788
Lyle Overbay	.270 (.27037)	789
Rube Oldring	.270 (.27036)	790
Johnny Evers	.270 (.27033)	791
Wildfire Schulte	.270 (.27032)	792
Jody Reed	.270 (.27031)	793
Kevin Bass	.270 (.27030)	794
Kitty Bransfield	.270 (.27025)	795
Mike Marshall	.270 (.27025)
Earl Battey	.270 (.27022)	797
Jose Guillen	.270 (.27021)	798
Jose Vizcaino	.270 (.27012)	799
Phil Nevin	.270 (.27006)	800
Dave Philley	.270 (.27001)	801
Birdie Tebbetts	.270 (.26998)	802
Al Cowens	.270 (.26997)	803
Red Murray	.270 (.26996)	804
Dan Gladden	.270 (.26994)	805
Brook Jacoby	.270 (.26991)	806
Chief Zimmer	.270 (.26989)	807
Walt Dropo	.270 (.26988)	808
Hank Gowdy	.270 (.26984)	809
Juan Encarnacion	.270 (.26980)	810
Terry Pendleton	.270 (.26977)	811
Dan Ford	.270 (.26976)	812
Willie McCovey	.270 (.26973)	813
Glenn Myatt	.270 (.26960)	814
Otis Nixon	.270 (.26960)
Mike Stanley	.270 (.26954)	816
Jim Tabor	.270 (.26954)
Chief Wilson	.269 (.26946)	818
Shawon Dunston	.269 (.26944)	819
Possum Whitted	.269 (.26942)	820
Hector Lopez	.269 (.26938)	821
Matty McIntyre	.269 (.26933)	822
Cookie Lavagetto	.269 (.26931)	823
Pee Wee Reese	.269 (.26930)	824
Tommy Leach	.269 (.26925)	825
Bobby Adams	.269 (.26922)	826
Lyn Lary	.269 (.26917)	827
Hubie Brooks	.269 (.26917)
Rick Miller	.269 (.26910)	829
Carlton Fisk	.269 (.26907)	830
Stan Javier	.269 (.26907)
Deivi Cruz	.269 (.26891)	832
Solly Hofman	.269 (.26891)
Lenny Harris	.269 (.26886)	834
Billy Shindle	.269 (.26881)	835
Julio Lugo	.269 (.26881)
Eric Davis	.269 (.26875)	837
Arlie Latham	.269 (.26869)	838
Lonny Frey	.269 (.26862)	839
Art Devlin	.269 (.26859)	840
Darrin Fletcher	.269 (.26858)	841
Tommy Helms	.269 (.26856)	842
Rich Rollins	.269 (.26854)	843
Eddie Stanky	.268 (.26831)	844
Johnny Logan	.268 (.26831)
Hughie Critz	.268 (.26830)	846
Matt Williams	.268 (.26829)	847
Lou Bierbauer	.268 (.26823)	848
Jimmy Slagle	.268 (.26821)	849
Willie Crawford	.268 (.26812)	850
Mickey Morandini	.268 (.26810)	851
Joe Gordon	.268 (.26809)	852
Dode Paskert	.268 (.26807)	853
George Scott	.268 (.26799)	854
Ken Landreaux	.268 (.26798)	855
Bobby Wallace	.268 (.26793)	856
Tito Fuentes	.268 (.26788)	857
Delino DeShields	.268 (.26787)	858
Gabe Kapler	.268 (.26785)	859
Kirk Gibson	.268 (.26785)
Bobby Bonds	.268 (.26778)	861
Eric Karros	.268 (.26766)	862
Snuffy Stirnweiss	.268 (.26766)
Jhonny Peralta	.268 (.26766)
Eddie Robinson	.268 (.26763)	865
Bill Nicholson	.268 (.26758)	866
Tom Goodwin	.268 (.26755)	867
Ruben Sierra	.268 (.26753)	868
Aaron Ward	.268 (.26752)	869
Jerry Lumpe	.268 (.26751)	870
J.T. Snow	.268 (.26751)
Mike Schmidt	.267 (.26748)	872
Johnny Bench	.267 (.26743)	873
Charlie Comiskey	.267 (.26739)	874
Brooks Robinson	.267 (.26732)	875
Shad Barry	.267 (.26731)	876
Harry Steinfeldt	.267 (.26730)	877
Brian Downing	.267 (.26729)	878
Adam LaRoche	.267 (.26728)	879
Matt Lawton	.267 (.26727)	880
Jim Northrup	.267 (.26726)	881
Neifi Perez	.267 (.26721)	882
Dan Driessen	.267 (.26720)	883
Von Hayes	.267 (.26710)	884
Doggie Miller	.267 (.26708)	885
Billy Rogell	.267 (.26704)	886
Wes Parker	.267 (.26702)	887
Miguel Cairo	.267 (.26695)	888
Reggie Sanders	.267 (.26694)	889
Lee May	.267 (.26692)	890
Curt Welch	.267 (.26689)	891
Bill Virdon	.267 (.26689)
Robin Ventura	.267 (.26685)	893
Jim Russell	.267 (.26676)	894
Jack Clark	.267 (.26669)	895
Dave Concepcion	.267 (.26665)	896
Eric Chavez	.267 (.26664)	897
Jay Johnstone	.267 (.26664)
Roy Sievers	.267 (.26664)
Mariano Duncan	.267 (.26662)	900
Lenny Green	.267 (.26658)	901
Dale Long	.267 (.26656)	902
Joe Girardi	.267 (.26654)	903
Sam Mele	.267 (.26651)	904
Hank Sauer	.266 (.26647)	905
Sam Chapman	.266 (.26644)	906
Ron Fairly	.266 (.26629)	907
Ricky Gutierrez	.266 (.26624)	908
Bill Doran	.266 (.26622)	909
Tony Kubek	.266 (.26614)	910
Nemo Leibold	.266 (.26614)
Bobby Grich	.266 (.26604)	912
Rocky Colavito	.266 (.26603)	913
Jack Wilson	.266 (.26603)
Jeffrey Leonard	.266 (.26601)	915
Jose Canseco	.266 (.26598)	916
Bobby Richardson	.266 (.26587)	917
Frank Thomas	.266 (.26587)
Boog Powell	.266 (.26583)	919
Ramon Hernandez	.266 (.26575)	920
Mark Ellis	.266 (.26571)	921
Ron Hassey	.266 (.26570)	922
Bret Boone	.266 (.26560)	923
Tony Phillips	.266 (.26559)	924
Wally Post	.266 (.26554)	925
Oscar Gamble	.265 (.26544)	926
Kevin McReynolds	.265 (.26535)	927
Jim Gilliam	.265 (.26535)
Jay Bell	.265 (.26534)	929
Frank Snyder	.265 (.26531)	930
Ron Oester	.265 (.26531)
Jerry Priddy	.265 (.26525)	932
Earl Torgeson	.265 (.26524)	933
Miller Huggins	.265 (.26520)	934
Dale Murphy	.265 (.26520)
Gus Mancuso	.265 (.26504)	936
Marlon Anderson	.265 (.26498)	937
Tom Brown	.265 (.26497)	938
Frankie Gustine	.265 (.26495)	939
Don Demeter	.265 (.26489)	940
Joel Youngblood	.265 (.26483)	941
Don Hoak	.265 (.26469)	942
Ollie Brown	.265 (.26469)
Ty Wigginton	.265 (.26467)	944
George Stovall	.265 (.26465)	945
Gerald Perry	.265 (.26463)	946
Todd Zeile	.265 (.26462)	947
Jackie Hayes	.265 (.26460)	948
Jim Fregosi	.265 (.26460)
Gus Zernial	.265 (.26458)	950
George Cutshaw	.265 (.26454)	951
Glenn Wilson	.265 (.26451)	952
Bobby Tolan	.265 (.26451)
Sherm Lollar	.264 (.26444)	954
Phil Masi	.264 (.26442)	955
Pat Kelly	.264 (.26441)	956
Dickie Thon	.264 (.26433)	957
Don Buford	.264 (.26422)	958
Joe Rudi	.264 (.26422)
Bernie Carbo	.264 (.26418)	960
Johnny Callison	.264 (.26413)	961
Chad Curtis	.264 (.26413)
Billy Hatcher	.264 (.26412)	963
Chuck Hinton	.264 (.26411)	964
Chick Galloway	.264 (.26402)	965
Tom Burns	.264 (.26402)
Felipe Lopez	.264 (.26401)	967
Shano Collins	.264 (.26401)
Toby Harrah	.264 (.26398)	969
Dick Stuart	.264 (.26395)	970
Rick Monday	.264 (.26385)	971
Ozzie Guillen	.264 (.26383)	972
Thomas Howard	.264 (.26379)	973
Charlie Maxwell	.264 (.26379)
Terry Kennedy	.264 (.26371)	975
Eddie Kasko	.264 (.26368)	976
Jack O'Connor	.264 (.26366)	977
Eddie Foster	.264 (.26362)	978
Vince Coleman	.264 (.26360)	979
Casey Blake	.264 (.26356)	980
Preston Wilson	.264 (.26355)	981
Brian Hunter	.264 (.26352)	982
Sid Bream	.264 (.26351)	983
John Mabry	.263 (.26342)	984
Larry Parrish	.263 (.26340)	985
Michael Barrett	.263 (.26338)	986
Ed Charles	.263 (.26335)	987
Devon White	.263 (.26334)	988
Benito Santiago	.263 (.26327)	989
Mitch Webster	.263 (.26323)	990
Bill Russell	.263 (.26319)	991
Brent Mayne	.263 (.26314)	992
Cookie Rojas	.263 (.26312)	993
Marty Marion	.263 (.26299)	994
Davey Lopes	.263 (.26298)	995
Milt May	.263 (.26293)	996
Dots Miller	.263 (.26288)	997
Jason Michaels	.263 (.26286)	998
Doc Johnston	.263 (.26285)	999
Mark McGwire	.263 (.26281)	1000
Name	Batting Average	Rank
Current Through 2011 Season

Who's not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame from the top twenty? Shoeless Joe Jackson, Pete Browning, Tony Gwynn, Todd Helton and Riggs Stephenson. Do they all belong? Share your opinion on our baseball message boards today.

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Prior to 2010 we only listed the top 100 and monitored those who made and slipped off the list. Here is that original fast fact preserved and now useless due to the list including 1000 names: Modern superstars are making the list as they meet the one-thousand minimum games played threshold: In 2001 Jeff Cirillo & Manny Ramirez met the requirements and joined the top one-hundred. In 2002 Cirillo slipped off the chart and Jason Giambi made it while Chipper Jones & Alex Rodriguez missed the cutoff by less than 2/1000 of a point. In 2003 Jason Giambi slipped off the chart, Chipper Jones just missed it once again (his career average is .30870), and Vladimir Guerrero vaulted onto the list at forty-first — higher than any other active player, that is until 2004 when Todd Helton launched into the top 20 all-time.

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