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Who has the all time highest batting average with a minimum of 15 years of MLB service?
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a part time player or pinch hitter?
All Time Leaders
'Top 100'
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 (.34213) 9
Babe Ruth .342 (.34207) 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
Ichiro Suzuki .333 (.33347) 23
Paul Waner .333 (.33323) 24
Eddie Collins .333 (.33320) 25
Mike Donlin .333 (.33264) 26
Todd Helton .332 (.33163) 27
Albert Pujols .332 (.33152) 28
Stan Musial .331 (.33084) 29
Sam Thompson .331 (.33072) 30
Heinie Manush .330 (.32976) 31
Cap Anson .329 (.32909) 32
Wade Boggs .328 (.32789) 33
Rod Carew .328 (.32775) 34
Honus Wagner .327 (.32742) 35
Bob Fothergill .325 (.32548) 36
Jimmie Foxx .325 (.32530) 37
Earle Combs .325 (.32475) 38
Joe DiMaggio .325 (.32459) 39
Vladimir Guerrero .325 (.32456) 40
Babe Herman .324 (.32447) 41
Hugh Duffy .324 (.32406) 42
Joe Medwick .324 (.32364) 43
Edd Roush .323 (.32269) 44
Sam Rice .322 (.32226) 45
Ross Youngs .322 (.32224) 46
Kiki Cuyler .321 (.32105) 47
Charlie Gehringer .320 (.32043) 48
Chuck Klein .320 (.32007) 49
Pie Traynor .320 (.31962) 50
Mickey Cochrane .320 (.31960) 51
Ken Williams .319 (.31921) 52
Kirby Puckett .318 (.31806) 53
Denny Lyons .318 (.31790) 54
Earl Averill .318 (.31780) 55
Arky Vaughan .318 (.31758) 56
Roberto Clemente .317 (.31733) 57
Derek Jeter .317 (.31714) 58
Chick Hafey .317 (.31697) 59
Joe Kelley .317 (.31687) 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
Nomar Garciaparra .315 (.31522) 67
Bibb Falk .314 (.31449) 68
Cecil Travis .314 (.31420) 69
Hank Greenberg .313 (.31350) 70
Jack Fournier .313 (.31317) 71
Elmer Flick .313 (.31303) 72
Manny Ramirez .313 (.31298) 73
Larry Walker .313 (.31273) 74
Bill Dickey .313 (.31254) 75
Dale Mitchell .312 (.31225) 76
Johnny Mize .312 (.31212) 77
Joe Sewell .312 (.31211) 78
Elmer Smith .312 (.31203) 79
Fred Clarke .312 (.31186) 80
Barney McCosky .312 (.31184) 81
Magglio Ordonez .312 (.31170) 82
Edgar Martinez .312 (.31152) 83
Hughie Jennings .311 (.31138) 84
Freddie Lindstrom .311 (.31135) 85
Bing Miller .311 (.31133) 86
Jackie Robinson .311 (.31126) 87
Baby Doll Jacobson .311 (.31124) 88
Taffy Wright .311 (.31119) 89
Rip Radcliff .311 (.31100) 90
Ginger Beaumont .311 (.31078) 91
Mike Tiernan .311 (.31053) 92
Luke Appling .310 (.31041) 93
Irish Meusel .310 (.31041)
Bobby Veach .310 (.30995) 95
Henry Larkin .310 (.30990) 96
Jim O'Rourke .310 (.30989) 97
Jim Bottomley .310 (.30960) 98
John Stone .310 (.30952) 99
Sam Crawford .309 (.30940) 100
Name Batting Average Rank
Current Through 2007 Season
<< <i>gotta be a trick question...
a part time player or pinch hitter? >>
I'm thinking it is a pitcher who plays or played in the AL and got up to bat one or two times
In 17 MLB seasons, he hit .500, e.g. 1 hit in 2 at-bats.
/s/ JackWESQ
John was the older brother of big leaguer Tom Paciorek and played baseball, football, and basketball at St. Ladislaus High School in Hamtramck, Michigan with my favorite athlete of all-time, that being my father.
/s/ JackWESQ
<< <i>Not the right answer, because he played only 1 game, not 15 years, but John Paciorek batted 1.000 for his career, going 3-for-3 in his only game played in the majors.
John was the older brother of big leaguer Tom Paciorek and played baseball, football, and basketball at St. Ladislaus High School in Hamtramck, Michigan with my favorite athlete of all-time, that being my father. >>
"with a minimum of 15 years of MLB service? "
<< <i>
"with a minimum of 15 years of MLB service? " >>
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"Not the right answer, because he played only 1 game, not 15 years, but "
I think it was against the Mets too.
Steve
<< <i>Not the right answer, because he played only 1 game, not 15 years, but John Paciorek batted 1.000 for his career, going 3-for-3 in his only game played in the majors.
John was the older brother of big leaguer Tom Paciorek and played baseball, football, and basketball at St. Ladislaus High School in Hamtramck, Michigan with my favorite athlete of all-time, that being my father. >>
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Guess my post wasn't clear. I knew I didn't have the right answer, but I thought the John Paciorek tidbit was interesting. Not sure who has the most AB's of anyone who hit 1.000 for his "career".
Like I said, the only reason I even know this is because my dad and John were high school classmates / teammates.
Sorry for derailing the thread.
-Tom
I found the tidbit interesting.
Just like I find the fact that Scott Munninghoff, Chuck Lindstrom, Eric Cammack and Eduardo Rodriguez are all tied with the highest lifetime slugging percentage at 3.000. Each had one (1) career at-bat and each nailed triple.
/s/ JackWESQ
I forgot I posted this question!
I will say that there were two 'right' answers.
Terry Forster was the answer I was looking for.
I didn't realize the Roberto Hernandez fact had knocked Forster off the top(based on the 15 year qualification). The Forster question had been around for some time now. I guess the question isn't as fun if a 50 AB qualification has to be added. The 15 year qualification gives an initial head scratch.
<< <i>How many ABs could Roberto Hernandez even have had? Didn't he play in the AL most of his career? >>
1 for 2 lifetime (17 seasons) stats