Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1948 to 1954, (requiring AB≥2000), sorted by greatest BA
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Cnt Player **BA** AB From To Ages G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams ----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 1 Stan Musial .346 4118 1948 1954 27-33 1074 4817 844 1423 294 74 221 801 675 0 248 15 2 7 88 30 23 .439 .614 1.053 9783/1 STL 2 Ted Williams .342 2427 1948 1954 29-35 689 3107 577 831 164 13 169 635 671 0 199 6 0 3 65 9 3 .485 .630 1.115 *7 BOS 3 Jackie Robinson .322 3613 1948 1954 29-35 1009 4280 710 1164 221 45 107 607 545 0 205 57 61 4 91 144 22 .419 .497 .916 *475/369 BRO 4 George Kell .318 3343 1948 1954 25-31 875 3797 510 1064 231 25 39 451 362 0 124 19 64 9 93 28 18 .387 .437 .824 *5/7 DET-TOT-BOS 5 Dale Mitchell .313 3335 1948 1954 26-32 875 3670 470 1043 147 50 40 347 311 0 95 5 19 0 58 42 42 .372 .423 .795 *7/83 CLE 6 Richie Ashburn .312 4156 1948 1954 21-27 1039 4746 652 1296 163 57 13 321 492 0 240 17 80 1 36 125 31 .387 .388 .775 *8/7 PHI 7 Bob Dillinger .312 2108 1948 1951 29-32 533 2317 298 657 94 38 7 165 176 0 133 6 27 0 62 64 33 .366 .402 .768 *5 SLB-TOT 8 Billy Goodman .311 3374 1948 1954 22-28 893 3871 525 1048 194 24 12 373 419 0 176 19 58 1 71 28 20 .390 .393 .783 34/7596 BOS 9 Minnie Minoso .309 2239 1949 1954 23-28 606 2640 433 692 111 49 58 358 296 0 179 65 32 8 72 96 54 .404 .480 .884 *7/8956 CLE-TOT-CHW 10 Duke Snider .309 3646 1948 1954 21-27 947 4100 659 1126 193 50 191 669 409 0 558 11 28 6 83 75 27 .380 .546 .926 *8/9 BRO 11 Don Mueller .307 2686 1948 1954 21-27 751 2831 342 825 94 31 46 343 109 0 102 9 19 8 57 8 5 .335 .417 .752 *9/78 NYG 12 Bobby Avila .306 2468 1949 1954 25-30 686 2824 417 756 106 21 41 249 274 0 145 5 73 4 68 50 33 .376 .416 .792 *4/6 CLE 13 Carl Furillo .302 3651 1948 1954 26-32 977 3990 532 1102 188 32 104 594 278 0 234 30 28 3 105 30 16 .356 .456 .812 *98/7 BRO 14 Ted Kluszewski .302 3695 1948 1954 23-29 970 4000 525 1116 198 22 163 648 285 0 214 14 1 5 98 18 7 .354 .500 .854 *3 CIN 15 Enos Slaughter .302 3209 1948 1954 32-38 920 3725 469 970 159 62 56 560 471 0 185 13 32 0 61 27 9 .394 .443 .837 *97 STL-NYY 16 Dom DiMaggio .302 2969 1948 1953 31-36 718 3413 578 897 158 25 42 322 409 0 296 12 23 0 58 44 28 .389 .415 .804 *8 BOS 17 Red Schoendienst .300 4037 1948 1954 25-31 1004 4414 631 1211 234 42 47 432 303 0 164 8 57 9 97 28 12 .349 .414 .763 *4/658 STL 18 Monte Irvin .299 2010 1949 1954 30-35 602 2333 306 601 77 27 83 376 293 0 164 20 5 5 65 24 7 .393 .488 .881 *73/958 NYG 19 Yogi Berra .297 3649 1948 1954 23-29 963 4004 602 1085 161 34 168 732 318 0 166 25 5 7 66 16 17 .357 .498 .855 *2/95 NYY 20 Alvin Dark .297 4185 1948 1954 26-32 1037 4529 668 1241 235 38 93 468 238 0 291 31 70 5 80 48 18 .339 .438 .777 *6/47591 BSN-NYG 21 Al Rosen .296 2808 1948 1954 24-30 777 3288 477 831 134 17 156 575 437 0 294 23 9 11 94 34 28 .394 .522 .916 *5/364 CLE 22 Hank Bauer .295 2481 1948 1954 25-31 741 2793 423 733 109 29 73 363 269 0 283 16 24 3 49 22 21 .368 .451 .819 *97/8 NYY 23 Frank Baumholtz .294 2452 1948 1954 29-35 685 2673 318 720 121 37 19 191 180 0 175 14 25 2 39 24 17 .345 .396 .741 98/7 CIN-TOT-CHC 24 Bobby Doerr .294 2056 1948 1951 30-33 534 2367 348 605 103 28 85 413 282 0 157 6 23 0 75 10 9 .381 .496 .877 *4 BOS 25 Hank Majeski .293 2152 1948 1954 31-37 662 2385 279 631 117 17 39 339 191 0 163 17 25 0 79 4 9 .356 .418 .774 *5/467 PHA-CHW-TOT-CLE ----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- Cnt Player **BA** AB From To Ages G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams ----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 26 Ferris Fain .292 3211 1948 1954 27-33 901 3979 493 938 174 24 39 468 715 0 202 15 33 5 92 37 22 .423 .398 .821 *3/97 PHA-CHW 27 Nellie Fox .291 3224 1948 1954 20-26 829 3593 459 938 130 47 9 264 245 0 81 37 83 4 62 41 36 .348 .369 .717 *4 PHA-CHW 28 Sid Gordon .291 3390 1948 1954 30-36 982 3990 535 988 169 17 168 608 542 0 252 18 31 9 118 14 5 .391 .500 .891 *759/3 NYG-BSN-MLN-PIT 29 Johnny Pesky .291 2866 1948 1954 28-34 815 3408 541 835 127 29 13 259 483 0 131 20 38 1 56 20 25 .397 .370 .767 *56/4 BOS-TOT-DET 30 Andy Pafko .290 3613 1948 1954 27-33 993 4074 531 1046 161 28 160 581 372 0 269 49 33 7 95 20 11 .363 .482 .845 9857 CHC-TOT-BRO-MLN 31 Larry Doby .287 3545 1948 1954 24-30 986 4213 673 1016 162 39 176 654 615 0 645 30 14 9 61 42 30 .396 .503 .899 *8/9 CLE 32 Del Ennis .287 4052 1948 1954 23-29 1051 4478 588 1163 208 43 175 755 384 0 398 17 14 11 117 19 10 .350 .489 .839 *79/83 PHI 33 Al Zarilla .287 2268 1948 1953 29-34 698 2616 357 650 137 21 46 313 302 0 247 19 27 0 44 25 20 .375 .426 .801 *9/78 SLB-TOT-BOS-CHW 34 Whitey Lockman .286 4130 1948 1954 21-27 1031 4588 628 1181 167 40 85 428 400 0 274 11 41 6 51 32 15 .350 .408 .758 *378/9 NYG 35 Johnny Groth .285 2862 1948 1954 21-27 791 3238 361 817 150 20 48 380 327 0 216 10 36 3 96 15 38 .360 .402 .762 *8/79 DET-SLB-CHW 36 Gene Woodling .285 2272 1949 1954 26-31 698 2677 361 648 105 40 51 336 378 0 184 6 18 3 46 13 24 .388 .434 .822 *7/89 NYY 37 Gus Bell .284 2719 1950 1954 21-25 695 2962 401 771 145 40 87 407 202 0 289 17 16 8 46 11 13 .336 .462 .798 *98 PIT-CIN 38 Mickey Vernon .284 3879 1948 1954 30-36 1019 4384 536 1103 210 55 84 585 440 0 362 18 41 6 75 51 42 .359 .432 .791 *3 WSH-CLE-TOT-WSH 39 Eddie Waitkus .284 3079 1948 1954 28-34 814 3405 405 873 157 32 16 260 289 0 153 7 27 3 53 20 7 .346 .371 .717 *3/7 CHC-PHI-BAL 40 Joe Adcock .283 2235 1950 1954 22-26 622 2426 273 632 114 20 72 321 157 0 231 7 23 4 76 8 12 .331 .448 .779 *37 CIN-MLN 41 Irv Noren .283 2143 1950 1954 25-29 606 2412 327 606 109 30 45 319 235 0 226 11 16 7 35 27 20 .356 .425 .781 *89/73 WSH-TOT-NYY 42 Jim Busby .282 2290 1950 1954 23-27 611 2484 278 645 89 20 20 281 146 0 207 15 26 7 44 61 29 .328 .364 .692 *8/9 CHW-TOT-WSH 43 Vern Stephens .282 3204 1948 1954 27-33 851 3594 510 902 155 21 135 639 368 0 314 3 12 7 109 9 9 .355 .469 .824 *65 BOS-TOT-BAL 44 Vic Wertz .282 3303 1948 1954 23-29 934 3826 497 930 159 34 138 618 483 0 412 13 21 6 76 4 13 .375 .476 .851 *9/78 DET-TOT-SLB 45 Roy Campanella .281 3041 1948 1954 26-32 865 3453 476 854 143 16 177 614 377 0 349 19 15 1 98 21 12 .364 .513 .877 *2 BRO 46 Ralph Kiner .281 3817 1948 1954 25-31 1063 4621 734 1072 163 32 277 753 774 0 513 21 6 3 91 18 2 .405 .558 .963 *7/3 PIT-TOT-CHC 47 Elmer Valo .281 2517 1948 1954 27-33 789 3110 407 707 127 39 31 321 531 0 128 23 36 3 55 61 43 .410 .399 .809 *97/8 PHA 48 Hoot Evers .280 2670 1948 1954 27-33 784 3021 395 748 135 30 75 422 289 0 268 19 43 0 86 27 26 .355 .437 .792 78/9 DET-TOT-BOS 49 Dick Sisler .280 2297 1948 1953 27-32 670 2543 281 644 105 25 52 309 209 0 217 7 30 0 40 6 3 .342 .416 .758 73 PHI-TOT-STL 50 Gil Hodges .279 3827 1948 1954 24-30 1049 4426 652 1067 164 27 211 755 531 0 555 16 33 19 77 38 18 .367 .501 .868 *3/279 BRO ----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- Cnt Player **BA** AB From To Ages G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams ----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 51 Pee Wee Reese .279 3967 1948 1954 29-35 1031 4687 719 1106 177 43 75 472 625 0 423 14 75 6 98 148 30 .378 .402 .780 *6/5 BRO 52 Bob Elliott .278 2673 1948 1953 31-36 781 3147 419 743 134 21 98 449 451 0 277 7 16 0 78 12 2 .384 .454 .838 *5/79 BSN-NYG-TOT 53 Jerry Priddy .278 2781 1948 1953 28-33 747 3224 407 772 143 30 45 318 389 0 368 7 47 0 82 19 27 .368 .399 .767 *4/356 SLB-DET 54 Eddie Robinson .277 3488 1948 1954 27-33 979 3968 441 967 153 22 131 597 417 0 284 36 25 2 73 9 11 .360 .446 .806 *3 CLE-WSH-TOT-CHW-PHA-NYY 55 Bobby Thomson .277 3508 1948 1954 24-30 941 3857 518 971 158 46 152 587 309 0 384 20 20 0 95 29 9 .339 .478 .817 *857/9 NYG-MLN 56 Bobby Adams .275 2924 1948 1954 26-32 848 3272 432 805 133 34 26 215 299 0 308 5 42 2 45 37 26 .343 .371 .714 *54/9 CIN 57 Ray Boone .275 2528 1948 1954 24-30 738 2919 384 694 77 28 76 380 338 0 235 18 31 4 72 16 14 .364 .417 .781 *65/4 CLE-TOT-DET 58 Walker Cooper .275 2129 1948 1954 33-39 667 2326 251 585 91 11 88 364 171 0 181 14 12 0 73 5 1 .333 .452 .785 *2 NYG-TOT-BSN-MLN 59 Peanuts Lowrey .274 2162 1948 1954 30-36 788 2428 289 593 94 16 19 224 215 0 113 9 40 2 71 10 3 .342 .359 .701 78/9546 CHC-TOT-STL 60 Hank Thompson .274 2310 1949 1954 23-28 688 2727 393 632 81 32 104 385 368 0 248 17 27 5 37 27 11 .377 .471 .848 *5/4879 NYG 61 Wally Westlake .274 2662 1948 1954 27-33 817 2994 413 729 88 29 110 469 280 0 377 29 21 2 80 14 7 .349 .453 .802 897 PIT-TOT-CLE 62 Johnny Wyrostek .274 3127 1948 1954 28-34 888 3512 377 856 152 33 47 381 345 0 333 18 18 4 64 19 13 .349 .389 .738 *98/73 CIN-TOT-PHI 63 Gus Zernial .274 2753 1949 1954 26-31 748 3046 399 754 107 17 152 530 273 0 463 16 1 3 66 11 6 .343 .491 .834 *7/3 CHW-TOT-PHA 64 Walt Dropo .273 2477 1949 1954 26-31 657 2683 298 675 112 17 91 439 176 0 329 15 11 4 95 4 3 .324 .442 .766 *3 BOS-TOT-DET 65 Willard Marshall .273 2694 1948 1954 27-33 822 3040 371 735 117 28 70 384 319 0 139 7 19 1 73 7 4 .351 .415 .766 *9/78 NYG-BSN-TOT-CIN-CHW 66 Granny Hamner .271 4135 1948 1954 21-27 1047 4431 511 1122 202 46 80 523 227 0 276 5 55 9 112 30 11 .309 .400 .709 *64/5 PHI 67 Hank Sauer .271 3586 1948 1954 31-37 970 4044 569 971 161 17 225 672 417 0 511 25 9 7 82 8 4 .350 .513 .863 *79/3 CIN-TOT-CHC 68 Phil Rizzuto .270 3533 1948 1954 31-37 993 4163 577 953 148 35 26 336 461 0 228 25 142 2 62 78 33 .358 .354 .712 *6/4 NYY 69 Dave Philley .268 3856 1948 1954 28-34 1012 4318 483 1034 157 39 54 417 388 0 300 12 55 7 112 62 36 .336 .371 .707 *98/75 CHW-TOT-PHA-CLE 70 Chico Carrasquel .266 2593 1950 1954 22-26 692 2917 327 691 108 20 21 255 268 0 226 19 35 2 58 28 17 .339 .348 .687 *6 CHW 71 Randy Jackson .266 2029 1950 1954 24-28 560 2230 273 540 75 28 66 249 167 0 227 4 26 4 66 34 13 .323 .428 .751 *5/7 CHC 72 Cass Michaels .265 3201 1948 1954 22-28 929 3709 389 849 112 36 47 386 459 0 309 14 35 0 83 37 17 .360 .367 .727 *4/568 CHW-TOT-WSH-PHA-CHW 73 Earl Torgeson .265 2946 1948 1954 24-30 838 3528 476 782 143 27 82 417 524 0 344 8 44 6 66 83 20 .377 .416 .793 *3/97 BSN-PHI 74 Sam Mele .264 2777 1948 1954 26-32 817 3071 313 733 144 31 62 443 257 0 267 8 23 6 109 14 9 .327 .405 .732 *9/873 BOS-TOT-WSH-CHW 75 Johnny Lipon .263 2510 1948 1954 25-31 710 2924 342 659 93 24 10 256 335 0 142 7 72 0 64 27 22 .351 .331 .682 *6/45 DET-TOT-CIN ----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- Cnt Player **BA** AB From To Ages G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS OBP SLG OPS Positions Teams ----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 76 Eddie Yost .263 3834 1948 1954 21-27 1042 4760 654 1010 201 38 66 359 823 0 413 41 61 1 72 37 26 .399 .387 .786 *5/7 WSH 77 Jim Delsing .262 2012 1948 1954 22-28 627 2282 260 527 91 19 30 219 235 0 190 17 16 2 47 12 23 .344 .371 .715 *87/9 CHW-NYY-TOT-SLB-DET 78 Sherm Lollar .260 2053 1948 1954 23-29 707 2401 239 534 99 4 57 300 278 0 170 41 27 2 71 5 2 .359 .396 .755 *2/35 NYY-SLB-CHW 79 Billy Cox .259 2541 1948 1954 28-34 742 2819 334 659 112 16 46 245 223 0 157 5 48 2 68 31 19 .320 .370 .690 *5/64 BRO 80 Willie Jones .259 3323 1948 1954 22-28 909 3786 444 862 149 20 117 453 388 0 293 15 54 6 81 24 7 .339 .422 .761 *5 PHI 81 Eddie Joost .258 2827 1948 1954 32-38 766 3528 553 729 122 16 103 371 654 0 433 19 28 0 38 27 25 .401 .422 .823 *6/54 PHA 82 Gil Coan .254 2540 1948 1954 26-32 757 2795 342 646 85 39 35 254 207 0 319 23 23 2 22 75 33 .316 .360 .676 *7/89 WSH-BAL 83 Sam Dente .254 2047 1948 1954 26-32 626 2225 181 519 70 14 4 193 136 0 73 4 36 2 70 9 8 .301 .307 .608 *6/45739 SLB-WSH-CHW-CLE 84 Pete Suder .252 2539 1948 1954 32-38 724 2762 262 639 104 18 31 283 176 0 236 4 42 1 73 12 15 .301 .343 .644 *45/63 PHA 85 Bobby Young .252 2156 1948 1954 23-29 577 2403 225 544 63 26 13 119 195 0 182 2 47 3 41 17 15 .315 .324 .639 *4/5 STL-SLB-BAL 86 Grady Hatton .248 2689 1948 1954 25-31 820 3118 350 668 111 16 56 319 395 0 281 10 22 2 36 28 8 .347 .364 .711 *54/367 CIN-TOT 87 Connie Ryan .247 2120 1948 1954 28-34 660 2455 308 523 92 22 45 213 294 0 292 12 29 0 53 36 12 .342 .375 .717 *4/5639 BSN-TOT-CIN-PHI 88 Andy Seminick .245 2379 1948 1954 27-33 778 2804 307 583 82 14 112 361 390 0 445 21 13 1 63 8 5 .356 .433 .789 *2 PHI-CIN 89 Del Rice .241 2423 1948 1954 25-31 782 2737 210 583 118 10 45 282 241 0 285 30 41 2 62 1 2 .317 .353 .670 *2 STL 90 Virgil Stallcup .241 2058 1948 1953 26-31 579 2130 170 497 99 13 22 214 51 0 180 2 19 0 49 9 4 .261 .334 .595 *6 CIN-TOT-STL 91 Roy Smalley .232 2183 1948 1954 22-28 686 2411 225 507 83 28 53 249 194 0 444 14 19 1 51 4 0 .299 .369 .668 *6/43 CHC-MLN 92 Jim Hegan .230 2826 1948 1954 27-33 923 3140 359 651 112 31 66 335 265 0 423 1 44 4 66 9 11 .296 .362 .658 *2 CLE Seasons/Careers found: 92.
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