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Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records: Single-Season Career Active Progressive Year-by-Year Top-Tens Yearly League

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Statistic Description: Hits/At Bats For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA per team game played Bold indicates highest BA using current stats Gold means awarded title at end of year.

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Rank	Player (yrs, age)	Batting Average	Bats
1.	Joe Mauer (10, 30)	.3235	L
2.	Albert Pujols (13, 33)	.3229	R
3.	Ichiro Suzuki (13, 39)	.3212	L
4.	Miguel Cabrera (11, 30)	.3197	R
5.	Todd Helton (17, 39)	.3195	L
6.	Joey Votto (7, 29)	.3166	L
7.	Ryan Braun (7, 29)	.3133	R
8.	Derek Jeter (18, 39)	.3131	R
9.	Matt Holliday (10, 33)	.3115	R
10.	Robinson Cano (9, 30)	.3083	L
11.	Dustin Pedroia (8, 29)	.3040	R
12.	Michael Young (14, 36)	.3014	R
13.	Victor Martinez (11, 34)	.3007	B
14.	David Wright (10, 30)	.3006	R
15.	Alex Rodriguez (19, 37)	.3002	R
16.	Josh Hamilton (7, 32)	.2991	L
17.	Billy Butler (7, 27)	.2989	R
	Hanley Ramirez (9, 29)	.2989	R
19.	Placido Polanco (16, 37)	.2978	R
20.	Juan Pierre (14, 35)	.2957	L
21.	Lance Berkman (15, 37)	.2954	B
22.	Adrian Gonzalez (10, 31)	.2952	L
23.	Nick Markakis (8, 29)	.2949	L
24.	Matt Kemp (8, 28)	.2938	R
25.	Troy Tulowitzki (8, 28)	.2934	R
26.	Carl Crawford (12, 31)	.2929	L
27.	Jose Reyes (11, 30)	.2920	B
28.	Howie Kendrick (8, 29)	.2913	R
29.	Shin-Soo Choo (9, 30)	.2899	L
30.	Andre Ethier (8, 31)	.2888	L
31.	Chase Utley (11, 34)	.2876	L
32.	Ryan Zimmerman (9, 28)	.2871	R
33.	Prince Fielder (9, 29)	.2867	L
34.	Aramis Ramirez (16, 35)	.2858	R
35.	James Loney (8, 29)	.2857	L
36.	Hunter Pence (7, 30)	.2855	R
	Miguel Tejada (16, 39)	.2855	R
38.	David Ortiz (17, 37)	.2854	L
39.	Melky Cabrera (9, 28)	.2842	B
40.	Reed Johnson (11, 36)	.2837	R
	Delmon Young (8, 27)	.2837	R
42.	A.J. Pierzynski (16, 36)	.2835	L
43.	Carlos Beltran (16, 36)	.2826	B
44.	Kevin Youkilis (10, 34)	.2824	R
45.	Paul Konerko (17, 37)	.2817	R
46.	David DeJesus (11, 33)	.2812	L
	Yadier Molina (10, 30)	.2812	R
48.	Rafael Furcal (13, 35)	.2811	B
49.	Justin Morneau (11, 32)	.2804	L
	Brian Roberts (13, 35)	.2804	B
Rank	Player (yrs, age)	Batting Average	Bats
51.	Adam Jones (8, 27)	.2799	R
52.	Jason Giambi (19, 42)	.2798	L
53.	Adrian Beltre (16, 34)	.2794	R
	Yunel Escobar (7, 30)	.2794	R
	Brian McCann (9, 29)	.2794	L
56.	Mark Teixeira (10, 33)	.2790	B
57.	Erick Aybar (8, 29)	.2785	B
58.	Alex Rios (10, 32)	.2784	R
59.	Mark Kotsay (17, 37)	.2783	L
60.	Marlon Byrd (12, 35)	.2780	R
61.	Justin Upton (7, 25)	.2779	R
62.	Torii Hunter (17, 37)	.2777	R
63.	Raul Ibanez (18, 41)	.2774	L
64.	Travis Hafner (12, 36)	.2772	L
65.	Marco Scutaro (12, 37)	.2768	R
66.	Omar Infante (12, 31)	.2763	R
67.	Asdrubal Cabrera (7, 27)	.2762	B
	Jamey Carroll (12, 39)	.2762	R
69.	Alexei Ramirez (6, 31)	.2761	R
70.	Corey Hart (9, 31)	.2759	R
71.	Shane Victorino (10, 32)	.2758	B
72.	Brad Hawpe (8, 34)	.2755	L
73.	Coco Crisp (12, 33)	.2738	B
74.	Juan Rivera (12, 34)	.2737	R
75.	Ian Kinsler (8, 31)	.2734	R
76.	Brandon Phillips (12, 32)	.2732	R
	Alfonso Soriano (15, 37)	.2732	R
	Vernon Wells (15, 34)	.2732	R
79.	Michael Bourn (8, 30)	.2723	L
	Aaron Hill (9, 31)	.2723	R
81.	Alex Gordon (7, 29)	.2722	L
82.	Michael Cuddyer (13, 34)	.2719	R
83.	Maicer Izturis (10, 32)	.2709	B
84.	Jorge Cantu (8, 31)	.2708	R
85.	Ryan Howard (10, 33)	.2707	L
86.	Xavier Nady (11, 34)	.2701	R
87.	Jimmy Rollins (14, 34)	.2698	B
88.	Lyle Overbay (13, 36)	.2697	L
89.	Mark DeRosa (16, 38)	.2696	R
90.	Jason Bay (11, 34)	.2688	R
91.	Eric Chavez (16, 35)	.2678	L
	Jason Kubel (9, 31)	.2678	L
93.	Jayson Werth (11, 34)	.2672	R
94.	Adam LaRoche (10, 33)	.2663	L
95.	Mark Ellis (11, 36)	.2662	R
96.	Jhonny Peralta (11, 31)	.2661	R
97.	Yuniesky Betancourt (9, 31)	.2651	R
98.	Jeff Francoeur (9, 29)	.2647	R
99.	Stephen Drew (8, 30)	.2642	L
	Mark Teahen (7, 31)	.2642	L

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