Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, Played 50% of games at C, (requiring OPSp≥104 and At least 4500 plate appearances), sorted by greatest BA

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  Cnt Player              **BA**  OPS    PA  From  To   Ages   G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  IBB  SO  HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS  OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
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    1 Mickey Cochrane      .320    128  6206 1925 1937 22-34 1482  5169 1041 1652 333  64 119  832  857   0  217  29 151   0   0   64  46  .419  .478  .897 *2/7      PHA-DET     
    2 Bill Dickey          .313    127  7060 1928 1946 21-39 1789  6300  930 1969 343  72 202 1209  678   0  289  31  51   0  49   37  29  .382  .486  .868 *2        NYY         
    3 Mike Piazza          .308    142  7745 1992 2007 23-38 1912  6911 1048 2127 344   8 427 1335  759 146 1113  30   0  45 229   17  20  .377  .545  .922 *2D/3     LAD-TOT-NYM-SDP-OAK 
    4 Spud Davis           .308    110  4713 1928 1945 23-40 1458  4255  388 1312 244  22  77  647  386   0  326  22  50   0 100    6   0  .369  .430  .799 *2/35     TOT-PHI-STL-CIN-TOT-PIT 
    5 Ernie Lombardi       .306    125  6349 1931 1947 23-39 1853  5855  601 1792 277  27 190  990  430   0  262  46  18   0 261    8   0  .358  .460  .818 *2        BRO-CIN-BSN-NYG 
    6 Ivan Rodriguez       .301    110  9264 1991 2008 19-36 2267  8645 1253 2605 524  48 295 1217  469  63 1288  55  26  69 286  124  59  .339  .475  .814 *2/D34    TEX-FLA-DET-TOT 
    7 Gabby Hartnett       .297    126  7297 1922 1941 21-40 1990  6432  867 1912 396  64 236 1179  703   0  697  35 127   0  93   28   7  .370  .489  .859 *2/3      CHC-NYG     
    8 Smoky Burgess        .295    116  5013 1949 1967 22-40 1691  4471  485 1318 230  33 126  673  477  80  270  13  13  39 121   13  14  .362  .446  .808 *2        CHC-PHI-TOT-CIN-PIT-TOT-CHW 
    9 Thurman Munson       .292    116  5903 1969 1979 22-32 1423  5344  696 1558 229  32 113  701  438  59  571  42  21  58 160   48  50  .346  .410  .756 *2/D9375  NYY         
   10 Javy Lopez           .287    112  5793 1992 2006 21-35 1503  5319  674 1527 267  19 260  864  357  43  969  66   6  45 172    8  19  .337  .491  .828 *2D/3     ATL-BAL-TOT 
   11 Ted Simmons          .285    117  9685 1968 1988 18-38 2456  8680 1074 2472 483  47 248 1389  855 188  694  39  11 100 287   21  33  .348  .437  .785 *2D3/759  STL-MIL-ATL 
   12 Yogi Berra           .285    125  8364 1946 1965 21-40 2120  7555 1175 2150 321  49 358 1430  704  49  414  52   9  44 146   30  26  .348  .482  .830 *279/35   NYY-NYM     
   13 Walker Cooper        .285    116  5078 1940 1957 25-42 1473  4702  573 1341 240  40 173  812  309   3  357  22  44   1 160   18   1  .332  .464  .796 *2        STL-NYG-TOT-BSN-MLN-TOT-CHC-STL 
   14 Wally Schang         .284    117  6423 1913 1931 23-41 1842  5307  769 1506 264  90  59  710  849   0  573 107 160   0   0  121  49  .393  .401  .794 *2/78596  PHA-BOS-NYY-SLB-PHA-DET 
   15 Don Slaught          .283    104  4502 1982 1997 23-38 1327  4063  415 1151 235  28  77  476  311  28  559  42  48  38 115   18  15  .338  .412  .750 *2/D5     KCR-TEX-NYY-PIT-TOT-SDP 
   16 Roger Bresnahan      .279    126  5355 1901 1915 22-36 1438  4463  681 1246 218  71  26  527  713   0   99  67 112   0   0  212   3  .386  .377  .763 *28/5934761 BLA-TOT-NYG-STL-CHC 
   17 Jorge Posada         .277    124  5874 1995 2008 23-36 1483  4982  762 1379 317   9 221  883  790  67 1177  63   1  38 150   16  18  .380  .477  .857 *2/D3     NYY         
   18 Roy Campanella       .276    124  4816 1948 1957 26-35 1215  4205  627 1161 178  18 242  856  533  30  501  30  30  18 143   25  15  .360  .500  .860 *2        BRO         
   19 Elston Howard        .274    108  5843 1955 1968 26-39 1605  5363  619 1471 218  50 167  762  373  82  786  26  29  52 157    9  14  .322  .427  .749 *27/39    NYY-TOT-BOS 
   20 Mike Stanley         .270    117  4989 1986 2000 23-37 1467  4222  625 1138 220   7 187  702  652  25  929  48  15  52 108   13   4  .370  .458  .828 *2D3/57   TEX-NYY-BOS-TOT 
   21 Carlton Fisk         .269    117  9853 1969 1993 21-45 2499  8756 1276 2356 421  47 376 1330  849 105 1386 143  26  79 204  128  58  .341  .457  .798 *2D/735   BOS-CHW     
   22 Johnny Bench         .267    126  8669 1967 1983 19-35 2157  7658 1091 2048 381  24 389 1376  891 135 1278  19  11  90 201   68  43  .342  .476  .818 *253/798  CIN         
   23 Sherm Lollar         .264    104  6218 1946 1963 21-38 1752  5351  623 1415 244  14 155  808  671  49  453 115  47  34 184   20  10  .357  .402  .759 *2/35     CLE-NYY-SLB-CHW 
   24 Gary Carter          .262    115  9019 1974 1992 20-38 2295  7971 1025 2092 371  31 324 1225  848 106  997  68  33  99 180   39  42  .335  .439  .774 *29/375   MON-NYM-SFG-LAD-MON 
   25 Bill Freehan         .262    112  6899 1961 1976 19-34 1774  6073  706 1591 241  35 200  758  626  67  753 114  38  48 138   24  21  .340  .412  .752 *23/D79   DET         
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  Cnt Player              **BA**  OPS    PA  From  To   Ages   G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  IBB  SO  HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB   CS  OBP   SLG   OPS  Positions Teams
 ----+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 
   26 Tom Haller           .257    113  4519 1961 1972 24-35 1294  3935  461 1011 153  31 134  504  477  96  593  35  35  37  60   14  30  .340  .414  .754 *2/937    SFG-LAD-DET 
   27 Lance Parrish        .252    106  7797 1977 1995 21-39 1988  7067  856 1782 305  27 324 1070  612  62 1527  37  23  58 197   28  37  .313  .440  .753 *2D/397   DET-PHI-CAL-TOT-CLE-PIT-TOR 
   28 Darrell Porter       .247    113  6570 1971 1987 19-35 1782  5539  765 1369 237  48 188  826  905 106 1025  45  18  63 102   39  37  .354  .409  .763 *2D/3     MIL-KCR-STL-TEX 
   29 Andy Seminick        .243    107  4571 1943 1957 22-36 1304  3921  495  953 139  26 164  556  582   9  780  40  27   1 118   23   7  .347  .417  .764 *2/75     PHI-CIN-TOT-PHI 
   30 Mickey Tettleton     .241    121  5745 1984 1997 23-36 1485  4698  711 1132 210  16 245  732  949  72 1307  30  21  47  86   23  29  .369  .449  .818 *2D39/7   OAK-BAL-DET-TEX 
   31 Gene Tenace          .241    136  5525 1969 1983 22-36 1555  4390  653 1060 179  20 201  674  984  58  998  91  21  39  77   36  42  .388  .429  .817 *23/59D47 OAK-SDP-STL-PIT 

Seasons/Careers found: 31.

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