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 ----+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+---+----+---+---+---+---+----+---+-----+-----+-----+---------+----------- 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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