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Third Basemen Single-Season
Batting Average
Leaderboard
 
* - Indicates Hall of Fame
+ - indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet 502PA requirement.
Rank    Player Batting Average PA Year Career Leaderboard
1.    Randy Moore .3766 519 1931  
2.    Johnny Pesky .3694 580 1942  
3.    Arky Vaughan * .3534 683 1939  
4.    Johnny Pesky .3528 658 1950  
5.    Red Rolfe .3488+ 501 1944  
6.    Whitey Kurowski .3456 601 1946  
7.    Ralph Hodgin .3448 597 1942  
8.    Pie Traynor .3447 701 1935  
9.    Arky Vaughan * .3445 540 1934  
10.    Ron Cash .3426+ 491 1975  
11.    Jim Finigan .3408 650 1957  
12.    Whitey Kurowski .3396 688 1951  
13.    Steve Braun .3394 577 1982  
14.    Whitey Kurowski .3379 677 1949  
15.    Mel Ott * .3373 604 1931  
16.    Lou Chiozza .3367 544 1938  
17.    Arky Vaughan * .3363 646 1942  
18.    Jim Finigan .3361 685 1956  
19.    Red Rolfe .3359 562 1943  
20.    Randy Moore .3355 513 1930  
21.    Sal Bando .3351 640 1971  
  Ralph Hodgin .3351 614 1944  
23.    Mel Ott * .3339 642 1936  
24.    Denny Walling .3317 672 1982  
25.    Johnny Pesky .3314 555 1953  
26.    Arky Vaughan * .3311 676 1938  
27.    Harmon Killebrew * .3307 631 1966  
28.    Eddie Mathews .3304 662 1961  
29.    Pie Traynor .3301 662 1936  
30.    Ron Cash .3297 669 1987  
31.    Sal Bando .3293 657 1974  
32.    Mike Shannon .3289 664 1967  
33.    Ralph Hodgin .3280 660 1948  
34.    Whitey Kurowski .3276 691 1948  
35.    Red Rolfe .3266 650 1938  
36.    Bill Madlock .3264 638 1979  
37.    Arky Vaughan * .3259 668 1941  
38.    Bob Dillinger .3255+ 487 1951  
39.    Harmon Killebrew * .3241 652 1965  
40.    Jim Finigan .3239 626 1963  
41.    Arky Vaughan * .3231 680 1945  
42.    Arky Vaughan * .3230 674 1944  
43.    Tony Perez .3223 646 1969  
44.    Bob Horner .3217 662 1980  
45.    Mike Shannon .3217 665 1974  
46.    Whitey Kurowski .3216 634 1945  
47.    Lou Chiozza .3213 523 1935  
48.    Ty Waller .3207 633 1990  
49.    Frankie Crosetti .3205 599 1942  
50.    Al Rosen .3203 560 1948  
51.    Ken Caminiti .3198 581 1990  
52.    Gerald Perry .3197 661 1985  
53.    Billy Harris .3195 578 1977  
54.    Tom O'Malley .3193 664 1988  
55.    Bud Harrelson .3190 557 1975  
56.    Johnny Pesky .3189 623 1954  
57.    Woody English .3188 675 1940  
58.    Luis Olmo .3184 519 1955  
59.    Ellis Clary .3181 650 1949  
60.    Sid Gordon .3180 700 1948  
61.    Mel Ott * .3177 643 1943  
62.    Lee Handley .3176 611 1941  
63.    Mike Shannon .3174 655 1970  
64.    Lou Chiozza .3174 582 1936  
65.    Mike Shannon .3173 617 1966  
66.    Ossie Bluege .3172 664 1931  
67.    Bud Harrelson .3172 551 1978  
68.    Carney Lansford .3172 635 1982  
  Randy Moore .3172 683 1933  
70.    Lee Handley .3169 594 1943  
71.    Pete Rose .3169 564 1964  
72.    Wade Boggs .3168 622 1989  
73.    Bob Bailey .3165 626 1976  
74.    Larry Parrish .3164 639 1979  
75.    Randy Moore .3163 618 1936  
76.    Tony Perez .3163 628 1976  
77.    Lee Handley .3159 540 1939  
78.    Mel Ott * .3159 650 1930  
79.    Dick Howser .3155 679 1968  
80.    Jim Finigan .3155 653 1962  
81.    Johnny Pesky .3155 540 1946  
82.    Arky Vaughan * .3149 657 1943  
  Arky Vaughan * .3149 653 1935  
84.    Arky Vaughan * .3149 603 1932  
85.    Denny Walling .3148 596 1984  
86.    Randy Moore .3143 595 1935  
87.    George Brett .3142 687 1988  
88.    Woody English .3142 602 1936  
89.    Ken Keltner .3141 613 1941  
90.    Arky Vaughan * .3141 677 1937  
91.    Ron Cash .3141 543 1982  
92.    George Brett .3140 643 1984  
93.    Woody English .3140 564 1938  
94.    Mike Kreevich .3139 521 1938  
95.    George Brett .3138 691 1987  
96.    Johnny Pesky .3133 566 1947  
97.    Ron Cash .3133 619 1977  
98.    Lou Chiozza .3132 562 1941  
99.    Frankie Zak .3130 657 1950  
100.    Joe Garagiola .3125 589 1955  
101.    Greg Walker .3118 638 1990  
102.    Greg Walker .3113 578 1988  
103.    Steve Braun .3111 531 1983  
104.    Willie Kamm .3109 583 1932  
105.    Johnny Pesky .3106 654 1945  
106.    Bruno Betzel .3103 590 1930  
107.    Steve Braun .3103 524 1975  
108.    Bob Dillinger .3102 639 1954  
109.    Frankie Crosetti .3099 587 1937  
110.    Bud Harrelson .3099 554 1974  
111.    Dick Groat .3096 645 1963  
112.    Bob Bailey .3095 666 1965  
113.    Bobby Thomson .3094 662 1952  
114.    Sid Gordon .3093 684 1949  
115.    George Archie .3089+ 461 1943  
116.    Jackie Robinson .3087 682 1948  
117.    Red Rolfe .3087 652 1940  
118.    George Brett .3087 667 1986  
119.    Tony Gonzalez .3087 587 1962  
120.    Jackie Robinson .3083 692 1949  
121.    Tommy Thevenow .3083 536 1932  
122.    Denny Walling .3082 623 1983  
123.    Bill Madlock .3082 649 1976  
124.    Bobby Thomson .3081 634 1955  
125.    Ossie Bluege .3078 642 1932  
126.    Gerald Perry .3078 642 1988  
127.    Woody English .3078 689 1937  
128.    Wade Boggs .3075 625 1987  
129.    Tom O'Malley .3073 669 1985  
  Red Rolfe .3073 667 1939  
131.    Bruno Betzel .3073 597 1931  
132.    Bob Bailey .3072 590 1969  
133.    Lew Riggs .3072 506 1935  
134.    Fred McGriff .3072 664 1988  
135.    Mel Ott * .3070 663 1941  
136.    Ken Caminiti .3069 655 1988  
137.    Johnny Vergez .3069 600 1933  
138.    Ossie Bluege .3068 607 1935  
139.    Willie Kamm .3068 677 1931  
140.    Dick Howser .3060 681 1966  
141.    Ralph Hodgin .3060 576 1951  
142.    Randy Moore .3060 640 1934  
143.    Jim Fregosi .3059 663 1966  
144.    Tony Perez .3055 608 1971  
145.    Glenn Crawford .3053 529 1948  
146.    Billy Williams .3053 698 1973  
147.    Pie Traynor .3052 593 1934  
148.    Bobby Thomson .3048 636 1953  
149.    Sid Gordon .3046 669 1947  
150.    Wade Boggs .3046 629 1983  
151.    Sal Bando .3041 670 1973  
152.    Johnny Pesky .3040 620 1944  
153.    Ron Cash .3040 566 1983  
154.    Sid Gordon .3039 662 1951  
155.    Mel Ott * .3038 641 1940  
156.    Frankie Crosetti .3037 584 1940  
157.    Gerald Perry .3036 652 1986  
  Ron Cash .3036 606 1976  
159.    Jackie Robinson .3035 700 1946  
160.    Snuffy Stirnweiss .3034 659 1952  
161.    Eddie Mathews .3034 633 1958  
  Al Rosen .3034 626 1949  
163.    Randy Moore .3034+ 492 1932  
164.    Whitey Kurowski .3031 682 1950  
165.    Bob Bailey .3029 658 1971  
166.    Tom O'Malley .3027 682 1987  
167.    Wade Boggs .3026 615 1986  
168.    Eddie Mathews .3024 652 1955  
169.    Arky Vaughan * .3024 685 1936  
170.    Harmon Killebrew * .3023 651 1962  
171.    Gary Sheffield .3021 663 1990  
172.    Frankie Crosetti .3020 570 1936  
173.    Dick Howser .3020 610 1965  
174.    Gerald Perry .3018 662 1989  
175.    Ossie Bluege .3018 615 1936  
176.    Bill Madlock .3018 662 1981  
177.    Jim Finigan .3017 672 1958  
178.    George Brett .3016 607 1976  
179.    Mike Shannon .3014 631 1973  
180.    Bob Dillinger .3012 567 1953  
181.    Ralph Hodgin .3008 550 1950  
182.    Sid Gordon .3007 631 1950  
183.    Oscar Gamble .3004 529 1977  
184.    Greg Walker .3000 532 1987  
  Ty Waller .3000 572 1986  
  Steve Braun .3000+ 500 1978  
  Julio Gotay .3000+ 487 1965  
  Jackie Robinson .3000 637 1952  
  Woody English .3000 534 1939  
190.    Ellis Clary .2994 628 1952  
191.    Ray Knight .2994 532 1986  
  Dick Groat .2994 525 1958  
193.    Gerald Perry .2994 685 1990  
194.    Billy Williams .2993 635 1965  
195.    Dan Driessen .2992 585 1976  
196.    Dick Howser .2990 674 1969  
197.    Mike Shannon .2988 628 1969  
198.    Jim Fregosi .2987 606 1965  
199.    Pie Traynor .2986 669 1930  
200.    Mike Shannon .2984 551 1971  
201.    John Milner .2981 670 1978  
202.    Mike Shannon .2981 680 1968  
203.    Arky Vaughan * .2981 660 1946  
204.    Mike Kreevich .2979+ 490 1936  
205.    Denny Walling .2977 617 1979  
206.    Mel Ott * .2973 684 1944  
207.    Billy Williams .2972 709 1972  
208.    Bob Bailey .2972 531 1967  
209.    Denny Walling .2971 545 1981  
210.    Arky Vaughan * .2970 608 1948  
211.    Whitey Kurowski .2970 645 1952  
212.    George Brett .2968 578 1990  
213.    Denny Walling .2967+ 491 1987  
214.    Dee Moore .2967 567 1938  
215.    Arky Vaughan * .2967 562 1933  
216.    Denny Walling .2966 556 1988  
217.    Bob Bailey .2964 667 1966  
218.    Ralph Hodgin .2961 529 1943  
219.    Jim Finigan .2960 634 1959  
220.    Lou Piniella .2957 624 1975  
221.    Lew Riggs .2956 671 1937  
222.    George Brett .2955 639 1983  
  Tony Perez .2955 641 1967  
224.    Luis Olmo .2955 654 1954  
  Johnny Pesky .2955 634 1949  
226.    Greg Walker .2953 637 1989  
227.    Billy Harris .2953 633 1978  
228.    Bud Harrelson .2952+ 495 1977  
229.    Wade Boggs .2950 508 1990  
230.    Frankie Crosetti .2948 648 1943  
231.    Ralph Hodgin .2947+ 468 1941  
232.    Jackie Robinson .2947 608 1945  
233.    George Archie .2946 660 1944  
234.    Wayne Krenchicki .2946 580 1990  
235.    Kurt Bevacqua .2942 607 1976  
236.    Steve Braun .2941 586 1977  
237.    Art Howe .2940 519 1982  
238.    Jackie Robinson .2939 679 1950  
239.    Art Howe .2939 506 1978  
240.    Bill Serena .2938 667 1954  
241.    Lee Handley .2937 589 1945  
242.    Frankie Crosetti .2936 612 1938  
243.    Fred Haney .2935 702 1930  
244.    Jim Finigan .2933 653 1954  
245.    Harmon Killebrew * .2933 671 1968  
246.    Tony Perez .2933 634 1968  
247.    Harmon Killebrew * .2928 681 1963  
248.    Luis Olmo .2927 561 1949  
249.    Red Rolfe .2926 514 1935  
250.    Tony Gonzalez .2925 540 1966  
251.    George Brett .2924 651 1985  
252.    Dick Howser .2922 705 1967  
253.    Mel Ott * .2922 671 1945  
254.    Dave Magadan .2921 541 1990  
255.    George Archie .2921 588 1946  
256.    Billy Williams .2920 652 1968  
257.    Wade Boggs .2919 618 1984  
258.    Bill Madlock .2919 609 1974  
259.    Mel Ott * .2918 632 1934  
260.    Bob Bailey .2918 624 1964  
261.    John Milner .2917 639 1983  
262.    Gerald Perry .2916 637 1987  
263.    Jim Finigan .2915 615 1960  
264.    Mel Ott * .2915 587 1932  
265.    Willie Kamm .2915 690 1930  
266.    Lou Piniella .2914 561 1974  
  Red Rolfe .2914 586 1942  
268.    Derrell Griffith .2912 620 1976  
269.    Joe Dugan .2912 600 1930  
270.    Hillis Layne .2911 532 1949  
271.    Bob Horner .2909 670 1987  
  Bobby Thomson .2909 641 1951  
273.    Ken Keltner .2908 621 1943  
274.    Tommy Thevenow .2907+ 487 1930  
275.    Bill Madlock .2904 615 1975  
  Jackie Robinson .2904 687 1947  
277.    Buddy Bell .2904 633 1972  
278.    Billy Harris .2903 687 1979  
279.    Carney Lansford .2902 656 1981  
280.    Bob Bailey .2900 665 1972  
281.    Bob Dillinger .2900 577 1952  
282.    Ray Knight .2895 616 1981  
  Billy Harris .2895 548 1981  
  Dick Howser .2895 681 1970  
285.    Bill Serena .2894 675 1955  
286.    Tony Perez .2893 628 1974  
287.    Bob Horner .2893 569 1986  
288.    Pie Traynor .2893 678 1931  
289.    Steve Braun .2892+ 453 1974  
290.    Ken Caminiti .2887 660 1989  
291.    Davey Johnson .2885 526 1972  
292.    Doc Prothro .2884 585 1930  
293.    Sal Bando .2884 607 1979  
294.    Ken Keltner .2883 665 1944  
295.    Carney Lansford .2882 548 1987  
  Pete Rose .2882 569 1967  
297.    Arky Vaughan * .2882 668 1940  
298.    Eddie Moore .2881 525 1933  
299.    Wade Boggs .2881 621 1988  
300.    Cam Carreon .2881 517 1970  
 
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