What is the Indians record for the best career Batting Average Min 1000 At-Bats?

Answer 1

Here's the all-time list as of the start of the 2008 season:

Cleveland Indians

CAREER

AT BATS >= 1000

AVERAGE AVG AB

1 Joe Jackson .375 2498

2 Tris Speaker .354 5546

3 Nap Lajoie .339 6034

4 Lew Fonseca .337 1494

5 Riggs Stephenson .337 1034

6 George Burns .327 2611

7 Eddie Morgan .323 2282

8 Roberto Alomar .323 1748

9 Earl Averill .322 5915

10 Joe Sewell .320 5621

11 Johnny Hodapp .318 2237

12 Charlie Jamieson .316 5551

13 Manny Ramirez .313 3470

14 Joe Vosmik .313 3207

15 Hal Trosky .313 4365

16 Dale Mitchell .312 3960

17 Charlie Hickman .309 1482

18 Dick Porter .308 2250

19 Bruce Campbell .305 1889

20 Rico Carty .303 1487

21 Homer Summa .303 2844

22 Minnie Minoso .302 1156

23 Victor Martinez .301 2392

24 Larry Gardner .301 2306

25 Kenny Lofton .300 5045

26 Carlos Baerga .299 3666

27 Elmer Flick .299 3533

28 Jeff Heath .298 3489

29 Ted Easterly .297 1123

30 Julio Franco .297 4282

31 Joe Wood .297 1456

32 Lou Boudreau .296 5754

33 Albert Belle .295 3441

34 Pat Tabler .294 2476

35 David Justice .294 1713

36 Bill Knickerbocker .293 2030

37 Odell Hale .293 3575

38 Mike Hargrove .292 2945

39 Johnny Burnett .292 1629

40 Travis Hafner .291 2258

41 Roy Hughes .290 1250

42 Miguel Dilone .289 1244

43 Roy Weatherly .288 2430

44 Jack McCarthy .288 1117

45 Vic Power .288 2123

46 Jimmy Piersall .288 1287

47 Ben Chapman .288 1093

48 Brett Butler .288 2302

49 Coco Crisp .287 1626

50 Jim Thome .287 4640

51 Ellis Burks .287 1155

52 Frankie Pytlak .286 2032

53 Braggo Roth .286 1423

54 Larry Doby .286 4315

55 Al Rosen .285 3725

56 Freddy Spurgeon .285 1176

57 Ron Belliard .285 1485

58 Tito Francona .284 2926

59 Willie Kamm .284 1785

60 Bobby Avila .284 4356

61 Roy Cullenbine .284 1072

62 Omar Vizquel .283 5708

63 Grady Sizemore .283 2061

64 Mickey Vernon .283 1029

65 Mel Hall .282 1765

66 Chris Chambliss .282 1520

67 Elmer Smith .281 2185

68 Les Fleming .281 1283

69 Toby Harrah .281 2577

70 Eddie Murray .281 1205

71 Gene Woodling .280 1164

72 Lyn Lary .279 1214

73 Alan Bannister .279 1219

74 Ray Chapman .278 3785

75 Vic Davalillo .278 2335

76 Sandy Alomar Jr. .277 3409

77 Harry Bay .276 2465

78 Ken Keltner .276 5655

79 Glenn Myatt .275 2317

80 Hank Edwards .275 1439

81 Travis Fryman .275 2184

82 Vada Pinson .275 1140

83 Duane Kuiper .274 2865

84 Oscar Gamble .274 1192

85 Buddy Bell .274 3712

86 Luke Easter .274 1725

87 Brook Jacoby .273 4314

88 Jerry Browne .273 1401

89 Bob Kennedy .273 1559

90 Doc Johnston .273 2557

91 Bill Bradley .272 4644

92 Ron Hassey .271 1690

T93 Vic Wertz .270 1591

T93 Oris Hockett .270 1665

95 Tony Horton .269 1878

96 Ray Fosse .269 2039

97 Al Smith .269 2407

98 Joe Carter .269 3256

99 Ben Broussard .268 1650

100 George Hendrick .267 2047

101 Rocky Colavito .267 3185

102 George Vukovich .267 1183

103 Jody Gerut .267 1099

104 Jim Norris .266 1108

105 John Ellis .266 1210

106 George Stovall .266 3587

107 Jhonny Peralta .266 1914

108 Joe Azcue .266 1904

109 Leon Wagner .265 2189

110 Steve O'Neill .265 4182

111 Rollie Hemsley .264 1302

112 Tony Bernazard .264 1794

113 Casey Blake .264 2656

114 Rick Manning .263 3997

115 John Romano .263 1891

116 Nig Clarke .263 1204

117 Joe Gordon .262 2021

118 Paul Sorrento .261 1566

119 Luke Sewell .259 3195

120 Einar Diaz .259 1455

121 Mark Whiten .259 1024

122 Ray Boone .259 1600

123 Bill Wambsganss .258 4191

124 Mike Rocco .258 1721

125 Chico Carrasquel .257 1022

126 Fred Whitfield .257 1866

127 Matt Lawton .257 1381

128 Jose Cardenal .257 1140

129 Chuck Hinton .257 1740

130 Carmelo Castillo .256 1152

131 Felix Fermin .256 2017

132 Harry Bemis .255 2229

133 Joe Birmingham .254 2631

134 Terry Turner .254 5783

135 Andre Thornton .254 4313

136 Roy Foster .253 1016

137 Ivy Olson .252 1692

138 Chico Salmon .252 1304

139 Joe Evans .252 1303

140 Tom Veryzer .251 1449

141 Jack Graney .250 4705

142 Graig Nettles .250 1704

143 Rube Lutzke .249 1876

144 Bubba Phillips .249 1412

145 Woodie Held .249 2800

146 Max Alvis .249 3514

147 Harry Simpson .246 1120

148 Dick Howser .246 1246

149 Andy Allanson .246 1204

150 Charlie Spikes .246 1848

151 Cory Snyder .245 2431

152 Eddie Leon .243 1417

153 Jack Brohamer .239 1501

154 John Lowenstein .239 1790

155 Bill Hinchman .238 1435

156 Larry Brown .238 3014

157 Duke Sims .236 1561

158 Ray Mack .233 2630

159 George Strickland .233 2111

160 Frank Duffy .233 2503

161 Willie Kirkland .232 1371

162 Bob Lemon .232 1183

163 Jim Hegan .230 4459

164 Chris Bando .227 1282

165 Pat Seerey .223 1471

166 Mel Harder .165 1203

167 Bob Feller .151 1282