What is the Reds 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:

Cincinnati Reds

CAREER

AT BATS >= 1000

AVERAGE AVG AB

1 Cy Seymour .332 2221

2 Edd Roush .331 5384

3 Jake Beckley .325 3465

4 Babe Herman .315 1306

5 Bubbles Hargrave .314 2367

6 Alex Johnson .313 1126

7 Tony Cuccinello .313 1018

8 Sam Crawford .312 1586

9 Rube Bressler .311 2223

10 Ernie Lombardi .311 3980

11 Bug Holliday .311 3648

12 Dusty Miller .308 2382

13 Pete Rose .307 10934

14 Pat Duncan .307 2690

15 Hal Chase .306 1403

16 Sean Casey .305 4007

17 Hal Morris .305 3382

18 Dmitri Young .304 1997

19 Ken Griffey Sr. .303 4206

20 Curt Walker .303 3395

21 Frank Robinson .303 5527

22 Ted Kluszewski .302 4961

23 Charley Jones .301 2003

24 Jake Daubert .301 3121

25 Chick Hafey .301 1672

26 Kal Daniels .301 1177

27 Frank McCormick .301 4787

28 Armando Marsans .300 1113

29 Chris Stynes .300 1038

30 Heine Groh .298 4439

31 Elmer Smith .297 1366

32 Vada Pinson .297 6335

33 Joe Stripp .296 1216

34 Algie McBride .296 1296

35 Ethan Allen .295 1441

36 Barry Larkin .295 7937

37 Eddie Burke .295 1177

38 John Reilly .294 4412

39 Kiki Cuyler .293 1196

40 Dummy Hoy .292 2143

41 Johnny Temple .291 3632

42 Smoky Burgess .290 1106

43 George Kelly .289 1389

44 Jerry Lynch .289 1583

45 Joe Morgan .288 4008

46 Gus Bell .288 4667

47 George Foster .286 4454

48 Eddie Taubensee .286 2097

49 Frankie Baumholtz .284 1139

50 Farmer Vaughn .284 2465

51 Dave Collins .284 1774

52 Babe Pinelli .284 2255

53 Mike Mitchell .283 3151

54 Doc Hoblitzell .283 3172

55 Tony Perez .283 6846

56 Brandon Phillips .282 1186

57 Johnny Bates .282 1319

58 Bobby Tolan .282 2287

59 Dave Parker .281 2468

60 Hughie Critz .280 3127

61 Heinie Peitz .279 2677

62 Ival Goodman .279 3562

63 Arlie Latham .279 2834

64 Mariano Duncan .279 1011

65 Jim Greengrass .279 1255

66 Wally Pipp .279 1289

67 Tommy Griffith .278 1968

68 Johnny Wyrostek .278 2138

69 Mike McCormick .278 1010

70 Joe Kelley .277 1774

71 Ollie Beard .277 1050

72 Ray Knight .277 1723

73 Eddie Kasko .277 2009

74 George Burns .275 1581

75 Lee May .274 2841

76 Edwin Encarnacion .273 1119

77 Chuck Dressen .273 2170

78 Estel Crabtree .273 1198

79 Eric Tipton .273 1510

80 Ken Griffey Jr. .273 2994

81 Bobby Adams .272 3602

82 Bill Werber .272 1601

83 Bid McPhee .271 8291

84 Billy Hatcher .271 1040

85 Aaron Boone .271 2383

86 Gordy Coleman .271 2369

87 Buck Herzog .271 1358

88 Eric Davis .271 3272

89 Joe Adcock .271 1145

90 Dan Driessen .271 4717

91 Reggie Sanders .271 2885

92 Ryan Freel .270 1742

93 Chris Sabo .270 3012

94 Hans Lobert .269 2114

95 Tommy Helms .269 3191

96 Hick Carpenter .268 3727

97 Johnny Bench .267 7658

98 Austin Kearns .267 1593

99 Pop Corkhill .267 2842

100 Harry Steinfeldt .267 3237

101 Dave Concepcion .267 8723

102 Wally Post .266 3021

103 Lenny Harris .266 1190

104 Larry McLean .266 2126

105 Buddy Bell .266 1391

106 Ray Mueller .266 1692

107 Morrie Rath .266 1043

108 Sammy Bohne .265 2152

109 Ron Oester .265 4214

110 Tommy Clarke .265 1708

111 Lonny Frey .265 3533

112 Felipe Lopez .265 1384

113 Charlie Irwin .265 2389

114 Cesar Cedeno .265 1424

115 Jim Bottomley .265 1504

116 Deron Johnson .264 1959

117 Dode Paskert .263 1365

118 Don Pavletich .263 1093

119 Bob Bescher .262 2807

120 Bert Haas .262 1934

121 Leo Cardenas .261 4047

122 Ed Bailey .261 2227

123 Cesar Geronimo .261 3329

124 Miller Huggins .260 2818

125 Ike Caveney .260 1577

126 Bret Boone .260 2440

127 Greasy Neale .260 2604

128 Paul O'Neill .259 2618

129 Fred Odwell .258 1412

130 Dain Clay .258 1540

131 Lew Riggs .258 2095

132 Billy Myers .258 2336

133 Ivy Wingo .257 3092

134 Steve Mesner .257 1458

135 Hod Ford .256 2240

136 White Wings Tebeau .256 1225

137 Tommy Harper .255 2312

138 Dick Egan .255 2282

139 Grady Hatton .254 3317

140 Bo Diaz .254 1578

141 Germany Smith .254 2959

142 Eddie Milner .254 2181

143 Frank Fennelly .254 2047

144 Harry Craft .253 2104

145 Tom Downey .253 1154

146 Gee Walker .252 1645

147 Ray Lamanno .252 1408

148 Pokey Reese .250 2061

149 Pop Snyder .250 1199

150 Larry Kopf .250 1941

151 Willie Greene .250 1337

152 Roy McMillan .249 4319

153 Tommy Corcoran .249 4849

154 Adam Dunn .248 3354

155 Jeff Branson .248 1345

156 Gary Redus .248 1176

157 Woody Williams .247 1204

158 Joe Oliver .246 2408

159 Lloyd Merriman .246 1056

160 Johnny Edwards .246 2377

161 Max Marshall .245 1267

162 Nick Esasky .245 2104

163 Alex Kampouris .244 1452

164 Virgil Stallcup .243 2027

165 Todd Benzinger .241 1127

166 Chico Ruiz .239 1024

167 Admiral Schlei .239 1539

168 Juan Castro .239 1351

169 Jason LaRue .239 2226

170 Jim Keenan .235 1521

171 Hugh Nicol .234 1683

172 Tony Mullane .233 1559

173 Charles Comiskey .233 1030

174 Eddie Joost .233 1558

175 Leo Durocher .227 1223

176 Eddie Miller .227 2447

177 Kid Baldwin .224 1395

178 Darrel Chaney .207 1046

179 Eppa Rixey .198 1002