The New York Yankees had a team batting average of .247 in the 2009 World Series and the Philadelphia Phillies had a team batting average of .227
Through the 2009 World Series, that was the 1960 New York Yankees who hit .338 in the Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates won that series, 4 games to 3.
Yogi Berra has a World Series Career batting average of .274
Billy Martin was not with the Yankees in 1960 ... he was with the Cincinnati Reds. Bobby Richardson was the Yankees second baseman in 1960 and went 11 for 30 batting in the World Series for a .367 average.
.321 World Series Batting AverageThrough 2010, Derek Jeter played in 7 World Series, and has a lifetime World Series batting average of .321, 50 hits in 156 at bats.
The highest average for batters who appeared in all six games of the Series was posted by Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, who hit .407 (11 hits in 27 at bats).
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1996 Derek Jeter has won five World Series (all with the Yankees); 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2009. For his accomplishments in the 2000 World Series (.409 batting average, 9 hits, 2 home runs) he was awarded the World Series MVP. Jeter also went the World Series in 2001 and 2003 with the Yankees but lost in them both.
Hank Aaron played in two World Series with the Milwaukee Braves. In 1957, the Braves defeated the New York Yankees and in 1958 the Braves lost to the Yankees. Aaron's statistics in the Series is a .364 batting average with 3 HRs and 9 RBIs.
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Ricky Ledee of the New York Yankees in the 1998 World Series at .600. He went 6 for 10 with 3 doubles, 2 walks, 4 RBIs, and a sacrifice fly.
The Yankees lost to the Florida Marlins in the 2003 World Series.