Who holds the New York Yankees record for highest career batting average?

Answer 1

Here's the all-time list of players with at least 1000 plate appearances:

New York Yankees

CAREER

AVERAGE AVG

1 Babe Ruth .349

2 Lou Gehrig .340

3 Earle Combs .325

4 Joe DiMaggio .325

5 Derek Jeter .317

6 Robinson Cano .314

7 Wade Boggs .313

8 Bill Dickey .313

9 Bob Meusel .311

10 Don Mattingly .307

11 Ben Chapman .305

12 Paul O'Neill .303

13 Alex Rodriguez .303

14 Ron Blomberg .302

15 Whitey Witt .300

16 Mickey Rivers .299

17 Mickey Mantle .298

18 Wally Schang .297

19 Bernie Williams .297

20 Luis Polonia .296

21 Lou Piniella .295

22 Hideki Matsui .295

23 Del Pratt .295

24 Bill Skowron .294

25 Willie Keeler .294

26 Steve Sax .294

27 Tony Lazzeri .293

28 Jerry Mumphrey .293

29 Birdie Cree .292

30 Thurman Munson .292

31 Gary Sheffield .291

32 George Selkirk .290

33 Danny Cater .290

34 Dave Winfield .290

35 Red Rolfe .289

36 Home Run Baker .288

37 Rickey Henderson .288

38 Charlie Keller .286

39 Joe Dugan .286

40 Gene Woodling .285

41 Mike Stanley .285

42 Mark Koenig .285

43 Ken Griffey Sr. .285

44 Yogi Berra .285

45 Hal Chase .284

46 Myril Hoag .284

47 Alfonso Soriano .284

48 Chris Chambliss .282

49 Joe Sewell .282

50 Wally Pipp .282

51 Tommy Henrich .282

52 Reggie Jackson .281

53 Sammy Byrd .281

54 Bobby Brown .279

55 Elston Howard .279

56 Roberto Kelly .278

57 Bobby Murcer .278

58 Johnny Damon .278

59 Hank Bauer .277

60 Jorge Posada .277

61 Claudell Washington .277

62 Frank Gilhooley .277

63 Harry Wolter .277

64 Gil McDougald .276

65 Tino Martinez .276

66 Melky Cabrera .275

67 Johnny Lindell .275

68 Bill Johnson .275

69 Nick Etten .275

70 Willie Randolph .275

71 Doc Cook .274

72 Lyn Lary .274

73 Frank LaPorte .274

74 Snuffy Stirnweiss .274

75 Norm Siebern .273

76 Phil Rizzuto .273

77 Mel Hall .273

78 Jake Powell .272

79 Chuck Knoblauch .272

80 Joe Girardi .272

81 Ping Bodie .272

82 Duffy Lewis .272

83 Irv Noren .272

84 Felipe Alou .271

85 Joe Gordon .271

86 Roy White .271

87 Charlie Hemphill .271

88 Red Ruffing .270

89 John Ganzel .269

90 Kid Elberfeld .268

91 Aaron Ward .268

92 John Knight .267

93 Scott Brosius .267

94 Don Baylor .267

95 Andy Carey .266

96 Tony Kubek .266

97 Bobby Richardson .266

98 Oscar Grimes .266

99 Roger Maris .265

100 Jim Leyritz .263