What is the A's record for the best career Batting Average Min 500 At-Bats?

Answer 1

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

OAKLAND A'S

CAREER

AT BATS >= 500

AVERAGE AVG AB

1 Al Simmons .356 5132

2 Ty Cobb .343 843

3 Jimmie Foxx .339 4397

4 Eddie Collins .336 3883

5 Nap Lajoie .324 1464

6 Barney McCosky .322 1575

7 Mickey Cochrane .321 4097

8 Bill Lamar .321 1678

9 Home Run Baker .321 3437

10 George Burns .317 1084

11 Stuffy McInnis .313 3809

12 Bing Miller .311 4762

13 Doc Cramer .308 2649

14 Jason Giambi .308 3398

15 Wally Moses .307 4289

16 Mike Higgins .307 2208

17 Sammy Hale .305 2607

18 Walt French .303 981

19 Mule Haas .302 2518

20 Lave Cross .302 2732

21 Bob Johnson .298 5428

22 Dave Fultz .297 1067

23 Ferris Fain .297 2991

24 Socks Seybold .296 3596

25 Dee Miles .293 1072

26 Geronimo Berroa .293 1733

27 Harry Simpson .291 1344

28 Ping Bodie .291 557

29 Earle Brucker .290 707

30 Danny Murphy .290 5134

31 Vic Power .290 2260

32 Norm Siebern .289 2236

33 Luis Polonia .288 929

34 Carney Lansford .288 4568

35 Jim Poole .288 940

36 Shannon Stewart .288 576

37 Rickey Henderson .288 6140

38 Bob Cerv .288 1401

39 Jay Payton .287 832

40 Bobby Estalella .287 1344

41 Tilly Walker .287 2685

42 Hal Smith .287 1109

43 Randy Velarde .286 873

44 Elmer Valo .285 4308

45 Claudell Washington .285 1301

46 Joe Hauser .285 1996

47 Amos Strunk .283 3447

48 Russ Snyder .283 547

49 Hank Majeski .283 2221

50 Jimmy Dykes .283 6023

51 Dick Siebert .283 3869

52 Ed Coleman .283 803

53 Erubiel Durazo .283 1200

54 Mark Kotsay .282 1896

55 Chubby Dean .282 876

56 Ben Grieve .280 1756

57 Troy Neel .280 758

58 Harry Davis .279 5367

59 Dave Revering .279 1456

60 Jerry Lumpe .279 2782

61 Hector Lopez .278 2134

62 Dave Philley .278 1674

63 Lou Finney .278 2454

64 Danny Cater .277 2042

65 Eddie Murphy .277 1483

66 Whitey Witt .277 2322

67 Dick Williams .276 908

68 Lou Skizas .276 673

69 Frank Welch .276 2282

70 Bill Werber .275 992

71 Manny Sanguillen .275 571

72 Terry Steinbach .275 4162

73 Eric McNair .274 2617

74 Rocky Colavito .274 588

75 Harold Baines .274 1060

76 Alfredo Griffin .273 1702

77 Donnie Hill .273 1064

78 Max Bishop .272 4119

79 Brent Gates .272 1539

80 Joe Rudi .272 3993

81 Manny Jimenez .272 875

82 George Kell .272 1173

83 Bill McGhee .272 537

84 Jeremy Giambi .272 788

85 Joe Gantenbein .272 545

86 Bruce Bochte .272 1300

87 Rube Oldring .271 4502

88 Bill North .271 2447

89 Jason Kendall .271 1445

90 Mark Ellis .271 2356

91 Felipe Alou .271 583

92 Dib Williams .271 1323

93 Jerry Browne .271 584

94 Wayne Causey .270 2367

95 Frankie Hayes .270 3351

96 Eric Byrnes .270 1317

97 Miguel Tejada .270 3584

98 Billy Hitchcock .269 1028

99 Eric Chavez .269 4553

100 Scott Hatteberg .269 2047

101 Joe Boley .269 1776

102 Hal Peck .269 607

103 Sam Chapman .268 4742

104 Matt Stairs .268 2019

105 Dario Lodigiani .268 719

106 Ed Charles .268 2621

107 Joe Dugan .268 1884

108 Mike Davis .267 2545

109 Jack Lapp .267 1480

110 Jeff Burroughs .267 757

111 Gino Cimoli .267 1088

112 Topsy Hartsel .267 4075

113 Mitchell Page .266 2092

114 Olmedo Saenz .266 930

115 Jim Finigan .265 1282

116 Terrence Long .265 2286

117 Danny Hoffman .265 928

118 Wally Schang .264 1619

119 Benny McCoy .264 1007

120 Chick Galloway .264 3435

121 Jose Canseco .264 3970

122 Dick Howser .263 938

123 Jose Tartabull .263 1276

124 Rick Monday .263 2059

125 Dave Henderson .263 2553

126 Bert Campaneris .262 7180

127 Reggie Jackson .262 4686

128 Marcos Scutaro .262 1539

129 Ed Busch .262 917

130 Ossee Schreckengost .261 2218

131 Dave Parker .261 930

132 Bill Tuttle .261 1617

133 Irv Hall .261 1904

134 George Alusik .260 634

135 Roger Maris .260 834

136 Mark McGwire .260 4448

137 Mike Aldrete .260 558

138 Davey Lopes .260 1174

139 Ford Garrison .259 509

140 Cy Perkins .259 3556

141 Gus Zernial .259 3115

142 Mike Bordick .258 2643

143 Bris Lord .258 2082

144 Ivy Griffin .257 638

145 Willie Wilson .257 690

146 Dusty Baker .256 585

147 Johnny Damon .256 644

148 Ollie Pickering .255 967

149 Mike Epstein .255 784

150 Harry Chiti .255 647

151 Sal Bando .255 5145

152 Mario Guerrero .255 1052

153 Stan Javier .255 1866

154 Joe Astroth .254 1579

155 Ramon Hernandez .253 1894

156 Ruben Sierra .253 1421

157 Bill Almon .252 662

158 Mike Edwards .252 873

159 Jermaine Dye .252 1473

160 Spook Jacobs .252 628

161 Buddy Rosar .251 1480

162 Nick Swisher .251 1617

163 Ira Thomas .251 928

164 Mike Heath .251 2438

165 Phil Garner .251 1076

166 Adam Melhuse .251 542

167 Jamie Quirk .250 511

168 Cass Michaels .250 611

169 Tony Armas .250 2484

T170 Scott Spiezio .250 1220

T170 Bobby Kielty .250 920

T170 Jack Barry .250 3072

173 Tony Phillips .250 2994

174 Simon Nicholls .250 1125

175 Mike Guerra .250 901

176 Jim Gentile .250 557

177 Eddie Joost .249 3367

178 Pete Suder .249 5085

179 Rafael Bournigal .249 683

180 Dan Johnson .249 1077

181 Scott Brosius .248 1988

182 Ray Murray .247 526

183 Dwayne Murphy .247 4047

184 Mike Hershberger .246 1887

185 Walt Weiss .246 1608

186 John Jaha .245 599

187 Jack Coombs .245 815

188 Gene Tenace .245 2458

189 Rabbit Warstler .245 1151

190 Angel Mangual .245 1237

191 Jimmy Collins .243 805

192 Jason McDonald .242 598

193 Frank House .242 549

194 Beauty McGowan .242 587

195 Ray Webster .241 638

196 John Donaldson .240 887

197 Red Shannon .240 504

198 Bobby Crosby .240 1597

199 Dick Green .240 4007

200 Haywood Sullivan .240 718

201 Joe DeMaestri .239 3105

202 Don Baylor .239 859

203 Ken Harrelson .239 1232

204 Jo-Jo White .239 767

205 Dave Kingman .239 1702

206 Ryan Christenson .237 771

207 Dave McKay .237 731

208 Don Mincher .236 609

209 Tommie Reynolds .236 698

210 Eddie Robinson .236 787

211 Rob Picciolo .236 1461

212 George Earnshaw .235 507

213 Wayne Gross .235 2566

214 Hal Wagner .234 883

215 Ron Hassey .234 845

216 Skeeter Newsome .233 1350

217 Bobby Del Greco .233 883

218 Jim Essian .233 1012

219 Doc Edwards .233 554

220 Nelson Mathews .232 757

221 Mike Gallego .232 1863

222 Jimmy Walsh .232 1433

223 Bill Wilson .232 596

224 Charlie Jamieson .231 761

225 Roy Grover .231 615

T226 Billy Williams .231 871

T226 Merlin Kopp .231 598

228 Bill Renna .228 719

229 Frank Menechino .228 873

230 Ernie Young .227 717

231 Catfish Hunter .227 657

232 Jeff Newman .226 1928

233 A.J. Hinch .225 550

234 Deron Johnson .224 940

235 Wayne Ambler .224 782

236 Jim Gosger .224 778

237 Dan Meyer .224 586

238 Ray Fosse .222 832

239 Lance Blankenship .222 1050

240 Mickey Tettleton .221 709

241 Monte Cross .221 2411

242 Ted Kubiak .221 1051

243 Fred Thomas .219 708

244 Billy Bryan .218 779

245 Dave Duncan .217 1525

246 Craig Paquette .217 725

247 Al Brancato .214 930

248 Mike Powers .213 1749

249 Phil Roof .213 1007

250 Alex Kellner .208 606

251 Eddie Plank .206 1395

252 Chief Bender .206 1005

253 Lou Limmer .202 530

254 John Knight .201 717

255 Wickey McAvoy .199 674

256 Eddie Rommel .199 826

257 Rube Walberg .182 769

258 Rube Waddell .164 665

259 Lefty Grove .158 853