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Oct 14

Thanks to by buddy, Rob the Twins Fan, for the heads-up on this stat. And, thanks to the Complete Baseball Encyclopedia for running it for me…

1947-2009
RIGHT HANDED HITTERS
PLATE APPEARANCES >= 5000
Highest BA vs. League Average

AVERAGE                         DIFF   PLAYER   LEAGUE     PA
1    Albert Pujols              .065     .334     .269     6082
2    Kirby Puckett              .055     .318     .263     7831
3    Roberto Clemente           .054     .317     .263    10212
4    Vladimir Guerrero          .051     .321     .270     7826
5    Derek Jeter                .047     .317     .271     9809
6    George Kell                .045     .313     .268     5788
7    Edgar Martinez             .043     .312     .268     8672
8    Manny Ramirez              .042     .313     .271     9437
9    Nomar Garciaparra          .042     .313     .271     6116
10   Jackie Robinson            .042     .311     .269     5802

Interesting to see where Jeter lists among the greatest batting right-handed batters, in terms of batting average, since baseball integrated.

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