Minnesota Twins Batting Average Leaders

Career totals with the Twins and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through September 16: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning.

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Rod Carew holds the Twins career record with .334 batting average. The single-season record is .388, by Rod Carew in 1977.

AVG HR RBI H R SB OPS OBP SLG 2B 3B XBH TB BB SO PA AB G

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs the standard 3.1 plate appearances per team game with the club, a career 3,000+ plate appearances with the club.

All-time Twins leaders

Career totals with the club

#	Player	With the club	AVG	G
1	Rod Carew	1967–1978	.334	1,635
2	Heinie Manush	1930–1935	.328	792
3	Sam Rice	1915–1933	.323	2,307
4	Goose Goslin	1921–1938	.323	1,361
5	Kirby Puckett	1984–1995	.318	1,783
6	Cecil Travis	1933–1947	.314	1,328
7	Joe Mauer	2004–2018	.306	1,858
8	Joe Cronin	1928–1934	.304	940
9	Tony Oliva	1962–1976	.304	1,676
10	Chuck Knoblauch	1991–1997	.304	1,013
11	Buddy Myer	1925–1941	.303	1,643
12	Joe Judge	1915–1932	.299	2,084
13	Buddy Lewis	1935–1949	.297	1,349
14	Sam West	1927–1941	.297	993
15	Stan Spence	1942–1947	.296	750
16	Muddy Ruel	1923–1930	.290	903
17	Joe Kuhel	1930–1946	.289	1,205
18	George Case	1937–1947	.288	1,108
19	Mickey Vernon	1939–1955	.288	1,805
20	Clyde Milan	1907–1922	.285	1,982
21	Kent Hrbek	1981–1994	.283	1,747
22	Cesar Tovar	1965–1972	.281	1,090
23	Corey Koskie	1998–2004	.280	816
24	Jacque Jones	1999–2005	.279	976
25	Justin Morneau	2003–2013	.278	1,278

Single-season Twins records

Best seasons in club history

#	Player	Season	AVG	G
1	Rod Carew	1977	.388	155
2	Goose Goslin	1928	.379	135
3	Ed Delahanty	1902	.376	123
4	Joe Mauer	2009	.365	138
5	Rod Carew	1974	.364	153
6	Rod Carew	1975	.359	143
7	Cecil Travis	1941	.359	152
8	Kirby Puckett	1988	.356	158
9	Goose Goslin	1926	.354	147
10	Mickey Vernon	1946	.353	148
11	Rod Carew	1973	.350	149
12	Sam Rice	1925	.350	152
13	Sam Rice	1930	.349	147
14	Buddy Myer	1935	.349	151
15	Heinie Manush	1934	.349	137
16	Joe Mauer	2006	.347	140
17	Joe Cronin	1930	.346	154
18	Cecil Travis	1937	.344	135
19	Goose Goslin	1924	.344	154
20	Heinie Manush	1932	.342	149
21	John Stone	1936	.341	123
22	Paul Molitor	1996	.341	161
23	Chuck Knoblauch	1996	.341	153
24	Kirby Puckett	1989	.339	159
25	Sam Rice	1920	.338	153