Here's the top batting averages as of April 28, 2006: This also includes when the Twins were the Washington Senators from 1901 to 1960. MINNESOTA TWINS CAREER AT BATS >= 1000 AVERAGE AVG AB 1 Rod Carew .334 6235 2 Heinie Manush .328 3290 3 Sam Rice .323 8934 4 Goose Goslin .323 5140 5 Kirby Puckett .318 7244 6 Lyman Bostock .318 1436 7 John Stone .317 2066 8 Cecil Travis .314 4914 9 Paul Molitor .312 1700 10 Shane Mack .309 2161 11 Brian Harper .306 2503 12 Joe Cronin .304 3582 13 Tony Oliva .304 6301 14 Chuck Knoblauch .304 3939 15 Buddy Myer .303 6033 16 A.J. Pierzynski .301 1428 17 Joe Judge .299 7663 18 Shannon Stewart .298 1272 19 Earl McNeely .297 1191 20 Buddy Lewis .297 5261 21 Sammy West .297 3316 22 Stan Spence .296 2875 23 Germany Schaefer .294 1092 24 Ken Landreaux .294 1048 25 Chick Gandil .293 2004 26 Charlie Hickman .292 1009 27 Dave Harris .292 1004 28 Fred Schulte .291 1298 29 Muddy Ruel .290 2875 30 Joe Kuhel .288 4638 31 George Case .288 4533 32 Mickey Vernon .288 6930 33 Larry Hisle .286 2437 34 Irv Noren .285 1100 35 Clyde Milan .285 7359 36 Todd Walker .285 1374 37 Gary Ward .285 1543 38 George Myatt .284 1122 39 Steve Braun .284 2429 40 Mickey Hatcher .284 2366 41 Lew Ford .283 1215 42 Kent Hrbek .282 6192 43 Glenn Adams .281 1387 44 Jim Busby .281 1917 45 John Anderson .281 1316 46 Cesar Tovar .281 4142 47 Corey Koskie .280 2788 48 Jacque Jones .279 3492 49 John Castino .278 2320 50 Ron Coomer .278 2397 51 Vic Power .278 1197