Here's the top batting averages as of April 28, 2006: NEW YORK YANKEES CAREER AT BATS >= 1000 AVERAGE AVG AB 1 Babe Ruth .349 7217 2 Lou Gehrig .340 8001 3 Earle Combs .325 5748 4 Joe DiMaggio .325 6821 5 Derek Jeter .315 6248 6 Wade Boggs .313 2240 7 Bill Dickey .313 6300 8 Bob Meusel .311 5032 9 Don Mattingly .307 7003 10 Ben Chapman .305 3539 11 Paul O'Neill .303 4700 12 Alex Rodriguez .303 1285 13 Ron Blomberg .302 1177 14 Whitey Witt .300 1764 15 Mickey Rivers .299 2000 16 Mickey Mantle .298 8102 17 Bernie Williams .297 7502 18 Wally Schang .297 1627 19 Hideki Matsui .295 1916 20 Lou Piniella .295 3291 21 Del Pratt .295 1578 22 Bill Skowron .294 3748 23 Willie Keeler .294 3313 24 Steve Sax .294 1918 25 Tony Lazzeri .293 6094 26 Jerry Mumphrey .293 1063 27 Gary Sheffield .292 1245 28 Birdie Cree .292 2603 29 Thurman Munson .292 5344 30 George Selkirk .290 2790 31 Danny Cater .290 1010 32 Dave Winfield .290 4485 33 Red Rolfe .289 4827 34 Home Run Baker .288 2548 35 Rickey Henderson .288 2302 36 Charlie Keller .286 3677 37 Joe Dugan .286 3043 38 Gene Woodling .285 2272 39 Mike Stanley .285 1372 40 Mark Koenig .285 2233 41 Ken Griffey Sr. .285 1977 42 Yogi Berra .285 7546 43 Hal Chase .284 4158 44 Myril Hoag .284 1228 45 Alfonso Soriano .284 2010 46 Chris Chambliss .282 3383 47 Joe Sewell .282 1511 48 Wally Pipp .282 5594 49 Tommy Henrich .282 4603 50 Reggie Jackson .281 2349 51 Sammy Byrd .281 1143 52 Bobby Brown .279 1619 53 Elston Howard .279 5044 54 Roberto Kelly .278 2302 55 Bobby Murcer .278 4428 56 Hank Bauer .277 4784 57 Harry Wolter .277 1370 58 Gil McDougald .276 4676 59 Tino Martinez .276 3770 60 Johnny Lindell .275 2568 61 Bill Johnson .275 2524 62 Nick Etten .275 2044 63 Willie Randolph .275 6303 64 Doc Cook .274 1028 65 Lyn Lary .274 1717 66 Frank LaPorte .274 1850 67 Snuffy Stirnweiss .274 3281 68 Norm Siebern .273 1002 69 Phil Rizzuto .273 5816 70 Mel Hall .273 1796 71 Chuck Knoblauch .272 2127 72 Joe Girardi .272 1283 73 Ping Bodie .272 1357 74 Irv Noren .272 1451 75 Felipe Alou .271 1065 76 Joe Gordon .271 3686 77 Roy White .271 6650 78 Jason Giambi .271 1831 79 Charlie Hemphill .271 1238 80 Red Ruffing .270 1475 81 Jorge Posada .269 3909 82 Kid Elberfeld .268 2412 83 Aaron Ward .268 3139 84 John Knight .267 1494 85 Scott Brosius .267 1901 86 Don Baylor .267 1504 87 Andy Carey .266 2130 88 Tony Kubek .266 4167 89 Bobby Richardson .266 5386 90 Roger Maris .265 3007 91 Jim Leyritz .263 1682 92 Jerry Coleman .263 2119 93 Shane Spencer .263 1091 94 Hector Lopez .262 2510 95 Les Nunamaker .262 1076 96 Billy Martin .262 1717 97 Randy Velarde .261 1981 98 Jimmy Williams .261 2536 99 Bert Daniels .261 1634 100 Roy Smalley .261 1146 101 Roy Hartzell .261 2365 102 Oscar Gamble .259 1457 103 Butch Wynegar .259 1437 104 Roger Peckinpaugh .257 4555 105 Horace Clarke .257 4723 106 Joe Collins .256 2329 107 Alvaro Espinoza .255 1424 108 Everett Scott .254 1698 109 Ruben Sierra .254 1226 110 Graig Nettles .253 5519 111 Danny Tartabull .252 1525 112 Joe Pepitone .252 3841 113 Pat Kelly .251 1719 114 Elmer Miller .250 1230 115 Hugh High .250 1179 116 Wid Conroy .250 3005 117 Rick Cerone .249 1842 118 Matt Nokes .249 1376 119 Babe Dahlgren .248 1143 120 Bud Metheny .247 1390 121 Tom Tresh .247 3920 122 Frankie Crosetti .245 6277 123 Johnny Blanchard .245 1063 124 Dave Fultz .243 1056 125 Fritz Maisel .243 1827 126 Clete Boyer .241 3658 127 Bucky Dent .239 2163 128 Jerry Kenney .237 1353 129 Bobby Meacham .236 1371 130 Jeff Sweeney .235 1799 131 Gene Michael .233 2405 132 Jake Gibbs .233 1639 133 Kevin Maas .232 1191 134 Jesse Barfield .231 1296 135 Mike Pagliarulo .229 2274 136 Fred Stanley .222 1008 137 Red Kleinow .219 1496 138 Whitey Ford .173 1023