What baseball player has the highest lifetime batting average?

With a .317 batting average, Jeter ranks 6th highest in lifetime batting average of all active baseball players. He has been in the top 7 in the American League in both hits and runs scored for 9 of the past 10 years. Through 2006, in the 2000s he is 2nd in the major leagues in hits (927), 6th in runs (551), and 15th in batting average (.311).