American baseball player who retired in 1928 but still has the highest ever career batting average Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue American baseball player who retired in 1928 but still has the highest ever career batting average last seen in Times Specialist Sunday puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is TY COBB.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TY COBB American baseball player who retired in 1928 but still has the highest ever career batting average (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Nov 29, 2020
3% TYCOBB Holder of baseball's highest career batting average (6)
2% MEAN Average (4) The Telegraph Quick Dec 1, 2025
2% MANINTHESTREET Average Joe (14) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Nov 30, 2025
2% GOINTO Select, as a career (6) New York Times Nov 27, 2025
2% PLATINUM Status of a player who has collected all of a video game's trophies (8) The Atlantic Nov 27, 2025
2% KOBE Only player with two numbers retired by the L.A. Lakers (4) New York Times Nov 22, 2025
2% JOE Average guy (3) Eugene Sheffer Nov 21, 2025
2% EVENSO "But still!" (6) The Atlantic Nov 19, 2025
2% ONDECK Next to bat (6) Thomas Joseph Nov 19, 2025

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