SUPER CINCO: LatinoBaseball’s Top 5 batting average leaders, career

These are the Top 5 lifetime batting average leaders among Latino players:

1. ROD CAREW .323: The Panama-born Hall of Famer, a seven-time batting champ with 3,053 lifetime hits, had a career-best .388 for the Twins in 1977 when he won AL MVP.

2. VLADIMIR GUERRERO .318: The free-swinging Dominican slugger (449 HR) hit .290 or better over 15 straight seasons with a career-best .345 in 2000.

3. ROBERTO CLEMENTE .317: The Pittsburgh Pirates icon from Puerto Rico had four NL batting titles including a career-high .357 in 1967.

4. NOMAR GARCIAPARRA .313: The slugging shortstop and Red Sox fan favorite won consecutive batting titles in 1999 (.357) and 2000 (.372).

5. MANNY RAMIREZ .312: The controversial slugger who ended his career in PED-related disgrace edges out Hall of Famer Edgar Martinez, .3122 to .3115, on the Super Cinco list.