Baseball
Batting Average Calculator
Calculate batting average (AVG) from hits and at bats.
Informational only — not a substitute for official league statistics or professional judgment.
How it's calculated
Assumptions
- At bats already exclude walks, hit-by-pitches, and sacrifices, per the official definition — enter your at-bat total as recorded in the box score, not plate appearances.
Source: MLB Glossary — Batting Average
Last reviewed: July 2026
Frequently asked questions
What's considered a good batting average?
In modern MLB, a batting average above .300 is considered excellent, .270–.299 is solid, and league average typically sits in the .240–.260 range depending on the season's overall offensive levels.
Do walks count toward batting average?
No — walks, hit-by-pitches, and sacrifice bunts/flies are excluded from at bats entirely, so they don't help or hurt batting average. This is a common point of confusion, since those plate appearances do count toward on-base percentage.
Why does batting average use three decimals without a leading zero?
It's a long-standing baseball convention — .300 is read as "three-hundred," not "point three" — that carries over from the era of printed box scores and has stuck ever since, even though it's mathematically just a ratio between 0 and 1.
What's the difference between batting average and OPS?
Batting average only measures how often a batter gets a hit per at bat, treating a single and a home run the same. OPS (on-base plus slugging) additionally credits walks and extra-base power, making it a more complete measure of overall offensive contribution.
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