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Baseball Batting Average Calculator

Enter hits and at-bats to get a baseball batting average in the standard .000 (three-decimal) format, plus the hits needed to reach marks like .300.

Input

hits
AB

Note: at-bats exclude walks, hit-by-pitches, sacrifice bunts and sacrifice flies from total plate appearances.

Result

Batting average

.289

Hits

130 hits

At-bats

450 AB

Outs (reference)

320 AB

Common averages and the hits required to reach them (at the current 450 at-bats)

MilestoneAverageHits needed
.200.20090 hits (reached)
.250.250113 hits (reached)
.300 (good hitter).300135 hits
.350 (batting-title level).350158 hits

How it works

  • Batting average is hits divided by at-bats, shown by convention as a three-decimal number with the leading zero dropped (e.g. .300).
  • At-bats are not the same as plate appearances: walks, hit-by-pitches, sacrifice bunts and sacrifice flies are excluded. Enter the count after removing them.
  • Hits include singles as well as doubles, triples and home runs. For batting average each counts as one hit.
  • A .300 average is generally regarded as the mark of a strong hitter, while around .350 is competitive for a batting title.
  • This tool also shows, while keeping your current at-bats fixed, how many hits are needed to reach each milestone average.
  • Batting average only reflects the rate of hits; pairing it with on-base and slugging percentage gives a fuller picture of a hitter.