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Batting average calculator.

Hits over at-bats, graded against the record book — then draft an all-time nine below and let a season prove it.

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AVG = hits ÷ at-bats

Example185 hits in 580 at-bats = .319 — a real .300 season.

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Your batting average.319a .300 season — the classic mark of a true hitter
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Famous single-season averages

  • Hugh Duffy1894.440
  • Ted Williams1941.406
  • Tony Gwynn1994.394
  • Ichiro Suzuki2004.372

Numbers this good belong on a roster. Draft an all-time nine and run the season.

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How is batting average calculated?

Divide hits by at-bats. Walks, hit-by-pitches, and sacrifices are not at-bats, so they change nothing here — a 185-for-580 season is .319 no matter how many times the hitter walked.

How is batting average calculated in cricket?

Divide total runs scored by the number of times the batter was out. Not-out innings do not add to the denominator, so 1,475 runs across 31 dismissals produces a 47.58 batting average.

Why does cricket use times out instead of innings played?

The average measures runs per dismissal. A batter who finishes an innings not out keeps those runs in the total without being charged a dismissal, so innings played and times out are deliberately different.

What is a good batting average?

Around .260 is a typical modern league average, .300 has marked a real hitter for a century, and .350 wins batting titles in almost any era. Nobody has reached .400 since Ted Williams hit .406 in 1941.

Why do walks not count?

Average only judges what happens when the at-bat ends in a hit or an out. That blind spot is exactly why on-base percentage and OPS exist — they credit the plate appearances average throws away.

What was the highest batting average ever?

Hugh Duffy hit .440 in 1894, the single-season record. In the modern game, Tony Gwynn’s .394 in strike-shortened 1994 is the closest anyone has come to .400 since Williams.

Does this work for softball or a beer league?

Yes — the formula is identical at every level. Enter your hits and at-bats and the math is the same one printed on the back of a baseball card.