⚾ Batting Average (AVG) Calculator
Calculate batting average from hits and at-bats.
Batting Average Formula
AVG = Hits (H) / At Bats (AB)
At bats exclude walks, HBP, sacrifice bunts, and sacrifice flies.
Batting Average Standards
.300+: Excellent / .250-.299: Average / Below .250: Poor
Worked Examples
60 hits in 200 at-bats is .300, the classic benchmark of a good hitter.
A 3-for-4 game moves a .300 average only slightly: 60/200 becomes 63/204, or .309.
What Batting Average Ignores
AVG counts only hits per at-bat, so walks, hit-by-pitch and sacrifice flies are excluded and a double counts the same as a single. That gap is why on-base percentage and slugging percentage exist. Reaching base on an error counts as an at-bat, not a hit.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Is a .300 average good?
- Yes. .300 is the traditional mark of a strong hitter, league averages sit near .245-.255, and nobody has hit .400 over a full season since Ted Williams in 1941.
- Do walks count as at-bats?
- No. Walks, hit-by-pitch and sacrifice bunts or flies are not at-bats, so they neither raise nor lower AVG, though they do raise on-base percentage.
- AVG or OPS — which matters more?
- OPS tracks run scoring better because it rewards getting on base and hitting for power. AVG stays popular because it is the easiest number to read.