How Jose Altuve's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Jose Altuve has posted a career Batting Average of .303, above the league average of .262 — production that has kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 2017, posting .346, well above the league average of .256 that year. The lowest point came in 2025 at .265, near the league average of .245 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from .311 in 2023 to .295 in 2024 and .265 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 14 seasons.

Jose Altuve Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Batting Average for Jose Altuve
Jose Altuve
Batting Average
Jose Altuve
Plate Appearances
Jose Altuve
At Bats
Jose Altuve
BABIP
Career0.303869678810.326
Season Avg.0.303579.73525.40.326
162 Game Avg.0.303713.29646.440.326
More InfoSee MoreSee MoreSee MoreSee More

Jose Altuve Batting Average Per Season

Jose Altuve's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 2B, South America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jose Altuve Batting Average per season line chart

Jose Altuve Batting Average by Team

Jose Altuve's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jose Altuve career Batting Average by team bar chart

Jose Altuve Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jose Altuve's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Jose Altuve Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Jose Altuve Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jose Altuve's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Jose Altuve Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jose Altuve Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jose Altuve's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Jose Altuve Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table