Babe Ruth's Career Batting Average
About Batting Average
Babe Ruth's Batting Average was 0.342 for his 22-year Major League Baseball career.
1923 was his best season when his Batting Average was 0.393 and his worst season was 1935
when his Batting Average was 0.181. Babe Ruth outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals,
besting USA (0.251401), The Lost Generation (0.260171), Y (0.298152), mlb (0.251156), and RF (0.261578) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Batting average is the number of hits divided by the number of at bats of a player over a defined period of time, typically a season or career. Generally, for Batting Average, higher is better. (Source)
Batting average is the number of hits divided by the number of at bats of a player over a defined period of time, typically a season or career. Generally, for Batting Average, higher is better. (Source)
Babe Ruth's Batting Average Per Season Line Chart
This line chart shows Babe Ruth's yearly Batting Average
for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison,
are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RF, and players from their
country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
Babe Ruth Batting Average Change by Season
This waterfall chart attempts to show how Babe Ruth's Batting Average changed season over season.
This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Batting Average Babe Ruth
had at that season in his career.
Babe Ruth's Batting Average Per Season Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Babe Ruth and related player groups by summarizing Batting Average
for each season played by Babe Ruth. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box
being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and
medians to draw your conclusions!
Babe Ruth's Season Batting Average Stats Table
This table shows Babe Ruth's Batting Average stats per season for his full MLB career with the
aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season
player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players,
RF, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each
group for each year of Babe Ruth's career.
Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.