Babe Ruth Batting Average

Babe Ruth Career Batting Average Overview

Babe Ruth had an impressive career batting average of .342, which is one of the highest batting averages in baseball history. Ruth played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily as an outfielder for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, and Boston Braves.

Ruth's career batting average was exceptional considering his power-hitting approach at the plate, which often resulted in strikeouts. However, Ruth was also an excellent hitter, with exceptional hand-eye coordination, which enabled him to make solid contact with the ball.

In addition to his high career batting average, Ruth also had several seasons where he had batting averages well above .300, which is considered an excellent batting average in baseball. For example, in 1923, he had a batting average of .393, and in 1921, he had a batting average of .378.

It's worth noting that Ruth's batting average was achieved during a time when baseball was different from what it is today. The game was slower, and pitchers threw "full windup" overhand or sidearm, which made it easier for hitters to make contact with the ball. Nevertheless, Ruth's .342 career batting average is still considered one of the best in baseball history and helped cement his legacy as one of the greatest players of all time.

Batting average (BA) 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 Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Batting Average for Babe Ruth

	Babe Ruth Batting Average	Babe Ruth Plate Appearances	Babe Ruth At Bats	Babe Ruth BABIP
Career	0.342	10616	8398	0.34
Season Avg.	0.323	483	382	0.333
162 Game Avg.	0.342	687	544	0.34
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Babe Ruth Batting Average By Year 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 By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Babe Ruth's career Batting Average changed per 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 Batting Average By Year 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 Batting Average Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Babe Ruth 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 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.