Batting Average Calculator

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Choose your sport. The formula and benchmarks change automatically.
Total number of hits: singles, doubles, triples, and home runs combined.
Official at-bats: plate appearances that result in a hit, out, error, or fielder's choice. Walks, HBP, sacrifice flies, and sacrifice bunts are excluded.
Base on balls. Used to calculate on-base percentage. Leave blank to skip OBP.
Times hit by pitch. Counts toward OBP but not BA or slugging.
Sacrifice flies. Counts in the OBP denominator.
Singles only (not total hits). Used to compute slugging percentage.
Two-base hits. Used for slugging percentage.
Three-base hits. Used for slugging percentage.
Home runs. Used for slugging percentage.
Enter a goal average (e.g. 0.300) to see how many more hits you need over the remaining at-bats.
How many more official at-bats do you expect this season?
Batting AverageElite
0.3

Hits divided by at-bats (or runs divided by dismissals in cricket)

On-Base Percentage (OBP)0.355
Slugging Percentage (SLG)0.473
OPS (OBP + SLG)0.829
Hits Needed for Target15
Target Hit Rate Needed0.3
0.3 BA
Poor<0.2Below Avg0.2-0.24Average0.24-0.27Above Avg0.27-0.3Elite0.3+

Batting average: 0.300 (Elite)

  • A batting average of 0.300 is elite at the professional level.
  • Your on-base percentage of 0.355 is good. Reaching base is worth more than your BA alone shows.
  • Your OPS of 0.829 is above average. The MLB average OPS is typically around 0.720-0.740.
  • To reach your target of 0.300, you need 15 more hits in your remaining 50 at-bats.

Next stepBatting average measures only hits per at-bat. Pair it with OBP and slugging to capture your full offensive contribution.

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