Batting Average

The Batting Average calculator computes the batting average based on the number of hits and at bats.

INSTRUCTIONS: Enter the following:

• (H) Number of hits
• (AB) Number of at bats

Batting Average (BA): The calculator returns the batting average.

The Math / Science

The Batting Average in baseball is defined as the number of hits divided by at bats. It is usually reported to 3 decimal places and read without the decimal: A player with a batting average of .300 is "batting three-hundred." A point (or percentage point) is understood to be .001. If necessary to break ties, batting averages could be taken to more than three decimal places. The Batting Average formula is: 

     BA = H/(AB)

where:

• BA = player or team's batting average
• H = number of hits (times reached base because of a batted, fair ball without error in the defense)
• AB = number of at bats (plate appearances, not including bases on balls, being hit by pitch, sacrifices, interference, or obstruction)
  Ty Cobb and Joe Jackson

Batting Average Leaders:

• Tedd Williams .406 in 1941 (.344 career)
• Ty Cobb .366 career
• Rogers Hornsby .358 career
• Shoeless Joe Jackson .356 career

Baseball Stats Calculators

• Stolen Base Percentage
• On-base Percentage
• Slugging Percentage
• On-base Plus Slugging
• Times on Base
• Earned Run Average
• Batting Average
• Equivalent Average
• Defense-Independent Component ERA
• Fielding Independent Pitching
• Total Average
• Batting Average Against
• Range Factor
• Fielding Percentage
• Pythagorean Expectation
• Base Running Speed
• Bases per Plate Appearance

Baseball Base Separation:

• Major League Baseball Base Separation
• College Baseball Base Separation
• High School Baseball Base Separation
• Bronco League Base Separation
• Mustang League Base Separation
• Pinto League Base Separation
• Shetland League Separation
• Little League Base Separation

References

Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_average and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_statistics)