Player stats

Batting Average 2018

Hits per at-bat. Walks, hit-by-pitches and sacrifice flies are excluded from at-bats.

Season

Minimum workload: 3.1 plate appearances per game, rounded to the nearest whole appearance. Completed seasons use the league's scheduled regular-season game count; seasons in progress use team games played. Batting-title exceptions are not applied. Data through December 31, 2018. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Average / 2018

Mookie Betts

BOS

.346

Season leader

Batting Average2018 season
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	AVG
1	M. BettsMookie Betts	BOS	614	520	.346
2	J. MartinezJ.D. Martinez	BOS	649	569	.330
3	C. YelichChristian Yelich	MIL	651	574	.326
4	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	599	534	.316
5	M. TroutMike Trout	LAA	608	471	.312
6	S. GennettScooter Gennett	CIN	638	584	.310
7	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	707	618	.309
8	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	CLE	631	570	.309
9	A. RendonAnthony Rendon	WSH	597	529	.308
10	L. CainLorenzo Cain	MIL	620	539	.308
11	B. ZobristBen Zobrist	CHC	520	455	.305
12	J. A. MartínezJosé A. Martínez	STL	590	534	.305
13	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	707	632	.304
14	J. SeguraJean Segura	SEA	632	586	.304
15	J. WendleJoey Wendle	TB	545	487	.300
16	C. DickersonCorey Dickerson	PIT	533	504	.300
17	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	DET	678	620	.298
18	M. MachadoManny Machado	LAD	709	632	.297
19	N. MarkakisNick Markakis	ATL	705	623	.297
20	M. AndujarMiguel Andujar	NYY	606	573	.297
21	N. ArenadoNolan Arenado	COL	673	590	.297
22	M. SmithMallex Smith	TB	544	480	.296
23	M. DuffyMatt Duffy	TB	560	503	.294
24	D. PeraltaDavid Peralta	AZ	614	560	.293
25	A. SimmonsAndrelton Simmons	LAA	600	554	.292
26	T. StoryTrevor Story	COL	656	598	.291
27	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	696	626	.291
28	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	573	537	.291
29	J. BáezJavier Báez	CHC	645	606	.290
30	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	BOS	661	579	.290
31	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	AZ	690	593	.290
32	M. KempMatt Kemp	LAD	506	462	.290
33	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	580	513	.288
34	E. RosarioEddie Rosario	MIN	592	559	.288
35	J. PerazaJosé Peraza	CIN	683	632	.288
36	A. BregmanAlex Bregman	HOU	705	594	.286
37	M. HanigerMitch Haniger	SEA	683	596	.285
38	J. VottoJoey Votto	CIN	623	503	.284
39	E. SuárezEugenio Suárez	CIN	606	527	.283
40	A. RizzoAnthony Rizzo	CHC	665	566	.283
41	J. MauerJoe Mauer	MIN	543	486	.282
42	A. JonesAdam Jones	BAL	613	580	.281
43	M. OzunaMarcell Ozuna	STL	628	582	.280
44	S. CastroStarlin Castro	MIA	647	593	.278
45	M. ChapmanMatt Chapman	OAK	616	547	.278
46	S. MarteStarling Marte	PIT	606	559	.277
47	F. LindorFrancisco Lindor	CLE	745	661	.277
48	J. RealmutoJ.T. Realmuto	MIA	531	477	.277
49	C. GonzálezCarlos González	COL	504	463	.276
50	D. LeMahieuDJ LeMahieu	COL	581	533	.276

AVG: Hits per at-bat. Walks, hit-by-pitches and sacrifice flies are excluded from at-bats.

Understanding Batting Average

Hits per at-bat. Walks, hit-by-pitches and sacrifice flies are excluded from at-bats.

Formula: H ÷ AB

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:40 AM UTC.