Player stats

Batting Average on Balls in Play 2018

Hits on balls in play, excluding home runs. Contact quality, speed and defense all affect BABIP.

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 on Balls in Play / 2018

J.D. Martinez

BOS

.375

Season leader

Batting Average on Balls in Play2018 season
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	BABIP
1	J. MartinezJ.D. Martinez	BOS	649	569	.375
2	C. YelichChristian Yelich	MIL	651	574	.373
3	M. BettsMookie Betts	BOS	614	520	.368
4	M. SmithMallex Smith	TB	544	480	.366
5	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	DET	678	620	.361
6	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	AZ	690	593	.359
7	S. GennettScooter Gennett	CIN	638	584	.358
8	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	707	618	.358
9	L. CainLorenzo Cain	MIL	620	539	.357
10	M. DuffyMatt Duffy	TB	560	503	.353
11	J. WendleJoey Wendle	TB	545	487	.353
12	J. AltuveJose Altuve	HOU	599	534	.352
13	W. MerrifieldWhit Merrifield	KC	707	632	.352
14	B. NimmoBrandon Nimmo	NYM	535	433	.351
15	J. A. MartínezJosé A. Martínez	STL	590	534	.351
16	J. BáezJavier Báez	CHC	645	606	.347
17	M. TroutMike Trout	LAA	608	471	.346
18	T. StoryTrevor Story	COL	656	598	.345
19	C. TaylorChris Taylor	LAD	604	536	.345
20	Y. MoncadaYoán Moncada	CWS	650	578	.344
21	T. PhamTommy Pham	TB	570	494	.342
22	M. KempMatt Kemp	LAD	506	462	.339
23	J. VillarJonathan Villar	BAL	515	466	.339
24	M. ChapmanMatt Chapman	OAK	616	547	.338
25	D. DietrichDerek Dietrich	MIA	551	499	.336
26	M. HanigerMitch Haniger	SEA	683	596	.336
27	J. VottoJoey Votto	CIN	623	503	.333
28	G. StantonGiancarlo Stanton	NYY	705	617	.333
29	C. DickersonCorey Dickerson	PIT	533	504	.333
30	C. GonzálezCarlos González	COL	504	463	.332
31	B. AndersonBrian Anderson	MIA	670	590	.332
32	B. ZobristBen Zobrist	CHC	520	455	.331
33	S. CastroStarlin Castro	MIA	647	593	.330
34	J. MauerJoe Mauer	MIN	543	486	.330
35	S. ChooShin-Soo Choo	TEX	665	560	.330
36	C. BlackmonCharlie Blackmon	COL	696	626	.329
37	D. PeraltaDavid Peralta	AZ	614	560	.328
38	A. BenintendiAndrew Benintendi	BOS	661	579	.328
39	J. SeguraJean Segura	SEA	632	586	.327
40	A. RendonAnthony Rendon	WSH	597	529	.323
41	E. SuárezEugenio Suárez	CIN	606	527	.322
42	J. UptonJustin Upton	LAA	613	533	.321
43	J. JayJon Jay	AZ	586	527	.319
44	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	CLE	631	570	.319
45	N. MarkakisNick Markakis	ATL	705	623	.318
46	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	580	513	.317
47	E. RosarioEddie Rosario	MIN	592	559	.316
48	M. AndujarMiguel Andujar	NYY	606	573	.316
49	C. HernándezCésar Hernández	PHI	708	605	.315
50	J. CamargoJohan Camargo	ATL	524	464	.315

BABIP: Hits on balls in play, excluding home runs. Contact quality, speed and defense all affect BABIP.

Understanding Batting Average on Balls in Play

Hits on balls in play, excluding home runs. Contact quality, speed and defense all affect BABIP.

Formula: (H − HR) ÷ (AB − SO − HR + SF)

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.