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Batting Average on Balls in Play 2021

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, 2021. Data refreshed Mar 13, 2026, 3:23 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Batting Average on Balls in Play / 2021

Tim Anderson

CWS

.372

Season leader

Batting Average on Balls in Play2021 season
#	Player	Team	PA	AB	BABIP
1	T. AndersonTim Anderson	CWS	551	527	.372
2	S. MarteStarling Marte	OAK	526	467	.372
3	A. RileyAustin Riley	ATL	662	590	.368
4	T. O'NeillTyler O'Neill	STL	537	482	.366
5	R. ArozarenaRandy Arozarena	TB	604	529	.363
6	T. TurnerTrea Turner	LAD	646	595	.362
7	B. HarperBryce Harper	PHI	599	488	.359
8	T. HernándezTeoscar Hernández	TOR	595	550	.352
9	J. BáezJavier Báez	NYM	547	502	.352
10	Y. MoncadaYoán Moncada	CWS	616	520	.350
11	N. LopezNicky Lopez	KC	565	497	.347
12	B. ReynoldsBryan Reynolds	PIT	646	559	.345
13	J. RojasJosh Rojas	AZ	550	484	.345
14	A. RosarioAmed Rosario	CLE	588	550	.340
15	N. CastellanosNick Castellanos	CIN	585	531	.340
16	J. MartinezJ.D. Martinez	BOS	634	570	.340
17	N. LoweNathaniel Lowe	TEX	642	557	.339
18	A. FrazierAdam Frazier	SD	639	577	.339
19	B. BichetteBo Bichette	TOR	690	640	.339
20	C. TaylorChris Taylor	LAD	582	507	.337
21	M. BrantleyMichael Brantley	HOU	508	469	.337
22	M. StrawMyles Straw	CLE	638	564	.336
23	Y. GurrielYuli Gurriel	HOU	605	530	.336
24	J. WalshJared Walsh	LAA	585	530	.335
25	B. CrawfordBrandon Crawford	SF	549	483	.334
26	J. CandelarioJeimer Candelario	DET	626	557	.333
27	X. BogaertsXander Bogaerts	BOS	603	529	.333
28	J. SotoJuan Soto	WSH	654	502	.332
29	A. JudgeAaron Judge	NYY	633	550	.332
30	D. CarlsonDylan Carlson	STL	619	542	.332
31	W. AdamesWilly Adames	MIL	555	497	.331
32	P. GoldschmidtPaul Goldschmidt	STL	679	603	.331
33	A. VerdugoAlex Verdugo	BOS	604	544	.327
34	T. FranceTy France	SEA	650	571	.327
35	J. IndiaJonathan India	CIN	631	532	.326
36	J. RealmutoJ.T. Realmuto	PHI	537	476	.325
37	F. Tatis Jr.Fernando Tatis Jr.	SD	546	478	.324
38	G. StantonGiancarlo Stanton	NYY	579	510	.324
39	C. MullinsCedric Mullins	BAL	675	602	.322
40	F. FreemanFreddie Freeman	ATL	695	600	.321
41	Y. AlvarezYordan Alvarez	HOU	598	537	.320
42	J. CrawfordJ.P. Crawford	SEA	687	619	.320
43	P. SmithPavin Smith	AZ	545	498	.319
44	M. A. TaylorMichael A. Taylor	KC	528	483	.319
45	J. Chisholm Jr.Jazz Chisholm Jr.	MIA	507	464	.319
46	J. SchoopJonathan Schoop	DET	674	623	.317
47	J. SeguraJean Segura	PHI	567	514	.317
48	C. CronC.J. Cron	COL	547	470	.316
49	G. TorresGleyber Torres	NYY	516	459	.314
50	J. HarrisonJosh Harrison	OAK	558	505	.313

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, 3:23 AM UTC.