Albert Pujols career batting average

Share

.296Career Regular Season

Albert Pujols has a career batting average of .296 over 22 regular seasons.

• Best season on file: .359 in 2003.
• Most recent: .270 in 2022.

Average of 22 regular seasons, 2001 through 2022. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.

CopyCSV

Albert Pujols career batting average, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	SLG↓iSLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
2001	STL	161	590	112	194	37	130	1	.329	.403	.610	1.013
2002	STL	157	590	118	185	34	127	2	.314	.394	.561	.955
2003	STL	157	591	137	212	43	124	5	.359	.439	.667	1.106
2004	STL	154	592	133	196	46	123	5	.331	.415	.657	1.072
2005	STL	161	591	129	195	41	117	16	.330	.430	.609	1.039
2006	STL	143	535	119	177	49	137	7	.331	.431	.671	1.102
2007	STL	158	565	99	185	32	103	2	.327	.429	.568	.997
2008	STL	148	524	100	187	37	116	7	.357	.462	.653	1.114
2009	STL	160	568	124	186	47	135	16	.327	.443	.658	1.101
2010	STL	159	587	115	183	42	118	14	.312	.414	.596	1.011
2011	STL	147	579	105	173	37	99	9	.299	.366	.541	.906
2012	LAA	154	607	85	173	30	105	8	.285	.343	.516	.859
2013	LAA	99	391	49	101	17	64	1	.258	.330	.437	.767
2014	LAA	159	633	89	172	28	105	5	.272	.324	.466	.790
2015	LAA	157	602	85	147	40	95	5	.244	.307	.480	.787
2016	LAA	152	593	71	159	31	119	4	.268	.323	.457	.780
2017	LAA	149	593	53	143	23	101	3	.241	.286	.386	.672
2018	LAA	117	465	50	114	19	64	1	.245	.289	.411	.700
2019	LAA	131	491	55	120	23	93	3	.244	.305	.430	.734
2020	LAA	39	152	15	34	6	25	0	.224	.270	.395	.665
2021	LAA/LAD	109	275	29	65	17	50	2	.236	.284	.433	.717
2022	STL	109	307	42	83	24	68	1	.270	.345	.550	.895

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS