Alex Rodriguez batting average in 2008

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.3022008 Regular Season

Alex Rodriguez posted a .302 batting average in the 2008 regular season.

• 7th-best of Alex Rodriguez's 22 seasons on file; the high is .358 in 1996.
• Down .012 from .314 in 2007.

Average of 22 regular seasons, 1994 through 2016. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.

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Alex Rodriguez batting average in 2008, 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.
1994	SEA	17	54	4	11	0	2	3	.204	.241	.204	.445
1995	SEA	48	142	15	33	5	19	4	.232	.264	.408	.672
1996	SEA	146	601	141	215	36	123	15	.358	.414	.631	1.045
1997	SEA	141	587	100	176	23	84	29	.300	.350	.496	.846
1998	SEA	161	686	123	213	42	124	46	.310	.360	.560	.919
1999	SEA	129	502	110	143	42	111	21	.285	.357	.586	.943
2000	SEA	148	554	134	175	41	132	15	.316	.420	.606	1.026
2001	TEX	162	632	133	201	52	135	18	.318	.399	.622	1.021
2002	TEX	162	624	125	187	57	142	9	.300	.392	.623	1.015
2003	TEX	161	607	124	181	47	118	17	.298	.396	.600	.995
2004	NYY	155	601	112	172	36	106	28	.286	.375	.512	.888
2005	NYY	162	605	124	194	48	130	21	.321	.421	.610	1.031
2006	NYY	154	572	113	166	35	121	15	.290	.392	.523	.914
2007	NYY	158	583	143	183	54	156	24	.314	.422	.645	1.067
2008	NYY	138	510	104	154	35	103	18	.302	.392	.573	.965
2009	NYY	124	444	78	127	30	100	14	.286	.402	.532	.933
2010	NYY	137	522	74	141	30	125	4	.270	.341	.506	.847
2011	NYY	99	373	67	103	16	62	4	.276	.362	.461	.823
2012	NYY	122	463	74	126	18	57	13	.272	.353	.430	.783
2013	NYY	44	156	21	38	7	19	4	.244	.348	.423	.771
2015	NYY	151	523	83	131	33	86	4	.250	.356	.486	.842
2016	NYY	65	225	19	45	9	31	3	.200	.247	.351	.598

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