Bill Buckner career batting average
.289Career Regular Season
Bill Buckner has a career batting average of .289 over 22 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .324 in 1980.
- Most recent: .186 in 1990.
Average of 22 regular seasons, 1969 through 1990. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | OBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches. | SLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single. | OPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 |  LAD | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 1970 | LAD | 28 | 68 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .191 | .225 | .265 | .490 |
| 1971 | LAD | 108 | 358 | 37 | 99 | 5 | 41 | 4 | .277 | .306 | .366 | .672 |
| 1972 | LAD | 105 | 383 | 47 | 122 | 5 | 37 | 10 | .319 | .348 | .410 | .758 |
| 1973 | LAD | 140 | 575 | 68 | 158 | 8 | 46 | 12 | .275 | .297 | .351 | .648 |
| 1974 | LAD | 145 | 580 | 83 | 182 | 7 | 58 | 31 | .314 | .351 | .412 | .763 |
| 1975 | LAD | 92 | 288 | 30 | 70 | 6 | 31 | 8 | .243 | .286 | .358 | .644 |
| 1976 | LAD | 154 | 642 | 76 | 193 | 7 | 60 | 28 | .301 | .326 | .389 | .716 |
| 1977 |  CHC | 122 | 426 | 40 | 121 | 11 | 60 | 7 | .284 | .314 | .425 | .739 |
| 1978 | CHC | 117 | 446 | 47 | 144 | 5 | 74 | 7 | .323 | .345 | .419 | .765 |
| 1979 | CHC | 149 | 591 | 72 | 168 | 14 | 66 | 9 | .284 | .319 | .437 | .756 |
| 1980 | CHC | 145 | 578 | 69 | 187 | 10 | 68 | 1 | .324 | .353 | .457 | .810 |
| 1981 | CHC | 106 | 421 | 45 | 131 | 10 | 75 | 5 | .311 | .349 | .480 | .829 |
| 1982 | CHC | 161 | 657 | 93 | 201 | 15 | 105 | 15 | .306 | .342 | .441 | .783 |
| 1983 | CHC | 153 | 626 | 79 | 175 | 16 | 66 | 12 | .280 | .310 | .436 | .746 |
| 1984 |  CHC/BOS | 135 | 482 | 54 | 131 | 11 | 69 | 2 | .272 | .313 | .392 | .705 |
| 1985 | BOS | 162 | 673 | 89 | 201 | 16 | 110 | 18 | .299 | .325 | .447 | .773 |
| 1986 | BOS | 153 | 629 | 73 | 168 | 18 | 102 | 6 | .267 | .311 | .421 | .733 |
| 1987 |  BOS/LAA | 132 | 469 | 39 | 134 | 5 | 74 | 2 | .286 | .314 | .365 | .678 |
| 1988 |  LAA/KC | 108 | 285 | 19 | 71 | 3 | 43 | 5 | .249 | .287 | .330 | .616 |
| 1989 | KC | 79 | 176 | 7 | 38 | 1 | 16 | 1 | .216 | .240 | .267 | .507 |
| 1990 | BOS | 22 | 43 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .186 | .234 | .256 | .490 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS