Cal Ripken career batting average
.276Career Regular Season
Cal Ripken has a career batting average of .276 over 21 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .340 in 1999.
- Most recent: .239 in 2001.
Average of 21 regular seasons, 1981 through 2001. 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. | ||
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| 1981 |  BAL | 23 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .150 | .128 | .278 |
| 1982 | BAL | 160 | 598 | 90 | 158 | 28 | 93 | 3 | .264 | .317 | .475 | .792 |
| 1983 | BAL | 162 | 663 | 121 | 211 | 27 | 102 | 0 | .318 | .371 | .517 | .888 |
| 1984 | BAL | 162 | 641 | 103 | 195 | 27 | 86 | 2 | .304 | .374 | .510 | .884 |
| 1985 | BAL | 161 | 642 | 116 | 181 | 26 | 110 | 2 | .282 | .347 | .469 | .816 |
| 1986 | BAL | 162 | 627 | 98 | 177 | 25 | 81 | 4 | .282 | .355 | .461 | .816 |
| 1987 | BAL | 162 | 624 | 97 | 157 | 27 | 98 | 3 | .252 | .333 | .436 | .769 |
| 1988 | BAL | 161 | 575 | 87 | 152 | 23 | 81 | 2 | .264 | .372 | .431 | .803 |
| 1989 | BAL | 162 | 646 | 80 | 166 | 21 | 93 | 3 | .257 | .317 | .401 | .718 |
| 1990 | BAL | 161 | 600 | 78 | 150 | 21 | 84 | 3 | .250 | .341 | .415 | .756 |
| 1991 | BAL | 162 | 650 | 99 | 210 | 34 | 114 | 6 | .323 | .374 | .566 | .940 |
| 1992 | BAL | 162 | 637 | 73 | 160 | 14 | 72 | 4 | .251 | .323 | .366 | .689 |
| 1993 | BAL | 162 | 641 | 87 | 165 | 24 | 90 | 1 | .257 | .329 | .420 | .748 |
| 1994 | BAL | 112 | 444 | 71 | 140 | 13 | 75 | 1 | .315 | .364 | .459 | .823 |
| 1995 | BAL | 144 | 550 | 71 | 144 | 17 | 88 | 0 | .262 | .324 | .422 | .745 |
| 1996 | BAL | 163 | 640 | 94 | 178 | 26 | 102 | 1 | .278 | .341 | .466 | .807 |
| 1997 | BAL | 162 | 615 | 79 | 166 | 17 | 84 | 1 | .270 | .331 | .402 | .733 |
| 1998 | BAL | 161 | 601 | 65 | 163 | 14 | 61 | 0 | .271 | .331 | .389 | .721 |
| 1999 | BAL | 86 | 332 | 51 | 113 | 18 | 57 | 0 | .340 | .368 | .584 | .952 |
| 2000 | BAL | 83 | 309 | 43 | 79 | 15 | 56 | 0 | .256 | .310 | .453 | .763 |
| 2001 | BAL | 128 | 477 | 43 | 114 | 14 | 68 | 0 | .239 | .276 | .361 | .637 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS