Carl Yastrzemski career batting average
.285Career Regular Season
Carl Yastrzemski has a career batting average of .285 over 23 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .329 in 1970.
- Most recent: .266 in 1983.
Average of 23 regular seasons, 1961 through 1983. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 |  BOS | 148 | 583 | 71 | 155 | 11 | 80 | 6 | .266 | .324 | .396 | .721 |
| 1962 | BOS | 160 | 646 | 99 | 191 | 19 | 94 | 7 | .296 | .363 | .469 | .832 |
| 1963 | BOS | 151 | 570 | 91 | 183 | 14 | 68 | 8 | .321 | .418 | .475 | .894 |
| 1964 | BOS | 151 | 567 | 77 | 164 | 15 | 67 | 6 | .289 | .374 | .451 | .825 |
| 1965 | BOS | 133 | 494 | 78 | 154 | 20 | 72 | 7 | .312 | .395 | .536 | .932 |
| 1966 | BOS | 160 | 594 | 81 | 165 | 16 | 80 | 8 | .278 | .368 | .431 | .799 |
| 1967 | BOS | 161 | 579 | 112 | 189 | 44 | 121 | 10 | .326 | .418 | .622 | 1.040 |
| 1968 | BOS | 157 | 539 | 90 | 162 | 23 | 74 | 13 | .301 | .426 | .495 | .922 |
| 1969 | BOS | 162 | 603 | 96 | 154 | 40 | 111 | 15 | .255 | .362 | .507 | .870 |
| 1970 | BOS | 161 | 566 | 125 | 186 | 40 | 102 | 23 | .329 | .452 | .592 | 1.044 |
| 1971 | BOS | 148 | 508 | 75 | 129 | 15 | 70 | 8 | .254 | .381 | .392 | .772 |
| 1972 | BOS | 125 | 455 | 70 | 120 | 12 | 68 | 5 | .264 | .357 | .391 | .748 |
| 1973 | BOS | 152 | 540 | 82 | 160 | 19 | 95 | 9 | .296 | .407 | .463 | .870 |
| 1974 | BOS | 148 | 515 | 93 | 155 | 15 | 79 | 12 | .301 | .414 | .445 | .859 |
| 1975 | BOS | 149 | 543 | 91 | 146 | 14 | 60 | 8 | .269 | .371 | .405 | .776 |
| 1976 | BOS | 155 | 546 | 71 | 146 | 21 | 102 | 5 | .267 | .357 | .432 | .790 |
| 1977 | BOS | 150 | 558 | 99 | 165 | 28 | 102 | 11 | .296 | .372 | .505 | .877 |
| 1978 | BOS | 144 | 523 | 70 | 145 | 17 | 81 | 4 | .277 | .367 | .423 | .790 |
| 1979 | BOS | 147 | 518 | 69 | 140 | 21 | 87 | 3 | .270 | .346 | .450 | .796 |
| 1980 | BOS | 105 | 364 | 49 | 100 | 15 | 50 | 0 | .275 | .350 | .462 | .812 |
| 1981 | BOS | 91 | 338 | 36 | 83 | 7 | 53 | 0 | .246 | .338 | .355 | .693 |
| 1982 | BOS | 131 | 459 | 53 | 126 | 16 | 72 | 0 | .275 | .358 | .431 | .789 |
| 1983 | BOS | 119 | 380 | 38 | 101 | 10 | 56 | 0 | .266 | .359 | .408 | .767 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS