David Ortiz batting average in 2016
.3152016 Regular Season
David Ortiz posted a .315 batting average in the 2016 regular season.
- 4th-best of David Ortiz's 20 seasons on file; the high is .332 in 2007.
- Up .042 from .273 in 2015.
Average of 20 regular seasons, 1997 through 2016. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |  MIN | 15 | 49 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .327 | .353 | .449 | .802 |
| 1998 | MIN | 86 | 278 | 47 | 77 | 9 | 46 | 1 | .277 | .371 | .446 | .817 |
| 1999 | MIN | 10 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 | .200 |
| 2000 | MIN | 130 | 415 | 59 | 117 | 10 | 63 | 1 | .282 | .364 | .446 | .810 |
| 2001 | MIN | 89 | 303 | 46 | 71 | 18 | 48 | 1 | .234 | .324 | .475 | .799 |
| 2002 | MIN | 125 | 412 | 52 | 112 | 20 | 75 | 1 | .272 | .339 | .500 | .839 |
| 2003 |  BOS | 128 | 448 | 79 | 129 | 31 | 101 | 0 | .288 | .369 | .592 | .961 |
| 2004 | BOS | 150 | 582 | 94 | 175 | 41 | 139 | 0 | .301 | .380 | .603 | .983 |
| 2005 | BOS | 159 | 601 | 119 | 180 | 47 | 148 | 1 | .300 | .397 | .604 | 1.001 |
| 2006 | BOS | 151 | 558 | 115 | 160 | 54 | 137 | 1 | .287 | .413 | .636 | 1.049 |
| 2007 | BOS | 149 | 549 | 116 | 182 | 35 | 117 | 3 | .332 | .445 | .621 | 1.066 |
| 2008 | BOS | 109 | 416 | 74 | 110 | 23 | 89 | 1 | .264 | .369 | .507 | .877 |
| 2009 | BOS | 150 | 541 | 77 | 129 | 28 | 99 | 0 | .238 | .332 | .462 | .794 |
| 2010 | BOS | 145 | 518 | 86 | 140 | 32 | 102 | 0 | .270 | .370 | .529 | .899 |
| 2011 | BOS | 146 | 525 | 84 | 162 | 29 | 96 | 1 | .309 | .398 | .554 | .953 |
| 2012 | BOS | 90 | 324 | 65 | 103 | 23 | 60 | 0 | .318 | .415 | .611 | 1.026 |
| 2013 | BOS | 137 | 518 | 84 | 160 | 30 | 103 | 4 | .309 | .395 | .564 | .959 |
| 2014 | BOS | 142 | 518 | 59 | 136 | 35 | 104 | 0 | .263 | .355 | .517 | .873 |
| 2015 | BOS | 146 | 528 | 73 | 144 | 37 | 108 | 0 | .273 | .360 | .553 | .913 |
| 2016 | BOS | 151 | 537 | 79 | 169 | 38 | 127 | 2 | .315 | .401 | .620 | 1.021 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS