Don Baylor career batting average
.260Career Regular Season
Don Baylor has a career batting average of .260 over 19 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .303 in 1983.
- Most recent: .220 in 1988.
Average of 19 regular seasons, 1970 through 1988. 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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| 1970 |  BAL | 8 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .235 | .300 | .235 | .535 |
| 1971 | BAL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .600 | .000 | .600 |
| 1972 | BAL | 102 | 320 | 33 | 81 | 11 | 38 | 24 | .253 | .330 | .416 | .745 |
| 1973 | BAL | 118 | 405 | 64 | 116 | 11 | 51 | 32 | .286 | .357 | .437 | .794 |
| 1974 | BAL | 137 | 489 | 66 | 133 | 10 | 59 | 29 | .272 | .341 | .382 | .723 |
| 1975 | BAL | 145 | 524 | 79 | 148 | 25 | 76 | 32 | .282 | .360 | .489 | .849 |
| 1976 |  ATH | 157 | 595 | 85 | 147 | 15 | 68 | 52 | .247 | .329 | .368 | .697 |
| 1977 |  LAA | 154 | 561 | 87 | 141 | 25 | 75 | 26 | .251 | .334 | .433 | .768 |
| 1978 | LAA | 158 | 591 | 103 | 151 | 34 | 99 | 22 | .255 | .332 | .472 | .804 |
| 1979 | LAA | 162 | 628 | 120 | 186 | 36 | 139 | 22 | .296 | .371 | .530 | .901 |
| 1980 | LAA | 90 | 340 | 39 | 85 | 5 | 51 | 6 | .250 | .316 | .341 | .657 |
| 1981 | LAA | 103 | 377 | 52 | 90 | 17 | 66 | 3 | .239 | .322 | .427 | .749 |
| 1982 | LAA | 157 | 608 | 80 | 160 | 24 | 93 | 10 | .263 | .329 | .424 | .754 |
| 1983 |  NYY | 144 | 534 | 82 | 162 | 21 | 85 | 17 | .303 | .361 | .494 | .856 |
| 1984 | NYY | 134 | 493 | 84 | 129 | 27 | 89 | 1 | .262 | .341 | .489 | .830 |
| 1985 | NYY | 142 | 477 | 70 | 110 | 23 | 91 | 0 | .231 | .330 | .430 | .760 |
| 1986 |  BOS | 160 | 585 | 93 | 139 | 31 | 94 | 3 | .238 | .344 | .439 | .783 |
| 1987 |  BOS/MIN | 128 | 388 | 67 | 95 | 16 | 63 | 5 | .245 | .360 | .392 | .751 |
| 1988 | ATH | 92 | 264 | 28 | 58 | 7 | 34 | 0 | .220 | .332 | .326 | .658 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS