Granny Hamner career batting average

.262Career Regular Season

Granny Hamner has a career batting average of .262.

1944 to 1959
1944: .247441945: .1711946: .1431947: .2861948: .2601949: .2631950: .2701951: .2551952: .2751953: .2761954: .2991955: .2571956: .2241957: .2271958: .301.3011959: .22959
Granny Hamner career batting average, season by season
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.
1944PHI2177619050.247.275.260.535
1945PHI144137060.171.190.220.410
1946PHI2701000.143.143.143.286
1947PHI2712000.286.375.286.661
1948PHI129446421163482.260.298.350.648
1949PHI154662831746536.263.290.353.643
1950PHI1576377817211822.270.314.380.694
1951PHI1505896115097210.255.290.363.653
1952PHI1515967416417877.275.307.428.734
1953PHI1546099016821922.276.313.455.768
1954PHI1525968317813891.299.351.466.818
1955PHI104405571045430.257.323.343.666
1956PHI12240142904422.224.276.329.605
1957PHI1335025911410623.227.274.345.618
1958PHI3513318402180.301.340.444.784
1959PHI/CLE481311430390.229.261.351.612

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS

  • Best season on file: .301 in 1958.
  • Most recent: .229 in 1959.

Average of 16 regular seasons, 1944 through 1959. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on November 3, 2026.

Granny Hamner, 1959 regular season

GP
48
AB
131
R
14
H
30
HR
3
RBI
9
SB
0
AVG
.229