Harold Baines career batting average

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.289Career Regular Season

Harold Baines has a career batting average of .289 over 22 regular seasons.

• Best season on file: .313 in 1993.
• Most recent: .131 in 2001.

Average of 22 regular seasons, 1980 through 2001. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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Harold Baines career batting average, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	SLG↓iSLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
1980	CHW	141	491	55	125	13	49	2	.255	.281	.405	.686
1981	CHW	82	280	42	80	10	41	6	.286	.318	.482	.800
1982	CHW	161	608	89	165	25	105	10	.271	.321	.469	.790
1983	CHW	156	596	76	167	20	99	7	.280	.333	.443	.776
1984	CHW	147	569	72	173	29	94	1	.304	.361	.541	.903
1985	CHW	160	640	86	198	22	113	1	.309	.348	.467	.815
1986	CHW	145	570	72	169	21	88	2	.296	.338	.465	.803
1987	CHW	132	505	59	148	20	93	0	.293	.352	.479	.831
1988	CHW	158	599	55	166	13	81	0	.277	.347	.411	.758
1989	CHW/TEX	146	505	73	156	16	72	0	.309	.395	.465	.860
1990	TEX/ATH	135	415	52	118	16	65	0	.284	.378	.441	.819
1991	ATH	141	488	76	144	20	90	0	.295	.383	.473	.857
1992	ATH	140	478	58	121	16	76	1	.253	.331	.391	.723
1993	BAL	118	416	64	130	20	78	0	.313	.390	.510	.900
1994	BAL	94	326	44	96	16	54	0	.294	.356	.485	.840
1995	BAL	127	385	60	115	24	63	0	.299	.403	.540	.943
1996	CHW	143	495	80	154	22	95	3	.311	.399	.503	.902
1997	CHW/BAL	137	452	55	136	16	67	0	.301	.375	.458	.832
1998	BAL	104	293	40	88	9	57	0	.300	.369	.451	.819
1999	BAL/CLE	135	430	62	134	25	103	1	.312	.387	.533	.919
2000	BAL/CHW	96	283	26	72	11	39	0	.254	.338	.417	.754
2001	CHW	32	84	3	11	0	6	0	.131	.202	.143	.345

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