Jay Payton career batting average
.279Career Regular Season
Jay Payton has a career batting average of .279 over 12 regular seasons.
| 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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| 1998 |  NYM | 15 | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .318 | .348 | .364 | .711 |
| 1999 | NYM | 13 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .250 | .333 | .375 | .708 |
| 2000 | NYM | 149 | 488 | 63 | 142 | 17 | 62 | 5 | .291 | .331 | .447 | .778 |
| 2001 | NYM | 104 | 361 | 44 | 92 | 8 | 34 | 4 | .255 | .298 | .371 | .669 |
| 2002 |  NYM/COL | 134 | 445 | 69 | 135 | 16 | 59 | 7 | .303 | .351 | .488 | .838 |
| 2003 | COL | 157 | 600 | 93 | 181 | 28 | 89 | 6 | .302 | .354 | .512 | .865 |
| 2004 |  SD | 143 | 458 | 57 | 119 | 8 | 55 | 2 | .260 | .326 | .367 | .693 |
| 2005 |  BOS/ATH | 124 | 408 | 62 | 109 | 18 | 63 | 0 | .267 | .306 | .444 | .749 |
| 2006 | ATH | 142 | 557 | 78 | 165 | 10 | 59 | 8 | .296 | .325 | .418 | .743 |
| 2007 |  BAL | 131 | 434 | 48 | 111 | 7 | 58 | 5 | .256 | .292 | .376 | .668 |
| 2008 | BAL | 127 | 338 | 41 | 82 | 7 | 41 | 8 | .243 | .291 | .346 | .637 |
| 2010 | COL | 20 | 35 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .343 | .361 | .514 | .875 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS
- Best season on file: .343 in 2010.
Average of 12 regular seasons, 1998 through 2010. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on October 31, 2026.