Joe Cronin career batting average
.301Career Regular Season
Joe Cronin has a career batting average of .301 over 20 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .375 in 1945.
Average of 20 regular seasons, 1926 through 1945. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 |  PIT | 38 | 83 | 9 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | .265 | .315 | .337 | .652 |
| 1927 | PIT | 12 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .227 | .292 | .273 | .564 |
| 1928 |  MIN | 63 | 227 | 23 | 55 | 0 | 25 | 4 | .242 | .309 | .322 | .631 |
| 1929 | MIN | 145 | 494 | 72 | 139 | 8 | 61 | 5 | .281 | .388 | .421 | .809 |
| 1930 | MIN | 154 | 587 | 127 | 203 | 13 | 126 | 17 | .346 | .422 | .513 | .934 |
| 1931 | MIN | 156 | 611 | 103 | 187 | 12 | 126 | 10 | .306 | .391 | .480 | .870 |
| 1932 | MIN | 143 | 557 | 95 | 177 | 6 | 116 | 7 | .318 | .393 | .492 | .885 |
| 1933 | MIN | 152 | 602 | 89 | 186 | 5 | 118 | 5 | .309 | .398 | .445 | .843 |
| 1934 | MIN | 127 | 504 | 68 | 143 | 7 | 101 | 8 | .284 | .353 | .421 | .774 |
| 1935 |  BOS | 144 | 556 | 70 | 164 | 9 | 95 | 3 | .295 | .370 | .460 | .830 |
| 1936 | BOS | 81 | 295 | 36 | 83 | 2 | 43 | 1 | .281 | .354 | .403 | .757 |
| 1937 | BOS | 148 | 570 | 102 | 175 | 18 | 110 | 5 | .307 | .402 | .486 | .887 |
| 1938 | BOS | 143 | 530 | 98 | 172 | 17 | 94 | 7 | .325 | .428 | .536 | .964 |
| 1939 | BOS | 143 | 520 | 97 | 160 | 19 | 107 | 6 | .308 | .407 | .492 | .899 |
| 1940 | BOS | 149 | 548 | 104 | 156 | 24 | 111 | 7 | .285 | .380 | .502 | .882 |
| 1941 | BOS | 143 | 518 | 98 | 161 | 16 | 95 | 1 | .311 | .406 | .508 | .914 |
| 1942 | BOS | 45 | 79 | 7 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 0 | .304 | .415 | .494 | .909 |
| 1943 | BOS | 59 | 77 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 0 | .312 | .398 | .558 | .956 |
| 1944 | BOS | 76 | 191 | 24 | 46 | 5 | 28 | 1 | .241 | .358 | .356 | .714 |
| 1945 | BOS | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .375 | .545 | .375 | .920 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS