Joe Thurston career batting average
.226Career Regular Season
Joe Thurston has a career batting average of .226 over 7 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .462 in 2002.
- Most recent: .250 in 2011.
Average of 7 regular seasons, 2002 through 2011. 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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| 2002 |  LAD | 8 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .462 | .429 | .538 | .967 |
| 2003 | LAD | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .273 | .200 | .473 |
| 2004 | LAD | 17 | 17 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .167 | .353 | .520 |
| 2006 |  PHI | 18 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .300 | .278 | .578 |
| 2008 |  BOS | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .111 | .000 | .111 |
| 2009 |  STL | 124 | 267 | 27 | 60 | 1 | 25 | 4 | .225 | .316 | .330 | .645 |
| 2011 |  MIA | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS