John Sowders career batting average

.199Career Regular Season

John Sowders has a career batting average of .199 over 3 regular seasons.

  • Best season on file: .218 in 1889.
  • Most recent: .189 in 1890.

Sum of 3 regular seasons, 1887 through 1890. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.

1887 to 1890
1887: .000871889: .218.2181890: .18990
John Sowders 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.
1887—1200000.000.000.000.000
1889—28871119001.218.269.253.522
1890—401321425100.189.246.235.481

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

John Sowders, 1890 regular season

GP
40
AB
132
R
14
H
25
HR
1
RBI
0
SB
0
AVG
.189