Nap Lajoie career batting average
.338Career Regular Season
Nap Lajoie has a career batting average of .338 over 21 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .426 in 1901.
- Most recent: .246 in 1916.
Average of 21 regular seasons, 1896 through 1916. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 |  PHI | 39 | 175 | 36 | 57 | 4 | 0 | 7 | .326 | .330 | .543 | .872 |
| 1897 | PHI | 127 | 545 | 107 | 197 | 9 | 0 | 20 | .361 | .392 | .569 | .960 |
| 1898 | PHI | 147 | 608 | 113 | 197 | 6 | 0 | 25 | .324 | .354 | .461 | .814 |
| 1899 | PHI | 77 | 312 | 70 | 118 | 6 | 0 | 13 | .378 | .419 | .554 | .974 |
| 1900 | PHI | 102 | 451 | 95 | 152 | 7 | 0 | 22 | .337 | .362 | .510 | .872 |
| 1901 |  ATH | 131 | 544 | 145 | 232 | 14 | 0 | 27 | .426 | .463 | .643 | 1.106 |
| 1902 |  ATH/CLE | 87 | 352 | 81 | 133 | 7 | 0 | 20 | .378 | .419 | .565 | .984 |
| 1903 | CLE | 125 | 485 | 90 | 167 | 7 | 0 | 21 | .344 | .379 | .518 | .896 |
| 1904 | CLE | 140 | 553 | 92 | 208 | 6 | 0 | 29 | .376 | .413 | .552 | .965 |
| 1905 | CLE | 65 | 249 | 29 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 11 | .329 | .377 | .418 | .795 |
| 1906 | CLE | 152 | 602 | 88 | 214 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .355 | .392 | .465 | .857 |
| 1907 | CLE | 137 | 509 | 53 | 152 | 2 | 0 | 24 | .299 | .345 | .393 | .738 |
| 1908 | CLE | 157 | 581 | 77 | 168 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .289 | .352 | .375 | .727 |
| 1909 | CLE | 128 | 469 | 56 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 13 | .324 | .378 | .431 | .809 |
| 1910 | CLE | 159 | 591 | 94 | 227 | 4 | 0 | 26 | .384 | .445 | .514 | .960 |
| 1911 | CLE | 90 | 315 | 36 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 13 | .365 | .420 | .454 | .874 |
| 1912 | CLE | 117 | 448 | 66 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .368 | .414 | .462 | .876 |
| 1913 | CLE | 137 | 465 | 66 | 156 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .335 | .398 | .404 | .802 |
| 1914 | CLE | 121 | 419 | 37 | 108 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .258 | .313 | .305 | .619 |
| 1915 | ATH | 129 | 490 | 40 | 137 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .280 | .301 | .355 | .656 |
| 1916 | ATH | 113 | 426 | 33 | 105 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .246 | .272 | .312 | .584 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS