Nellie Fox career batting average
.288Career Regular Season
Nellie Fox has a career batting average of .288 over 19 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .319 in 1954.
- Most recent: .268 in 1965.
Average of 19 regular seasons, 1947 through 1965. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 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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| 1947 |  ATH | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 |
| 1948 | ATH | 3 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .154 | .214 | .154 | .368 |
| 1949 | ATH | 88 | 247 | 42 | 63 | 0 | 21 | 2 | .255 | .354 | .296 | .650 |
| 1950 |  CHW | 130 | 457 | 45 | 113 | 0 | 30 | 4 | .247 | .304 | .304 | .608 |
| 1951 | CHW | 147 | 604 | 93 | 189 | 4 | 55 | 9 | .313 | .372 | .425 | .798 |
| 1952 | CHW | 152 | 648 | 76 | 192 | 0 | 39 | 5 | .296 | .334 | .366 | .700 |
| 1953 | CHW | 154 | 624 | 92 | 178 | 3 | 72 | 4 | .285 | .344 | .375 | .719 |
| 1954 | CHW | 155 | 631 | 111 | 201 | 2 | 47 | 16 | .319 | .372 | .391 | .763 |
| 1955 | CHW | 154 | 636 | 100 | 198 | 6 | 59 | 7 | .311 | .364 | .406 | .770 |
| 1956 | CHW | 154 | 649 | 109 | 192 | 4 | 52 | 8 | .296 | .347 | .376 | .723 |
| 1957 | CHW | 155 | 619 | 110 | 196 | 6 | 61 | 5 | .317 | .403 | .415 | .818 |
| 1958 | CHW | 155 | 623 | 82 | 187 | 0 | 49 | 5 | .300 | .357 | .353 | .710 |
| 1959 | CHW | 156 | 624 | 84 | 191 | 2 | 70 | 5 | .306 | .380 | .389 | .770 |
| 1960 | CHW | 150 | 605 | 85 | 175 | 2 | 59 | 2 | .289 | .351 | .372 | .723 |
| 1961 | CHW | 159 | 606 | 67 | 152 | 2 | 51 | 2 | .251 | .323 | .295 | .618 |
| 1962 | CHW | 157 | 621 | 79 | 166 | 2 | 54 | 1 | .267 | .314 | .343 | .657 |
| 1963 | CHW | 137 | 539 | 54 | 140 | 2 | 42 | 0 | .260 | .299 | .306 | .605 |
| 1964 |  HOU | 133 | 442 | 45 | 117 | 0 | 28 | 0 | .265 | .320 | .319 | .639 |
| 1965 | HOU | 21 | 41 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .268 | .286 | .317 | .603 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS