Pete Rose career batting average
.303Career Regular Season
Pete Rose has a career batting average of .303 over 24 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .348 in 1969.
- Most recent: .219 in 1986.
Average of 24 regular seasons, 1963 through 1986. 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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| 1963 |  CIN | 157 | 623 | 101 | 170 | 6 | 41 | 13 | .273 | .334 | .371 | .705 |
| 1964 | CIN | 136 | 516 | 64 | 139 | 4 | 34 | 4 | .269 | .319 | .326 | .645 |
| 1965 | CIN | 162 | 670 | 117 | 209 | 11 | 81 | 8 | .312 | .382 | .446 | .828 |
| 1966 | CIN | 156 | 654 | 97 | 205 | 16 | 70 | 4 | .313 | .351 | .460 | .811 |
| 1967 | CIN | 148 | 585 | 86 | 176 | 12 | 76 | 11 | .301 | .364 | .444 | .808 |
| 1968 | CIN | 149 | 626 | 94 | 210 | 10 | 49 | 3 | .335 | .391 | .470 | .861 |
| 1969 | CIN | 156 | 627 | 120 | 218 | 16 | 82 | 7 | .348 | .428 | .512 | .940 |
| 1970 | CIN | 159 | 649 | 120 | 205 | 15 | 52 | 12 | .316 | .385 | .470 | .855 |
| 1971 | CIN | 160 | 632 | 86 | 192 | 13 | 44 | 13 | .304 | .373 | .421 | .793 |
| 1972 | CIN | 154 | 645 | 107 | 198 | 6 | 57 | 10 | .307 | .382 | .417 | .799 |
| 1973 | CIN | 160 | 680 | 115 | 230 | 5 | 64 | 10 | .338 | .401 | .437 | .838 |
| 1974 | CIN | 163 | 652 | 110 | 185 | 3 | 51 | 2 | .284 | .385 | .388 | .773 |
| 1975 | CIN | 162 | 662 | 112 | 210 | 7 | 74 | 0 | .317 | .406 | .432 | .838 |
| 1976 | CIN | 162 | 665 | 130 | 215 | 10 | 63 | 9 | .323 | .404 | .450 | .854 |
| 1977 | CIN | 162 | 655 | 95 | 204 | 9 | 64 | 16 | .311 | .377 | .432 | .809 |
| 1978 | CIN | 159 | 655 | 103 | 198 | 7 | 52 | 13 | .302 | .362 | .421 | .783 |
| 1979 |  PHI | 163 | 628 | 90 | 208 | 4 | 59 | 20 | .331 | .418 | .430 | .848 |
| 1980 | PHI | 162 | 655 | 95 | 185 | 1 | 64 | 12 | .282 | .352 | .354 | .706 |
| 1981 | PHI | 107 | 431 | 73 | 140 | 0 | 33 | 4 | .325 | .391 | .390 | .781 |
| 1982 | PHI | 162 | 634 | 80 | 172 | 3 | 54 | 8 | .271 | .345 | .338 | .683 |
| 1983 | PHI | 151 | 493 | 52 | 121 | 0 | 45 | 7 | .245 | .316 | .286 | .602 |
| 1984 | WSH/CIN | 121 | 374 | 43 | 107 | 0 | 34 | 1 | .286 | .359 | .337 | .696 |
| 1985 | CIN | 119 | 405 | 60 | 107 | 2 | 46 | 8 | .264 | .395 | .319 | .713 |
| 1986 | CIN | 72 | 237 | 15 | 52 | 0 | 25 | 3 | .219 | .316 | .270 | .586 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS