Rogers Hornsby career batting average
.358Career Regular Season
Rogers Hornsby has a career batting average of .358 over 23 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .424 in 1924.
- Most recent: .321 in 1937.
Average of 23 regular seasons, 1915 through 1937. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 |  STL | 18 | 57 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 | .271 | .281 | .552 |
| 1916 | STL | 139 | 495 | 63 | 155 | 6 | 0 | 17 | .313 | .369 | .444 | .814 |
| 1917 | STL | 145 | 523 | 86 | 171 | 8 | 0 | 17 | .327 | .385 | .484 | .868 |
| 1918 | STL | 115 | 416 | 51 | 117 | 5 | 0 | 8 | .281 | .349 | .416 | .764 |
| 1919 | STL | 138 | 512 | 68 | 163 | 8 | 0 | 17 | .318 | .384 | .430 | .814 |
| 1920 | STL | 149 | 589 | 96 | 218 | 9 | 94 | 12 | .370 | .431 | .559 | .990 |
| 1921 | STL | 154 | 592 | 131 | 235 | 21 | 126 | 13 | .397 | .458 | .639 | 1.097 |
| 1922 | STL | 154 | 623 | 141 | 250 | 42 | 152 | 17 | .401 | .459 | .722 | 1.181 |
| 1923 | STL | 107 | 424 | 89 | 163 | 17 | 83 | 3 | .384 | .459 | .627 | 1.086 |
| 1924 | STL | 143 | 536 | 121 | 227 | 25 | 94 | 5 | .424 | .507 | .696 | 1.203 |
| 1925 | STL | 138 | 504 | 133 | 203 | 39 | 143 | 5 | .403 | .489 | .756 | 1.245 |
| 1926 | STL | 134 | 527 | 96 | 167 | 11 | 93 | 3 | .317 | .388 | .463 | .851 |
| 1927 |  SF | 155 | 568 | 133 | 205 | 26 | 125 | 9 | .361 | .448 | .586 | 1.035 |
| 1928 |  ATL | 140 | 486 | 99 | 188 | 21 | 94 | 5 | .387 | .498 | .632 | 1.130 |
| 1929 |  CHC | 156 | 602 | 156 | 229 | 39 | 149 | 2 | .380 | .459 | .679 | 1.139 |
| 1930 | CHC | 42 | 104 | 15 | 32 | 2 | 18 | 0 | .308 | .385 | .433 | .817 |
| 1931 | CHC | 100 | 357 | 64 | 118 | 16 | 90 | 1 | .331 | .421 | .574 | .996 |
| 1932 | CHC | 19 | 58 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 0 | .224 | .357 | .310 | .667 |
| 1933 |  STL/BAL | 57 | 92 | 11 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 1 | .326 | .426 | .500 | .926 |
| 1934 | BAL | 24 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .304 | .484 | .522 | 1.006 |
| 1935 | BAL | 10 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .208 | .296 | .333 | .630 |
| 1936 | BAL | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .400 | .500 | .400 | .900 |
| 1937 | BAL | 20 | 56 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 0 | .321 | .397 | .429 | .825 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS