Ron Fairly batting average in 1978

• 20th-best of Ron Fairly's 21 seasons on file; the high is .322 in 1961.
• Down .062 from .279 in 1977.

Average of 21 regular seasons, 1958 through 1978. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.

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Ron Fairly batting average in 1978, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	AB↓iAB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.	R↓iR: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.	H↓iH: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.	HR↓iHR: Home runs hit.	RBI↓iRBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.	SB↓iSB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.	AVG↓iAVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.	OBP↓iOBP: Share of plate appearances that ended with the batter on base — hits, walks and hit-by-pitches.	SLG↓iSLG: Total bases per at-bat, so a home run counts four times a single.	OPS↓iOPS: On-base percentage plus slugging. Around .800 is All-Star level, .900 is MVP territory.
1958	LAD	15	53	6	15	2	8	0	.283	.350	.415	.765
1959	LAD	118	244	27	58	4	23	0	.238	.324	.344	.668
1960	LAD	14	37	6	4	1	3	0	.108	.250	.351	.601
1961	LAD	111	245	42	79	10	48	0	.322	.434	.522	.956
1962	LAD	147	460	80	128	14	71	1	.278	.379	.433	.811
1963	LAD	152	490	62	133	12	77	5	.271	.347	.388	.735
1964	LAD	150	454	62	116	10	74	4	.256	.349	.385	.734
1965	LAD	158	555	73	152	9	70	2	.274	.361	.377	.738
1966	LAD	117	351	53	101	14	61	3	.288	.380	.464	.844
1967	LAD	153	486	45	107	10	55	1	.220	.295	.321	.616
1968	LAD	141	441	32	103	4	43	0	.234	.301	.299	.600
1969	LAD/WSH	100	317	38	87	12	47	1	.274	.349	.476	.826
1970	WSH	119	385	54	111	15	61	10	.288	.402	.455	.857
1971	WSH	146	447	58	115	13	71	1	.257	.373	.396	.769
1972	WSH	140	446	51	124	17	68	3	.278	.348	.430	.779
1973	WSH	142	413	70	123	17	49	2	.298	.422	.458	.880
1974	WSH	101	282	35	69	12	43	2	.245	.372	.411	.784
1975	STL	107	229	32	69	7	37	0	.301	.421	.467	.888
1976	STL/ATH	88	156	22	40	3	31	0	.256	.379	.346	.725
1977	TOR	132	458	60	128	19	64	0	.279	.362	.465	.827
1978	LAA	91	235	23	51	10	40	0	.217	.289	.366	.655

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