Ryan Howard career batting average

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.258Career Regular Season

Ryan Howard has a career batting average of .258 over 13 regular seasons.

• Best season on file: .313 in 2006.
• Most recent: .196 in 2016.

Average of 13 regular seasons, 2004 through 2016. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.

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Ryan Howard career batting average, 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.
2004	PHI	19	39	5	11	2	5	0	.282	.333	.564	.897
2005	PHI	88	312	52	90	22	63	0	.288	.356	.567	.924
2006	PHI	159	581	104	182	58	149	0	.313	.425	.659	1.084
2007	PHI	144	529	94	142	47	136	1	.268	.392	.584	.976
2008	PHI	162	610	105	153	48	146	1	.251	.339	.543	.881
2009	PHI	160	616	105	172	45	141	8	.279	.360	.571	.931
2010	PHI	143	550	87	152	31	108	1	.276	.353	.505	.859
2011	PHI	152	557	81	141	33	116	1	.253	.346	.488	.835
2012	PHI	71	260	28	57	14	56	0	.219	.295	.423	.718
2013	PHI	80	286	34	76	11	43	0	.266	.319	.465	.784
2014	PHI	153	569	65	127	23	95	0	.223	.310	.380	.690
2015	PHI	129	467	53	107	23	77	0	.229	.277	.443	.720
2016	PHI	112	331	35	65	25	59	0	.196	.257	.453	.710

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