Sam Crawford career batting average
.309Career Regular Season
Sam Crawford has a career batting average of .309 over 19 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .378 in 1911.
- Most recent: .173 in 1917.
Average of 19 regular seasons, 1899 through 1917. 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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| 1899 |  CIN | 31 | 127 | 25 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .307 | .318 | .465 | .782 |
| 1900 | CIN | 101 | 389 | 68 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 14 | .260 | .314 | .429 | .744 |
| 1901 | CIN | 131 | 515 | 91 | 170 | 16 | 0 | 13 | .330 | .378 | .524 | .903 |
| 1902 | CIN | 140 | 555 | 92 | 185 | 3 | 0 | 16 | .333 | .386 | .461 | .848 |
| 1903 |  DET | 137 | 550 | 88 | 184 | 4 | 0 | 18 | .335 | .366 | .489 | .855 |
| 1904 | DET | 150 | 562 | 49 | 143 | 2 | 0 | 20 | .254 | .309 | .361 | .670 |
| 1905 | DET | 154 | 575 | 73 | 171 | 6 | 0 | 22 | .297 | .357 | .430 | .786 |
| 1906 | DET | 145 | 563 | 65 | 166 | 2 | 0 | 24 | .295 | .341 | .407 | .747 |
| 1907 | DET | 144 | 582 | 102 | 188 | 4 | 0 | 18 | .323 | .366 | .460 | .826 |
| 1908 | DET | 152 | 591 | 102 | 184 | 7 | 0 | 15 | .311 | .355 | .457 | .812 |
| 1909 | DET | 156 | 589 | 83 | 185 | 6 | 0 | 30 | .314 | .366 | .452 | .817 |
| 1910 | DET | 154 | 588 | 83 | 170 | 5 | 0 | 20 | .289 | .332 | .423 | .756 |
| 1911 | DET | 146 | 574 | 109 | 217 | 7 | 0 | 37 | .378 | .438 | .526 | .964 |
| 1912 | DET | 149 | 581 | 81 | 189 | 4 | 0 | 41 | .325 | .373 | .470 | .843 |
| 1913 | DET | 153 | 609 | 78 | 193 | 9 | 0 | 13 | .317 | .371 | .489 | .860 |
| 1914 | DET | 157 | 582 | 74 | 183 | 8 | 0 | 25 | .314 | .388 | .483 | .871 |
| 1915 | DET | 156 | 612 | 81 | 183 | 4 | 0 | 24 | .299 | .367 | .431 | .799 |
| 1916 | DET | 100 | 322 | 41 | 92 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .286 | .359 | .401 | .760 |
| 1917 | DET | 61 | 104 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .173 | .204 | .269 | .473 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS