Stan Musial career batting average
.331Career Regular Season
Stan Musial has a career batting average of .331 over 22 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .426 in 1941.
- Most recent: .255 in 1963.
Average of 22 regular seasons, 1941 through 1963. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 |  STL | 12 | 47 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .426 | .449 | .574 | 1.023 |
| 1942 | STL | 140 | 467 | 87 | 147 | 10 | 72 | 6 | .315 | .397 | .490 | .888 |
| 1943 | STL | 157 | 617 | 108 | 220 | 13 | 81 | 9 | .357 | .425 | .562 | .988 |
| 1944 | STL | 146 | 568 | 112 | 197 | 12 | 94 | 7 | .347 | .440 | .549 | .990 |
| 1946 | STL | 156 | 624 | 124 | 228 | 16 | 103 | 7 | .365 | .434 | .587 | 1.021 |
| 1947 | STL | 149 | 587 | 113 | 183 | 19 | 95 | 4 | .312 | .398 | .504 | .902 |
| 1948 | STL | 155 | 611 | 135 | 230 | 39 | 131 | 7 | .376 | .450 | .702 | 1.152 |
| 1949 | STL | 157 | 612 | 128 | 207 | 36 | 123 | 3 | .338 | .438 | .624 | 1.062 |
| 1950 | STL | 146 | 555 | 105 | 192 | 28 | 109 | 5 | .346 | .437 | .596 | 1.034 |
| 1951 | STL | 152 | 578 | 124 | 205 | 32 | 108 | 4 | .355 | .449 | .614 | 1.063 |
| 1952 | STL | 154 | 578 | 105 | 194 | 21 | 91 | 7 | .336 | .432 | .538 | .970 |
| 1953 | STL | 157 | 593 | 127 | 200 | 30 | 113 | 3 | .337 | .437 | .609 | 1.046 |
| 1954 | STL | 153 | 591 | 120 | 195 | 35 | 126 | 1 | .330 | .428 | .607 | 1.036 |
| 1955 | STL | 154 | 562 | 97 | 179 | 33 | 108 | 5 | .319 | .408 | .566 | .974 |
| 1956 | STL | 156 | 594 | 87 | 184 | 27 | 109 | 2 | .310 | .386 | .522 | .908 |
| 1957 | STL | 134 | 502 | 82 | 176 | 29 | 102 | 1 | .351 | .422 | .612 | 1.034 |
| 1958 | STL | 135 | 472 | 64 | 159 | 17 | 62 | 0 | .337 | .423 | .528 | .950 |
| 1959 | STL | 115 | 341 | 37 | 87 | 14 | 44 | 0 | .255 | .364 | .428 | .792 |
| 1960 | STL | 116 | 331 | 49 | 91 | 17 | 63 | 1 | .275 | .354 | .486 | .841 |
| 1961 | STL | 123 | 372 | 46 | 107 | 15 | 70 | 0 | .288 | .371 | .489 | .860 |
| 1962 | STL | 135 | 433 | 57 | 143 | 19 | 82 | 3 | .330 | .416 | .508 | .924 |
| 1963 | STL | 124 | 337 | 34 | 86 | 12 | 58 | 2 | .255 | .325 | .404 | .728 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS