Tim McCarver career batting average
.271Career Regular Season
Tim McCarver has a career batting average of .271 over 21 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .320 in 1977.
- Most recent: .200 in 1980.
Average of 21 regular seasons, 1959 through 1980. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 |  STL | 8 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .231 | .208 | .439 |
| 1960 | STL | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 |
| 1961 | STL | 22 | 67 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 0 | .239 | .239 | .343 | .582 |
| 1963 | STL | 127 | 405 | 39 | 117 | 4 | 51 | 5 | .289 | .333 | .383 | .716 |
| 1964 | STL | 143 | 465 | 53 | 134 | 9 | 52 | 2 | .288 | .343 | .400 | .743 |
| 1965 | STL | 113 | 409 | 48 | 113 | 11 | 48 | 5 | .276 | .327 | .408 | .735 |
| 1966 | STL | 150 | 543 | 50 | 149 | 12 | 68 | 9 | .274 | .319 | .424 | .743 |
| 1967 | STL | 138 | 471 | 68 | 139 | 14 | 69 | 8 | .295 | .369 | .452 | .822 |
| 1968 | STL | 128 | 434 | 35 | 110 | 5 | 48 | 4 | .253 | .295 | .350 | .645 |
| 1969 | STL | 138 | 515 | 46 | 134 | 7 | 51 | 4 | .260 | .323 | .365 | .688 |
| 1970 |  PHI | 44 | 164 | 16 | 47 | 4 | 14 | 2 | .287 | .346 | .439 | .785 |
| 1971 | PHI | 134 | 474 | 51 | 132 | 8 | 46 | 5 | .278 | .337 | .392 | .730 |
| 1972 |  PHI/WSH | 122 | 391 | 33 | 96 | 7 | 34 | 5 | .246 | .313 | .338 | .650 |
| 1973 | STL | 130 | 331 | 30 | 88 | 3 | 49 | 2 | .266 | .339 | .366 | .704 |
| 1974 |  STL/BOS | 85 | 134 | 16 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 1 | .224 | .351 | .246 | .597 |
| 1975 | BOS/PHI | 59 | 80 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 10 | 0 | .288 | .400 | .400 | .800 |
| 1976 | PHI | 90 | 155 | 26 | 43 | 3 | 29 | 2 | .277 | .409 | .432 | .842 |
| 1977 | PHI | 93 | 169 | 28 | 54 | 6 | 30 | 3 | .320 | .410 | .527 | .936 |
| 1978 | PHI | 90 | 146 | 18 | 36 | 1 | 14 | 2 | .247 | .367 | .342 | .709 |
| 1979 | PHI | 79 | 137 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 12 | 2 | .241 | .333 | .314 | .647 |
| 1980 | PHI | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .200 | .333 | .400 | .733 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS