Ty Cobb career batting average
.366Career Regular Season
Ty Cobb has a career batting average of .366 over 24 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: .420 in 1911.
- Most recent: .323 in 1928.
Average of 24 regular seasons, 1905 through 1928. 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. | ||
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| 1905 |  DET | 41 | 150 | 19 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .240 | .288 | .300 | .588 |
| 1906 | DET | 98 | 358 | 45 | 113 | 1 | 0 | 23 | .316 | .355 | .394 | .749 |
| 1907 | DET | 150 | 605 | 97 | 212 | 5 | 0 | 49 | .350 | .380 | .468 | .848 |
| 1908 | DET | 150 | 581 | 88 | 188 | 4 | 0 | 39 | .324 | .367 | .475 | .842 |
| 1909 | DET | 156 | 573 | 116 | 216 | 9 | 0 | 76 | .377 | .431 | .517 | .947 |
| 1910 | DET | 140 | 506 | 106 | 194 | 8 | 0 | 65 | .383 | .456 | .551 | 1.008 |
| 1911 | DET | 146 | 591 | 147 | 248 | 8 | 0 | 83 | .420 | .467 | .621 | 1.088 |
| 1912 | DET | 140 | 553 | 120 | 226 | 7 | 0 | 61 | .409 | .456 | .584 | 1.040 |
| 1913 | DET | 122 | 428 | 70 | 167 | 4 | 0 | 51 | .390 | .467 | .535 | 1.002 |
| 1914 | DET | 98 | 345 | 69 | 127 | 2 | 0 | 35 | .368 | .466 | .513 | .979 |
| 1915 | DET | 156 | 563 | 144 | 208 | 3 | 0 | 96 | .369 | .486 | .487 | .973 |
| 1916 | DET | 145 | 542 | 113 | 201 | 5 | 0 | 68 | .371 | .452 | .493 | .944 |
| 1917 | DET | 152 | 588 | 107 | 225 | 6 | 0 | 55 | .383 | .444 | .570 | 1.014 |
| 1918 | DET | 111 | 421 | 83 | 161 | 3 | 0 | 34 | .382 | .440 | .515 | .955 |
| 1919 | DET | 124 | 497 | 92 | 191 | 1 | 0 | 28 | .384 | .429 | .515 | .944 |
| 1920 | DET | 112 | 428 | 86 | 143 | 2 | 63 | 15 | .334 | .416 | .451 | .867 |
| 1921 | DET | 128 | 507 | 124 | 197 | 12 | 101 | 22 | .389 | .452 | .596 | 1.048 |
| 1922 | DET | 137 | 526 | 99 | 211 | 4 | 99 | 9 | .401 | .462 | .565 | 1.026 |
| 1923 | DET | 145 | 556 | 103 | 189 | 6 | 88 | 9 | .340 | .413 | .469 | .882 |
| 1924 | DET | 155 | 625 | 115 | 211 | 4 | 78 | 23 | .338 | .418 | .450 | .867 |
| 1925 | DET | 121 | 415 | 97 | 157 | 12 | 102 | 13 | .378 | .468 | .598 | 1.066 |
| 1926 | DET | 79 | 233 | 48 | 79 | 4 | 62 | 9 | .339 | .408 | .511 | .918 |
| 1927 |  ATH | 134 | 490 | 104 | 175 | 5 | 93 | 22 | .357 | .440 | .482 | .921 |
| 1928 | ATH | 95 | 353 | 54 | 114 | 1 | 40 | 5 | .323 | .389 | .431 | .819 |
What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG · OBP · SLG · OPS