Batting Average AVG
AVG stands for batting average in baseball. How often a hitter gets a hit in an official at-bat. Other sites write it BA.
How AVG is calculated
Yordan Alvarez, 2026: 179 ÷ 567 = .316
Walks, hit-by-pitches and sacrifices are not at-bats, so they leave the average untouched — the reason a .250 hitter who walks 100 times can be more valuable than a .290 hitter who never does.
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That would lead the 250 qualified players of 2026. The median was .251.
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What counts as a good AVG?
Half of the 250 qualified MLB players in 2026 were at or below .251. Clearing .282 put a season in the top tenth of the league.
- Median
- .251
- Top 10%
- .282
- Leader
- .316
By position, the median was .258 for RF, .254 for 1B, .254 for LF, .253 for CF, .250 for 3B and .249 for 2B.
Qualified: 300+ AB, non-zero, 2026 regular season.