With a weekend left in the regular season, the .300 hitter appears as close as ever to extinction. Only six qualifying American League players reside above that longtime benchmark. Just one member of ...

It's no secret that batting averages are generally down across Major League Baseball. It's not as prioritized a statistic anymore. There's more of an emphasis on on-base percentage and slugging ...

I recall one reader's comment made in a MyTribe Grady Sizemore article that stated Grady's batting average had dropped a few years in a row. Batting averages can be somewhat misleading. If a ...

If we’ve learned anything over the past few decades in baseball, it’s that batting average doesn’t tell the full story of a hitter’s value. But when a player is hitting .361 — more than 20 points ...