Batting averages

[middleripper77]

What is everyone's thoughts on what a good/bad/average/poor/outstanding batting average is? Here is what I generally go by:

Below .500 = terrible
.500 to .550 = marginal
.550 to .599 = average
.600 to .649 = good
.650 to .699 = very good
.700 or higher = outstanding

 

[pnpxtreme]

.200-.300 good
.301-.999 pretty good

 

[Big Sexy 5334]

What is everyone's thoughts on what a good/bad/average/poor/outstanding batting average is? Here is what I generally go by:

Below .500 = for a competitive team you need an OBP% better than this but liveable if good defense is played by this person
.500 to .599 = average
.600 to .699 = very good
.700 or higher = unreal

 

[LatteBaby88]

Over/under .625 (5 for 8) is all you need to know

 

[Nateorious]

BA or OBA?

 

[cr4shpeg]

What is everyone's thoughts on what a good/bad/average/poor/outstanding batting average is? Here is what I generally go by:

Below .500 = terrible
.500 to .550 = marginal
.550 to .599 = average
.600 to .649 = good
.650 to .699 = very good
.700 or higher = outstanding

Wooo! Marginal to average! I'll take it!

 

[MarlSrSoftball]

What is everyone's thoughts on what a good/bad/average/poor/outstanding batting average is? Here is what I generally go by:

Below .500 = for a competitive team you need an OBP% better than this but liveable if good defense is played by this person
.500 to .599 = average
.600 to .699 = very good
.700 or higher = unreal

I agree. If you play Senior Ball with a Middle Fielder take off about 100 points.

The stat I take into account is how many FC's a batter hits into.

 

[erobelli]

It depends on what it is for. League - your chart looks good especially if its a lower level league or church league. For tournament play, i would drop it 50-100 points.

 

[dgambill85]

Anything below .600 and I felt like I shouldn't have even went to the tourney. I was more Of a hindrance than a help. In league I go off of feel to be honest. Did I feel like I had a good game? Did I hit the ball hard and did it go where I wanted it to?

 

[cr4shpeg]

I agree. If you play Senior Ball with a Middle Fielder take off about 100 points.

The stat I take into account is how many FC's a batter hits into.

Is there any particular reason for this?

 

[healthbook2004]

Well average makes me feel good

 

[Stroh13]

In my opinion the only thing that matters is OBP. Being on base for your team is the goal.

 

[wink]

.600??? I think terrible for a Tourney.
I hit .600 last saturday and feel i hit like ****!!
Thought I was hitting well. I have kind of been stuck around the .600 mark for about a year now. Before that I was a consistent .700+ hitter.

Luckily my defense is keeping me valuable.

And if you are a tourney player playing league, should be .750 or better.

.02

 

[SMAC]

< .850 = the suck

 

[CPhoenixM]

In my opinion the only thing that matters is OBP. Being on base for your team is the goal.

Yep, but it follows about the same principle. If you can get on base 50%+ you're helping your team IMO

 

[Fox27]

Who keeps averages? All I do is make sure Iam able to count my outs on one hand hopefully

 

[dponder]

Who keeps averages? All I do is make sure Iam able to count my outs on one hand hopefully

I like this. How am I just now hearing about this thought process?

You been holding out on me.

 

[dgambill85]

Wait outs or bombs fox? I think I may have been doing it wrong.

 

[akern]

we count errors and FC as outs on my team, i'm sure every team does it differently

 

[OldManThreeNuts]

FC is an out for sure... that said, I had an issue with it two weeks ago when Fatty McCankles on second base didn't hustle on the liner I hit to left field and got thrown out for the force at third.

 

[jbar2845]

FC is an out for sure... that said, I had an issue with it two weeks ago when Fatty McCankles on second base didn't hustle on the liner I hit to left field and got thrown out for the force at third.

I would count that as a hit on my squad

 

[B Ferris]

Outstanding and unreal....I can live with that...

 

[UptotheKnuckle]

What is everyone's thoughts on what a good/bad/average/poor/outstanding batting average is? Here is what I generally go by:

Below .500 = terrible
.500 to .550 = marginal
.550 to .599 = average
.600 to .649 = good
.650 to .699 = very good
.700 or higher = outstanding

for tourneys yes for league no. Most days I play league I'm usually .650+ for the season. usually 700+- a few points but even the tourneys I have played i would hit 600+ doesnt count as good imo. Just cause you hit % wise well doesnt mean they consider you a good hitter. I played on a team that first tourney i played with them hit .800+. the second time I played hit .650+ for the tourney had the best average on the team but didn't get a call back for the next. Unless you can hit a "bomb" teams won't pick you up. I'll hit gaps all day long but that isn't good enough. Some guy on the team hit two HR's but batted .350 got call back yet i didn't. Am I but hurt? A bit cause consistent hitting isn't really anything out here. My hits are not spatacular but i'll put it inbetween the outfeilders all day. sorry vent post.

 

[SMAC]

for tourneys yes for league no. Most days I play league I'm usually .650+ for the season. usually 700+- a few points but even the tourneys I have played i would hit 600+ doesnt count as good imo. Just cause you hit % wise well doesnt mean they consider you a good hitter. I played on a team that first tourney i played with them hit .800+. the second time I played hit .650+ for the tourney had the best average on the team but didn't get a call back for the next. Unless you can hit a "bomb" teams won't pick you up. I'll hit gaps all day long but that isn't good enough. Some guy on the team hit two HR's but batted .350 got call back yet i didn't. Am I but hurt? A bit cause consistent hitting isn't really anything out here. My hits are not spatacular but i'll put it inbetween the outfeilders all day. sorry vent post.

Maybe it's your defense. If not, then who cares? You don't want to play for a bad team with a bad manager anyway. If you are as good at hitting gaps as you say, then a quality team who knows what they are doing will pick you up soon enough.

 

[Crush17er]

Who keeps averages? All I do is make sure Iam able to count my outs on one hand hopefully

Just remember in utrip when you hit one out in the first couple of innings and now are an out for the rest of the game... just bc you dont get abs dont mean you arent making outs... just sayn...

obp is more important in softball then average...

 

[dponder]

Just remember in utrip when you hit one out in the first couple of innings and now are an out for the rest of the game... just bc you dont get abs dont mean you arent making outs... just sayn...

obp is more important in softball then average...

Oh snap. (three snaps in a "Z" pattern)

 

[rlopezjr1977]

What is everyone's thoughts on what a good/bad/average/poor/outstanding batting average is? Here is what I generally go by:

Below .500 = terrible
.500 to .550 = marginal
.550 to .599 = average
.600 to .649 = good
.650 to .699 = very good
.700 or higher = outstanding

It also depends on if the average is for league or tourneys.

 

[colbyjacks]

I would say you need your team to be over .600 OBP to be competitive in tournaments

 

[thomas_z71]

If I go 2 for 3 every game, I'm happy.

 

[juice64011]

we count errors and FC as outs on my team, i'm sure every team does it differently

We do too but after the last thread about this topic we figured out that many teams don't count errors and FC as outs which would be the reason so many people say that .600 is average. I really don't understand how you wouldn't count either against you considering you should have been out.

I have an ASA B player on my team that is one of the top hitters in our area and he is surprised that he is hitting .750 in our league and is very happy with it. He is also leading our team in batting average.