Walks count as an official plate appearance and are used in determining whether a player has met the minimum number of plate appearances needed to be eligible to win the batting title but are not used in calculating a player's batting average.
Walks are not counted in figuring out Batting Averages. It's basically like you didn't take an at- bat for walks.
Yes, but they don't affect your batting average.
No. Walks do not count toward batting average. If you get a walk in your first at bat, you will still be 0-0.
Like you do any batting average. Total trips to the plate minus walks and sacrifices divided by hits
Yes, a sacrifice bunt does not count as an official at-bat and therefore does not affect a player's batting average.
For batters that had at least 10 plate appearances against Palmer, that was Fran Healy who went 5 for 8 with 4 walks for a .625 batting average. For batters that had at least 20 plate appearances against Palmer, that was Al Oliver who went 11 for 23 for a .478 batting average. For batters that had at least 50 plate appearances against Palmer, that was Doug Griffin who went 17 for 47 with 6 walks for a .362 batting average. For batters that had at least 100 plate appearances against Palmer, that was Rod Carew who when 34 for 95 with 10 walks for a .358 batting average.
Only two variables affect batting average - hits and at-bats.
The highest batting average a player can have is 1.000, which would mean that he would have a hit every time he is at bat. Of course, this wouldn't count the times the batter may have been walked, since walks aren't considered "at-bats" and don't reflect upon his batting average.
When a batter reaches on an error, an at bat is charged (since there would have been a put out had the error not occurred), so it will cause a decrease in batting average
You might see a player's OBP (on base percentage) lower than their batting average for a game or two but there is virtually no chance that it would happen over an entire season as a player would have to have an incredibly higher number of sacrifice flies than total of (walks + hit by pitch). To review ... Batting average is calculated as (hits / at bats). OBP is calculated as (hits + walks + hit by pitch) / (at bats + walks + hit by pitch + sacrifice flies). Example 1: A player has played 2 games and has 8 at bats, 2 hits, 0 walks, 0 hit by pitch, and 1 sacrifice fly. Batting average is .250 (2 / 8). OBP is .222 (2 + 0 + 0) / (8 + 0 + 0 + 1). Example 2: A player has played an entire season and has 500 at bats, 150 hits, 50 walks, and 5 hit by pitch. Batting average is .300 (150 / 500). For the OBP to be lower than the batting average, the player would need 129 sacrifice flies ... (150 + 50 + 5) / (500 + 50 + 5 + 129) = .2997.
Prince Fielder's 2009 batting average was .299 His career average is .284
The correct answer is Ty Cobb with batting average .420