Year PA R H HR RBI SB SO BA OBP SLG OPS 2009 538.4 64.5 125.3 14.5 61.5 8.5 96.7 .262 .333 .418 .751 2008 532.0 64.0 124.7 13.8 61.1 7.9 93.3 .264 .333 .416 .749 2007 544.3 67.3 129.8 14.3 64.2 8.4 92.9 .268 .336 .423 .758 2006 548.1 68.8 131.4 15.7 65.6 8.1 92.3 .269 .337 .432 .768 2005 537.0 64.4 126.8 14.5 61.3 7.4 88.3 .264 .330 .419 .749 2004 543.6 67.4 128.4 15.7 64.2 7.5 91.8 .266 .335 .428 .763 2003 539.5 66.1 126.8 15.0 63.0 7.4 88.7 .264 .333 .422 .755 2002 538.3 64.6 124.8 14.6 61.5 7.9 90.6 .261 .331 .417 .748 2001 538.7 66.8 126.4 15.7 63.6 8.9 93.4 .264 .332 .427 .759 2000 543.9 71.4 129.4 16.3 67.9 8.4 89.7 .270 .345 .437 .782 1999 538.9 70.2 128.8 15.7 66.7 9.7 88.4 .271 .345 .434 .778 1998 538.5 66.6 127.3 14.5 63.2 9.4 91.2 .266 .335 .420 .755 1997 534.2 65.8 126.2 14.1 62.3 10.1 91.1 .267 .337 .419 .756 1996 539.2 69.5 128.8 15.1 65.6 9.9 89.2 .270 .340 .427 .767 1995 474.9 59.3 112.1 12.4 55.9 8.9 77.1 .267 .338 .417 .755 1994 391.7 49.6 93.6 10.4 46.8 7.1 62.2 .270 .339 .424 .763 1993 532.1 63.6 125.3 12.3 59.7 9.9 80.2 .265 .332 .403 .736 1992 518.0 56.0 117.9 9.8 52.5 10.5 76.0 .256 .322 .377 .700 1991 517.5 58.4 117.7 10.9 54.9 10.0 78.5 .256 .323 .385 .708 1990 522.1 58.4 119.9 10.8 54.7 10.7 77.7 .258 .325 .385 .710 1989 519.0 56.4 117.7 10.0 52.6 10.1 76.7 .254 .320 .375 .695 1988 523.5 57.1 119.1 10.4 53.3 10.8 76.7 .254 .318 .378 .696 1987 530.5 65.2 124.2 14.6 61.3 11.7 82.3 .263 .331 .415 .747 1986 522.9 60.3 119.9 12.4 56.6 10.8 80.3 .258 .326 .395 .721 1985 531.9 60.4 122.0 12.0 56.8 10.3 74.5 .257 .323 .391 .714 1984 523.6 58.4 121.9 10.6 54.7 9.9 73.4 .260 .323 .385 .708 1983 527.2 59.6 122.9 10.8 56.0 10.9 71.3 .261 .325 .389 .714 1982 539.3 60.6 126.1 11.3 57.0 10.6 71.0 .261 .324 .389 .713 1981 355.7 37.5 81.2 6.0 35.1 6.8 44.5 .256 .320 .369 .689 1980 522.6 58.5 123.7 10.0 54.9 10.7 65.5 .265 .326 .388 .714 1979 534.7 62.4 126.4 11.4 58.6 9.9 66.8 .265 .330 .397 .727 1978 534.5 57.9 122.6 9.9 54.1 10.1 67.4 .258 .323 .379 .702 1977 542.9 63.2 127.8 12.2 59.1 10.1 73.0 .264 .329 .401 .730 1976 525.7 55.2 119.7 8.0 51.2 10.9 66.8 .255 .320 .361 .681 1975 529.3 58.0 120.6 9.6 54.0 9.0 68.7 .258 .327 .374 .701 1974 536.7 57.9 122.5 9.6 53.6 9.0 70.3 .257 .324 .369 .693 1973 530.5 58.4 121.3 11.1 54.4 7.3 72.6 .257 .325 .379 .704 1972 502.2 49.2 109.2 9.1 45.8 6.5 74.4 .244 .311 .354 .664 1971 519.7 53.4 115.3 10.1 49.9 6.3 74.2 .249 .317 .365 .682 1970 538.5 60.9 121.0 12.4 56.8 6.9 80.7 .254 .326 .385 .711 1969 558.3 59.7 122.8 11.8 55.2 7.0 84.7 .248 .320 .369 .689 1968 521.3 47.9 110.9 8.6 44.5 6.5 82.6 .237 .299 .340 .639 1967 526.5 52.8 114.4 9.9 48.7 5.9 83.9 .242 .306 .357 .664 1966 535.3 56.7 119.7 12.1 52.8 6.4 82.7 .249 .310 .376 .686 1965 538.7 56.8 118.3 11.8 52.7 6.4 84.6 .246 .311 .372 .683 1964 536.1 57.2 120.6 12.0 53.3 5.1 83.7 .250 .313 .378 .690 1963 536.8 56.1 118.7 11.9 52.2 5.4 82.4 .246 .309 .372 .681 1962 552.3 64.1 126.5 13.3 60.1 6.0 77.9 .258 .326 .393 .719 1961 526.8 62.2 120.5 13.1 58.0 5.0 71.9 .258 .328 .399 .727 1960 514.3 57.9 116.3 11.5 54.1 5.0 69.5 .255 .324 .388 .712 1959 510.6 58.5 116.6 12.1 54.9 4.6 67.9 .257 .324 .392 .716 1958 505.9 56.8 116.2 12.0 53.5 4.0 65.7 .258 .325 .394 .719 1957 516.2 57.6 118.3 11.9 54.2 4.2 64.7 .258 .324 .391 .715 1956 530.7 61.5 120.7 12.8 57.6 4.0 64.1 .258 .331 .397 .729 1955 517.7 60.3 117.7 12.1 56.6 3.8 58.9 .259 .332 .394 .726 1954 534.9 60.6 122.7 10.8 56.9 3.9 57.2 .261 .333 .390 .723 1953 539.9 64.7 127.1 11.7 60.6 3.8 57.8 .264 .336 .397 .733 1952 518.7 56.6 116.4 9.3 52.9 4.2 56.8 .253 .327 .370 .696 1951 523.2 61.4 120.9 10.2 57.4 4.7 50.9 .261 .336 .386 .722 1950 536.9 66.9 125.6 11.5 62.7 3.6 53.2 .266 .346 .402 .748 1949 514.8 61.1 118.6 9.1 57.0 3.9 47.9 .263 .344 .384 .728 1948 522.8 61.8 121.4 8.5 57.8 4.4 49.2 .263 .341 .382 .723 1947 531.9 60.4 122.7 8.7 56.4 4.2 51.1 .261 .336 .377 .713 1946 487.8 51.1 110.6 6.2 47.2 4.5 49.7 .256 .328 .360 .688 1945 512.7 55.6 118.9 5.4 51.4 5.3 43.5 .260 .329 .355 .684 1944 528.5 57.2 123.3 5.7 52.9 5.1 45.2 .260 .326 .358 .684 1943 528.0 53.8 119.2 5.0 49.7 5.6 47.5 .253 .323 .344 .667 1942 526.6 56.0 118.7 6.0 51.5 5.4 46.7 .253 .323 .350 .674 1941 544.5 63.0 127.1 7.5 58.3 5.0 49.8 .262 .334 .375 .709 1940 545.6 65.8 130.9 8.9 60.9 5.4 51.5 .267 .334 .392 .726 1939 514.8 63.7 125.4 7.8 59.3 5.1 45.6 .275 .344 .397 .740 1938 547.2 68.7 133.7 8.5 64.5 5.1 47.8 .274 .343 .396 .739 1937 543.4 68.2 134.3 8.1 63.3 5.8 50.9 .277 .343 .399 .742 1936 563.4 73.9 143.1 7.9 68.7 5.5 47.4 .284 .349 .404 .753 1935 549.0 68.6 137.4 7.6 63.7 5.0 45.7 .279 .341 .397 .738 1934 534.5 67.1 134.0 7.5 62.7 5.1 47.2 .279 .342 .397 .738 1933 547.6 63.6 132.9 6.2 59.1 5.0 43.1 .270 .330 .376 .706 1932 544.5 68.3 135.9 7.7 63.6 5.6 44.4 .277 .337 .400 .737 1931 530.0 65.6 132.6 5.9 60.9 6.0 43.5 .278 .339 .391 .730 1930 538.3 75.8 141.7 8.7 70.6 6.0 43.9 .296 .356 .434 .790 1929 549.3 72.7 140.5 7.7 67.3 7.6 39.8 .289 .353 .417 .770 1928 528.3 64.4 131.2 6.0 59.4 7.0 39.2 .281 .344 .397 .741 1927 529.7 65.1 132.8 5.1 59.6 8.0 38.2 .284 .345 .393 .738 1926 529.1 63.6 130.7 4.8 58.1 7.1 37.7 .281 .345 .389 .733 1925 518.6 67.9 134.3 6.3 61.6 7.5 35.9 .292 .354 .411 .765 1924 527.2 64.8 134.3 5.0 58.7 8.3 36.7 .287 .348 .394 .742 1923 542.8 67.0 136.7 5.5 60.2 8.8 39.6 .284 .347 .391 .738 1922 552.9 69.3 141.5 6.1 62.0 8.3 40.0 .288 .348 .401 .749 1921 552.8 69.0 143.4 5.4 62.0 8.6 40.3 .291 .348 .403 .750 1920 544.4 61.9 133.9 3.6 53.8 9.9 41.7 .276 .335 .372 .707 1919 483.8 50.0 113.2 2.6 42.8 12.0 39.5 .263 .322 .348 .670 1918 431.1 41.9 97.0 1.3 35.2 11.3 33.6 .254 .317 .325 .642 1917 525.6 50.8 115.7 1.9 42.9 13.7 49.3 .249 .311 .324 .635 1916 517.8 49.8 113.6 2.1 42.1 15.4 53.4 .248 .312 .326 .638 1915 524.1 53.9 115.4 2.4 45.4 15.6 53.1 .250 .318 .332 .650 1914 524.0 54.8 117.4 2.7 46.1 17.3 55.7 .254 .321 .337 .659 1913 512.9 55.7 117.5 2.6 46.7 18.2 51.9 .259 .325 .345 .670 1912 513.7 61.5 121.5 2.4 51.5 18.7 25.5 .269 .337 .359 .695 1911 527.8 62.8 123.3 2.9 52.4 19.1 27.0 .266 .336 .357 .693 1910 525.1 54.2 115.1 2.0 44.5 18.5 25.0 .249 .318 .326 .644 1909 504.0 48.7 108.9 1.4 39.5 16.9 0.0 .244 .306 .311 .618 1908 519.9 48.3 110.7 1.5 39.2 15.7 0.0 .239 .297 .305 .602 1907 521.0 50.5 114.4 1.4 41.1 16.1 0.0 .245 .305 .309 .614 1906 514.9 51.0 113.4 1.5 41.7 17.2 0.0 .247 .306 .314 .621 1905 531.3 56.0 118.1 2.0 46.2 17.1 0.0 .248 .307 .323 .630 1904 534.2 54.6 119.4 1.9 44.5 16.3 0.0 .247 .301 .321 .622 1903 500.6 59.2 118.5 2.0 48.8 16.4 0.0 .262 .317 .346 .664 1902 497.1 58.4 120.0 2.1 48.7 15.8 0.0 .267 .322 .344 .665 1901 507.2 66.0 124.9 2.7 54.5 17.0 0.0 .272 .327 .360 .686 1900 504.3 68.8 126.7 2.9 57.1 19.6 0.0 .279 .339 .366 .705 1899 527.2 72.8 133.6 2.6 60.2 20.1 0.0 .282 .343 .366 .710 1898 549.9 71.8 133.3 2.4 60.0 16.3 0.0 .271 .334 .347 .681 1897 490.3 73.9 128.1 2.9 62.1 20.9 0.0 .292 .354 .386 .741 1896 485.6 74.6 125.9 3.2 62.7 23.9 27.5 .290 .354 .387 .741 1895 503.5 83.3 133.2 3.8 69.8 23.0 28.6 .296 .361 .400 .761 1894 517.3 95.0 143.8 5.1 80.5 25.3 26.9 .309 .379 .435 .814 1893 509.1 82.5 127.2 3.7 68.4 22.0 26.7 .280 .356 .379 .736 1892 552.6 73.5 122.3 3.3 57.6 25.0 46.7 .245 .317 .327 .644 1891 501.6 73.2 114.1 3.4 57.7 24.1 44.3 .254 .332 .343 .675 1890 487.3 74.7 113.7 2.9 56.8 26.5 25.4 .260 .337 .351 .688 1889 514.6 79.0 122.4 4.1 62.3 29.3 46.7 .263 .333 .357 .690 1888 472.8 62.0 105.1 3.0 46.9 30.7 23.3 .239 .291 .320 .611 1887 486.7 80.1 120.8 3.6 62.0 37.9 16.8 .271 .332 .374 .705 1886 470.3 68.7 107.3 2.5 49.2 19.4 25.4 .246 .303 .332 .634 1885 400.7 55.9 92.1 1.9 39.0 0.0 20.1 .244 .288 .325 .613 1884 355.1 51.8 82.3 2.1 15.2 0.0 13.4 .243 .279 .327 .606 1883 384.4 57.9 95.0 1.5 29.0 0.0 18.4 .257 .286 .345 .631 1882 314.0 44.3 75.1 1.3 24.2 0.0 15.7 .248 .276 .330 .606 1881 322.1 43.4 80.3 1.0 31.5 0.0 22.6 .260 .290 .338 .628 1880 320.3 40.8 76.1 0.8 28.4 0.0 25.5 .245 .267 .320 .587 1879 316.4 43.7 79.2 0.7 30.2 0.0 23.6 .255 .271 .329 .599 1878 250.2 34.0 63.2 0.4 23.8 0.0 19.3 .259 .279 .319 .598 1877 249.6 36.3 66.0 0.4 25.1 0.0 12.9 .271 .289 .338 .627 1876 272.5 40.8 71.1 0.5 26.4 0.0 7.8 .265 .277 .321 .598

Below is a table marking the stats of the "average player" for each Major League Baseball season since 1876. The statistics were determined as follows:1) Use league AVG, OBP, SLG and OBP;2) Find average rate of other cumulative stats by dividing total stat by total plate appearances;3) Find the average player's plate appearances (details below);4) Find average player's stats by applying rate as determined in #2 to plate appearances in #3.The average player's plate appearances are found by:1) Multiply number of offensive players in a starting lineup by number of teams to get total starting offensive positions (for example, (8 X 16) + (9 X 14) for 2009 (this is the total number of starting offensive positions that season -- we'll call it);2) Sincerefers to the total number of starting offensive positions, we'll want to find the average plate appearances for the topplayers.Back to the example in 2009, there were a total of 254 starting positions. We would then list the top 254 players in plate appearances for that season and find the average of that number.Once we apply the league average rate for cumulative stats to this number, we will get a much more realistic number for what to expect from the average player during that season.