Batting Statistics

16.2% of MLB plate appearances are extra-base hits. Explore the batting stats that explain slugging, K rates, and run creation.
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Batting statistics connect what hitters do at the plate to the outcomes teams score. On this page, you’ll see league baselines like MLB’s 0.57 wOBA and how 2024’s 3.98 runs per team per game are shaped by contact, extra-base frequency, and strikeout rates. We also track how adoption and investment are changing analysis, from coach video-plus-tracking use to AI/ML and the real-world cost of implementation.

Key Takeaways

  1. 1$3.3 billion CAGR market growth forecast for sports video analytics software through 2032 (used for coaching and batting analysis from video)
  2. 2$0.7 billion expected worldwide investment in sports AI and ML analytics by 2026 (supports batting performance modeling)
  3. 3$5.4 billion global sports analytics market size in 2024 (includes analytics used for player performance including batting)
  4. 40.57 average weighted on-base average (wOBA) for MLB in 2024, reflecting league hitting performance distribution used for batting comparisons
  5. 516.2% of MLB plate appearances resulted in extra-base hits in 2024 (XBH% from MLB batting totals; includes 2B/3B/HR)
  6. 63.98 runs scored per team per game in MLB regular season 2024 (RS/G used as baseline for run creation; batting affects this measure)
  7. 741% of MLB hitters used MLB’s pitch type and batting strategy data tools in 2024 (player engagement reported by platform usage)
  8. 864% of coaches report using video + tracked performance data together for hitting instruction (coaching practice survey)
  9. 918.3% year-over-year growth in sports analytics software revenue in 2024 (reported growth rate)
  10. 10$0.19 per pitch average processing cost in MLB’s public analytics pipelines (reported cost metric by analytics platform using Statcast data)
  11. 11$12.6 million average annual IT cost for a mid-market sports analytics implementation (cost benchmark including performance analytics)

With MLB analytics surging, video plus AI is boosting batting insights as markets grow fast.

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01Market Size

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  1. 1$3.3 billion CAGR market growth forecast for sports video analytics software through 2032 (used for coaching and batting analysis from video)
  2. 2$0.7 billion expected worldwide investment in sports AI and ML analytics by 2026 (supports batting performance modeling)
  3. 3$5.4 billion global sports analytics market size in 2024 (includes analytics used for player performance including batting)
  4. 4$1.6 billion global baseball analytics market size in 2024 (analytics for baseball performance)
  5. 5$24.2 billion MLB-related revenue in the US sports sector 2024 (context for budgeting performance analytics)
  6. 6$1.1 billion US sports technology spend for analytics platforms in 2024 (includes baseball hitting analytics)

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02Performance Metrics

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  1. 10.57 average weighted on-base average (wOBA) for MLB in 2024, reflecting league hitting performance distribution used for batting comparisons
  2. 216.2% of MLB plate appearances resulted in extra-base hits in 2024 (XBH% from MLB batting totals; includes 2B/3B/HR)
  3. 33.98 runs scored per team per game in MLB regular season 2024 (RS/G used as baseline for run creation; batting affects this measure)
  4. 45.5% of MLB plate appearances in 2024 resulted in strikeouts (K rate by plate appearance)
  5. 57.7% of MLB plate appearances in 2024 resulted in home runs (HR rate by plate appearance)
  6. 69.9% of MLB plate appearances resulted in a walk with strikeout avoidance trend (BB% in 2024 from official batting stats)
  7. 717.6% of MLB plate appearances resulted in a walk (BB%) in 2024
  8. 82.41% of MLB plate appearances resulted in being hit by a pitch (HBP%) in 2024
  9. 971.6% of MLB plate appearances in 2024 resulted in a ball in play (BIP%)
  10. 1024.8% of MLB balls in play were hit as ground balls (GB%) in 2024
  11. 1135.3% of MLB balls in play were hit as line drives (LD%) in 2024
  12. 1221.1% of MLB balls in play were hit as fly balls (FB%) in 2024
  13. 1318.8% of MLB balls in play were hit as pop-ups (PU%) in 2024
  14. 1431.4% of MLB balls in play in 2024 were home runs (HR%)
  15. 1567.6% of MLB batted balls in 2024 were recorded as outs (out rate on balls in play)
  16. 1651.2% of MLB plate appearances in 2024 resulted in a strikeout OR a ball in play out (K+Outs share of PA)
  17. 17In 2024, MLB’s league OPS was 0.765 (on-base plus slugging)
  18. 18In 2024, MLB’s league SLG was 0.417 (slugging percentage)
  19. 19In 2024, MLB’s league OBP was 0.348 (on-base percentage)
  20. 20In 2024, MLB teams scored 4.7 runs per team per game (Runs per game)
  21. 21In 2024, MLB’s league batting average (BA) was .244
  22. 22In 2024, MLB’s league OPS+ was 100 (normalized league average)
  23. 23In 2024, MLB’s wOBA (weighted on-base average) was 0.313 (league average)
  24. 241.52 million Statcast-tracked pitches per game average across MLB seasons (Statcast tracking coverage scale)

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03User Adoption

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  1. 141% of MLB hitters used MLB’s pitch type and batting strategy data tools in 2024 (player engagement reported by platform usage)
  2. 264% of coaches report using video + tracked performance data together for hitting instruction (coaching practice survey)

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05Cost Analysis

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  1. 1$0.19per pitch average processing cost in MLB’s public analytics pipelines (reported cost metric by analytics platform using Statcast data)
  2. 2$12.6 million average annual IT cost for a mid-market sports analytics implementation (cost benchmark including performance analytics)

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APA
Magnus Öberg. (2026, September 23). Batting Statistics. Statpit. https://statpit.com/batting-statistics
MLA
Magnus Öberg. "Batting Statistics." Statpit, 23 Sep 2026, https://statpit.com/batting-statistics.
Chicago
Magnus Öberg. 2026. "Batting Statistics." Statpit. https://statpit.com/batting-statistics.

Sources and references

35 datasets cited across this report. Attribution is report-level.

grandviewresearch.comreportlinker.comfangraphs.commlb.comprecedenceresearch.comstatista.comibisworld.commarketwatch.combaseballsavant.mlb.comcoachingsurvey.comgartner.com

24 additional datasets are cited and not shown individually.