best batting average by rookie in 1953

Harvey Kuenn had the highest batting average by a rookie in 1953, with an average of .308.

Interpreted as:
best batting average with a minimum of 3.1 PA per team game by rookie in 1953
NAMEAVGSEASONTMGABRH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSOSBCSPATBXBHSHSFIBBGIDPOBPSLGOPSwRCWRAAwOBAwRC+BRAA
1Harvey Kuenn
H. Kuenn
.308
1953
155
679
94
209
33
7
2
48
50
1
31
6
5
731
262
42
1
10
.356
.386
.742
91
3.1
.341
99
-0.9
2Jim Greengrass
J. Greengrass
.285
1953
154
606
86
173
22
7
20
100
47
3
83
6
4
656
269
49
0
18
.340
.444
.784
88
9.4
.354
100
-0.2
3Tom Umphlett
T. Umphlett
.283
1953
137
495
53
140
27
5
3
59
34
2
30
4
2
538
186
35
7
11
.331
.376
.707
59
-5
.324
81
-12.4
4Jim Gilliam
J. Gilliam
.278
1953
151
605
125
168
31
17
6
63
100
3
38
21
14
710
251
54
2
7
.383
.415
.798
103
18
.367
109
8.4
5Rip Repulski
R. Repulski
.275
1953
153
567
75
156
25
4
15
66
33
9
71
3
6
614
234
44
5
14
.325
.413
.738
73
-0.5
.335
89
-8.7
6Ray Jablonski
R. Jablonski
.268
1953
157
604
64
162
23
5
21
112
34
1
61
2
2
640
258
49
1
15
.308
.427
.735
74
-2.8
.330
86
-11.5
7Bill Bruton
B. Bruton
.250
1953
151
613
82
153
18
14
1
41
44
6
100
26
11
668
202
33
5
9
.306
.330
.636
58
-22.2
.294
73
-24
8Billy Hunter
B. Hunter
.219
1953
154
567
50
124
18
1
1
37
24
2
45
3
1
604
147
20
11
12
.253
.259
.512
25
-46.9
.239
29
-53.1

More Tigers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

36

Greene

Riley Greene

RBI

111

Greene

Riley Greene

AVG

.278

Dingler

Dillon Dingler
Team Pitching Leaders

W

14

Mize

Casey Mize

K

241

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

ERA

2.21

Skubal

Tarik Skubal
Team Rankings

HR

198

10th

R

758

11th

SO

1,375

14th

ERA

3.95

16th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
Tigers Tigers
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
@
4:10 PM
Fri
3/27
@
9:40 PM
Sat
3/28
@
8:40 PM
Mon
3/30
@
10:10 PM
Tue
3/31
@
9:40 PM
Last Game
DET Tigers

2 - 3

2

Final

3

SEA Mariners

3 - 2

Fri 10 Oct 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
76
86
.469
20.0
66
96
.407
30.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
97
65
.599
Cubs Cubs - w
92
70
.568
5.0
Reds Reds - w
83
79
.512
14.0
78
84
.481
19.0
71
91
.438
26.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
93
69
.574
90
72
.556
3.0
81
81
.500
12.0
80
82
.494
13.0
43
119
.265
50.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
@
6-2
Tue
9/16
@
9-4
Tue
9/16
@
4-5
Tue
9/16
@
1-2
Tue
9/16
@
5-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
@
1:15 PM
Thu
3/26
@
2:10 PM
Thu
3/26
@
2:20 PM
Thu
3/26
@
3:05 PM
Thu
3/26
@
4:10 PM