lowest batting average by position from 1973 to 2019

Between the 1973 and 2019 seasons, pitchers had the worst batting average, with an average of .142.

	POSITION	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Pitcher	.142	306,121	219,545	12,696	31,198	4,679	385	978	12,131	8,831	628	82,448	274	209	253,958	39,581	6,042	24,282	672	2	2,847	.177	.180	.357	-2664	-32,415	.165	-8	-33,319
2	Pinch Runner	.167	105	12	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	3	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.333	0	-1.6	.148	-15	-1.6
3	Pinch Hitter	.188	1,024	888	56	167	26	1	7	71	78	8	241	3	5	986	216	34	7	5	7	20	.258	.243	.502	45	-68.3	.233	39	-70.8
4	Catcher	.250	264,409	787,486	86,623	196,712	37,631	2,501	21,157	98,403	72,795	7,500	145,421	4,203	3,420	880,948	302,816	61,289	6,335	6,832	7,193	21,687	.317	.385	.701	93987	-9,235.2	.310	88	-12,606.3
5	Shortstop	.259	244,761	794,406	100,271	205,825	36,628	5,840	13,392	80,710	62,754	5,554	123,266	18,443	8,148	879,713	294,309	55,860	10,998	6,001	4,681	17,275	.316	.370	.686	90082	-13,126.3	.304	84	-16,567.7
6	Third Baseman	.264	259,343	826,314	108,510	217,869	42,283	4,176	25,586	109,858	80,501	6,821	147,340	10,191	5,737	925,731	345,262	72,045	4,636	7,459	6,616	20,227	.331	.418	.749	113311	4,734.8	.329	101	1,131.6
7	Designated Hitter	.264	93,719	303,408	40,248	80,167	14,988	1,011	12,362	46,631	34,612	2,626	58,720	2,185	1,358	344,127	134,263	28,361	522	2,959	3,290	7,971	.342	.443	.784	46003	5,781.1	.343	110	4,378.6
8	Second Baseman	.265	261,949	839,445	112,652	222,539	40,416	5,960	15,361	87,432	75,532	7,417	128,760	21,529	9,085	938,668	320,958	61,737	9,686	6,588	4,441	17,580	.329	.382	.711	105070	-5,073.1	.316	92	-8,711.7
9	Center Fielder	.267	247,173	811,216	119,480	216,720	38,584	7,545	20,422	91,185	75,950	6,618	150,250	32,861	12,288	906,223	331,660	66,551	6,585	5,854	4,957	14,149	.333	.409	.742	109535	3,253	.328	100	-309.2
10	Left Fielder	.268	296,302	884,638	126,001	237,216	44,520	6,165	27,980	116,680	90,073	7,563	166,317	23,590	9,354	994,001	378,006	78,665	4,316	7,411	7,440	18,798	.338	.427	.766	127313	10,849.1	.336	106	7,103
11	Right Fielder	.269	268,676	841,031	119,355	226,371	43,345	5,465	29,639	117,987	86,498	7,070	164,090	16,684	8,106	944,959	369,563	78,449	3,047	7,313	7,993	18,770	.340	.439	.779	124500	13,679	.341	109	9,987
12	First Baseman	.270	266,907	836,235	114,231	226,047	44,301	3,273	32,203	127,650	97,642	7,047	155,198	6,943	4,178	951,088	373,503	79,777	1,974	8,190	11,033	20,982	.348	.447	.795	130125	18,697.5	.347	113	14,993.2