Top 30 Lifetime MLB FAIL (Failing Averages Illustrated) leaders
*5000 career AB minimum
Rank | Name | AB | H |
| BA | OA = 1 - BA |
| KA | FAIL = OA + KA | FAIL | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Reynolds | 5432 | 1283 |
| .236 | .764 |
| .355 | .764 + .355 | 1.119 | ||||
2 | Adam Dunn | 6883 | 1631 |
| .237 | .763 |
| .346 | .763 + .346 | 1.109 | ||||
3 | Ryan Howard | 5707 | 1475 |
| .258 | .742 |
| .323 | .742 + .323 | 1.064 | ||||
4 | Giancarlo Stanton | 5237 | 1383 |
| .264 | .736 |
| .324 | .736 + .324 | 1.060 | ||||
5 | B. J. Upton | 5175 | 1260 |
| .243 | .757 |
| .302 | .757 + .302 | 1.058 | ||||
6 | Dave Kingman | 6677 | 1575 |
| .236 | .764 |
| .272 | .764 + .272 | 1.036 | ||||
7 | Justin Upton | 6721 | 1754 |
| .261 | .739 |
| .293 | .739 + .293 | 1.032 | ||||
8 | Pat Burrell | 5503 | 1393 |
| .253 | .747 |
| .284 | .747 + .284 | 1.031 | ||||
9 | Mike Cameron | 6839 | 1700 |
| .249 | .751 |
| .278 | .751 + .278 | 1.029 | ||||
10 | Brandon Inge | 5014 | 1166 |
| .233 | .767 |
| .260 | .767 + .260 | 1.028 | ||||
11 | Jay Buhner | 5013 | 1273 |
| .254 | .746 |
| .280 | .746 + .280 | 1.027 | ||||
12 | Jim Thome | 8422 | 2328 |
| .276 | .724 |
| .303 | .724 + .303 | 1.026 | ||||
13 | Jay Bruce | 5964 | 1455 |
| .244 | .756 |
| .264 | .756 + .264 | 1.020 | ||||
14 | Curtis Granderson | 7236 | 1800 |
| .249 | .751 |
| .265 | .751 + .265 | 1.016 | ||||
15 | Jose Canseco | 7057 | 1877 |
| .266 | .734 |
| .275 | .734 + .275 | 1.009 | ||||
16 | Nick Swisher | 5369 | 1338 |
| .249 | .751 |
| .256 | .751 + .256 | 1.007 | ||||
17 | Greg Vaughn | 6103 | 1475 |
| .242 | .758 |
| .248 | .758 + .248 | 1.006 | ||||
18 | Dexter Fowler | 5040 | 1306 |
| .259 | .741 |
| .263 | .741 + .263 | 1.004 | ||||
19 | Cecil Fielder | 5157 | 1313 |
| .255 | .745 |
| .255 | .745 + .255 | 1.001 | ||||
20 | Reggie Jackson | 9864 | 2584 |
| .262 | .738 |
| .263 | .738 + .263 | 1.001 | ||||
21 | Troy Glaus | 5410 | 1375 |
| .254 | .746 |
| .255 | .746 + .255 | 1.000 | ||||
22 | Danny Tartabull | 5011 | 1366 |
| .273 | .727 |
| .272 | .727 + .272 | .999 | ||||
23 | Ray Lankford | 5747 | 1561 |
| .272 | .728 |
| .270 | .728 + .270 | .998 | ||||
24 | Jayson Werth | 5484 | 1465 |
| .267 | .733 |
| .264 | .733 + .264 | .997 | ||||
25 | Mark McGwire | 6187 | 1626 |
| .263 | .737 |
| .258 | .737 + .258 | .995 | ||||
26 | Ian Desmond | 5442 | 1432 |
| .263 | .737 |
| .258 | .737 + .258 | .994 | ||||
27 | Eric Davis | 5321 | 1430 |
| .269 | .731 |
| .263 | .731 + .263 | .994 | ||||
28 | Reggie Sanders | 6241 | 1666 |
| .267 | .733 |
| .259 | .733 + .259 | .992 | ||||
29 | Chase Headley | 5088 | 1337 |
| .263 | .737 |
| .255 | .737 + .255 | .992 | ||||
30 | Adam LaRoche | 5593 | 1452 |
| .260 | .740 |
| .252 | .740 + .252 | .992 |
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