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Former NC State All-American SS Trea Turner is the 2025 NL Batting Champion

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October 1, 2025

Former NC State All-American Shortstop Trea Turner finished the 2025 MLB season with a .304 batting average, making him the National League Batting Champion.

Turner was the only qualified batter in the National League to finish with a batting average over .300.

Ironically, Turner’s .304 batting average is the lowest to ever earn the National League Batting champion.

Trea Turner was the only qualified hitter in the National League to bat .300 in 2025. Enjoyed his response when asked if he could explain why it’s so hard: pic.twitter.com/LJrJDmcnwl

— Matt Gelb (@MattGelb) September 28, 2025

This marks the 2nd time that Turner has been the NL Batting Champion, earning the title back in 2021 with a .328 batting average, which was the highest average in the MLB that year as well.

Turner has also led the MLB in hits twice (2020 and 2021), and the National League in steals twice (2018 & 2021).

Through 11 seasons, Turner has a career batting average of .297.

Standard Batting Table
Season	Age	Team	Lg	WAR	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	rOBA	Rbat+	TB	GIDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2015	22	WSN	NL	0.3	27	44	40	5	9	1	0	1	1	2	2	4	12	.225	.295	.325	.620	69	.290	78	13	0	0	0	0	0	H4/6
2016	23	WSN	NL	3.3	73	324	307	53	105	14	8	13	40	33	6	14	59	.342	.370	.567	.937	142	.422	150	174	1	1	0	2	0	84/6H	ROY-2
2017	24	WSN	NL	2.9	98	447	412	75	117	24	6	11	45	46	8	30	80	.284	.338	.451	.789	101	.372	111	186	4	4	0	1	0	6/H
2018	25	WSN	NL	4.9	*162*	740	*664*	103	180	27	6	19	73	43	9	69	132	.271	.344	.416	.760	100	.353	105	276	7	5	2	0	3	*6/H
2019	26	WSN	NL	4.0	122	569	521	96	155	37	5	19	57	35	5	43	113	.298	.353	.497	.850	117	.372	118	259	10	3	0	2	2	*6
2020	27	WSN	NL	2.8	59	259	233	46	78	15	4	12	41	12	4	22	36	.335	.394	.588	.982	162	.421	162	137	5	2	0	2	0	*6	MVP-7
2021	28	2TM	NL	6.5	148	646	595	107	*195*	34	3	28	77	32	5	41	110	*.328*	.375	.536	.911	145	.396	144	319	18	6	0	4	2	64/H	AS,MVP-5
2021	28	WSN	NL	4.1	96	420	388	66	125	17	3	18	49	21	3	26	77	.322	.369	.521	.890	142	.390	142	202	13	4	0	2	0	6
2021	28	LAD	NL	2.4	52	226	207	41	70	17	0	10	28	11	2	15	33	.338	.385	.565	.950	149	.406	147	117	5	2	0	2	2	4/6H
2022	29	LAD	NL	5.2	160	708	652	101	194	39	4	21	100	27	3	45	131	.298	.343	.466	.809	124	.356	121	304	9	3	0	6	1	*6	AS,MVP-11,SS
2023	30	PHI	NL	3.5	155	691	639	102	170	35	5	26	76	30	0	45	150	.266	.320	.459	.778	110	.349	111	293	12	6	0	1	2	*6/D
2024	31	PHI	NL	3.0	121	539	505	88	149	25	0	21	62	19	4	27	98	.295	.338	.469	.807	121	.358	127	237	10	6	0	1	0	*6/D	AS
2025	32	PHI	NL	5.5	141	639	589	94	179	31	7	15	69	36	7	43	107	.304	.355	.457	.812	121	.368	124	269	11	5	0	2	1	*6/DH
11 Yrs				41.9	1266	5606	5157	870	1531	282	48	186	641	315	53	383	1028	.297	.349	.478	.827	121	.370	124	2467	87	41	2	21	11	648H/D
162 Game Avg				5.4	162	717	660	111	196	36	6	24	82	40	7	49	132	.297	.349	.478	.827	121	.370	124	316	11	5	0	3	1

WSN (7 Yrs)				22.3	637	2803	2565	444	769	135	32	93	306	192	37	208	509	.300	.356	.486	.842	120	.379	125	1247	40	19	2	9	5	684H
PHI (3 Yrs)				11.9	417	1869	1733	284	498	91	12	62	207	85	11	115	355	.287	.337	.461	.798	117	.358	120	799	33	17	0	4	3	*6/DH
LAD (2 Yrs)				7.6	212	934	859	142	264	56	4	31	128	38	5	60	164	.307	.353	.490	.843	131	.368	127	421	14	5	0	8	3	64/H

Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 10/1/2025.

Turner is the most prolific MLB batter to ever come out of NC State. He has played the most games (1,266) of any former Wolfpack baseball player ever, and ranks 1st in every batting statistical category: Runs (870), Hits (1,531), Doubles (282), Triples (48), Home Runs (186), RBI’s (641), Stolen Bases (315), Walks (383), Batting Average (.297) On-Base Percentage (.417), Slugging Percentage (.478) and OPS (.827).

His 3 All-Star Game appearances are tied with Pitchers Carlos Rodon and Dan Plesac for the most in NC State history.

Turner is 1 of 4 players to win a World Series (2019), joined by Infielder Tracy Woodson (1988), Pitcher Tim Stoddard (198) and Infielder Jimmy Brown (1942).

Turner was a 2-time All-American at NC State. In 2012, Turner was named 3rd Team All-American by NCBWA, and in 2013 he was named 2nd Team by Collegiate Baseball, and 3rd Team by NCBWA and Baseball America.

His 113 career stolen bases at NC State are the most in school history. Turner was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st Round with the 13th overall pick in the 2014 MLB Draft.

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