How Garret Anderson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Garret Anderson posted a career Batting Average of .293, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1995, posting .321, above the league average of .271 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at .181, well below the league average of .260 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .293 in 2008 to .268 in 2009 and .181 in 2010. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 16 seasons.
Garret Anderson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Garret Anderson
| Garret Anderson Batting Average | Garret Anderson Plate Appearances | Garret Anderson At Bats | Garret Anderson BABIP |
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| Career | 0.293 | 9177 | 8640 | 0.311 |
| Season Avg. | 0.293 | 539.82 | 508.24 | 0.311 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.293 | 667.27 | 628.22 | 0.311 |
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Garret Anderson Batting Average Per Season
Garret Anderson's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Garret Anderson Batting Average by Team
Garret Anderson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Garret Anderson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Garret Anderson's career Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Garret Anderson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Garret Anderson's seasonal Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Garret Anderson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Garret Anderson's MLB career with Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.