How Rick Ankiel's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Rick Ankiel posted a career Batting Average of .241, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 2007, posting .285, near the league average of .270 that year. The lowest point came in 2001 at .000, well below the league average of .265 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .240 in 2011 to .228 in 2012 and .188 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .285 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Rick Ankiel Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Rick Ankiel Batting Average Per Season

Rick Ankiel's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rick Ankiel Batting Average per season line chart

Rick Ankiel Batting Average by Team

Rick Ankiel's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rick Ankiel career Batting Average by team bar chart

Rick Ankiel Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rick Ankiel'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.
Rick Ankiel Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Ankiel Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Ankiel'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.
Rick Ankiel Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Ankiel Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Ankiel'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.
Rick Ankiel Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table