How Rick Ankiel's Hits Compares to Similar Players

Rick Ankiel totaled 198 career Hits, well below the league average of 581.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 4 seasons, the Hits arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Hits arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Hits profile — ranging from 10 to 137 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Rick Ankiel Lifetime Hits and Similar Stats

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Hits
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Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Career1987.36
Season Avg.49.57.36
162 Game Avg.628.947.36
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Rick Ankiel Hits Per Season

Rick Ankiel's Hits 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 Hits per season line chart

Rick Ankiel Hits by Team

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

Rick Ankiel Cumulative Hits — Career Progression

A running total of Rick Ankiel's career Hits, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Rick Ankiel Hits year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Ankiel Hits Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Ankiel's seasonal Hits 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 Hits distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Ankiel Hits — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Ankiel's MLB career with Hits 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 Hits season-by-season breakdown table