How Richie Ashburn's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Richie Ashburn posted a career Batting Average of .308, above the league average of .263 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1958, posting .350, well above the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1961 at .257, near the league average of .262 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .291 in 1960 to .257 in 1961 and .306 in 1962. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 15 seasons.
Richie Ashburn Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.308 | 9736 | 8365 | 0.327 |
| Season Avg. | 0.308 | 649.07 | 557.67 | 0.327 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.308 | 720.53 | 619.06 | 0.327 |
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Richie Ashburn Batting Average Per Season
Richie Ashburn'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.
Richie Ashburn Batting Average by Team
Richie Ashburn's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Richie Ashburn Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Richie Ashburn'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.
Richie Ashburn Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Richie Ashburn'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.
Richie Ashburn Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Richie Ashburn'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.
