How Harold Baines's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Harold Baines posted a career Equivalent Average of .828, above the league average of .748 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1995, posting .937, above the league average of .792 that year. The lowest point came in 2001 at .394, well below the league average of .786 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .915 in 1999 to .766 in 2000 and .394 in 2001. 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 21 seasons.

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Harold Baines Equivalent Average Per Season

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

Harold Baines Equivalent Average by Team

Harold Baines's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Harold Baines Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Harold Baines's career Equivalent 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.
Harold Baines Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Harold Baines Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Harold Baines's seasonal Equivalent 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.
Harold Baines Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Harold Baines Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Harold Baines's MLB career with Equivalent 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.
Harold Baines Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table