How John Baker's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

John Baker posted a career Batting Average of .247, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 2008, posting .300, above the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 2013 at .150, well below the league average of .252 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .238 in 2012 to .150 in 2013 and .192 in 2014. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 7 seasons.

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John Baker Batting Average Per Season

John Baker'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, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
John Baker Batting Average per season line chart

John Baker Batting Average by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how John Baker'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.
John Baker Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

John Baker Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes John Baker'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.
John Baker Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

John Baker Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of John Baker'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.
John Baker Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table