How Sam Barkley's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Sam Barkley posted a career Batting Average of .259, near the league average of .245 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1884, posting .306, above the league average of .274 that year. The lowest point came in 1888 at .216, below the league average of .252 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .224 in 1887 to .216 in 1888 and .284 in 1889. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 6 seasons.
Sam Barkley Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.259 | 2517 | 2329 | 0.266 |
| Season Avg. | 0.259 | 419.5 | 388.17 | 0.266 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.259 | 700.61 | 648.28 | 0.266 |
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Sam Barkley Batting Average Per Season
Sam Barkley's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American Association, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Barkley Batting Average by Team
Sam Barkley's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Barkley Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Barkley'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.
Sam Barkley Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam Barkley'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.
Sam Barkley Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam Barkley'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.
