How Billy Beane's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Billy Beane posted a career Batting Average of .219, below the league average of .262 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 1987, posting .267, near the league average of .265 that year. The lowest point came in 1984 at .100, well below the league average of .264 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .267 in 1987 to .167 in 1988 and .241 in 1989. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .100 to .267 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Billy Beane Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Billy Beane Batting Average Per Season

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

Billy Beane Batting Average by Team

Billy Beane's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Billy Beane career Batting Average by team bar chart

Billy Beane Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Billy Beane'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.
Billy Beane Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Billy Beane Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Billy Beane'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.
Billy Beane Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Billy Beane Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Billy Beane'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.
Billy Beane Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table