How Lance Berkman's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Lance Berkman posted a career Batting Average of .294, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 2001, posting .331, well above the league average of .265 that year. The lowest point came in 1999 at .237, below the league average of .273 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .301 in 2011 to .259 in 2012 and .242 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. 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.

Lance Berkman Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Lance Berkman Batting Average Per Season

Lance Berkman'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, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Lance Berkman Batting Average per season line chart

Lance Berkman Batting Average by Team

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

Lance Berkman Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Lance Berkman'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.
Lance Berkman Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Lance Berkman Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Lance Berkman'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.
Lance Berkman Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Lance Berkman Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Lance Berkman'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.
Lance Berkman Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table