How Vida Blue's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Vida Blue posted a career Batting Average of .104, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1970, posting .200, well below the league average of .251 that year. The lowest point came in 1969 at .000, well below the league average of .246 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .133 in 1985 to .093 in 1986. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .200 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Vida Blue Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Vida Blue Batting Average Per Season

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

Vida Blue Batting Average by Team

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

Vida Blue Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Vida Blue'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.
Vida Blue Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Vida Blue Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Vida Blue'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.
Vida Blue Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Vida Blue Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Vida Blue'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.
Vida Blue Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table