How Dave Boswell's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dave Boswell posted a career Batting Average of .202, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1965, posting .316, well above the league average of .243 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at .143, well below the league average of .240 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .170 in 1969 to .160 in 1970 and .200 in 1971. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 8 seasons.

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Dave Boswell Batting Average Per Season

Dave Boswell'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.
Dave Boswell Batting Average per season line chart

Dave Boswell Batting Average by Team

Dave Boswell'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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Dave Boswell Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Boswell'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.
Dave Boswell Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Boswell Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Boswell'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.
Dave Boswell Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Boswell Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Boswell'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.
Dave Boswell Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table