How Jim Bottomley's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Jim Bottomley posted a career Batting Average of .310, above the league average of .263 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1923, posting .371, well above the league average of .287 that year. The lowest point came in 1937 at .239, below the league average of .274 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .258 in 1935 to .298 in 1936 and .239 in 1937. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 16 seasons.
Jim Bottomley Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.31 | 8355 | 7471 | 0.314 |
| Season Avg. | 0.31 | 522.19 | 466.94 | 0.314 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.31 | 679.81 | 607.89 | 0.314 |
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Jim Bottomley Batting Average Per Season
Jim Bottomley's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Bottomley Batting Average by Team
Jim Bottomley's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Bottomley Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Bottomley'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.
Jim Bottomley Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jim Bottomley'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.
Jim Bottomley Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jim Bottomley'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.
