How Jim Bouton's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Jim Bouton posted a career Batting Average of .101, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1970, posting .353, well above the league average of .251 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .000, well below the league average of .237 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 1969 to .353 in 1970 and .000 in 1978. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .353 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Jim Bouton Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Jim Bouton
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| Career | 0.101 | 394 | 347 | 0.186 |
| Season Avg. | 0.101 | 39.4 | 34.7 | 0.186 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.101 | 207.91 | 183.11 | 0.186 |
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Jim Bouton Batting Average Per Season
Jim Bouton'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.
Jim Bouton Batting Average by Team
Jim Bouton's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Bouton Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Bouton'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 Bouton Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jim Bouton'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 Bouton Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jim Bouton'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.
