How Larry Bowa's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Larry Bowa posted a career Batting Average of .260, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1975, posting .305, above the league average of .261 that year. The lowest point came in 1973 at .211, below the league average of .258 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .267 in 1983 to .223 in 1984 and .234 in 1985. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 16 seasons.
Larry Bowa Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Larry Bowa
| Larry Bowa
Batting Average | Larry Bowa
Plate Appearances | Larry Bowa
At Bats | Larry Bowa
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.26 | 9103 | 8418 | 0.276 |
| Season Avg. | 0.26 | 568.94 | 526.13 | 0.276 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.26 | 656.29 | 606.91 | 0.276 |
| More Info | See More | See More | See More | See More |
Larry Bowa Batting Average Per Season
Larry Bowa'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, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Larry Bowa Batting Average by Team
Larry Bowa's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Larry Bowa Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Larry Bowa'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.
Larry Bowa Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Larry Bowa'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.
Larry Bowa Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Larry Bowa'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.
