How Sam Bowens's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Sam Bowens posted a career Batting Average of .223, below the league average of .262 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 1963, posting .333, well above the league average of .246 that year. The lowest point came in 1965 at .163, well below the league average of .243 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .183 in 1967 to .191 in 1968 and .193 in 1969. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 7 seasons.
Sam Bowens Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Sam Bowens
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| Career | 0.223 | 1418 | 1287 | 0.253 |
| Season Avg. | 0.223 | 202.57 | 183.86 | 0.253 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.223 | 479.57 | 435.27 | 0.253 |
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Sam Bowens Batting Average Per Season
Sam Bowens'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, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Bowens Batting Average by Team
Sam Bowens's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Bowens Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Bowens'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.
Sam Bowens Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam Bowens'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.
Sam Bowens Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam Bowens'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.
