How Joe Bowman's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Joe Bowman posted a career Batting Average of .221, below the league average of .263 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 1932, posting 1.0, well above the league average of .278 that year. The lowest point came in 1945 at .088, well below the league average of .270 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .258 in 1941 to .200 in 1944 and .088 in 1945. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .088 to 1.0 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Joe Bowman Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Joe Bowman Batting Average Per Season

Joe Bowman'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Bowman Batting Average per season line chart

Joe Bowman Batting Average by Team

Joe Bowman's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Bowman career Batting Average by team bar chart

Joe Bowman Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Bowman'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.
Joe Bowman Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Bowman Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Bowman'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.
Joe Bowman Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Bowman Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Bowman'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.
Joe Bowman Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table