How Dave Brain's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Dave Brain posted a career Batting Average of .252, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1901, posting .350, well above the league average of .270 that year. The lowest point came in 1908 at .125, well below the league average of .241 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .250 in 1906 to .279 in 1907 and .125 in 1908. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 7 seasons.
Dave Brain Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Dave Brain
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| Career | 0.252 | 2743 | 2543 | 0.267 |
| Season Avg. | 0.252 | 391.86 | 363.29 | 0.267 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.252 | 654.44 | 606.72 | 0.267 |
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Dave Brain Batting Average Per Season
Dave Brain'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, 3B, Europe, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave Brain Batting Average by Team
Dave Brain's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave Brain Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Brain'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.
Dave Brain Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dave Brain'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.
Dave Brain Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dave Brain'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.
