How James Brown's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

James Brown posted a career Batting Average of .259, near the league average of .273 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1943, posting .359. The lowest point came in 1939 at .158. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .185 in 1942 to .359 in 1943 and .286 in 1947. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .158 to .359 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

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James Brown Batting Average Per Season

James Brown's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
James Brown Batting Average per season line chart

James Brown Batting Average by Team

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

James Brown Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how James Brown'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.
James Brown Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

James Brown Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes James Brown'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.
James Brown Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

James Brown Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of James Brown'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.
James Brown Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table