How Bill Buckner's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Bill Buckner posted a career Batting Average of .289, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1980, posting .324, well above the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1969 at .000, well below the league average of .255 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .249 in 1988 to .216 in 1989 and .186 in 1990. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .324 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Bill Buckner Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.289 | 10033 | 9397 | 0.287 |
| Season Avg. | 0.289 | 456.05 | 427.14 | 0.287 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.289 | 645.75 | 604.81 | 0.287 |
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Bill Buckner Batting Average Per Season
Bill Buckner'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, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Buckner Batting Average by Team
Bill Buckner's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Buckner Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Buckner'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.
Bill Buckner Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill Buckner'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.
Bill Buckner Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill Buckner'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.
