How Brett Butler's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Brett Butler posted a career Batting Average of .290, above the league average of .263 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1985, posting .311, well above the league average of .256 that year. The lowest point came in 1982 at .217, below the league average of .261 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .300 in 1995 to .267 in 1996 and .283 in 1997. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 16 seasons.
Brett Butler Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Brett Butler
| Brett Butler Batting Average | Brett Butler Plate Appearances | Brett Butler At Bats | Brett Butler BABIP |
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| Career | 0.29 | 9545 | 8180 | 0.319 |
| Season Avg. | 0.29 | 561.47 | 481.18 | 0.319 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.29 | 698.73 | 598.81 | 0.319 |
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Brett Butler Batting Average Per Season
Brett Butler'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, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Brett Butler Batting Average by Team
Brett Butler's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Brett Butler Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Brett Butler'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.
Brett Butler Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Brett Butler'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.
Brett Butler Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Brett Butler'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.