How Miguel Cabrera's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Miguel Cabrera posted a career Batting Average of .307, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 2013, posting .348, well above the league average of .258 that year. The lowest point came in 2017 at .250, near the league average of .256 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .256 in 2021 to .254 in 2022 and .258 in 2023. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 20 seasons.

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Miguel Cabrera Batting Average Per Season

Miguel Cabrera's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 1B, South America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Miguel Cabrera Batting Average per season line chart

Miguel Cabrera Batting Average by Team

Miguel Cabrera's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Miguel Cabrera Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Miguel Cabrera'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.
Miguel Cabrera Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Miguel Cabrera Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Miguel Cabrera'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.
Miguel Cabrera Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Miguel Cabrera Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Miguel Cabrera'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.
Miguel Cabrera Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table