How Joe Cates's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Joe Cates posted a career Batting Average of .223, below the league average of .265 — a level that fell short of typical league production. Across 1 season, the Batting Average arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Batting Average arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 1 season.

Joe Cates Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Joe Cates Batting Average Per Season

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

Joe Cates Batting Average by Team

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

Joe Cates Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Cates'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.
Joe Cates Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Cates Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Cates'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.
Joe Cates Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Cates Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Cates'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.
Joe Cates Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table