How A. J. Cole's Hits Compares to Similar Players

A. J. Cole totaled 213 career Hits, well below the relief pitcher average of 281.5 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest Hits season came in 2021, posting 6, well below the relief pitcher average of 31.2 that year. The highest point came in 2018 at 55, well above the relief pitcher average of 35.2 that year. The Hits trended upward through the final seasons. The Hits total went from 55 in 2018 to 31 in 2019 and 6 in 2021, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Hits profile — ranging from 6 to 55 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

A. J. Cole Lifetime Hits and Similar Stats

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A. J. Cole Hits Per Season

A. J. Cole's Hits for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
A. J. Cole Hits per season line chart

A. J. Cole Hits by Team

A. J. Cole's career Hits totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
A. J. Cole career Hits by team bar chart

A. J. Cole Cumulative Hits — Career Progression

A running total of A. J. Cole's career Hits, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
A. J. Cole Hits year-over-year waterfall chart

A. J. Cole Hits Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes A. J. Cole's seasonal Hits 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.
A. J. Cole Hits distribution box chart versus comparable players

A. J. Cole Hits — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of A. J. Cole's MLB career with Hits 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.
A. J. Cole Hits season-by-season breakdown table