How Dave Collins's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Dave Collins posted a career Batting Average of .272, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1979, posting .318, well above the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1978 at .216, below the league average of .257 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .236 in 1988 to .236 in 1989 and .224 in 1990. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 16 seasons.
Dave Collins Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.272 | 5507 | 4907 | 0.307 |
| Season Avg. | 0.272 | 344.19 | 306.69 | 0.307 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.272 | 524.48 | 467.33 | 0.307 |
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Dave Collins Batting Average Per Season
Dave Collins'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, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave Collins Batting Average by Team
Dave Collins's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave Collins Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Collins'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.
Dave Collins Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dave Collins'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.
Dave Collins Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dave Collins'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.
