How Sam Crawford's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Sam Crawford posted a career Batting Average of .190, well below the league average of .268 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1926, posting 1.0. The lowest point came in 1914 at .000. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .217 in 1928 to .000 in 1929 and .000 in 1931. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to 1.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

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Sam Crawford Batting Average Per Season

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

Sam Crawford Batting Average by Team

Sam Crawford'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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Sam Crawford Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Crawford'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.
Sam Crawford Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Crawford Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Crawford'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.
Sam Crawford Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Crawford Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Crawford'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.
Sam Crawford Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table