How Ian Desmond's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Ian Desmond posted a career Batting Average of .263, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 2012, posting .292, above the league average of .255 that year. The lowest point came in 2015 at .233, near the league average of .256 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .274 in 2017 to .236 in 2018 and .255 in 2019. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 11 seasons.
Ian Desmond Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Ian Desmond
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| Career | 0.263 | 5944 | 5442 | 0.321 |
| Season Avg. | 0.263 | 540.36 | 494.73 | 0.321 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.263 | 651.51 | 596.48 | 0.321 |
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Ian Desmond Batting Average Per Season
Ian Desmond'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, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ian Desmond Batting Average by Team
Ian Desmond's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ian Desmond Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ian Desmond'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.
Ian Desmond Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ian Desmond'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.
Ian Desmond Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ian Desmond'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.
