How Ian Desmond's Hits Compares to Similar Players

Ian Desmond totaled 1 career Hits, well below the league average of 581.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 1 season, the Hits arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Hits arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 1 season.

Ian Desmond Lifetime Hits and Similar Stats

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Ian Desmond Hits Per Season

Ian Desmond's Hits 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 Hits per season line chart

Ian Desmond Hits by Team

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

Ian Desmond Cumulative Hits — Career Progression

A running total of Ian Desmond'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.
Ian Desmond Hits year-over-year waterfall chart

Ian Desmond Hits Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ian Desmond'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.
Ian Desmond Hits distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ian Desmond Hits — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ian Desmond'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.
Ian Desmond Hits season-by-season breakdown table