How Larry Doby's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Larry Doby posted a career Batting Average of .289, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1946, posting .363. The lowest point came in 1944 at .200. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .289 in 1957 to .283 in 1958 and .230 in 1959. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 17 seasons.
Larry Doby Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Larry Doby
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| Career | 0.289 | 6920 | 5883 | 0.308 |
| Season Avg. | 0.289 | 407.06 | 346.06 | 0.308 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.289 | 669.68 | 569.32 | 0.308 |
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Larry Doby Batting Average Per Season
Larry Doby's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Larry Doby Batting Average by Team
Larry Doby's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Larry Doby Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Larry Doby'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.
Larry Doby Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Larry Doby'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.
Larry Doby Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Larry Doby'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.
