How Larry Doby's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Larry Doby posted a career Equivalent Average of .893, above the league average of .748 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1946, posting 1.03. The lowest point came in 1944 at .583. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .843 in 1957 to .838 in 1958 and .619 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 Equivalent Average

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Larry Doby Equivalent Average Per Season

Larry Doby's Equivalent 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 Equivalent Average per season line chart

Larry Doby Equivalent Average by Team

Larry Doby's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Larry Doby Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Larry Doby's career Equivalent 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 Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Larry Doby Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Larry Doby's seasonal Equivalent 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 Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Larry Doby Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Larry Doby's MLB career with Equivalent 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.
Larry Doby Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table