How Bobby Doerr's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Bobby Doerr posted a career Batting Average of .288, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1944, posting .325, well above the league average of .263 that year. The lowest point came in 1937 at .225, well below the league average of .282 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .309 in 1949 to .294 in 1950 and .289 in 1951. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 14 seasons.

Bobby Doerr Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Bobby Doerr Batting Average Per Season

Bobby Doerr'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, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bobby Doerr Batting Average per season line chart

Bobby Doerr Batting Average by Team

Bobby Doerr's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bobby Doerr career Batting Average by team bar chart

Bobby Doerr Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bobby Doerr'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.
Bobby Doerr Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Bobby Doerr Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bobby Doerr'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.
Bobby Doerr Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bobby Doerr Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bobby Doerr'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.
Bobby Doerr Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table