How Jacoby Ellsbury's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Jacoby Ellsbury posted a career Batting Average of .284, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 2007, posting .353, well above the league average of .269 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at .192, well below the league average of .260 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .257 in 2015 to .263 in 2016 and .264 in 2017. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 11 seasons.

Jacoby Ellsbury Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Jacoby Ellsbury Batting Average Per Season

Jacoby Ellsbury'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.
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Jacoby Ellsbury Batting Average by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Jacoby Ellsbury'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.
Jacoby Ellsbury Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Jacoby Ellsbury Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jacoby Ellsbury'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.
Jacoby Ellsbury Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jacoby Ellsbury Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jacoby Ellsbury'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.
Jacoby Ellsbury Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table