How Jim French's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Jim French posted a career Equivalent Average of .636, below the league average of .748 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1965, posting .853, well above the league average of .702 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .342, well below the league average of .681 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .699 in 1969 to .662 in 1970 and .500 in 1971. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 7 seasons.

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Jim French Equivalent Average Per Season

Jim French'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, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim French Equivalent Average per season line chart

Jim French Equivalent Average by Team

Jim French's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim French career Equivalent Average by team bar chart

Jim French Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim French'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.
Jim French Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim French Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim French'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.
Jim French Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim French Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim French'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.
Jim French Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table