Lou Gehrig Career Batting Average Overview
Lou Gehrig's Batting Average was 0.34 for his 17-year Major League Baseball career.
1924 was his best season when his Batting Average was 0.5 and his worst season was 1939
when his Batting Average was 0.143. Lou Gehrig outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals,
besting USA (0.250558), The Greatest Generation (0.258394), Y (0.298075), mlb (0.250237), and 1B (0.258739) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Batting average (BA) is the number of hits divided by the number of at bats of a player over a defined period of time, typically a season or career. Generally, for Batting Average, higher is better. (
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Lou Gehrig Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Lou Gehrig
| Lou GehrigBatting Average | Lou GehrigPlate Appearances | Lou GehrigAt Bats | Lou GehrigBABIP |
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Career | 0.34 | 9660 | 8001 | 0.332 |
Season Avg. | 0.342 | 568 | 471 | 0.35 |
162 Game Avg. | 0.34 | 723 | 599 | 0.332 |
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Lou Gehrig Batting Average By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Lou Gehrig's yearly Batting Average
for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison,
are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, 1B, and players from their
country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
Lou Gehrig Batting Average By Year Change
This waterfall chart attempts to show how Lou Gehrig's career Batting Average changed per season.
This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Batting Average Lou Gehrig
had at that season in his career.
Lou Gehrig Batting Average By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Lou Gehrig and related player groups by summarizing Batting Average
for each season played by Lou Gehrig. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box
being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and
medians to draw your conclusions!
Lou Gehrig Batting Average Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Lou Gehrig Batting Average stats per season for his full MLB career with the
aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season
player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players,
1B, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each
group for each year of Lou Gehrig career.
Note: "—" indicate there were no players
for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may
not have been a hall of famer playing that year.