How Lou Gehrig's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Lou Gehrig posted a career Batting Average of .340, well above the league average of .262 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batting Average season came in 1924, posting .500, well above the league average of .293 that year. The lowest point came in 1939 at .143, well below the league average of .278 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .352 in 1937 to .295 in 1938 and .143 in 1939. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 17 seasons.
Lou Gehrig Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Lou Gehrig
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| Career | 0.34 | 9660 | 8001 | 0.332 |
| Season Avg. | 0.34 | 568.24 | 470.65 | 0.332 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.34 | 723.16 | 598.97 | 0.332 |
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Lou Gehrig Batting Average Per Season
Lou Gehrig'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, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Lou Gehrig Batting Average by Team
Lou Gehrig's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lou Gehrig Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Lou Gehrig'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.
Lou Gehrig Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Lou Gehrig'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.
Lou Gehrig Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Lou Gehrig'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.
