How Russ Gibson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Russ Gibson posted a career Batting Average of .228, below the league average of .262 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 1969, posting .251, near the league average of .246 that year. The lowest point came in 1972 at .167, well below the league average of .241 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .232 in 1970 to .193 in 1971 and .167 in 1972. 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 6 seasons.

Russ Gibson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Russ Gibson Batting Average Per Season

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

Russ Gibson Batting Average by Team

Russ Gibson'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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Russ Gibson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Russ Gibson'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.
Russ Gibson Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Russ Gibson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Russ Gibson'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.
Russ Gibson Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Russ Gibson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Russ Gibson'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.
Russ Gibson Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table