How John Glenn's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

John Glenn posted a career Batting Average of .267 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1871, posting .308. The lowest point came in 1872 at .186. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .244 in 1875 to .304 in 1876 and .228 in 1877. 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 7 seasons.

John Glenn Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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John Glenn Batting Average Per Season

John Glenn's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Unknown, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
John Glenn Batting Average per season line chart

John Glenn Batting Average by Team

John Glenn's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
John Glenn career Batting Average by team bar chart

John Glenn Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how John Glenn'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.
John Glenn Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

John Glenn Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes John Glenn'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.
John Glenn Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

John Glenn Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of John Glenn'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.
John Glenn Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table