How Joe Gordon's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Joe Gordon posted a career Batting Average of .268, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1942, posting .322, well above the league average of .256 that year. The lowest point came in 1946 at .210, below the league average of .257 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .280 in 1948 to .251 in 1949 and .236 in 1950. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 11 seasons.
Joe Gordon Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Joe Gordon
| Joe Gordon Batting Average | Joe Gordon Plate Appearances | Joe Gordon At Bats | Joe Gordon BABIP |
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| Career | 0.268 | 6536 | 5707 | 0.269 |
| Season Avg. | 0.268 | 594.18 | 518.82 | 0.269 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.268 | 676.14 | 590.38 | 0.269 |
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Joe Gordon Batting Average Per Season
Joe Gordon'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, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Gordon Batting Average by Team
Joe Gordon's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Gordon Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Gordon'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.
Joe Gordon Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Joe Gordon'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.
Joe Gordon Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Joe Gordon'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.