How Ken Griffey Jr.'s Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Ken Griffey Jr. posted a career Batting Average of .284, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1991, posting .327, well above the league average of .260 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at .184, well below the league average of .260 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .249 in 2008 to .215 in 2009 and .184 in 2010. 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 21 seasons.
Ken Griffey Jr. Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.284 | 11304 | 9801 | 0.287 |
| Season Avg. | 0.284 | 513.82 | 445.5 | 0.287 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.284 | 685.6 | 594.44 | 0.287 |
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Ken Griffey Jr. Batting Average Per Season
Ken Griffey Jr.'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, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ken Griffey Jr. Batting Average by Team
Ken Griffey Jr.'s career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ken Griffey Jr. Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ken Griffey Jr.'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.
Ken Griffey Jr. Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ken Griffey Jr.'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.
Ken Griffey Jr. Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ken Griffey Jr.'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.
