Ken Griffey Jr. Hits

Ken Griffey Jr. Career Hits Overview

During Ken Griffey Jr.'s 22-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 2781 hits, an average of 126 hits per season. 1997 was his best season with 185 hits and his worst season was 2010 when he had 18 hits. Ken Griffey Jr. outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (582.834), Gen X (650.818), Y (2274.55), mlb (581.433), and CF (667.898) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Base hits (H), commonly referred to as hits, is credited to a player when they reach or pass first without the benifit of a feilding error or fielders choice during an at bat. Generally, for Hits, higher is better. (Source)

Ken Griffey Jr. Lifetime Hits and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Hits for Ken Griffey Jr.

	Ken Griffey Jr. Hits	Ken Griffey Jr. Extra Base Hits
Career	2781	1192
Season Avg.	126	54
162 Game Avg.	169	72
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Ken Griffey Jr. Hits By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Ken Griffey Jr.'s yearly Hits for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, CF, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Ken Griffey Jr. Cumulative Hits by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Ken Griffey Jr.'s career Hits progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Ken Griffey Jr.'s career Hits at the end of that season.

Ken Griffey Jr. Hits By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Ken Griffey Jr. and related player groups by summarizing Hits for each season played by Ken Griffey Jr.. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!

Ken Griffey Jr. Hits Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Ken Griffey Jr. Hits stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, CF, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Ken Griffey Jr. career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.