How Lefty Grove's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Lefty Grove posted a career Batting Average of .148, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1929, posting .216, well below the league average of .286 that year. The lowest point came in 1935 at .079, well below the league average of .281 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .134 in 1939 to .151 in 1940 and .111 in 1941. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .079 to .216 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Lefty Grove Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Lefty Grove
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| Career | 0.148 | 1579 | 1369 | 0.246 |
| Season Avg. | 0.148 | 92.88 | 80.53 | 0.246 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.148 | 413.24 | 358.28 | 0.246 |
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Lefty Grove Batting Average Per Season
Lefty Grove'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Lefty Grove Batting Average by Team
Lefty Grove's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lefty Grove Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Lefty Grove'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.
Lefty Grove Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Lefty Grove'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.
Lefty Grove Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Lefty Grove'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.
