How Cole Hamels's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Cole Hamels posted a career Batting Average of .169, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 2008, posting .224, below the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 2017 at .000, well below the league average of .258 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 2017 to .120 in 2018 and .143 in 2019. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .224 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Cole Hamels Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Cole Hamels
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| Career | 0.169 | 778 | 688 | 0.283 |
| Season Avg. | 0.169 | 51.87 | 45.87 | 0.283 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.169 | 293.11 | 259.2 | 0.283 |
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Cole Hamels Batting Average Per Season
Cole Hamels's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Cole Hamels Batting Average by Team
Cole Hamels's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cole Hamels Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Cole Hamels'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.
Cole Hamels Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Cole Hamels'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.
Cole Hamels Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Cole Hamels'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.
