How Billy Hamilton's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Billy Hamilton posted a career Batting Average of .344, well above the league average of .263 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batting Average season came in 1894, posting .403, well above the league average of .325 that year. The lowest point came in 1888 at .264, near the league average of .263 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .310 in 1899 to .333 in 1900 and .287 in 1901. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 14 seasons.
Billy Hamilton Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.344 | 7608 | 6283 | 0.361 |
| Season Avg. | 0.344 | 543.43 | 448.79 | 0.361 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.344 | 773.21 | 638.55 | 0.361 |
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Billy Hamilton Batting Average Per Season
Billy Hamilton'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, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Billy Hamilton Batting Average by Team
Billy Hamilton's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Billy Hamilton Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Billy Hamilton'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.
Billy Hamilton Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Billy Hamilton'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.
Billy Hamilton Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Billy Hamilton'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.
