How Ken Hamlin's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Ken Hamlin posted a career Batting Average of .241, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1965, posting .274, above the league average of .243 that year. The lowest point came in 1957 at .000, well below the league average of .256 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .253 in 1962 to .274 in 1965 and .215 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .274 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Ken Hamlin Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Ken Hamlin
| Ken Hamlin Batting Average | Ken Hamlin Plate Appearances | Ken Hamlin At Bats | Ken Hamlin BABIP |
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| Career | 0.241 | 1502 | 1340 | 0.261 |
| Season Avg. | 0.241 | 214.57 | 191.43 | 0.261 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.241 | 519.92 | 463.85 | 0.261 |
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Ken Hamlin Batting Average Per Season
Ken Hamlin'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, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ken Hamlin Batting Average by Team
Ken Hamlin's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ken Hamlin Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ken Hamlin'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 Hamlin Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ken Hamlin'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 Hamlin Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ken Hamlin'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.