How Fred Hatfield's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Fred Hatfield posted a career Batting Average of .242, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1954, posting .294, above the league average of .257 that year. The lowest point came in 1958 at .111, well below the league average of .256 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .261 in 1956 to .202 in 1957 and .111 in 1958. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 9 seasons.
Fred Hatfield Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.242 | 2362 | 2039 | 0.264 |
| Season Avg. | 0.242 | 262.44 | 226.56 | 0.264 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.242 | 529.98 | 457.5 | 0.264 |
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Fred Hatfield Batting Average Per Season
Fred Hatfield'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, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Fred Hatfield Batting Average by Team
Fred Hatfield's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Fred Hatfield Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Fred Hatfield'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.
Fred Hatfield Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Fred Hatfield'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.
Fred Hatfield Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Fred Hatfield'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.
