How Sammy Haynes's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Sammy Haynes posted a career Batting Average of .197, well below the league average of .268 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 3 seasons, the Batting Average arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the Batting Average arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. The Batting Average profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 3 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.

Sammy Haynes Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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162 Game Avg.0.197486460.930.197
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Sammy Haynes Batting Average Per Season

Sammy Haynes's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro American League, Hall of Fame, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sammy Haynes Batting Average per season line chart

Sammy Haynes Batting Average by Team

Sammy Haynes's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sammy Haynes career Batting Average by team bar chart

Sammy Haynes Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sammy Haynes'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.
Sammy Haynes Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Sammy Haynes Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sammy Haynes'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.
Sammy Haynes Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sammy Haynes Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sammy Haynes'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.
Sammy Haynes Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table