How Rollie Hemsley's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Rollie Hemsley posted a career Batting Average of .262, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1947, posting .333, well above the league average of .257 that year. The lowest point came in 1942 at .190, well below the league average of .256 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .268 in 1944 to .223 in 1946 and .333 in 1947. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 19 seasons.

Rollie Hemsley Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Rollie Hemsley Batting Average Per Season

Rollie Hemsley'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, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rollie Hemsley Batting Average per season line chart

Rollie Hemsley Batting Average by Team

Rollie Hemsley's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Rollie Hemsley Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rollie Hemsley'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.
Rollie Hemsley Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Rollie Hemsley Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rollie Hemsley'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.
Rollie Hemsley Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rollie Hemsley Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rollie Hemsley'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.
Rollie Hemsley Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table