How Willie Hernandez's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Willie Hernandez posted a career Batting Average of .206, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1983, posting .400, well above the league average of .263 that year. The lowest point came in 1978 at .000, well below the league average of .260 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .400 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Willie Hernandez Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Willie Hernandez Batting Average Per Season

Willie Hernandez'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, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Willie Hernandez Batting Average per season line chart

Willie Hernandez Batting Average by Team

Willie Hernandez'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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Willie Hernandez Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Willie Hernandez'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.
Willie Hernandez Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Willie Hernandez Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Willie Hernandez'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.
Willie Hernandez Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Willie Hernandez Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Willie Hernandez'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.
Willie Hernandez Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table