How Mike Hershberger's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Mike Hershberger posted a career Batting Average of .252, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1961, posting .309, above the league average of .258 that year. The lowest point came in 1969 at .202, below the league average of .246 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .202 in 1969 to .235 in 1970 and .260 in 1971. 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 11 seasons.
Mike Hershberger Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.252 | 3983 | 3572 | 0.268 |
| Season Avg. | 0.252 | 362.09 | 324.73 | 0.268 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.252 | 561.08 | 503.19 | 0.268 |
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Mike Hershberger Batting Average Per Season
Mike Hershberger'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, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mike Hershberger Batting Average by Team
Mike Hershberger's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mike Hershberger Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Hershberger'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.
Mike Hershberger Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mike Hershberger'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.
Mike Hershberger Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mike Hershberger'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.
