How Eric Hinske's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Eric Hinske posted a career Batting Average of .249, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 2002, posting .279, near the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 2013 at .173, well below the league average of .258 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .233 in 2011 to .197 in 2012 and .173 in 2013. 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 12 seasons.
Eric Hinske Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Eric Hinske
| Eric Hinske Batting Average | Eric Hinske Plate Appearances | Eric Hinske At Bats | Eric Hinske BABIP |
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| Career | 0.249 | 4310 | 3797 | 0.295 |
| Season Avg. | 0.249 | 359.17 | 316.42 | 0.295 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.249 | 503.4 | 443.49 | 0.295 |
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Eric Hinske Batting Average Per Season
Eric Hinske'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.
Eric Hinske Batting Average by Team
Eric Hinske's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Eric Hinske Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Eric Hinske'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.
Eric Hinske Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Eric Hinske'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.
Eric Hinske Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Eric Hinske'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.