How Jay Hook's Hits Compares to Similar Players

Jay Hook totaled 808 career Hits, near the starting pitcher average of 770.5 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Hits season came in 1958, posting 3, well below the starting pitcher average of 112.1 that year. The highest point came in 1962 at 230, well above the starting pitcher average of 127.2 that year. The Hits trended upward through the final seasons. The Hits total went from 230 in 1962 to 168 in 1963 and 17 in 1964, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Hits profile — ranging from 3 to 230 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Jay Hook Lifetime Hits and Similar Stats

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Jay Hook Hits Per Season

Jay Hook's Hits for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jay Hook Hits per season line chart

Jay Hook Hits by Team

Jay Hook's career Hits totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jay Hook career Hits by team bar chart

Jay Hook Cumulative Hits — Career Progression

A running total of Jay Hook's career Hits, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Jay Hook Hits year-over-year waterfall chart

Jay Hook Hits Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jay Hook's seasonal Hits 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.
Jay Hook Hits distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jay Hook Hits — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jay Hook's MLB career with Hits 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.
Jay Hook Hits season-by-season breakdown table