How Steve Hovley's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Steve Hovley posted a career Batting Average of .258, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1969, posting .277, above the league average of .246 that year. The lowest point came in 1971 at .111, well below the league average of .246 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .111 in 1971 to .270 in 1972 and .254 in 1973. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .111 to .277 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Steve Hovley Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Steve Hovley
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| Career | 0.258 | 1152 | 1019 | 0.288 |
| Season Avg. | 0.258 | 230.4 | 203.8 | 0.288 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.258 | 428.04 | 378.62 | 0.288 |
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Steve Hovley Batting Average Per Season
Steve Hovley'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.
Steve Hovley Batting Average by Team
Steve Hovley's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Steve Hovley Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Hovley'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.
Steve Hovley Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Steve Hovley'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.
Steve Hovley Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Steve Hovley'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.
