How Bruce Howard's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Bruce Howard posted a career Batting Average of .116, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1963, posting .250, near the league average of .246 that year. The lowest point came in 1964 at .000, well below the league average of .247 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .070 in 1966 to .179 in 1967 and .087 in 1968. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .250 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bruce Howard Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Bruce Howard Batting Average Per Season

Bruce Howard'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bruce Howard Batting Average per season line chart

Bruce Howard Batting Average by Team

Bruce Howard'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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Bruce Howard Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bruce Howard'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.
Bruce Howard Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Bruce Howard Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bruce Howard'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.
Bruce Howard Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bruce Howard Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bruce Howard'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.
Bruce Howard Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table