How Monte Irvin's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Monte Irvin posted a career Batting Average of .306, above the league average of .263 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1942, posting .500. The lowest point came in 1938 at .000. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .262 in 1954 to .253 in 1955 and .271 in 1956. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .500 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Monte Irvin Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Monte Irvin Batting Average Per Season

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

Monte Irvin Batting Average by Team

Monte Irvin'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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Monte Irvin Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Monte Irvin'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.
Monte Irvin Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Monte Irvin Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Monte Irvin'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.
Monte Irvin Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Monte Irvin Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Monte Irvin'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.
Monte Irvin Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table