How Shoeless Joe Jackson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Shoeless Joe Jackson posted a career Batting Average of .356, well above the league average of .262 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batting Average season came in 1911, posting .408, well above the league average of .278 that year. The lowest point came in 1908 at .130, well below the league average of .241 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .354 in 1918 to .351 in 1919 and .383 in 1920. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 13 seasons.
Shoeless Joe Jackson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Shoeless Joe Jackson
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| Career | 0.356 | 5690 | 4981 | 0.366 |
| Season Avg. | 0.356 | 437.69 | 383.15 | 0.366 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.356 | 692.03 | 605.8 | 0.366 |
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Shoeless Joe Jackson Batting Average Per Season
Shoeless Joe Jackson'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.
Shoeless Joe Jackson Batting Average by Team
Shoeless Joe Jackson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Shoeless Joe Jackson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Shoeless Joe Jackson'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.
Shoeless Joe Jackson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Shoeless Joe Jackson'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.
Shoeless Joe Jackson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Shoeless Joe Jackson'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.
