How Shoeless Joe Jackson's Total Average Compares to Similar Players

Shoeless Joe Jackson posted a career Total Average of 1.02, well above the league average of .678 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Total Average season came in 1911, posting 1.31, well above the league average of .705 that year. The lowest point came in 1908 at .150, well below the league average of .550 that year. The Total Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.02 in 1918 to .997 in 1919 and 1.12 in 1920. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Total Average profile — ranging from .150 to 1.31 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Shoeless Joe Jackson Lifetime Total Average

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Shoeless Joe Jackson Total Average Per Season

Shoeless Joe Jackson's Total 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 Total Average per season line chart

Shoeless Joe Jackson Total Average by Team

Shoeless Joe Jackson's career Total Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Shoeless Joe Jackson career Total Average by team bar chart

Shoeless Joe Jackson Total Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Shoeless Joe Jackson's career Total 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 Total Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Shoeless Joe Jackson Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Shoeless Joe Jackson's seasonal Total 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 Total Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Shoeless Joe Jackson Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Shoeless Joe Jackson's MLB career with Total 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.
Shoeless Joe Jackson Total Average season-by-season breakdown table