How Bill James's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Bill James posted a career Batting Average of .231, below the league average of .263 — a level that fell short of typical league production. Across 4 seasons, the Batting Average arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Batting Average arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .256 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Bill James Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Bill James
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| Career | 0.231 | 210 | 199 | 0.297 |
| Season Avg. | 0.231 | 52.5 | 49.75 | 0.297 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.231 | 386.59 | 366.34 | 0.297 |
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Bill James Batting Average Per Season
Bill James'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill James Batting Average by Team
Bill James's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill James Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill James'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.
Bill James Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill James'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.
Bill James Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill James'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.
