How Bill James's Total Average Compares to Similar Players
Bill James posted a career Total Average of .366, well below the league average of .673 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the Total Average arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Total Average arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Total Average profile — ranging from .000 to .486 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Bill James Lifetime Total Average
Stats similar to Total Average for Bill James
| Bill James
Total Average |
|---|
| Career | 0.366 |
| Season Avg. | 0.366 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.366 |
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Bill James Total Average Per Season
Bill James's Total 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 Total Average by Team
Bill James's career Total Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill James Total Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill James'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.
Bill James Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill James'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.
Bill James Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill James'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.
