Derek Jeter Batting Average

Derek Jeter Career Batting Average Overview

Derek Jeter is a former professional baseball player who played for the New York Yankees for 20 seasons from 1995 to 2014. Jeter is widely regarded as one of the greatest shortstops in baseball history, and his career batting average is one of the many impressive statistics that he achieved during his career.

Jeter had a career batting average of .310, which means that he got a hit in 31% of his at-bats throughout his career. This is an impressive statistic, especially considering that Jeter had over 11,000 at-bats during his career. Jeter's high batting average was due to his excellent hand-eye coordination, his ability to hit to all fields, and his consistent swing.

Jeter's career batting average ranks him among the best hitters in baseball history. He is one of only 28 players in Major League Baseball history to have a career batting average of .300 or higher with at least 3,000 hits. Jeter finished his career with 3,465 hits, which is the sixth-highest total in MLB history.

Overall, Derek Jeter's career batting average is just one of the many impressive statistics that he achieved throughout his career, and it is a testament to his skill and consistency as a hitter.

Batting average (BA) is the number of hits divided by the number of at bats of a player over a defined period of time, typically a season or career. Generally, for Batting Average, higher is better. (Source)

Derek Jeter Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Batting Average for Derek Jeter

	Derek Jeter Batting Average	Derek Jeter Plate Appearances	Derek Jeter At Bats	Derek Jeter BABIP
Career	0.31	12602	11195	0.35
Season Avg.	0.302	630	560	0.343
162 Game Avg.	0.31	743	660	0.35
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Derek Jeter Batting Average By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Derek Jeter's yearly Batting Average for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SS, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Derek Jeter Batting Average By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Derek Jeter's career Batting Average changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Batting Average Derek Jeter had at that season in his career.

Derek Jeter Batting Average By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Derek Jeter and related player groups by summarizing Batting Average for each season played by Derek Jeter. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!

Derek Jeter Batting Average Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Derek Jeter Batting Average stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SS, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Derek Jeter career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.