How Derek Jeter's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Derek Jeter posted a career Batting Average of .310, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1999, posting .349, well above the league average of .273 that year. The lowest point came in 2013 at .191, well below the league average of .258 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .316 in 2012 to .191 in 2013 and .257 in 2014. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 20 seasons.
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. | 0.31 | 630.1 | 559.75 | 0.35 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.31 | 743.18 | 660.21 | 0.35 |
| More Info | See More | See More | See More | See More |
Derek Jeter Batting Average Per Season
Derek Jeter'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, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Derek Jeter Batting Average by Team
Derek Jeter's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Derek Jeter Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Derek Jeter'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.
Derek Jeter Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Derek Jeter'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.
Derek Jeter Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Derek Jeter'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.
