How Ernie Johnson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Ernie Johnson posted a career Batting Average of .180, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1950, posting .500, well above the league average of .263 that year. The lowest point came in 1958 at .000, well below the league average of .264 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .353 in 1957 to .000 in 1958 and .333 in 1959. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .500 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Ernie Johnson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Ernie Johnson Batting Average Per Season

Ernie Johnson'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ernie Johnson Batting Average per season line chart

Ernie Johnson Batting Average by Team

Ernie Johnson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ernie Johnson career Batting Average by team bar chart

Ernie Johnson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ernie Johnson'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.
Ernie Johnson Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Ernie Johnson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ernie Johnson'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.
Ernie Johnson Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ernie Johnson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ernie Johnson'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.
Ernie Johnson Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table