How Johnny Johnson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Johnny Johnson posted a career Batting Average of .145, well below the league average of .273 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1945, posting .250. The lowest point came in 1938 at .000. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .136 in 1944 to .250 in 1945 and .150 in 1946. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .250 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Johnny Johnson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Johnny Johnson Batting Average Per Season

Johnny Johnson's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Johnny Johnson Batting Average per season line chart

Johnny Johnson Batting Average by Team

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

Johnny Johnson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

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

Johnny Johnson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Johnny Johnson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Johnny 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.
Johnny Johnson Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table