How Lamar Johnson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Lamar Johnson posted a career Batting Average of .287, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1974, posting .345, well above the league average of .256 that year. The lowest point came in 1975 at .200, well below the league average of .257 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .277 in 1980 to .276 in 1981 and .259 in 1982. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 9 seasons.
Lamar Johnson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Lamar Johnson
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| Career | 0.287 | 2883 | 2631 | 0.302 |
| Season Avg. | 0.287 | 320.33 | 292.33 | 0.302 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.287 | 589.7 | 538.16 | 0.302 |
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Lamar Johnson Batting Average Per Season
Lamar Johnson'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, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Lamar Johnson Batting Average by Team
Lamar Johnson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lamar Johnson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Lamar 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.
Lamar Johnson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Lamar 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.
Lamar Johnson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Lamar 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.
