Al Kaline Career At Bats Overview

During Al Kaline's 22-year Major League Baseball career, he had a lifetime total of 10116 at bats, an average of 460 at bats per season. 1956 was his best season with 617 at bats and his worst season was 1953 when he had 28 at bats. Al Kaline outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (2176.94), The Silent Generation (2417.71), Y (7565.9), mlb (2174.26), and RF (2525.83) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

At bats (AB) are a subset of plate appearances used to calculate other stats like slugging percent and batting average. Players are credited with an at bat when their plate appereance does not end as a walk, a hit by pitch, sac fly or bunt, awarded a base for catcher interfiernce or replaced before their plate appereance completes. Generally, for At Bats, higher is better. (Source)

Al Kaline Lifetime At Bats

Stats similar to At Bats for Al Kaline
Al Kaline
At Bats
Career10116
Season Avg.460
162 Game Avg.578
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Al Kaline At Bats By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Al Kaline's yearly At Bats for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RF, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Al Kaline Cumulative At Bats by Year

This line chart attempts to show show how Al Kaline's career At Bats progressed by year. Each year on the chart represents Al Kaline's career At Bats at the end of that season.
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Al Kaline At Bats By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Al Kaline and related player groups by summarizing At Bats for each season played by Al Kaline. 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!
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Al Kaline At Bats Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Al Kaline At Bats 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, RF, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Al Kaline 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.
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