How Al Kaline's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Al Kaline posted a career Batting Average of .297, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1955, posting .340, well above the league average of .260 that year. The lowest point came in 1953 at .250, near the league average of .264 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .313 in 1972 to .255 in 1973 and .262 in 1974. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 22 seasons.
Al Kaline Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Al Kaline
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| Career | 0.297 | 11597 | 10116 | 0.296 |
| Season Avg. | 0.297 | 527.14 | 459.82 | 0.296 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.297 | 662.92 | 578.26 | 0.296 |
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Al Kaline Batting Average Per Season
Al Kaline'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, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Al Kaline Batting Average by Team
Al Kaline's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Al Kaline Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Al Kaline'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.
Al Kaline Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Al Kaline'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.
Al Kaline Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Al Kaline'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.
