How Jeff Karstens's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Jeff Karstens posted a career Batting Average of .090, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 2008, posting .143, well below the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 2009 at .046, well below the league average of .263 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .061 in 2010 to .104 in 2011 and .107 in 2012. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .046 to .143 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jeff Karstens Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Jeff Karstens Batting Average Per Season

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

Jeff Karstens Batting Average by Team

Jeff Karstens's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Jeff Karstens Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jeff Karstens'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.
Jeff Karstens Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Jeff Karstens Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jeff Karstens'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.
Jeff Karstens Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jeff Karstens Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jeff Karstens'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.
Jeff Karstens Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table