How Joe Kelley's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Joe Kelley posted a career Batting Average of .317, well above the league average of .263 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batting Average season came in 1894, posting .393, well above the league average of .325 that year. The lowest point came in 1906 at .228, near the league average of .246 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .277 in 1905 to .228 in 1906 and .259 in 1908. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 17 seasons.
Joe Kelley Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.317 | 8139 | 7006 | 0.331 |
| Season Avg. | 0.317 | 478.76 | 412.12 | 0.331 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.317 | 711.56 | 612.51 | 0.331 |
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Joe Kelley Batting Average Per Season
Joe Kelley'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, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Kelley Batting Average by Team
Joe Kelley's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Kelley Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Kelley'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.
Joe Kelley Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Joe Kelley'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.
Joe Kelley Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Joe Kelley'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.
