How George Kell's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

George Kell posted a career Batting Average of .307, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1949, posting .343, well above the league average of .265 that year. The lowest point came in 1943 at .200, well below the league average of .251 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .312 in 1955 to .271 in 1956 and .297 in 1957. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 15 seasons.

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George Kell Batting Average Per Season

George Kell'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, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
George Kell Batting Average per season line chart

George Kell Batting Average by Team

George Kell'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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George Kell Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how George Kell'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.
George Kell Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

George Kell Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes George Kell'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.
George Kell Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

George Kell Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of George Kell'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.
George Kell Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table