How Jeff Kent's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Jeff Kent posted a career Batting Average of .290, above the league average of .263 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 2000, posting .334, well above the league average of .269 that year. The lowest point came in 1992 at .239, near the league average of .256 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .292 in 2006 to .302 in 2007 and .280 in 2008. 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 16 seasons.
Jeff Kent Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.29 | 9537 | 8498 | 0.311 |
| Season Avg. | 0.29 | 561 | 499.88 | 0.311 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.29 | 672.32 | 599.08 | 0.311 |
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Jeff Kent Batting Average Per Season
Jeff Kent'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, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jeff Kent Batting Average by Team
Jeff Kent's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jeff Kent Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jeff Kent'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 Kent Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jeff Kent'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 Kent Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jeff Kent'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.
