How Jim King's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Jim King posted a career Batting Average of .240, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1957, posting .314, well above the league average of .256 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .175, well below the league average of .237 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .213 in 1965 to .248 in 1966 and .175 in 1967. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 11 seasons.
Jim King Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.24 | 3337 | 2918 | 0.24 |
| Season Avg. | 0.24 | 303.36 | 265.27 | 0.24 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.24 | 480.53 | 420.19 | 0.24 |
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Jim King Batting Average Per Season
Jim King'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.
Jim King Batting Average by Team
Jim King's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim King Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jim King'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.
Jim King Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jim King'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.
Jim King Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jim King'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.
