How Dave Kingman's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Dave Kingman posted a career Batting Average of .236, below the league average of .263 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 1979, posting .288, near the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1983 at .198, well below the league average of .261 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .268 in 1984 to .238 in 1985 and .210 in 1986. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 16 seasons.
Dave Kingman Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.236 | 7429 | 6677 | 0.252 |
| Season Avg. | 0.236 | 464.31 | 417.31 | 0.252 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.236 | 620.04 | 557.28 | 0.252 |
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Dave Kingman Batting Average Per Season
Dave Kingman'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, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave Kingman Batting Average by Team
Dave Kingman's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave Kingman Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Kingman'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.
Dave Kingman Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dave Kingman'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.
Dave Kingman Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dave Kingman'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.
