How Gary Kolb's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Gary Kolb posted a career Batting Average of .209, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1962, posting .357, well above the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1960 at .000, well below the league average of .257 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .188 in 1965 to .219 in 1968 and .081 in 1969. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .357 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Gary Kolb Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Gary Kolb Batting Average Per Season

Gary Kolb'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, PH, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Gary Kolb Batting Average per season line chart

Gary Kolb Batting Average by Team

Gary Kolb'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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Gary Kolb Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Gary Kolb'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.
Gary Kolb Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Gary Kolb Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Gary Kolb'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.
Gary Kolb Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Gary Kolb Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Gary Kolb'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.
Gary Kolb Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table