How Jerry Koosman's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Jerry Koosman posted a career Batting Average of .119, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1976, posting .215, below the league average of .261 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at .000, well below the league average of .252 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .108 in 1984 to .088 in 1985. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .215 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jerry Koosman Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Jerry Koosman Batting Average Per Season

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

Jerry Koosman Batting Average by Team

Jerry Koosman's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jerry Koosman career Batting Average by team bar chart

Jerry Koosman Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jerry Koosman'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.
Jerry Koosman Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Jerry Koosman Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jerry Koosman'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.
Jerry Koosman Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jerry Koosman Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jerry Koosman'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.
Jerry Koosman Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table