How Derrek Lee's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Derrek Lee posted a career Batting Average of .281, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 2005, posting .335, well above the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1999 at .206, well below the league average of .273 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .306 in 2009 to .260 in 2010 and .267 in 2011. 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 15 seasons.
Derrek Lee Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Derrek Lee
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| Career | 0.281 | 7963 | 6962 | 0.322 |
| Season Avg. | 0.281 | 530.87 | 464.13 | 0.322 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.281 | 664.27 | 580.76 | 0.322 |
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Derrek Lee Batting Average Per Season
Derrek Lee'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.
Derrek Lee Batting Average by Team
Derrek Lee's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Derrek Lee Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Derrek Lee'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.
Derrek Lee Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Derrek Lee'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.
Derrek Lee Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Derrek Lee'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.
