How Bob Lemon's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Bob Lemon posted a career Batting Average of .232, below the league average of .262 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 1947, posting .321, well above the league average of .257 that year. The lowest point came in 1942 at .000, well below the league average of .256 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .194 in 1956 to .065 in 1957 and .231 in 1958. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .321 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Bob Lemon Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Career0.232133011830.261
Season Avg.0.23288.6778.870.261
162 Game Avg.0.232350.34311.620.261
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Bob Lemon Batting Average Per Season

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

Bob Lemon Batting Average by Team

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

Bob Lemon Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Lemon'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.
Bob Lemon Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Lemon Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Lemon'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.
Bob Lemon Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Lemon Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Lemon'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.
Bob Lemon Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table