How Fred Lynn's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Fred Lynn posted a career Batting Average of .283, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1974, posting .419, well above the league average of .256 that year. The lowest point came in 1981 at .219, below the league average of .255 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .246 in 1988 to .241 in 1989 and .240 in 1990. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 17 seasons.

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Fred Lynn Batting Average Per Season

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

Fred Lynn Batting Average by Team

Fred Lynn'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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Fred Lynn Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Fred Lynn'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.
Fred Lynn Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Fred Lynn Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Fred Lynn'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.
Fred Lynn Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Fred Lynn Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Fred Lynn'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.
Fred Lynn Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table