How Mickey Mantle's Total Average Compares to Similar Players
Mickey Mantle posted a career Total Average of 1.1, well above the league average of .678 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Total Average season came in 1957, posting 1.54, well above the league average of .644 that year. The lowest point came in 1951 at .777, above the league average of .666 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .960 in 1966 to .877 in 1967 and .834 in 1968. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 18 seasons.
Mickey Mantle Lifetime Total Average
Stats similar to Total Average for Mickey Mantle
| Mickey Mantle
Total Average |
|---|
| Career | 1.098 |
| Season Avg. | 1.098 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.098 |
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Mickey Mantle Total Average Per Season
Mickey Mantle's Total 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.
Mickey Mantle Total Average by Team
Mickey Mantle's career Total Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mickey Mantle Total Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Mickey Mantle's career Total 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.
Mickey Mantle Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mickey Mantle's seasonal Total 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.
Mickey Mantle Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mickey Mantle's MLB career with Total 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.
