How Roger Maris's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Roger Maris posted a career Batting Average of .260, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1960, posting .283, above the league average of .255 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at .233, near the league average of .240 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .233 in 1966 to .261 in 1967 and .255 in 1968. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 12 seasons.

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Roger Maris Batting Average Per Season

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

Roger Maris Batting Average by Team

Roger Maris'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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Roger Maris Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Roger Maris'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.
Roger Maris Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Roger Maris Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Roger Maris'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.
Roger Maris Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Roger Maris Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Roger Maris'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.
Roger Maris Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table