How Mike Matheny's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Mike Matheny posted a career Batting Average of .239, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 2000, posting .261, near the league average of .269 that year. The lowest point came in 1996 at .205, well below the league average of .266 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .247 in 2004 to .242 in 2005 and .231 in 2006. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. 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.

Mike Matheny Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Mike Matheny Batting Average Per Season

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

Mike Matheny Batting Average by Team

Mike Matheny'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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Mike Matheny Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Matheny'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.
Mike Matheny Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Mike Matheny Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mike Matheny'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.
Mike Matheny Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mike Matheny Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mike Matheny'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.
Mike Matheny Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table