How Gary Matthews Jr.'s Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Gary Matthews Jr. posted a career Batting Average of .257, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 2006, posting .313, above the league average of .274 that year. The lowest point came in 2000 at .190, well below the league average of .276 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .242 in 2008 to .250 in 2009 and .190 in 2010. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.
Gary Matthews Jr. Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Gary Matthews Jr.
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| Career | 0.257 | 4617 | 4103 | 0.299 |
| Season Avg. | 0.257 | 384.75 | 341.92 | 0.299 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.257 | 583.88 | 518.88 | 0.299 |
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Gary Matthews Jr. Batting Average Per Season
Gary Matthews Jr.'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.
Gary Matthews Jr. Batting Average by Team
Gary Matthews Jr.'s career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Gary Matthews Jr. Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Gary Matthews Jr.'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.
Gary Matthews Jr. Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Gary Matthews Jr.'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.
Gary Matthews Jr. Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Gary Matthews Jr.'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.
