How Mark McGwire's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Mark McGwire posted a career Batting Average of .263, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1993, posting .333, well above the league average of .268 that year. The lowest point came in 2001 at .187, well below the league average of .265 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .278 in 1999 to .305 in 2000 and .187 in 2001. 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 15 seasons.

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Mark McGwire Batting Average Per Season

Mark McGwire'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, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mark McGwire Batting Average per season line chart

Mark McGwire Batting Average by Team

Mark McGwire'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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Mark McGwire Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mark McGwire'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.
Mark McGwire Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Mark McGwire Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mark McGwire'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.
Mark McGwire Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mark McGwire Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mark McGwire'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.
Mark McGwire Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table