How Sam Mertes's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Sam Mertes posted a career Batting Average of .279, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1899, posting .298, near the league average of .286 that year. The lowest point came in 1896 at .238, well below the league average of .300 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .276 in 1904 to .280 in 1905 and .241 in 1906. 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 10 seasons.
Sam Mertes Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Sam Mertes
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| Career | 0.279 | 4999 | 4405 | 0.298 |
| Season Avg. | 0.279 | 499.9 | 440.5 | 0.298 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.279 | 680.54 | 599.67 | 0.298 |
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Sam Mertes Batting Average Per Season
Sam Mertes'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, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Mertes Batting Average by Team
Sam Mertes's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Mertes Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Mertes'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.
Sam Mertes Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam Mertes'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.
Sam Mertes Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam Mertes'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.
