How Andy Messersmith's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players
Andy Messersmith posted a career Equivalent Average of .502, well below the league average of .748 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1974, posting .704, near the league average of .721 that year. The lowest point came in 1979 at .261, well below the league average of .763 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .500 in 1977 to .261 in 1979. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 12 seasons.
Andy Messersmith Lifetime Equivalent Average
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| Andy Messersmith
Equivalent Average |
|---|
| Career | 0.502 |
| Season Avg. | 0.502 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.502 |
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Andy Messersmith Equivalent Average Per Season
Andy Messersmith's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Andy Messersmith Equivalent Average by Team
Andy Messersmith's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Andy Messersmith Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Andy Messersmith's career Equivalent 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.
Andy Messersmith Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Andy Messersmith's seasonal Equivalent 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.
Andy Messersmith Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Andy Messersmith's MLB career with Equivalent 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.
