How Paul Molitor's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Paul Molitor posted a career Batting Average of .306, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1987, posting .353, well above the league average of .265 that year. The lowest point came in 1984 at .217, below the league average of .264 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .341 in 1996 to .305 in 1997 and .281 in 1998. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 20 seasons.
Paul Molitor Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.306 | 12160 | 10835 | 0.326 |
| Season Avg. | 0.306 | 579.05 | 515.95 | 0.326 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.306 | 734.22 | 654.22 | 0.326 |
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Paul Molitor Batting Average Per Season
Paul Molitor'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, DH, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Paul Molitor Batting Average by Team
Paul Molitor's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Paul Molitor Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Paul Molitor'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.
Paul Molitor Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Paul Molitor'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.
Paul Molitor Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Paul Molitor'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.
