How Paul Molitor's Total Average Compares to Similar Players

Paul Molitor posted a career Total Average of .827, well above the league average of .678 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Total Average season came in 1987, posting 1.2, well above the league average of .720 that year. The lowest point came in 1984 at .389, well below the league average of .665 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .836 in 1996 to .751 in 1997 and .647 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 well above league norms across 20 seasons.

Paul Molitor Lifetime Total Average

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Paul Molitor Total Average Per Season

Paul Molitor's Total 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 Total Average per season line chart

Paul Molitor Total Average by Team

Paul Molitor's career Total Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Paul Molitor career Total Average by team bar chart

Paul Molitor Total Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Paul Molitor's career Total 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 Total Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Paul Molitor Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Paul Molitor's seasonal Total 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 Total Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Paul Molitor Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Paul Molitor's MLB career with Total 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.
Paul Molitor Total Average season-by-season breakdown table