How Joe Morgan's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Joe Morgan posted a career Batting Average of .271, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1975, posting .327, well above the league average of .261 that year. The lowest point came in 1964 at .189, well below the league average of .258 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .289 in 1982 to .230 in 1983 and .244 in 1984. 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 22 seasons.

Joe Morgan Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Joe Morgan Batting Average Per Season

Joe Morgan'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, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Morgan Batting Average per season line chart

Joe Morgan Batting Average by Team

Joe Morgan'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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Joe Morgan Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Morgan'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.
Joe Morgan Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Morgan Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Morgan'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.
Joe Morgan Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Morgan Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Morgan'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.
Joe Morgan Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table