How Dave Murphy's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dave Murphy posted a career Batting Average of .182, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the Batting Average arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Batting Average arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.

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Dave Murphy Batting Average Per Season

Dave Murphy'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, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave Murphy Batting Average per season line chart

Dave Murphy Batting Average by Team

Dave Murphy'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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Dave Murphy Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Murphy'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.
Dave Murphy Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Murphy Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Murphy'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.
Dave Murphy Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Murphy Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Murphy'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.
Dave Murphy Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table