How Josh Naylor's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Josh Naylor has posted a career Batting Average of .269, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 2023, posting .308, well above the league average of .246 that year. The lowest point came in 2024 at .243, near the league average of .241 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from .308 in 2023 to .243 in 2024 and .295 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 6 seasons.

Josh Naylor Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Josh Naylor Batting Average Per Season

Josh Naylor'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, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Josh Naylor Batting Average per season line chart

Josh Naylor Batting Average by Team

Josh Naylor'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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Josh Naylor Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Josh Naylor'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.
Josh Naylor Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Josh Naylor Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Josh Naylor'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.
Josh Naylor Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Josh Naylor Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Josh Naylor'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.
Josh Naylor Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table