How Bill Nicholson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Bill Nicholson posted a career Batting Average of .268, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1943, posting .309, above the league average of .260 that year. The lowest point came in 1936 at .000, well below the league average of .281 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .241 in 1951 to .273 in 1952 and .210 in 1953. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .309 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Bill Nicholson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Bill Nicholson Batting Average Per Season

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

Bill Nicholson Batting Average by Team

Bill Nicholson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Nicholson career Batting Average by team bar chart

Bill Nicholson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Nicholson'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.
Bill Nicholson Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Nicholson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Nicholson'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.
Bill Nicholson Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Nicholson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Nicholson'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.
Bill Nicholson Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table