How Al Oliver's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Al Oliver posted a career Batting Average of .303, above the league average of .263 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1982, posting .331, well above the league average of .261 that year. The lowest point came in 1968 at .125, well below the league average of .246 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .300 in 1983 to .301 in 1984 and .252 in 1985. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 18 seasons.
Al Oliver Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.303 | 9778 | 9049 | 0.309 |
| Season Avg. | 0.303 | 543.22 | 502.72 | 0.309 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.303 | 668.93 | 619.06 | 0.309 |
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Al Oliver Batting Average Per Season
Al Oliver'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, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Al Oliver Batting Average by Team
Al Oliver's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Al Oliver Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Al Oliver'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.
Al Oliver Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Al Oliver'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.
Al Oliver Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Al Oliver'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.
