How Paul O'Neill's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Paul O'Neill posted a career Batting Average of .288, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1985, posting .333, well above the league average of .261 that year. The lowest point came in 1986 at .000, well below the league average of .261 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .285 in 1999 to .283 in 2000 and .267 in 2001. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .333 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Paul O'Neill Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Paul O'Neill Batting Average Per Season

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

Paul O'Neill Batting Average by Team

Paul O'Neill'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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Paul O'Neill Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Paul O'Neill'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.
Paul O'Neill Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Paul O'Neill Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Paul O'Neill'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.
Paul O'Neill Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Paul O'Neill Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Paul O'Neill'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.
Paul O'Neill Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table