How John Orton's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
John Orton posted a career Batting Average of .200, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1992, posting .219, below the league average of .258 that year. The lowest point came in 1989 at .180, well below the league average of .259 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .203 in 1991 to .219 in 1992 and .190 in 1993. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. The Batting Average profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 5 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.
John Orton Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.2 | 448 | 401 | 0.275 |
| Season Avg. | 0.2 | 89.6 | 80.2 | 0.275 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.2 | 465.23 | 416.42 | 0.275 |
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John Orton Batting Average Per Season
John Orton'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, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
John Orton Batting Average by Team
John Orton's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
John Orton Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how John Orton'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.
John Orton Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes John Orton'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.
John Orton Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of John Orton'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.
