How Satchel Paige's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Satchel Paige posted a career Equivalent Average of .502, well below the league average of .748 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1945, posting .800. The lowest point came in 1935 at .000. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .352 in 1952 to .167 in 1953 and .000 in 1965. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Equivalent Average profile — ranging from .000 to .800 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Satchel Paige Lifetime Equivalent Average

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Satchel Paige Equivalent Average Per Season

Satchel Paige's Equivalent Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Satchel Paige Equivalent Average per season line chart

Satchel Paige Equivalent Average by Team

Satchel Paige's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Satchel Paige Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Satchel Paige's career Equivalent 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.
Satchel Paige Equivalent Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Satchel Paige Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Satchel Paige's seasonal Equivalent 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.
Satchel Paige Equivalent Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Satchel Paige Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Satchel Paige's MLB career with Equivalent 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.
Satchel Paige Equivalent Average season-by-season breakdown table