How Rafael Palmeiro's Total Average Compares to Similar Players

Rafael Palmeiro posted a career Total Average of .897, well above the league average of .678 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Total Average season came in 1999, posting 1.15, well above the league average of .764 that year. The lowest point came in 1986 at .617, below the league average of .688 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .891 in 2003 to .788 in 2004 and .757 in 2005. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 19 seasons.

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Rafael Palmeiro Total Average Per Season

Rafael Palmeiro's Total Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 1B, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rafael Palmeiro Total Average per season line chart

Rafael Palmeiro Total Average by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Rafael Palmeiro's career Total 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.
Rafael Palmeiro Total Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Rafael Palmeiro Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rafael Palmeiro's seasonal Total 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.
Rafael Palmeiro Total Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rafael Palmeiro Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rafael Palmeiro's MLB career with Total 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.
Rafael Palmeiro Total Average season-by-season breakdown table