How Tony Peña's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Tony Peña posted a career Batting Average of .260, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1980, posting .429, well above the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1997 at .174, well below the league average of .265 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .262 in 1995 to .195 in 1996 and .174 in 1997. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 17 seasons.
Tony Peña Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.26 | 7073 | 6489 | 0.284 |
| Season Avg. | 0.26 | 392.94 | 360.5 | 0.284 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.26 | 576.37 | 528.78 | 0.284 |
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Tony Peña Batting Average Per Season
Tony Peña'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, C, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Tony Peña Batting Average by Team
Tony Peña's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Tony Peña Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Tony Peña'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.
Tony Peña Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Tony Peña'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.
Tony Peña Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Tony Peña'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.
