How Jim Peterson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Jim Peterson posted a career Batting Average of .172, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 3 seasons, the Batting Average arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the Batting Average arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .148 to .500 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jim Peterson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Jim Peterson Batting Average Per Season

Jim Peterson'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Peterson Batting Average per season line chart

Jim Peterson Batting Average by Team

Jim Peterson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Peterson career Batting Average by team bar chart

Jim Peterson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Peterson'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.
Jim Peterson Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Peterson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Peterson'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.
Jim Peterson Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Peterson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Peterson'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.
Jim Peterson Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table