How Dave Philley's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dave Philley posted a career Batting Average of .270, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1946, posting .353, well above the league average of .257 that year. The lowest point came in 1962 at .143, well below the league average of .256 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .218 in 1960 to .250 in 1961 and .143 in 1962. 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 18 seasons.

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Dave Philley Batting Average Per Season

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

Dave Philley Batting Average by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Philley'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.
Dave Philley Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Philley Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Philley'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.
Dave Philley Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Philley Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Philley'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.
Dave Philley Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table