How Tom Phoebus's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Tom Phoebus posted a career Batting Average of .170, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1969, posting .200, below the league average of .246 that year. The lowest point came in 1972 at .118, well below the league average of .241 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .163 in 1970 to .167 in 1971 and .118 in 1972. 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 below league norms across 7 seasons.

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Tom Phoebus Batting Average Per Season

Tom Phoebus'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Tom Phoebus Batting Average by Team

Tom Phoebus'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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Tom Phoebus Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tom Phoebus'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.
Tom Phoebus Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Tom Phoebus Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tom Phoebus'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.
Tom Phoebus Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tom Phoebus Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tom Phoebus'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.
Tom Phoebus Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table