How Tom Poorman's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Tom Poorman posted a career Batting Average of .244, near the league average of .245 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1887, posting .265, near the league average of .286 that year. The lowest point came in 1880 at .168, well above the league average of .127 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .262 in 1886 to .265 in 1887 and .227 in 1888. 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 6 seasons.
Tom Poorman Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Tom Poorman
| Tom Poorman Batting Average | Tom Poorman Plate Appearances | Tom Poorman At Bats | Tom Poorman BABIP |
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| Career | 0.244 | 2161 | 2043 | 0.264 |
| Season Avg. | 0.244 | 360.17 | 340.5 | 0.264 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.244 | 705.81 | 667.27 | 0.264 |
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Tom Poorman Batting Average Per Season
Tom Poorman's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American Association, Hall of Fame, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Tom Poorman Batting Average by Team
Tom Poorman's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Tom Poorman Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Tom Poorman'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 Poorman Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Tom Poorman'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 Poorman Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Tom Poorman'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.