How Rich Reese's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Rich Reese posted a career Batting Average of .254, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1969, posting .322, well above the league average of .246 that year. The lowest point came in 1964 at .000, well below the league average of .247 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .219 in 1971 to .218 in 1972 and .144 in 1973. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .322 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Rich Reese Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Rich Reese Batting Average Per Season

Rich Reese'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, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rich Reese Batting Average per season line chart

Rich Reese Batting Average by Team

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

Rich Reese Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rich Reese'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.
Rich Reese Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Rich Reese Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rich Reese'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.
Rich Reese Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rich Reese Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rich Reese'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.
Rich Reese Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table