How Jim Rivera's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Jim Rivera posted a career Batting Average of .257, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1960, posting .294, above the league average of .255 that year. The lowest point came in 1959 at .220, below the league average of .254 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .220 in 1959 to .294 in 1960 and .241 in 1961. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 10 seasons.
Jim Rivera Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.257 | 4008 | 3552 | 0.279 |
| Season Avg. | 0.257 | 400.8 | 355.2 | 0.279 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.257 | 554.48 | 491.4 | 0.279 |
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Jim Rivera Batting Average Per Season
Jim Rivera'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.
Jim Rivera Batting Average by Team
Jim Rivera's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Rivera Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Rivera'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 Rivera Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jim Rivera'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 Rivera Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jim Rivera'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.
