How Mariano Rivera's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Mariano Rivera posted a career Batting Average of .000, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 2006, posting .000, well below the league average of .274 that year. The lowest point came in 2006 at .000, well below the league average of .274 that year. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 19 seasons.

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Mariano Rivera Batting Average Per Season

Mariano 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, RP, Central America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mariano Rivera Batting Average per season line chart

Mariano Rivera Batting Average by Team

Mariano Rivera'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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Mariano Rivera Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mariano 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.
Mariano Rivera Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Mariano Rivera Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mariano 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.
Mariano Rivera Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mariano Rivera Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mariano 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.
Mariano Rivera Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table