How Robin Roberts's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Robin Roberts posted a career Batting Average of .167, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1955, posting .252, near the league average of .262 that year. The lowest point came in 1949 at .075, well below the league average of .263 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .132 in 1964 to .196 in 1965 and .115 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .075 to .252 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Robin Roberts Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Robin Roberts Batting Average Per Season

Robin Roberts's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Robin Roberts Batting Average per season line chart

Robin Roberts Batting Average by Team

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

Robin Roberts Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Robin Roberts'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.
Robin Roberts Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Robin Roberts Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Robin Roberts'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.
Robin Roberts Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Robin Roberts Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Robin Roberts'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.
Robin Roberts Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table