How Jackie Robinson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Jackie Robinson posted a career Batting Average of .313, above the league average of .263 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1945, posting .388. The lowest point came in 1955 at .256, near the league average of .262 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .311 in 1954 to .256 in 1955 and .275 in 1956. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 11 seasons.
Jackie Robinson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.313 | 5948 | 5006 | 0.311 |
| Season Avg. | 0.313 | 540.73 | 455.09 | 0.311 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.313 | 679.53 | 571.91 | 0.311 |
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Jackie Robinson Batting Average Per Season
Jackie Robinson'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, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jackie Robinson Batting Average by Team
Jackie Robinson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jackie Robinson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jackie Robinson'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.
Jackie Robinson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jackie Robinson'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.
Jackie Robinson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jackie Robinson'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.
