How William Selden's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

William Selden posted a career Batting Average of .309, near the league average of .303 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1891, posting .400. The lowest point came in 1897 at .000. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 1897 to .375 in 1898 and .167 in 1899. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .400 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

William Selden Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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William Selden Batting Average Per Season

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

William Selden Batting Average by Team

William Selden'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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William Selden Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how William Selden'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.
William Selden Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

William Selden Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes William Selden'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.
William Selden Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

William Selden Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of William Selden'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.
William Selden Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table