How Jim Shaw's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Jim Shaw posted a career Batting Average of .163, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1921, posting .417, well above the league average of .293 that year. The lowest point came in 1913 at .000, well below the league average of .260 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .160 in 1919 to .189 in 1920 and .417 in 1921. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .417 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jim Shaw Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Jim Shaw Batting Average Per Season

Jim Shaw'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Shaw Batting Average per season line chart

Jim Shaw Batting Average by Team

Jim Shaw'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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Jim Shaw Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Shaw'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 Shaw Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Shaw Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Shaw'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 Shaw Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Shaw Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Shaw'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.
Jim Shaw Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table