How Bob Shawkey's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Bob Shawkey posted a career Batting Average of .215, below the league average of .262 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 1918, posting .750, well above the league average of .255 that year. The lowest point came in 1927 at .091, well below the league average of .287 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .147 in 1925 to .257 in 1926 and .091 in 1927. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .091 to .750 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Bob Shawkey Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.215 | 1134 | 1049 | 0.257 |
| Season Avg. | 0.215 | 75.6 | 69.93 | 0.257 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.215 | 376.45 | 348.23 | 0.257 |
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Bob Shawkey Batting Average Per Season
Bob Shawkey'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.
Bob Shawkey Batting Average by Team
Bob Shawkey's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Shawkey Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Shawkey'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.
Bob Shawkey Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Shawkey'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.
Bob Shawkey Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Shawkey'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.
