How Bob Shirley's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players
Bob Shirley posted a career Equivalent Average of .353, well below the league average of .745 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Equivalent Average season came in 1978, posting .451, well below the league average of .727 that year. The lowest point came in 1980 at .284, well below the league average of .735 that year. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 11 seasons.
Bob Shirley Lifetime Equivalent Average
Stats similar to Equivalent Average for Bob Shirley
| Bob Shirley
Equivalent Average |
|---|
| Career | 0.353 |
| Season Avg. | 0.353 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.353 |
| More Info | See More |
Bob Shirley Equivalent Average Per Season
Bob Shirley's Equivalent 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.
Bob Shirley Equivalent Average by Team
Bob Shirley's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Shirley Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Shirley's career Equivalent 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 Shirley Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Shirley's seasonal Equivalent 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 Shirley Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Shirley's MLB career with Equivalent 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.
