How Dwight Smith's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dwight Smith posted a career Batting Average of .275, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1989, posting .324, well above the league average of .251 that year. The lowest point came in 1996 at .203, well below the league average of .266 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .300 in 1993 to .252 in 1995 and .203 in 1996. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 7 seasons.

Dwight Smith Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Dwight Smith Batting Average Per Season

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

Dwight Smith Batting Average by Team

Dwight Smith'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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Dwight Smith Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dwight Smith'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.
Dwight Smith Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dwight Smith Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dwight Smith'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.
Dwight Smith Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dwight Smith Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dwight Smith'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.
Dwight Smith Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table