How Hal Smith's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Hal Smith posted a career Batting Average of .258, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1956, posting .282, near the league average of .258 that year. The lowest point came in 1965 at .000, well below the league average of .252 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .229 in 1960 to .248 in 1961 and .000 in 1965. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .282 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Hal Smith Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Hal Smith
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| Career | 0.258 | 1822 | 1697 | 0.267 |
| Season Avg. | 0.258 | 260.29 | 242.43 | 0.267 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.258 | 517.83 | 482.31 | 0.267 |
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Hal Smith Batting Average Per Season
Hal 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, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Hal Smith Batting Average by Team
Hal Smith's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Hal Smith Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Hal 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.
Hal Smith Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Hal 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.
Hal Smith Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Hal 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.
