How Lee Smith's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Lee Smith posted a career Batting Average of .047, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1983, posting .111, well below the league average of .261 that year. The lowest point came in 1981 at .000, well below the league average of .259 that year. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .111 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Lee Smith Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Season Avg.0.0473.943.560.095
162 Game Avg.0.04711.2410.130.095
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Lee Smith Batting Average Per Season

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

Lee Smith Batting Average by Team

Lee Smith's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lee Smith career Batting Average by team bar chart

Lee Smith Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

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

Lee Smith Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Lee Smith Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Lee 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.
Lee Smith Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table