How Pop Smith's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Pop Smith posted a career Batting Average of .222, below the league average of .263 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 1883, posting .262, well below the league average of .351 that year. The lowest point came in 1881 at .081, well below the league average of .309 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .232 in 1889 to .229 in 1890 and .178 in 1891. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .081 to .262 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Pop Smith Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Pop Smith
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Batting Average | Pop Smith
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| Career | 0.222 | 4623 | 4238 | 0.237 |
| Season Avg. | 0.222 | 385.25 | 353.17 | 0.237 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.222 | 673.49 | 617.41 | 0.237 |
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Pop Smith Batting Average Per Season
Pop 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, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Pop Smith Batting Average by Team
Pop Smith's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Pop Smith Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Pop 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.
Pop Smith Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Pop 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.
Pop Smith Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Pop 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.
