How Seth Smith's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Seth Smith posted a career Batting Average of .261, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 2007, posting .625, well above the league average of .270 that year. The lowest point came in 2012 at .240, near the league average of .255 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .248 in 2015 to .249 in 2016 and .258 in 2017. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .240 to .625 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Seth Smith Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Seth Smith Batting Average Per Season

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

Seth Smith Batting Average by Team

Seth 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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Seth Smith Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

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

Seth Smith Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Seth Smith Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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