How John Smoltz's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
John Smoltz posted a career Batting Average of .159, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1999, posting .274, near the league average of .273 that year. The lowest point came in 2001 at .000, well below the league average of .265 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .093 in 2007 to .000 in 2008 and .067 in 2009. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .274 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
John Smoltz Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.159 | 1167 | 948 | 0.252 |
| Season Avg. | 0.159 | 55.57 | 45.14 | 0.252 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.159 | 257.22 | 208.95 | 0.252 |
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John Smoltz Batting Average Per Season
John Smoltz'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
John Smoltz Batting Average by Team
John Smoltz's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
John Smoltz Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how John Smoltz'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.
John Smoltz Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes John Smoltz'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.
John Smoltz Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of John Smoltz'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.
