How Joe Sugden's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Joe Sugden posted a career Batting Average of .255, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1894, posting .331, near the league average of .348 that year. The lowest point came in 1905 at .173, well below the league average of .244 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .267 in 1904 to .173 in 1905 and .250 in 1912. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 13 seasons.

Joe Sugden Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Joe Sugden Batting Average Per Season

Joe Sugden's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, C, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Sugden Batting Average per season line chart

Joe Sugden Batting Average by Team

Joe Sugden'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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Joe Sugden Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Sugden'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.
Joe Sugden Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Sugden Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Sugden'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.
Joe Sugden Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Sugden Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Sugden'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.
Joe Sugden Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table