How Ichiro Suzuki's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Ichiro Suzuki posted a career Batting Average of .311, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 2004, posting .372, well above the league average of .269 that year. The lowest point came in 2019 at .000, well below the league average of .255 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .255 in 2017 to .205 in 2018 and .000 in 2019. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .372 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Ichiro Suzuki Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Ichiro Suzuki Batting Average Per Season

Ichiro Suzuki'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, RF, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ichiro Suzuki Batting Average per season line chart

Ichiro Suzuki Batting Average by Team

Ichiro Suzuki'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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Ichiro Suzuki Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ichiro Suzuki'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.
Ichiro Suzuki Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Ichiro Suzuki Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ichiro Suzuki'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.
Ichiro Suzuki Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ichiro Suzuki Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ichiro Suzuki'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.
Ichiro Suzuki Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table