How Garry Templeton's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Garry Templeton posted a career Batting Average of .272, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1977, posting .322, well above the league average of .265 that year. The lowest point came in 1991 at .221, below the league average of .253 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .255 in 1989 to .248 in 1990 and .221 in 1991. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 16 seasons.

Garry Templeton Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Garry Templeton Batting Average Per Season

Garry Templeton'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, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Garry Templeton Batting Average per season line chart

Garry Templeton Batting Average by Team

Garry Templeton'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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Garry Templeton Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Garry Templeton'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.
Garry Templeton Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Garry Templeton Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Garry Templeton'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.
Garry Templeton Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Garry Templeton Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Garry Templeton'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.
Garry Templeton Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table