How Dave Thomas's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dave Thomas posted a career Batting Average of .268, near the league average of .273 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1943, posting .322. The lowest point came in 1931 at .202. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .277 in 1944 to .219 in 1945 and .298 in 1946. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 14 seasons.

Dave Thomas Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Dave Thomas Batting Average Per Season

Dave Thomas's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave Thomas Batting Average per season line chart

Dave Thomas Batting Average by Team

Dave Thomas'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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Dave Thomas Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Thomas'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.
Dave Thomas Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Thomas Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Thomas'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.
Dave Thomas Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Thomas Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Thomas'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.
Dave Thomas Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table