How Jim Thome's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Jim Thome posted a career Batting Average of .276, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1995, posting .314, above the league average of .271 that year. The lowest point came in 1992 at .205, well below the league average of .258 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .283 in 2010 to .256 in 2011 and .252 in 2012. 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 21 seasons.
Jim Thome Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Jim Thome
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| Career | 0.276 | 10313 | 8422 | 0.322 |
| Season Avg. | 0.276 | 468.77 | 382.82 | 0.322 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.276 | 656.98 | 536.52 | 0.322 |
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Jim Thome Batting Average Per Season
Jim Thome'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, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Thome Batting Average by Team
Jim Thome's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Thome Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Thome'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.
Jim Thome Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jim Thome'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.
Jim Thome Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jim Thome'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.
