How Hank Thompson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Hank Thompson posted a career Batting Average of .275, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1948, posting .335, well above the league average of .263 that year. The lowest point came in 1951 at .235, below the league average of .262 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .263 in 1954 to .245 in 1955 and .235 in 1956. 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 12 seasons.
Hank Thompson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.275 | 4218 | 3577 | 0.27 |
| Season Avg. | 0.275 | 351.5 | 298.08 | 0.27 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.275 | 627.47 | 532.12 | 0.27 |
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Hank Thompson Batting Average Per Season
Hank Thompson'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, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Hank Thompson Batting Average by Team
Hank Thompson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Hank Thompson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Hank Thompson'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.
Hank Thompson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Hank Thompson'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.
Hank Thompson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Hank Thompson'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.
