How Milt Thompson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Milt Thompson posted a career Batting Average of .274, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1991, posting .307, well above the league average of .253 that year. The lowest point came in 1996 at .106, well below the league average of .266 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .262 in 1993 to .220 in 1995 and .106 in 1996. 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.

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Milt Thompson Batting Average Per Season

Milt 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, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Milt Thompson Batting Average per season line chart

Milt Thompson Batting Average by Team

Milt Thompson'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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Milt Thompson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Milt 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.
Milt Thompson Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Milt Thompson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Milt 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.
Milt Thompson Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Milt Thompson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Milt 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.
Milt Thompson Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table