How Bobby Thomson's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Bobby Thomson posted a career Batting Average of .270, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1946, posting .315, well above the league average of .259 that year. The lowest point came in 1954 at .232, below the league average of .269 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .283 in 1958 to .259 in 1959 and .250 in 1960. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 15 seasons.
Bobby Thomson Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.27 | 6957 | 6305 | 0.274 |
| Season Avg. | 0.27 | 463.8 | 420.33 | 0.274 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.27 | 633.52 | 574.15 | 0.274 |
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Bobby Thomson Batting Average Per Season
Bobby Thomson'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, , or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bobby Thomson Batting Average by Team
Bobby Thomson's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bobby Thomson Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bobby Thomson'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.
Bobby Thomson Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bobby Thomson'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.
Bobby Thomson Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bobby Thomson'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.
