How Mike Vail's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Mike Vail posted a career Batting Average of .279, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1979, posting .335, well above the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1984 at .063, well below the league average of .257 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .254 in 1982 to .241 in 1983 and .063 in 1984. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .063 to .335 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Mike Vail Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Mike Vail Batting Average Per Season

Mike Vail'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, PH, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mike Vail Batting Average per season line chart

Mike Vail Batting Average by Team

Mike Vail's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mike Vail career Batting Average by team bar chart

Mike Vail Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Vail'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.
Mike Vail Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Mike Vail Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mike Vail'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.
Mike Vail Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mike Vail Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mike Vail'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.
Mike Vail Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table