How Fernando Valenzuela's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Fernando Valenzuela posted a career Batting Average of .200, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1990, posting .304, above the league average of .261 that year. The lowest point came in 1980 at .000, well below the league average of .264 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .250 in 1995 to .143 in 1996 and .182 in 1997. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .304 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Fernando Valenzuela Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.2 | 1043 | 936 | 0.225 |
| Season Avg. | 0.2 | 61.35 | 55.06 | 0.225 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.2 | 356.47 | 319.9 | 0.225 |
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Fernando Valenzuela Batting Average Per Season
Fernando Valenzuela'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Fernando Valenzuela Batting Average by Team
Fernando Valenzuela's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Fernando Valenzuela Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Fernando Valenzuela'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.
Fernando Valenzuela Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Fernando Valenzuela'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.
Fernando Valenzuela Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Fernando Valenzuela'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.
