How Bill Virdon's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Bill Virdon posted a career Batting Average of .267, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1968, posting .333, well above the league average of .246 that year. The lowest point came in 1964 at .243, near the league average of .258 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .243 in 1964 to .279 in 1965 and .333 in 1968. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. 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 12 seasons.
Bill Virdon Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Bill Virdon
| Bill Virdon
Batting Average | Bill Virdon
Plate Appearances | Bill Virdon
At Bats | Bill Virdon
BABIP |
|---|
| Career | 0.267 | 6522 | 5980 | 0.285 |
| Season Avg. | 0.267 | 543.5 | 498.33 | 0.285 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.267 | 667.44 | 611.98 | 0.285 |
| More Info | See More | See More | See More | See More |
Bill Virdon Batting Average Per Season
Bill Virdon'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.
Bill Virdon Batting Average by Team
Bill Virdon's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Virdon Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Virdon'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.
Bill Virdon Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill Virdon'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.
Bill Virdon Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill Virdon'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.
