How Rube Waddell's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Rube Waddell posted a career Batting Average of .161, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 1902, posting .286, near the league average of .277 that year. The lowest point came in 1897 at .000, well below the league average of .315 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .110 in 1908 to .067 in 1909 and .111 in 1910. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .286 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Rube Waddell Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Rube Waddell
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| Career | 0.161 | 1137 | 1066 | 0.221 |
| Season Avg. | 0.161 | 87.46 | 82 | 0.221 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.161 | 449.25 | 421.2 | 0.221 |
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Rube Waddell Batting Average Per Season
Rube Waddell's Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rube Waddell Batting Average by Team
Rube Waddell's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rube Waddell Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Rube Waddell'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.
Rube Waddell Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rube Waddell'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.
Rube Waddell Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rube Waddell'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.
