How Tim Wakefield's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Tim Wakefield posted a career Batting Average of .117, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 2009, posting .500, well above the league average of .265 that year. The lowest point came in 1997 at .000, well below the league average of .271 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .500 in 2009 to .000 in 2010 and .000 in 2011. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .500 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Tim Wakefield Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Tim Wakefield Batting Average Per Season

Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield Batting Average per season line chart

Tim Wakefield Batting Average by Team

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

Tim Wakefield Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Tim Wakefield Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tim Wakefield Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table