How Jim Ward's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Jim Ward posted a career Batting Average of .500, well above the league average of .263 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 1 season, the Batting Average arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Batting Average arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 1 season.

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Jim Ward Batting Average Per Season

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

Jim Ward Batting Average by Team

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

Jim Ward Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Ward'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.
Jim Ward Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Ward Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Ward'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.
Jim Ward Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Ward Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Ward'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.
Jim Ward Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table