How Piggy Ward's Total Average Compares to Similar Players

Piggy Ward posted a career Total Average of .979, well above the league average of .673 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Total Average season came in 1891, posting 1.08, well above the league average of .739 that year. The lowest point came in 1883 at .000, well below the league average of .832 that year. The Total Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .894 in 1892 to 1.01 in 1893 and 1.08 in 1894. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Total Average profile — ranging from .000 to 1.08 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

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Piggy Ward Total Average Per Season

Piggy Ward's Total Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Piggy Ward Total Average per season line chart

Piggy Ward Total Average by Team

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

Piggy Ward Total Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Piggy Ward's career Total 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.
Piggy Ward Total Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Piggy Ward Total Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Piggy Ward's seasonal Total 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.
Piggy Ward Total Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Piggy Ward Total Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Piggy Ward's MLB career with Total 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.
Piggy Ward Total Average season-by-season breakdown table