How Sam West's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Sam West posted a career Batting Average of .299, above the league average of .262 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batting Average season came in 1931, posting .333, above the league average of .279 that year. The lowest point came in 1942 at .232, near the league average of .256 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .253 in 1940 to .270 in 1941 and .232 in 1942. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 16 seasons.
Sam West Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Sam West
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| Career | 0.299 | 6972 | 6148 | 0.319 |
| Season Avg. | 0.299 | 435.75 | 384.25 | 0.319 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.299 | 644.3 | 568.16 | 0.319 |
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Sam West Batting Average Per Season
Sam West'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, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam West Batting Average by Team
Sam West's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam West Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sam West'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.
Sam West Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam West'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.
Sam West Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam West'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.
