How Fred Whitfield's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Fred Whitfield posted a career Batting Average of .253, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1965, posting .293, well above the league average of .243 that year. The lowest point came in 1970 at .067, well below the league average of .251 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .257 in 1968 to .149 in 1969 and .067 in 1970. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .067 to .293 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Fred Whitfield Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Fred Whitfield
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| Career | 0.253 | 2465 | 2284 | 0.258 |
| Season Avg. | 0.253 | 273.89 | 253.78 | 0.258 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.253 | 488.78 | 452.89 | 0.258 |
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Fred Whitfield Batting Average Per Season
Fred Whitfield'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, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Fred Whitfield Batting Average by Team
Fred Whitfield's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Fred Whitfield Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Fred Whitfield'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.
Fred Whitfield Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Fred Whitfield'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.
Fred Whitfield Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Fred Whitfield'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.
