How Jim Whitney's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Jim Whitney posted a career Batting Average of .261, near the league average of .263 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1889, posting .375, well above the league average of .282 that year. The lowest point came in 1888 at .170, well below the league average of .263 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .170 in 1888 to .375 in 1889 and .238 in 1890. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.
Jim Whitney Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
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| Career | 0.261 | 2306 | 2144 | 0.283 |
| Season Avg. | 0.261 | 230.6 | 214.4 | 0.283 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.261 | 679.22 | 631.51 | 0.283 |
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Jim Whitney Batting Average Per Season
Jim Whitney'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Whitney Batting Average by Team
Jim Whitney's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Whitney Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Whitney'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 Whitney Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jim Whitney'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 Whitney Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jim Whitney'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.
