How Chester Williams's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Chester Williams posted a career Batting Average of .281, near the league average of .273 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1939, posting .330. The lowest point came in 1942 at .228. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .330 in 1939 to .243 in 1941 and .228 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 tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.

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Chester Williams Batting Average Per Season

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

Chester Williams Batting Average by Team

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

Chester Williams Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Chester Williams'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.
Chester Williams Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Chester Williams Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Chester Williams'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.
Chester Williams Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Chester Williams Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Chester Williams'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.
Chester Williams Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table