How Ken Williams's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Ken Williams posted a career Batting Average of .218, below the league average of .262 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 1987, posting .281, near the league average of .265 that year. The lowest point came in 1986 at .129, well below the league average of .261 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .205 in 1989 to .161 in 1990 and .253 in 1991. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .129 to .281 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Ken Williams Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batting Average for Ken Williams
| Ken Williams Batting Average | Ken Williams Plate Appearances | Ken Williams At Bats | Ken Williams BABIP |
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| Career | 0.218 | 1253 | 1154 | 0.266 |
| Season Avg. | 0.218 | 208.83 | 192.33 | 0.266 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.218 | 450.08 | 414.52 | 0.266 |
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Ken Williams Batting Average Per Season
Ken Williams'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.
Ken Williams Batting Average by Team
Ken Williams's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ken Williams Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ken 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.
Ken Williams Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ken 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.
Ken Williams Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ken 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.