How Dave Winfield's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dave Winfield posted a career Batting Average of .283, near the league average of .262 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Batting Average season came in 1984, posting .340, well above the league average of .264 that year. The lowest point came in 1995 at .191, well below the league average of .271 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .290 in 1992 to .271 in 1993 and .191 in 1995. 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 21 seasons.

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Dave Winfield Batting Average Per Season

Dave Winfield'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, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Dave Winfield Batting Average by Team

Dave Winfield's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Dave Winfield Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Winfield'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.
Dave Winfield Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Winfield Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Winfield'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.
Dave Winfield Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Winfield Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Winfield'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.
Dave Winfield Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table