Cy Young Career Home Runs Per at Bat Overview

Cy Young's Home Runs Per at Bat was 0.006 for his 22-year Major League Baseball career. 1896 was his best season when his Home Runs Per at Bat was 0.017 and his worst season was 1890 when his Home Runs Per at Bat was 0. Cy Young is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or being beat by Pre-Generational (0.00408234), SP (0.00416313), USA (0.0183617), Y (0.0273389), and mlb (0.0189365) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Home runs per at bat (HR/AB) is the number of home runs divided by the number of at bats a player recorders over a defined period, typically a career or season. More simply it's the percentage of at bats that result in a home run. Generally, for Home Runs Per at Bat, higher is better. (Source)

Cy Young Lifetime Home Runs Per at Bat

Stats similar to Home Runs Per at Bat for Cy Young
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Career0.006
Season Avg.0.005
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Cy Young Home Runs Per at Bat By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Cy Young's yearly Home Runs Per at Bat for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Cy Young Home Runs Per at Bat By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Cy Young's career Home Runs Per at Bat changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Home Runs Per at Bat Cy Young had at that season in his career.
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Cy Young Home Runs Per at Bat By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Cy Young and related player groups by summarizing Home Runs Per at Bat for each season played by Cy Young. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Cy Young Home Runs Per at Bat Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Cy Young Home Runs Per at Bat stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Cy Young career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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