How Ernie Young's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Ernie Young posted a career Batting Average of .225, below the league average of .262 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Batting Average season came in 2004, posting .500, well above the league average of .269 that year. The lowest point came in 1999 at .182, well below the league average of .273 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .182 in 1999 to .182 in 2003 and .500 in 2004. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .182 to .500 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Ernie Young Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Ernie Young Batting Average Per Season

Ernie Young'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.
Ernie Young Batting Average per season line chart

Ernie Young Batting Average by Team

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

Ernie Young Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ernie Young'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.
Ernie Young Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Ernie Young Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ernie Young'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.
Ernie Young Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ernie Young Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ernie Young'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.
Ernie Young Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table