average batting average by position by year

Pitchers had a .251 batting average in 1876.

	POSITION	AVG	SEASON	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	PA	TB	XBH	SLG	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Pitcher	.251	1876	550	2,262	270	567	70	16	0	22	2,284	669	86	.296	306	-36.4	.257	87	-46
2	Catcher	.253	1876	476	1,974	292	500	53	13	4	31	2,005	591	70	.299	277	-23.3	.262	90	-30.4
3	First Baseman	.270	1876	503	2,194	338	593	68	14	6	33	2,227	707	88	.322	338	4.5	.280	99	-3.9
4	Second Baseman	.260	1876	464	2,020	360	525	52	21	1	43	2,063	622	74	.308	300	-9.1	.272	95	-15.7
5	Third Baseman	.275	1876	569	2,443	339	673	69	26	3	40	2,483	803	98	.329	388	16.1	.286	102	8.7
6	Shortstop	.272	1876	521	2,277	385	620	72	19	6	44	2,321	748	97	.329	362	14.2	.285	102	6
7	Left Fielder	.268	1876	1,613	6,951	1,082	1,860	249	72	20	123	7,074	2,313	341	.333	1094	34	.284	100	5.2
8	Pitcher	.224	1877	340	1,364	174	305	31	18	2	28	1,392	378	51	.277	148	-54.9	.239	71	-60.5
9	Catcher	.263	1877	354	1,432	201	377	43	25	3	42	1,474	479	71	.334	210	-4.3	.285	96	-8.8
10	First Baseman	.291	1877	356	1,531	233	445	45	32	3	36	1,567	563	80	.368	254	25.5	.310	109	20.8
11	Second Baseman	.265	1877	298	1,320	197	350	34	10	1	30	1,350	407	45	.308	181	-15.9	.274	90	-20.7
12	Third Baseman	.260	1877	351	1,460	228	380	46	13	2	35	1,495	458	61	.314	200	-17.7	.274	90	-22.9
13	Shortstop	.275	1877	433	1,815	259	500	59	26	1	40	1,855	614	86	.338	272	1.7	.290	99	-2
14	Left Fielder	.284	1877	1,115	4,745	748	1,348	173	80	12	134	4,879	1,717	265	.362	776	65.6	.306	107	49.7
15	Pitcher	.207	1878	366	1,398	135	290	36	11	1	46	1,444	351	48	.251	142	-54	.228	72	-57.2
16	Catcher	.264	1878	382	1,550	193	409	62	8	2	39	1,589	493	72	.318	218	1.7	.280	99	-2.2
17	First Baseman	.254	1878	351	1,424	198	361	37	12	2	29	1,453	428	51	.301	183	-14.1	.265	91	-18.7
18	Second Baseman	.243	1878	391	1,643	240	400	44	15	0	41	1,684	474	59	.288	203	-26.3	.258	86	-32.4
19	Third Baseman	.251	1878	362	1,487	198	373	48	17	5	29	1,516	470	70	.316	196	-9.9	.270	94	-13.7
20	Shortstop	.247	1878	352	1,452	190	358	51	8	0	41	1,493	425	59	.293	185	-17.9	.262	90	-21.4
21	Left Fielder	.287	1878	1,115	4,690	750	1,348	203	61	13	139	4,829	1,712	277	.365	777	120.4	.312	116	108
22	Pitcher	.224	1879	725	2,878	364	645	77	24	4	44	2,922	782	105	.272	314	-90.2	.230	77	-95.8
23	Catcher	.257	1879	659	2,673	328	686	110	34	8	41	2,714	888	152	.332	374	-0.9	.270	98	-5.8
24	First Baseman	.282	1879	618	2,705	435	762	126	33	9	49	2,754	981	168	.363	434	53.3	.296	113	50.8
25	Second Baseman	.238	1879	632	2,613	319	621	81	20	2	45	2,658	748	103	.286	313	-54.7	.244	84	-59.4