How Gene Bearden's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Gene Bearden posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .261, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1953, posting .221, below the starting pitcher average of .258 that year. The highest point came in 1947 at .667, well above the starting pitcher average of .258 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .274 in 1951 to .265 in 1952 and .221 in 1953. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Opposing Batting Average profile — ranging from .221 to .667 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Gene Bearden Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Gene Bearden Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Gene Bearden's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Gene Bearden Opposing Batting Average by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Gene Bearden's career Opposing 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.
Gene Bearden Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Gene Bearden Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Gene Bearden's seasonal Opposing 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.
Gene Bearden Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Gene Bearden Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Gene Bearden's MLB career with Opposing 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.
Gene Bearden Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table