How Ice Box Chamberlain's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Ice Box Chamberlain posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .247, near the relief pitcher average of .255 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1888, posting .206, near the relief pitcher average of .224 that year. The highest point came in 1896 at .396, well above the relief pitcher average of .286 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .258 in 1893 to .301 in 1894 and .396 in 1896. 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 10 seasons.
Ice Box Chamberlain Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Ice Box Chamberlain
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Opposing Batting Average | Ice Box Chamberlain
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.247 | 0.273 |
| Season Avg. | 0.247 | 0.273 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.247 | 0.273 |
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Ice Box Chamberlain Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Ice Box Chamberlain's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ice Box Chamberlain Opposing Batting Average by Team
Ice Box Chamberlain's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ice Box Chamberlain Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ice Box Chamberlain'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.
Ice Box Chamberlain Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ice Box Chamberlain'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.
Ice Box Chamberlain Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ice Box Chamberlain'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.
