How Sam Crawford's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Sam Crawford posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .294, above the starting pitcher average of .260 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1915, posting .184. The highest point came in 1931 at .444, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .423 in 1928 to .444 in 1931. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Opposing Batting Average profile — ranging from .184 to .444 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Sam Crawford Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Sam Crawford
Sam Crawford
Opposing Batting Average
Sam Crawford
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
Career0.2940.335
Season Avg.0.2940.335
162 Game Avg.0.2940.335
More InfoSee MoreSee More

Sam Crawford Opposing Batting Average Per Season

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

Sam Crawford Opposing Batting Average by Team

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

Sam Crawford Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Crawford'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.
Sam Crawford Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Crawford Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Crawford'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.
Sam Crawford Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Crawford Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Crawford'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.
Sam Crawford Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table