How Dizzy Dean's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dizzy Dean posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .250, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1930, posting .100, well below the starting pitcher average of .285 that year. The highest point came in 1941 at .429, well above the starting pitcher average of .257 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .300 in 1940 to .429 in 1941 and .231 in 1947. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Opposing Batting Average profile — ranging from .100 to .429 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Dizzy Dean Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Dizzy Dean Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Dizzy Dean'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dizzy Dean Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Dizzy Dean Opposing Batting Average by Team

Dizzy Dean'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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Dizzy Dean Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dizzy Dean'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.
Dizzy Dean Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dizzy Dean Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dizzy Dean'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.
Dizzy Dean Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dizzy Dean Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dizzy Dean'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.
Dizzy Dean Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table