How Lefty Gomez's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Lefty Gomez posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .238, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1934, posting .213, well below the starting pitcher average of .271 that year. The highest point came in 1940 at .322, well above the starting pitcher average of .263 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .248 in 1941 to .233 in 1942 and .222 in 1943. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 14 seasons.
Lefty Gomez Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Lefty Gomez
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Opposing Batting Average | Lefty Gomez
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.238 | 0.269 |
| Season Avg. | 0.238 | 0.269 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.238 | 0.269 |
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Lefty Gomez Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Lefty Gomez'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.
Lefty Gomez Opposing Batting Average by Team
Lefty Gomez's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lefty Gomez Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Lefty Gomez'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.
Lefty Gomez Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Lefty Gomez'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.
Lefty Gomez Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Lefty Gomez'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.
