How Bill Hands's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Bill Hands posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .252, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1968, posting .228, near the starting pitcher average of .230 that year. The highest point came in 1965 at .433, well above the starting pitcher average of .241 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .252 in 1973 to .277 in 1974 and .271 in 1975. 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 11 seasons.
Bill Hands Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Bill Hands
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Opposing Batting Average | Bill Hands
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| Career | 0.252 | 0.277 |
| Season Avg. | 0.252 | 0.277 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.252 | 0.277 |
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Bill Hands Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Bill Hands'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.
Bill Hands Opposing Batting Average by Team
Bill Hands's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Hands Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Hands'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.
Bill Hands Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill Hands'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.
Bill Hands Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill Hands'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.
