How Preacher Henry's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Preacher Henry posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .269, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1939, posting .219. The highest point came in 1942 at .412. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .291 in 1946 to .311 in 1947 and .333 in 1948. 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 9 seasons.

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Preacher Henry Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Preacher Henry'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.
Preacher Henry Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Preacher Henry Opposing Batting Average by Team

Preacher Henry'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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Preacher Henry Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Preacher Henry'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.
Preacher Henry Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Preacher Henry Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Preacher Henry'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.
Preacher Henry Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Preacher Henry Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Preacher Henry'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.
Preacher Henry Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table