How Earl Johnson's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Earl Johnson posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .262, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1947, posting .243, near the starting pitcher average of .258 that year. The highest point came in 1951 at .375, well above the starting pitcher average of .256 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .319 in 1949 to .321 in 1950 and .375 in 1951. 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 8 seasons.

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Earl Johnson Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Earl Johnson'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.
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Earl Johnson Opposing Batting Average by Team

Earl Johnson'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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Earl Johnson Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Earl Johnson'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.
Earl Johnson Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Earl Johnson Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Earl Johnson'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.
Earl Johnson Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Earl Johnson Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Earl Johnson'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.
Earl Johnson Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table