How Earl Jones's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

Earl Jones posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .202, well below the relief pitcher average of .293 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 1 season, the Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 1 season.

Earl Jones Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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Earl Jones Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

Earl Jones's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Earl Jones Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play per season line chart

Earl Jones Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

Earl Jones's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Earl Jones career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by team bar chart

Earl Jones Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Earl Jones's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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 Jones Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play year-over-year waterfall chart

Earl Jones Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Earl Jones's seasonal Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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 Jones Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play distribution box chart versus comparable players

Earl Jones Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Earl Jones's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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 Jones Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season-by-season breakdown table