How Bill Lee's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Bill Lee 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 1936, posting .242, below the starting pitcher average of .279 that year. The highest point came in 1945 at .291, above the starting pitcher average of .256 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .291 in 1945 to .266 in 1946 and .257 in 1947. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent Opposing Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 14 seasons.

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Bill Lee Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Bill Lee'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 Lee Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Bill Lee Opposing Batting Average by Team

Bill Lee'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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Bill Lee Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Lee'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 Lee Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Lee Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Lee'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 Lee Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Lee Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Lee'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.
Bill Lee Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table