How Bob Lemon's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Bob Lemon posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .237, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1952, posting .207, below the starting pitcher average of .247 that year. The highest point came in 1958 at .369, well above the starting pitcher average of .251 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .235 in 1956 to .275 in 1957 and .369 in 1958. 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 13 seasons.
Bob Lemon Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Bob Lemon
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Opposing Batting Average | Bob Lemon
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.237 | 0.255 |
| Season Avg. | 0.237 | 0.255 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.237 | 0.255 |
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Bob Lemon Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Bob Lemon'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.
Bob Lemon Opposing Batting Average by Team
Bob Lemon's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Lemon Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Lemon'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.
Bob Lemon Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Lemon'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.
Bob Lemon Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Lemon'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.
