How John Malarkey's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
John Malarkey posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .281, above the relief pitcher average of .255 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1902, posting .246, below the relief pitcher average of .279 that year. The highest point came in 1899 at .422, well above the relief pitcher average of .283 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .422 in 1899 to .246 in 1902 and .272 in 1903. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 6 seasons.
John Malarkey Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for John Malarkey
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Opposing Batting Average | John Malarkey
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.281 | 0.302 |
| Season Avg. | 0.281 | 0.302 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.281 | 0.302 |
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John Malarkey Opposing Batting Average Per Season
John Malarkey'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
John Malarkey Opposing Batting Average by Team
John Malarkey's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
John Malarkey Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how John Malarkey'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.
John Malarkey Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes John Malarkey'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.
John Malarkey Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of John Malarkey'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.
