How Ken McBride's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Ken McBride posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .235, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1963, posting .214, below the starting pitcher average of .242 that year. The highest point came in 1960 at .300, well above the starting pitcher average of .250 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .214 in 1963 to .235 in 1964 and .267 in 1965. 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 7 seasons.

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Ken McBride Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Ken McBride'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.
Ken McBride Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Ken McBride Opposing Batting Average by Team

Ken McBride'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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Ken McBride Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ken McBride'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.
Ken McBride Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Ken McBride Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ken McBride'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.
Ken McBride Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ken McBride Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ken McBride'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.
Ken McBride Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table