How Webster McDonald's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Webster McDonald posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .294, above the starting pitcher average of .260 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1928, posting .152. The highest point came in 1940 at .310, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .274 in 1938 to .277 in 1939 and .310 in 1940. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 16 seasons.

Webster McDonald Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Webster McDonald Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Webster McDonald's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Webster McDonald Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Webster McDonald Opposing Batting Average by Team

Webster McDonald'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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Webster McDonald Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Webster McDonald'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.
Webster McDonald Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Webster McDonald Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Webster McDonald'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.
Webster McDonald Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Webster McDonald Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Webster McDonald'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.
Webster McDonald Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table