How John Means's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
John Means posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .225, below the starting pitcher average of .260 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2023, posting .159, well below the starting pitcher average of .252 that year. The highest point came in 2018 at .375, well above the starting pitcher average of .249 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .258 in 2022 to .159 in 2023 and .211 in 2024. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Opposing Batting Average profile — ranging from .159 to .375 — though the career average remained above league norms.
John Means Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for John Means
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Opposing Batting Average | John Means
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.225 | 0.243 |
| Season Avg. | 0.225 | 0.243 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.225 | 0.243 |
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John Means Opposing Batting Average Per Season
John Means'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.
John Means Opposing Batting Average by Team
John Means's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
John Means Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how John Means'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 Means Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes John Means'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 Means Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of John Means'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.
