How Rube Melton's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Rube Melton 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 1946, posting .202, below the starting pitcher average of .252 that year. The highest point came in 1947 at .350, well above the starting pitcher average of .258 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .246 in 1944 to .202 in 1946 and .350 in 1947. 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 6 seasons.
Rube Melton Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Rube Melton
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Opposing Batting Average | Rube Melton
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| Career | 0.235 | 0.265 |
| Season Avg. | 0.235 | 0.265 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.235 | 0.265 |
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Rube Melton Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Rube Melton'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rube Melton Opposing Batting Average by Team
Rube Melton's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rube Melton Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Rube Melton'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.
Rube Melton Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rube Melton'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.
Rube Melton Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rube Melton'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.
