How Paul Penson's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Paul Penson posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .226, below the starting pitcher average of .260 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 1 season, the Opposing Batting Average arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Opposing Batting Average arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 1 season.

Paul Penson Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Paul Penson Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Paul Penson'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.
Paul Penson Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Paul Penson Opposing Batting Average by Team

Paul Penson'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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Paul Penson Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Paul Penson'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.
Paul Penson Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Paul Penson Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Paul Penson'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.
Paul Penson Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Paul Penson Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Paul Penson'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.
Paul Penson Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table