How William Selden's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

William Selden posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .260, near the starting pitcher average of .288 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season came in 1891, posting .182. The highest point came in 1898 at .353. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .222 in 1897 to .353 in 1898 and .308 in 1899. 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 5 seasons.

William Selden Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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William Selden Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

William Selden's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Independent, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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William Selden Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

William Selden's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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William Selden Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how William Selden's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
William Selden Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play year-over-year waterfall chart

William Selden Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes William Selden's seasonal Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
William Selden Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play distribution box chart versus comparable players

William Selden Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of William Selden's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
William Selden Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season-by-season breakdown table