How William Selden's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
William Selden posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .233, below the starting pitcher average of .260 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1891, posting .152. The highest point came in 1899 at .319. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .188 in 1897 to .316 in 1898 and .319 in 1899. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Opposing Batting Average profile — ranging from .152 to .319 — though the career average remained above league norms.
William Selden Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for William Selden
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Opposing Batting Average | William Selden
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.233 | 0.26 |
| Season Avg. | 0.233 | 0.26 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.233 | 0.26 |
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William Selden Opposing Batting Average Per Season
William Selden's Opposing Batting Average 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.
William Selden Opposing Batting Average by Team
William Selden's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
William Selden Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how William Selden'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.
William Selden Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes William Selden'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.
William Selden Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of William Selden'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.
