How Ford Smith's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Ford Smith posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .227, below the starting pitcher average of .260 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 4 seasons, the Opposing Batting Average arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Opposing Batting Average arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. One of the more consistent Opposing Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 4 seasons.
Ford Smith Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Ford Smith
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Opposing Batting Average | Ford Smith
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.227 | 0.267 |
| Season Avg. | 0.227 | 0.267 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.227 | 0.267 |
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Ford Smith Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Ford Smith's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ford Smith Opposing Batting Average by Team
Ford Smith's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ford Smith Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ford Smith'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.
Ford Smith Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ford Smith'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.
Ford Smith Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ford Smith'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.
