How Frank Smith's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Frank Smith posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .226, below the relief pitcher average of .255 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1955, posting .193, well below the relief pitcher average of .251 that year. The highest point came in 1956 at .273, near the relief pitcher average of .259 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .203 in 1954 to .193 in 1955 and .273 in 1956. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 7 seasons.
Frank Smith Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Frank Smith
| Frank Smith Opposing Batting Average | Frank Smith Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.226 | 0.233 |
| Season Avg. | 0.226 | 0.233 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.226 | 0.233 |
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Frank Smith Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Frank Smith'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Frank Smith Opposing Batting Average by Team
Frank Smith's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Frank Smith Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Frank 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.
Frank Smith Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Frank 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.
Frank Smith Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Frank 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.