How Herb Smith's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Herb Smith posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .228, below the starting pitcher average of .260 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 3 seasons, the Opposing Batting Average arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 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 3 seasons.

Herb Smith Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Herb Smith Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Herb Smith's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Herb Smith Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Herb Smith Opposing Batting Average by Team

Herb Smith'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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Herb Smith Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Herb 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.
Herb Smith Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Herb Smith Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Herb 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.
Herb Smith Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Herb Smith Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Herb 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.
Herb Smith Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table