How Bill Stearns's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Bill Stearns posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .322, well above the starting pitcher average of .260 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1871, posting .149. The highest point came in 1872 at .339. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .332 in 1873 to .297 in 1874 and .332 in 1875. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 5 seasons.
Bill Stearns Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Bill Stearns
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Opposing Batting Average | Bill Stearns
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| Career | 0.322 | 0.322 |
| Season Avg. | 0.322 | 0.322 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.322 | 0.322 |
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Bill Stearns Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Bill Stearns's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Unknown, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Stearns Opposing Batting Average by Team
Bill Stearns's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill Stearns Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Stearns'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.
Bill Stearns Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill Stearns'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.
Bill Stearns Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill Stearns'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.
