How Tom Sunkel's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Tom Sunkel posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .252, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1941, posting .137, well below the starting pitcher average of .257 that year. The highest point came in 1944 at .361, well above the starting pitcher average of .256 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .265 in 1942 to .308 in 1943 and .361 in 1944. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Opposing Batting Average profile — ranging from .137 to .361 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Tom Sunkel Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Tom Sunkel Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Tom Sunkel'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Tom Sunkel Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Tom Sunkel Opposing Batting Average by Team

Tom Sunkel'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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Tom Sunkel Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tom Sunkel'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.
Tom Sunkel Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Tom Sunkel Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tom Sunkel'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.
Tom Sunkel Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tom Sunkel Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tom Sunkel'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.
Tom Sunkel Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table