How Dave Wickersham's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dave Wickersham posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .248, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1960, posting .148, well below the starting pitcher average of .250 that year. The highest point came in 1961 at .301, above the starting pitcher average of .252 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .229 in 1967 to .256 in 1968 and .289 in 1969. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.

Dave Wickersham Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Dave Wickersham Opposing Batting Average Per Season

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

Dave Wickersham Opposing Batting Average by Team

Dave Wickersham'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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Dave Wickersham Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Wickersham'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.
Dave Wickersham Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Wickersham Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Wickersham'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.
Dave Wickersham Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Wickersham Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Wickersham'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.
Dave Wickersham Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table