How Rick Anderson's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

Rick Anderson posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .242, below the starting pitcher average of .288 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 2 seasons, the Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 2 seasons.

Rick Anderson Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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Rick Anderson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

Rick Anderson's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Rick Anderson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play per season line chart

Rick Anderson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

Rick Anderson's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Rick Anderson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rick Anderson's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Rick Anderson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Anderson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Anderson's seasonal Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Rick Anderson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Anderson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Anderson's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Rick Anderson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season-by-season breakdown table