How Chris Archer's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Chris Archer posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .239, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2012, posting .215, below the starting pitcher average of .259 that year. The highest point came in 2018 at .268, near the starting pitcher average of .249 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .249 in 2019 to .240 in 2021 and .228 in 2022. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent Opposing Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 10 seasons.

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Chris Archer Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Chris Archer'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.
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Chris Archer Opposing Batting Average by Team

Chris Archer'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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Chris Archer Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Chris Archer'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.
Chris Archer Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Chris Archer Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Chris Archer'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.
Chris Archer Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Chris Archer Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Chris Archer'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.
Chris Archer Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table