How Armando Benitez's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Armando Benitez posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .196, well below the relief pitcher average of .255 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1996, posting .143, well below the relief pitcher average of .264 that year. The highest point came in 2006 at .267, near the relief pitcher average of .260 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .267 in 2006 to .257 in 2007 and .167 in 2008. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 14 seasons.

Armando Benitez Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Armando Benitez Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Armando Benitez'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, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Armando Benitez Opposing Batting Average by Team

Armando Benitez'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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Armando Benitez Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Armando Benitez'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.
Armando Benitez Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Armando Benitez Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Armando Benitez'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.
Armando Benitez Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Armando Benitez Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Armando Benitez'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.
Armando Benitez Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table