How Doug Bird's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Doug Bird posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .273, near the relief pitcher average of .255 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1973, posting .217, below the relief pitcher average of .260 that year. The highest point came in 1983 at .324, well above the relief pitcher average of .253 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .265 in 1981 to .297 in 1982 and .324 in 1983. 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 11 seasons.
Doug Bird Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Doug Bird
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Opposing Batting Average | Doug Bird
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.273 | 0.297 |
| Season Avg. | 0.273 | 0.297 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.273 | 0.297 |
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Doug Bird Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Doug Bird'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Doug Bird Opposing Batting Average by Team
Doug Bird's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Doug Bird Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Doug Bird'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.
Doug Bird Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Doug Bird'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.
Doug Bird Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Doug Bird'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.
