How Joe Blanton's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Joe Blanton posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .273, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2016, posting .194, well below the starting pitcher average of .260 that year. The highest point came in 2011 at .319, well above the starting pitcher average of .259 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .240 in 2015 to .194 in 2016 and .296 in 2017. 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 13 seasons.
Joe Blanton Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Joe Blanton
| Joe Blanton Opposing Batting Average | Joe Blanton Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.273 | 0.308 |
| Season Avg. | 0.273 | 0.308 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.273 | 0.308 |
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Joe Blanton Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Joe Blanton'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.
Joe Blanton Opposing Batting Average by Team
Joe Blanton's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Blanton Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Blanton'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.
Joe Blanton Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Joe Blanton'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.
Joe Blanton Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Joe Blanton'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.