How Oil Can Boyd's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Oil Can Boyd posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .266, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1990, posting .233, near the starting pitcher average of .258 that year. The highest point came in 1987 at .315, above the starting pitcher average of .264 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .253 in 1989 to .233 in 1990 and .277 in 1991. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. 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.

Oil Can Boyd Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Oil Can Boyd Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Oil Can Boyd'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.
Oil Can Boyd Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Oil Can Boyd Opposing Batting Average by Team

Oil Can Boyd'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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Oil Can Boyd Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Oil Can Boyd'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.
Oil Can Boyd Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Oil Can Boyd Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Oil Can Boyd'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.
Oil Can Boyd Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Oil Can Boyd Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Oil Can Boyd'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.
Oil Can Boyd Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table