How Ches Buchanan's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

Ches Buchanan posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .291, near the starting pitcher average of .288 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season came in 1942, posting .270. The highest point came in 1944 at .355, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .270 in 1942 to .307 in 1943 and .355 in 1944. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 6 seasons.

Ches Buchanan Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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Ches Buchanan Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

Ches Buchanan's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ches Buchanan Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play per season line chart

Ches Buchanan Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

Ches Buchanan's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Ches Buchanan Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ches Buchanan's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Ches Buchanan Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play year-over-year waterfall chart

Ches Buchanan Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ches Buchanan's seasonal Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Ches Buchanan Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ches Buchanan Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ches Buchanan's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Ches Buchanan Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season-by-season breakdown table