How Taylor Buchholz's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Taylor Buchholz posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .247, near the relief pitcher average of .255 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2008, posting .188, well below the relief pitcher average of .254 that year. The highest point came in 2007 at .289, above the relief pitcher average of .257 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .188 in 2008 to .238 in 2010 and .234 in 2011. 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 5 seasons.

Taylor Buchholz Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Taylor Buchholz Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Taylor Buchholz'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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Taylor Buchholz Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Taylor Buchholz Opposing Batting Average by Team

Taylor Buchholz'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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Taylor Buchholz Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Taylor Buchholz'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.
Taylor Buchholz Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Taylor Buchholz Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Taylor Buchholz'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.
Taylor Buchholz Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Taylor Buchholz Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Taylor Buchholz'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.
Taylor Buchholz Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table