How Billy Buckner's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

Billy Buckner posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .337, above the starting pitcher average of .288 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season came in 2013, posting .235, well below the starting pitcher average of .301 that year. The highest point came in 2010 at .449, well above the starting pitcher average of .300 that year. The Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .449 in 2010 to .235 in 2013 and .294 in 2014. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 6 seasons.

Billy Buckner Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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Billy Buckner Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

Billy Buckner'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 — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Billy Buckner Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

Billy Buckner'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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Billy Buckner Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Billy Buckner'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.
Billy Buckner Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play year-over-year waterfall chart

Billy Buckner Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Billy Buckner'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.
Billy Buckner Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play distribution box chart versus comparable players

Billy Buckner Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Billy Buckner'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.
Billy Buckner Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season-by-season breakdown table