How Ron Darling's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Ron Darling posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .252, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1987, posting .233, below the starting pitcher average of .264 that year. The highest point came in 1995 at .296, above the starting pitcher average of .268 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .253 in 1992 to .281 in 1993 and .296 in 1995. 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 12 seasons.

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Ron Darling Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Ron Darling'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Ron Darling Opposing Batting Average by Team

Ron Darling'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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Ron Darling Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ron Darling'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.
Ron Darling Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Ron Darling Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ron Darling'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.
Ron Darling Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ron Darling Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ron Darling'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.
Ron Darling Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table