How Jake Diekman's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

Jake Diekman posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .306, near the relief pitcher average of .293 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season came in 2017, posting .158, well below the relief pitcher average of .301 that year. The highest point came in 2014 at .383, well above the relief pitcher average of .301 that year. The Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .336 in 2022 to .252 in 2023 and .239 in 2024. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.

Jake Diekman Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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Jake Diekman Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

Jake Diekman'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Jake Diekman Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

Jake Diekman'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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Jake Diekman Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change

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

Jake Diekman Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Jake Diekman Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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