How Octavio Dotel's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players
Octavio Dotel posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .289, 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 2003, posting .217, well below the relief pitcher average of .293 that year. The highest point came in 2013 at .500, well above the relief pitcher average of .299 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .236 in 2011 to .309 in 2012 and .500 in 2013. 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 15 seasons.
Octavio Dotel Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play for Octavio Dotel
| Octavio Dotel
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.289 |
| Season Avg. | 0.289 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.289 |
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Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season
Octavio Dotel'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 — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team
Octavio Dotel'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.
Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Octavio Dotel'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.
Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Octavio Dotel'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.
Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Octavio Dotel'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.
